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My 2nd favorite fighting series from SNK

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: March 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

SNK to me got this one right. The Fatal Fury Collection to me was done well and Art of Fighting I just didn't care for. World Heroes to me is done perfect and are exact arcade port overs. This collection features all four arcade perfect versions of World Heroes. To those who don't know. World Heroes is SNK's version of Street Fighter. Some may argue that it's a carbon copy. But one thing for sure is this. If you enjoy the SF style of play. World Heroes would not disappoint. One difference between them is the control set up. It only uses the SF 6 button style on World Heroes Perfect. The others use a punch, kick, and grab button. The strength of the attack is determined on how hard you press the buttons. It also has a second mode which is called death match. This mode takes place in a ring, land mines and other things come into play.

This collection to me is the best yet. The controls are very responsive. I found no problem at pulling off moves. Except ultimate special moves will require some practice. I still find them just as simple because I played the arcade versions so much. This anthology is complete with a practice mode and moves list for each character. It also has a BGM feature to listen to all of the stage songs.

World Heroes, this is the first one of course. This one features 8 characters. All these charcters resemble Street Fighter in some way. Control wise this is the only one that seems a bit sluggish. This is especially noticed when using one of the ninjas.

World Heroes 2, this one features 6 new characters. The moves list is still the same for the most part. However this one is faster and the controls are far more responsive and fluid. Plus the attack button links a combo. The special mode here is a death match style scenario. With the match decided in 10 count ko victory. The players life bar is shared in a tug o' war style.

World Heroes 2 Jet, features 2 new characters and this one takes place in a tournament. You face a certain amount of characters per round to advance. The controls are just as good as in World Heroes 2.

World Heroes Perfect, this is the second best of the 4 to me. And this is the only one that uses the 6 button feature. But this one I have to reconfigure, the control set up is just too bizarre for me. It has two special move bars. One that can be used when near death and another can be used when the power gauage is full.

This is an excellent collection and my favorite from SNK to date. This is a great fix for those who beat SF like a million times and looking for something a bit of different.

Another decent, and dated, collection from SNK

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: March 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

SNK's answer to Street Fighter, the World Heroes series has never gotten as much recognition as SNK's other franchises like Fatal Fury and King of Fighters, but that doesn't mean it wasn't any less deserving. World Heroes Anthology includes World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes 2: Jet, and World Heroes Perfect; all of which have been more than faithfully re-produced for this PS2 compilation. That in itself is where this collection's biggest flaw also lies: some of these games haven't aged too well. The first World Heroes game is as archaic as can be in terms of its controls and playability, with the second game suffering a majority of the same problems. World Heroes 2: Jet improves a bit, and World Heroes Perfect is by far the best game on the collection with its fast moving fighting gameplay and well-animated sprites. Like the previous PS2 SNK compilations, there isn't a whole lot else to be found on the disc in terms of extras (besides a color editor), but for the budget price tag, you pretty much get your money's worth here, especially if you're an old school, 2-D fighting gamer. All in all, World Heroes Anthology is worth picking up if you're a fan of SNK's various franchises, but for others, proceed with some caution.

Unless you played these way back when...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really love this collection. But I can view it from the perspective of when these games were top of the line products in the arcade (unfortunately has closed down by now) a block from my home. If you don't have found memories, I don't know how you could like this game since today's products clearly beat out these old "masterpieces." I remember not having enough quarters and wanting to play World Heroes 1 death match mode one more time. I remember all the characters... I'm obviously biased and this is my favorite collection. Round One FIGHT!!!!

The '90s are back with a vengeance on my PS3!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was one of those oddballs who gleefully walked past the Street Fighter machines, in search of the bright red NeoGeo cabinets, back in my arcade days.

On pure hope, I picked this up for my PS3 (I don't have a PS2), and as luck would have it, the game runs exactly as I had hoped.

As far as the games go... well... you'd have to have a special place in your heart for World Heroes to really enjoy this disc. The graphics are crude (though arcade faithful, right up to the Neo Geo boot screens!), and although you can access a menu that shows every character's special moves, they're probably going to be a bit confusing to anyone who didn't play this in the arcade.

That all said, if you ever enjoyed even one of the World Heroes games, buying this anthology will be money well spent.

Another Touch of Arcade HIStory!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've played "World Heroes" series at the arcade. And burned many quarters to reach the end of each version with two or three of my most favorite charaters, Now in the present I no lorger have to pay, and now I could see every characters ending. The game appears to be ARCADE PERFECT ports of each game which I REALLY WANT out of these old school compiliations. Controls alittle off because it's setup is based on the PS2 dualshock controller. But with practice It won't be that much of an issue. All SNK can do for all their SNK ports is design a 4 button w joystick pad and sell it retail if we all really want the old arcade flavor, but it's wishful thinking. Bottom line, For old school arcade gaming collectors ONLY!! New school gamers*(post PSOne, Saturn, SNES) wouldn't even know how to appreciate old gems like these.

A good game but with flaws

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Not a bad game but some aspects it seems they were rushing to get this game completed when it came out years ago. The game play is all wrong and the controls are not on point at times. needs a fully overhaul to compete with street fighter, the best 2D fighter ever.

Do you remember "Arcades?"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Strangely, I don't recall some of these World Heroes games being this difficult. Thankfully, you can change the difficulty on this port! You can also change the color on your character, the music, and practice those hard to perform combos in practice mode. I'm not a big World Heroes fan, but I love SNK NeoGeo! Any true fan will need to have this title in their library.

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