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P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

by SNK·published by SNK

1988E10+22
PCWindowsNESPlayStationPSPPS3PS VitaPS4ArcadeNintendo

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6.7/ 10

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About

The enemy is unstoppable. They maintain vigilant guard over their front lines! The only way to defeat them is to get behind their lines. But how? By allowing a soldier to get captured, perhaps he could escape and single-handedly defeat the enemy forces in his way.

In P.O.W., the player is a soldier who has been imprisoned in a Prisoner of War camp and must escape. In order to accomplish this, he must defeat a variety of enemies. The foes will attack you hand-to-hand, with knives, guns, and from helicopters. Boss enemies will guard the end of each level.

To fight back, you can use hand-to-hand, and pick up weapon power-ups, found on the ground, in rooms, or dropped by enemies. These weapons include a knife, which can be used to stab or be thrown, guns and grenades.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerCo-operative

Perspective

Side view

Included in

SNK Arcade Classics 0

Ported as

P.O.W.: Prisoners of WarArcade Archives: P.O.W. - Prisoners of War

Languages

2 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——
Japanese——

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

Download

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium III

Min. OS Class Required

Windows XP

Min. RAM Required

128 MB

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Also known as

Arcade Archives: Datsugoku — Japanese Nintendo Switch / PS4 title

Arcade Archives: P.O.W.: Prisoners of War — Nintendo Switch / PS4 title

Battle Arms — Working title

Datsugoku — Japanese title

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Facts

Developer

SNK

Publisher

SNK

Released

1988

Platforms

PCWindowsNESPlayStationPSPPS3PS VitaPS4ArcadeNintendoSwitchAntstream

Age ratings

ESRBE10+

Standing

Top 25% by want to play

Tags

Side view2D scrollingBeat 'em up / brawlerShooterDirect controlCold War