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P.O.W.: Prisoners of War - classic video game

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War is a classic beat 'em up video game by SNK. The game was originally known as Datsugoku: Prisoners of War is the original Japanese version of P.O.W. It was released to arcades in 1988 (a year after Double Dragon), and later released for Famicom / NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). P.O.W. was one of SNK's many classics released before their Neo Geo arcade hardware, known for many series such as Fatal Fury.

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P.O.W. Info, Manuals, Related Links

In the game, two captured commandos code named Snake and Bart must escape the P.O.W. camp, infiltrate the enemy base, and destroy the leaders. The game consists of four levels, and there are multiple weapons available including - brass knuckles, body armor, knives, grenades, and machine guns. Two player cooperative play is available in the arcade version, while only one player is available on the NES port. The arcade version ran on SNK's 68K based hardware.

Arcade Version Tech Specs:
Main CPU : 68000 @ 10 Mhz
Sound CPU : Z80 @ 4 Mhz
Sound Chips : YM3812 @ 4 Mhz, UPD7759 @ 640 Khz

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P.O.W. Manuals:
P.O.W. arcade manual - PDF // P.O.W. NES manual - text

P.O.W. Info at GameFAQs
P.O.W. NES FAQ // P.O.W. - Arcade Info // P.O.W. - NES Info

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hunksparrow Feb 12, 2011 @ 2:50 pm | delete

The arcade game was awesome!

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Oliversbabycarecouk Feb 11, 2011 @ 3:13 am | delete

i remember this game. fun memorys

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liebgott Feb 9, 2011 @ 11:36 pm | delete

One of the best games on arcade and Nintendo! I have it ranked in my Top 10 NES Games.

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P.O.W. on YouTube

Below are gameplay videos of P.O.W. / Prisoners of War. The first 8 were performed by DTysonator, who sent it to me (cyriades / shincyriades) to produce online to my own youtube channel. He has done much more footage of many other games, many of which he has rented / bought from A&C Games. Most of this footage is split between my channel and theirs.

Our respective youtube channels:
DTysonator // Cyriades // A&C Games Online

First 3 videos - Deathless speedrun. (Split into 3 parts.)

Fourth video - Strategy and Cutscene Compilation. According to DTysonator - "Alternate strategies and cut scenes not featured during speed run"

Videos 5-8 - Datsugoku video game (Famicom) - No items run. (Split into 4 parts.)

According to DTysonator - " 'Mano a Mano' -Complete no items run: Bart gives the members of GOD (GOON in North American version) a serious lesson in real combat by using the natural gifts given to him by the real God, along with some grenades for their vehicles (no choice)! Lord have mercy on their souls!"

Last two videos - P.O.W. - arcade version - long play by Cyriades

P.O.W. video game (NES) - Speed run - Part 1: by shincyriades | video info

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P.O.W. - Music on YouTube

P.O.W. Prisoner of War - Stage 1: by FutureKinjite | video info

17 ratings | 2,526 views

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