World Heroes 2

General Info
USA Title	World Heroes 2
Japanese Title	World Heroes 2 (ワールドヒーローズ 2)
European Title	World Heroes 2
NGH	057
Developer	ADK
Editor	SNK
Meg count	146
TCRF page	None
MVS Release
Release date	1993
PROG Board	PROG_4096_B
CHA Board	CHA_42G_3
Protection Chip	none
MAME romset	wh2
AES Release
Release date	04/06/93
PROG Board	Unknown
CHA Board	Unknown
Protection Chip	Unknown
MAME romset
CD Release
Release date	14/04/95

File:Wh2earth.gif

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World Heroes 2 is the only game that applies exactly the method described in one of SNK's patents for animating a rotating sphere or cylinder.

It is used for the short earth animation just before the title screen: a flat texture of the earth's surface is mapped in several horizontal sprite blocks which are positioned and scaled to approximately fit in a circle shape. Each sprite's horizontal shrinking is then adjusted and tiles are remapped when they "go out of the right edge". The resulting different scrolling speeds and tile sizes create the sphere illusion.

Another static sprite block is layed on top as a stencil to mask out the corners of the sprite strips.

• 15 horizontal sprite blocks of 16 sprites each. The vertical shrinking coefficients are fixed.

  15 horizontal sprite blocks of 16 sprites each. The vertical shrinking coefficients are fixed.

• Mask layer, the outside of the circle is black, the center is transparent.

  Mask layer, the outside of the circle is black, the center is transparent.