{"id":14607,"date":"2023-05-29T05:08:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T10:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/?page_id=14607"},"modified":"2025-01-01T00:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T05:09:11","slug":"p-o-w-prisoners-of-war-nes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/p-o-w-prisoners-of-war-nes\/","title":{"rendered":"P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (NES)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Title-Screen.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Title-Screen.webp 400w, https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Title-Screen-300x230.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (Nintendo Entertainment System) Home Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"POWNESnav\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>General Info<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Pages for P.O.W.: Prisoners of War<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Systems<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"#POWNESnavrel\">Release Data<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/p-o-w-prisoners-of-war-nes-20-lives-cheat\/\">Cheats<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/games-by-system\/reviews-for-nintendo-entertainment-system\/\">NES<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"#POWNESnavdesc\">Description<\/a><\/td><td>&#8212;<\/td><td>&#8212;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"#POWNESnavgal\">Gallery<\/a><\/td><td>&#8212;<\/td><td>&#8212;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"POWNESnavrel\"><a href=\"#POWNESnav\">Release Data<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Developer\/Publisher: SNK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Release Date: September, 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>System: Nintendo Entertainment System<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Genre: Beat \u2018em Up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players: 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"POWNESnavdesc\"><a href=\"#POWNESnav\">Description<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Play as an elite agent code named \u201cBart\u201d in P.O.W.: Prisoners of War for the NES. A criminal organization known as GOON is plotting to create a world wide smuggling ring and disrupt normal trade. Bart\u2019s mission is to purposely be captured by GOON in order to infiltrate their operation as a prisoner. Once captured, Bart must fight his way through the guards and capture any weapons he finds, then take out the leaders of GOON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.O.W.: Prisoners of War is primarily a beat \u2018em up where players punch and kick their way through GOON\u2019s soldiers. Bart can also use knives and guns dropped by bad guys as well as perform a special jump kick. Players will find guns, brass knuckles that increase damage, body armor, grenades, and life refills hidden in heavily guarded buildings in each stage. Each area in the game is defended by a boss that Bart must defeat in order to move on to the next stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"POWNESnavgal\"><a href=\"#POWNESnav\">Gallery<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"14610\" src=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic001.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic001.webp 706w, https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic001-300x229.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"14611\" src=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic002.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic002.webp 706w, https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic002-300x229.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"14612\" src=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic003.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic003.webp 706w, https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic003-300x229.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"14613\" src=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic004.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic004.webp 706w, https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/POW-NES-Pic004-300x229.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#POWNESnav\">Further Reading<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn more about P.O.W.: Prisoners of War for NES? Check out these resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Review:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retrogamesreview.co.uk\/2020\/11\/pow-prisoners-of-war-nes-review.html\">https:\/\/www.retrogamesreview.co.uk\/2020\/11\/pow-prisoners-of-war-nes-review.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Share your thoughts on P.O.W.: Prisoners of War in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (Nintendo Entertainment System) Home Page General Info Pages for P.O.W.: Prisoners of War Systems Release Data Cheats NES Description &#8212; &#8212; Gallery &#8212; &#8212; Release Data Developer\/Publisher: SNK Release Date: September, 1989 System: Nintendo Entertainment System Genre: Beat \u2018em Up Players: 1 Description Play as an elite agent code named \u201cBart\u201d &#8230; <a title=\"P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (NES)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/p-o-w-prisoners-of-war-nes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (NES)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14607","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}