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Instruction booklet · September 1993

World Heroes

FightingArcade1–2 playersPre-ESRB

The story

Are you ready for a fierce battle in an ultra-deathmatch!? Who is the greatest hero in the world? You will find out today! A scientist has created a time machine that eight heroes will travel through time with to prove who is the greatest fighter of all time!

Specifications

Released: September 1993
Developer: Sunsoft
Publisher: Sunsoft
Players: 2
Genre: Fighting · Arcade
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Series: World Heroes
Themes: Action
View: Side view
Multiplayer: 2+ players

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players: 64/100 (23 ratings)
Computer and Video Games: 81%
Electronic Gaming Monthly: 26 / 40

BE KIND, REWINDSeptember 1993

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Vol. 3 · No. 107Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of September 3, 1993

Sep. 4

The second World Parliament of Religions is held in Chicago.

💵 $69.99 in a 1993 catalog · about $156 today

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