| P.O.W.: Prisoners of War | |
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 U.S. arcade flyer of P.O.W.: Prisoners of War. | |
| Developer(s) | SNK |
| Publisher(s) | SNK Electrocoin |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, NES |
| Release | August 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, 2 player Co-op |
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War, released in Japan as Datsugoku -Prisoners of War- (脱獄 -Prisoners of War-, Prison Break: Prisoners of War), is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game produced by SNK and originally released as an arcade game in 1988.[1]
A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System on June 30, 1989, in Japan and in September in North America.[2][3] The game takes place during the Cold War where the player or players control a duo of military prisoners who break free from their cell to relentlessly fight their way into the main base of their adversaries in order to eliminate their leader and escape with their lives.
- ^ "P.O.W.: Prisoners of War". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved 4 Oct 2013.
- ^ "【全機種】アクションゲームソフト 1989年6月30日発売 - ゲームソフト発売スケジュール | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com.
- ^ Nintendo staff. "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2011.