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Fight guards and use weapons to escape from a prison camp.

Datsugoku:prisoners Of War Game
Datsugoku:Prisoners Of War game

🎮 Game Controls

Make sure the game window is active to play.

  • ↑↓←→ Move
  • Z Btn A (Jump)
  • X Btn B (Run/Fire)
  • Enter Start
  • V Select
1 / 2: Quick Save / Quick Load | + : Fast Forward

About Datsugoku:prisoners Of War

SNK released P.O.W.: Prisoners of War for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989, a home conversion of their earlier arcade game. It arrived during a period when side-scrolling action games were common on the platform, offering a straightforward military escape premise without much fanfare.

You control a captured soldier who punches and kicks his way through waves of enemy guards. Your goal is to fight from the prison camp to the enemy headquarters, defeating the final boss to secure your freedom. The game progresses screen by screen; you can pick up weapons like knives and machine guns to dispatch foes more efficiently, though your default attacks remain essential. The pacing is relentless, with a high difficulty that demands quick reflexes to handle the constant enemy assaults. Playing it feels like a tense, continuous struggle for survival against overwhelming odds.

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