is a 1992 Super Famicom video game about a special force team called ZEUS (Z-Extraordinary United Space). The setting is a space colony by the name of Elpis, where cyborgs, Mobile Suits, and Ultra-people live together in peace. Up to four characters can be in a party at any given time and the currency of the game is considered to be credits. When the time comes to fight evil, the characters transform into their SD

Super deformed

Super deformed or SD is a specific style of Japanese caricature where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads, to make them resemble small children...

 hero forms.

Characters

• Amuro Ray - Pilot of the original Gundam
  Gundam
  The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....
  
  . His whole attacks always hit for 50% of normal damage.
• Dan Moroboshi - Ultra Seven
  Ultra Seven
  is tokusatsu SF TV series that aired on Japanese TV in 1967. Created by Eiji Tsuburaya, this follow up to Ultraman went on to become one of Japan's greatest fantasy TV series...
  
  's true identity. He plays a role as a facilitator of the team and has been reputed to demonstrate an ability to keep his cool at all times.
• Minami Koutarou - Kamen Rider Black
  Kamen Rider BLACK (character)
  is the primary and eponymous protagonist in the 1987-1988 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Black, later evolving into Kamen Rider Black RX of Kamen Rider Black RX...
  
  's true identity. His power of attack is usually the highest among the three in power consumption.
• Gilliam Yager - Pilot of the Gespenst and eventually, the main antagonist. He appears to have a hot-tempered personality.

Gameplay

The protagonists can punch or use some of their technical power (which is the equivalent to magic points for robots) to fire their futuristic laser beams

Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...

 at the opposing forces (robotic, humanoid

Humanoid

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, or otherwise). The rewards of destroying monsters

Mob (computer gaming)

A mob, mobile or monster is a computer-controlled non-player character in a computer game such as an MMORPG or MUD. Depending on context, all such characters in a game may be considered "mobs", or usage may be limited to hostile NPCs and/or NPCs vulnerable to attack.-Purpose of mobs:Defeating...

 are experience point

Experience point

An experience point is a unit of measurement used in many role-playing games and role-playing video games to quantify a player character's progression through the game...

s and additional credits. Having enough experience points results in an experience level increase. After gaining another level, the hit points and technical power points of the robots are refilled. Items are collected in treasure chests like in normal role-playing games.

Hero Senki is famous for its initial appearance of the Gespenst and cameos of Masaki Andoh (Cybuster) and Shu Shirakawa (Granzon) from Super Robot Wars

Super Robot Wars

is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Banpresto, which is now a Japanese division of Namco Bandai. The main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to...

. Because of this, many references can be found in more recent Super Robot Wars

Super Robot Wars

is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Banpresto, which is now a Japanese division of Namco Bandai. The main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to...

 games such as Elpis in Original Generations and Gespenst's second appearance in Super Robot Wars as the original protagonist's initial robot.

Related Works

• Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2

Treated as a sequel that uses Gilliam as a character.

• Super Robot Wars: Original Generations

Remake of Original Generation 2

Hero Senki in other media

• Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars
  Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars
  is a Japanese anime series, that retells the events from the Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation game, a game featuring only original characters and mechs created by Banpresto for the Super Robot Wars franchise. A sequel titled began airing on the October 1, 2010.-Summary:The anime is not a...
  
  

Features Guilliam Yeager as a member of the Agressors unit.

• Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector
  Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector
  is a Japanese anime series, that retells the events from the Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 game, a game featuring only original characters and mechs created by Banpresto for the Super Robot Wars franchise. It was produced by Asahi Production and started broadcasting in several Japanese...
  
  

Guilliam's past is revealed as Helios Olympos, creator of the system XN, aka XN Geist.