An SNK NES beat'em up set in a prisoner camp. Escape by beating enemy guards. Honest gameplay, paramilitary atmosphere. Overlooked but decent for genre fans.
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Category
Action2 players12+
Co-op
Description
Beat-'em-up featuring prisoners of war escaping from an enemy camp. Published by SNK, released in Europe in 1990. Prisoners in side-scrolling view with punches and recovered weapons. NES port of SNK's P.O.W. arcade.
P.O.W. - Prisoners of War review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,11 MB📅01/01/1990
Published by SNK
P.O.W. - Prisoners of War (NES) price, value & rarity
The PAL version of P.O.W. - Prisoners of War, published by SNK in 1990, is markedly rarer than its American counterpart, the European print run having been restricted. The gap shows in a loose value several times that of the NTSC NES copy, a textbook case of SNK title scarcity across PAL territory. A beat-'em-up drawn from SNK's arcade cabinet, it mainly draws completist collectors of the European NES catalog, where every SNK reference is hard to find.
