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Famicom AnalysisK. Amusement Leasing Co.P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
Game title

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

Japan 1989-06-30 / beat 'em up /K. Amusement Leasing Co.

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Japanese title
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
Japan release date
1989-06-30
North America release date
1989-09-01
Europe release date
1989
Publisher (Japan)
K. Amusement Leasing Co.
Publisher (North America)
K. Amusement Leasing Co. / SNK
Developer
SNK
Genre
beat 'em up
Formats
FC / NES
Launch price
5,600 yen
Copies sold
Unknown
Famitsu score
23 points
Players
1 - 2 players (simultaneous)
Officially playable today
Not confirmed

Products sold (1)

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Datsugoku
5,600 yen / 1989-06-30

More details

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Music
Toshikazu Tanaka / Yoko Osaka / Kazuhiro Nishida
Art
Yoshihisa Maeda / Hideki Fujiwara / Osamu Kamada
programming
KONNY
production
Akira Goto

Where it stands today

How much this title is read and edited today. Wikipedia page views and edit history, counted on 2026-8-30.

Readers of the overseas article
about 861 views per month

Current records (2 of 2)

The fastest completions of this title, as of 2026-8-30, and still being updated (the newest record is from 2023-08-17). These records are the work of the runners and authors. Their names and sources are given.

19 min 30 sec
Any% / Chimp / 2022-02-19
View on speedrun.com
18 min 06 sec
baseline / NhatNM / 2023-08-17
View on TASVideos

Stories left about this title

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What we still don't know

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Copies sold

Titles released the same day (1)

Other titles released in Japan on 1989-06-30.

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Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)