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 the USA in 1989. 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 American version of P.O.W. - Prisoners of War, released in the United States as early as 1989, benefited from a far wider NES print run than the PAL edition, keeping its loose value modest. A catalog beat-'em-up drawn from SNK's cabinet, it never grew its own cult aura. Its appeal lies chiefly in the complete boxed form, where the original NTSC manual and packaging become the distinguishing element, the object serving as an entry-level marker into SNK's NES catalog.
