NES Longplay [169] P.O.W.: Prisoner of War 

Loved this back in the day, great music. That level one theme has never left my consciousness and I'm 40.

Can't believe I missed this game as a kid. Gonna get it now. :)

Let's all cry for the missing golden childhood 😢

This game was pure awesomeness. This is the first time I ever fought a final boss with such meannes. I literally felt he was trying to kick my ass! Absolutely the best fighting game on the nes!

Man I remember when I was young and renting this from BlockBuster and getting mad at how difficult it was for me, but still a great game. O and I loved the music for the first boss battle.

Finished this game so much can’t even count the amount of times I was “congraturated”😂

P.O.W. prisoners of war is legendary with Spectacular graphics and STUNNING gameplay

This game was insanely difficult!

WOW I had LONG forgotten about this game! Now that it's coming back to me, this was one of my favorites! Takes me back, I feel like I'm 10 again. Thanks for this!

This game remember me all those good days when I was 5 years old. It was pure magic !!

If you never played this then you don't know the real good feeling of playing 2D combat games

This game was one of the reasons I became a gamer! Good times!

The music for this game sounds pretty good.

Превосходно! На тот момент: удар рукой, ногой, в прыжке, рукой назад, использование ножа, автомата, гранаты. Лучше не придумать

31000 views! I felt like I was the only one that knew about this gem. Great action game with some of the best NES graphics.

GRACIAS!!! lo venía buscando desde hace 20 años!!

This game reminds me of the movie Commando. One man going against a whole army.

One of My top 10 fav NES games

I was trying to remember thr name of this game for literally years and it just came to me tonight randomly as I was trying to sleep. This game was so dope! Glad I've found it again. It was right up there with Ninja Turtles 2!

OMFG this game takes me back!! Now I gotta go watch a playthrough of Jackel!

Не знала, что первого босса можно просто пристрелить, если сохранить автомат до его появления. 😁 Приятное чувство ностальгии от классной музыки в этой игре! 👍

I love how the final blow with punch and kicks on enemies always sent them flying back like 20 feet in the air.

Game ends when you ran out of smiley faces

I had this game on one of my 4 in 1 game cartridge under the name 'TETAWAY'.

I always thought The scuba divers in waist deep water was weird.

*One of the best games ever hands down!!! P.o.w., renegade, kung fu, ninja gayden, wrath of the black mantha were the best single player martial arts games for NES!!! The best multi player martial arts games for NES; double dragon, bad dudes, battle toads, ninja turtles & I'm missing something else but can't remember right now... smh lol*

It's funny how the character walks around. It's like he's be-boppin' to some music.

i've been playing this game since the begenning of my life coz my uncle had it on my birthday 11-2-1990

I did not even know this existed. Looks so underrated.

favorite childhood game

Nice playthrough of one of SNKs forgotten titles. This, along with Ikari Warriors and NAM-1975 are the more amusing games on the war genre that the company made.

The end boss is Arnold, jumping down the waterfall and rescued by a chopper from predator, the elevator with no walls from total recall, that's cool

Just beat this game tonight after MANY attempts and plenty of controller twisting...haha

1988 - intruding the first true smiley icon

Amazing game with straight forward controls. LJN should learn from these gems.

Damm this guy was good at this he ended the whole game untouched and had all 9 lives when I had this game back in the late 80's as a kid when I finally ended it I wud only have between 4 and 5 lives left i always died the most against the tank!

I owned this game, and literally forgot all about it till now. Wow.

man this game was bad ass but so hard as a kid. seems like it took longer then 30 minutes to beat too.

It's a fkn' masterpiece of that times, my favorite!

Classic game!, i finished that game in 1994

That 2nd level boss one of the quickest to ever kill. he never pulled his shotgun out

this was a good game. I liked the final boss that can jump higher than the trees and is like 10 feet tall

One of the best NES games i played during my childhood, i was lucky to have played this. But somehow the protagonist here always reminds me of Tony Jaa, i dont know why.

Track in the third level is rockin'

шикарнейшая игра для денди, какая графика, анимация, музыка... с нее у меня началось знакомство с битемапами.

The last boss sure did take alot of kicks to the nutz.

Doing this as a prisoner of war (with intentionally getting captured) is a direct violation of the Geneva Convention.

the music in this game is awesome !!

Haha “congraturations.”

Congraturation! 31:56

Just got my My Arcade Retrochamp delivered and purchased a Used copy of P.O.W. for the NES. This game brings back memories.

I used to love this game could never beat it though

Моя Любимая Игра Детства :)

Awesome. Classic game. I actually bought it and beat it. Hail POW and also those classic video games.

This looks great....can't wait to play it.

This was the very 1st game I ever beat. Lol I loved this.

I always called the knife wielding guys in the turquoise uniforms "surgeons" lol

Jugar este juego en las Arcades y luego en Nintendo fue genial .

sound and soundtrack of this game were stuck on my mind like forever,

На чёрно-белом телевизоре играл,в то время )

I loved this game so much as a kid

31:51 Congraturation! LOL

Anybody knows of this game looks better on the Pandoras box? The arcade version of this was awesome.

Definitely 'the best of the best' of my childhood and adolescence.

Thanks for the NEStalgia. Nothing like a good ole old school beat em up.

lol every time i here the music to this game i feel like getting up and punching some one across the room its that serious lol

Not as brutal as the arcade version.

I never beat this game as a kid, so I never knew you were "congraturated" at the end 😂😂😂

P.O.W. Prisoners Of War (Datsugoku) is a classic Nintendo game With ABSOLUTELY AWESOME graphics and STUNNING gameplay The levels are 2Furious with Spectacular Boss battles Your mission to escape an enemy prison camp and destroy the enemy rebel forces Raise the bodycount Commando style and escape to victory Chuck Norris style This is a classic Arnold Schwarzenegger with a vengeance 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

That body armor was invincible.

Cambio mi vida en los vídeo juegos cuando era chico y Vi lo q nes podía hacer .Es más me atrevo decir que está mejor que original de arcade una joya yo le decía Rambo al juego

Growing up as a boy in the '90s was was a steady fever dream of action movies and games. GI Joe: The Atlantis Factor, Double Dragon, Iron Tank, P.O.W., Terminator 2, MERCS.

2nd level had the best music

I played this game with Japanese script when I was nine years old.

damn this game was hard as a kid..but watching this video makes it look Easy haha

Underrated classic!!!!!! I loved games back then that had different theme music for the bosses

Holy sh*t, this brings back memories from when I was 5 years old.

Congraturation!

18:14 that sound tho LMFAO

God... You wouldn't belive how hard i remeber to find this game 😭

The gameplay looks better than the arcade, better mechanics, more diverse, you can enter in buildings and trucks, there are items you can get, etc.

Came here especially for that nostalgic music

Man, what a throwback Very underrated game with a phenomenal soundtrack. I always found it funny that the scuba-divers get into the water in full scuba gear, yet the water is like at knee-level. 🤣

Finally saw the end of this game. Wish I would finish it myself.

*WHOEVER* uploaded this. I like you.........You shot the helicopter down.

If only I could witness a player saving a gun and use it to instant kill a human boss.

All that flickering despite the player doing a superb job on the NES!

This game was so good :)

يوووووووه اياااام حلوووه كنت العبها وصديقي بشار بجانبي وانا احتسي كوب الشاي الاحمر الرايع ايام لاتنسى لقد زدت المواجع ........✌😁🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍😮

2 questions. 1. How does the last boss jump so high!? 2. How come you didn't use the knife against one of the two last bosses ?

Classic game. Better than Contra.

Double Dragon meets Contra and just as good as both of them

15:34 love the grenadier

This guys makes me think he is the ancestor of Jimmy and Bimmy since there’s a lot of similarities to Double Dragon

The Nintendo magazine had a cheat code to get 20 lives. Still use it today.

When i was a kid. I spent a lot of money for play this game . This game is awesome but hard . I finished game when i am a man :))

The use of colour in this game gave it a 10 bit quality!

Just bought this for $10 I can't wait to play.

It's kind of funny how the final boss' pants resemble modern day Marine Corps. digis...lol.

Congraturation