P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

This article is about the 1988 game. For the 2002 game, see Prisoner of War (video game).
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
North American arcade flyer
DeveloperSNK
PublisherSNK
  • EU: Electrocoin
PlatformsArcade, Famicom/NES
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: August 1988
  • NA: September 1988
Famicom/NES
  • JP: June 30, 1989
  • NA: September 1989
GenreBeat 'em up
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War, released in Japan as Prisoners of War, is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed and published by SNK for arcades. A port to the Nintendo Entertainment System on June 30, 1989, in Japan and in September in North America. The game takes place during the Cold War where the player or players control a duo of military prisoners, Snake and Bart, who break free from their cell to relentlessly fight their way into the main base of their adversaries in order to eliminate their enemy's general and escape with their lives.


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