Another instant like because I give credit where credit is due!! When it comes down to the best youtuber ever........ how you cannot appreciate his efforts??? Keep up the good work Patman!!! Because we all love you and we always look forward to watching new material!!!
Pat deserves way more subscribers than what he has. He gives it to ya straight without any of the added B.S and he's not blabbering about PRONOUNS!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
LOL, thanks. I hear that from other people should have a lot more subscribers for some reason the channel just hasn't really taken off. I'm glad you enjoy it though. Thanks@@Roger-fs5yo
Good memories of this game. P.O.W. was in my local fish and chips shop in the late 80's, it was a SNK machine that also had Prehistoric Isle on it. Myself and some friends would play them games often. We put a lot of ten pence coins in that arcade machine. The chip shop would often have a new machine at least every 6 months.. Players choice, Neo Geo and many others. Good nostalgic memories.
"P.O.W.", "Renegade", and "Double Dragon II" were on my perpetual rental list at the ol' mom and pop in the town where I spent the first 10 years of my life. I had the pleasure of playing the P.O.W. arcade game exactly ONCE... and I was left with this feeling, like "man, why can't my NES make the game look and sound this good?"... Double Dragon II left me with a similar feeling. The experience honestly made me avoid the arcade for quite some time. I didn't want to ruin my opinion of the games I either owned or rented by playing the FAR superior arcade versions. I got over that when "Mortal Kombat" first hit the arcade! Great stuff as usual, Pat!
I always wanted SNK to someday announce that the player characters in P.O.W. - Prisoners Of War were, in fact the Ikari Warriors. It would make sense if they were the same characters. I used to love this game when I was a kid. I'll always remember the local video rental shop just down the street from where I lived had a machine that took a lot of my money. The bottom left of the CRT screen was discoloured on this particular machine. Interesting that I remember so clearly such a mundane detail, but there you go.
Man, another classic!!! I played this as well back in the day, but only limited because i hardly had money. It was mesmerizing to me as a young guy, especially the weapons like knives and assault rifle. This was a great follow up for me after Double Dragon and Bubble Bobble.
I use to play the arcade version of P.O.W - Prisoners of War at this old Pizzeria in the middle of the woods back in the very early 90's. Seriously, while I was in my family car with my parents driving, we would always enter an area where it was nothing but WOODS (trees, trees and more trees. Sometimes deer and a beer if we got lucky). This Pizzeria would be in the middle of the woods and the building wasn't in the best shape, the workers looked like they were former convicts, but the pizza was MAGNIFICENT (New York style pizza in the middle of the woods. It's like a bunch of pizza making criminals left New York City and went to hide out in the woods in the middle of nowhere and they made the BEST pizza ever). Anyway, they always had a perfectly working P.O.W - Prisoners of War arcade machine in that Pizzeria and I would get tons of quarters from my family (and sometimes FREE quarters from the Pizza makers at the place, they were very nice people) and I would play that game over and over and over. It's one of my favorite childhood memories from the 1990's. I have no clue what happened to that pizzeria and P.O.W arcade machine after the 90's ended, but I was very happy when SNK released a modern 40th anniversary collection that has the arcade version of P.O.W -Prisoners of War on it.
Another snk hit.. one of my 7-11 games.. it was so good bought the arcade board. Even the nes version was actually good. Had no idea there was a windows version. I've always like the port comparison of these videos. A lot of them never knew they existed. Thanx! Patman!
Your videos are like a warm comfort blanket for me for some reason. I love watching them! I was also the developer/writer of the POW nes hack that turns the game into Rambo first blood part 2! One thing I did want to correct you on though, was that you said in the NES version you were restricted to only moving left and right, but that’s actually not the case… in the video footage you even move up and down a bit. Regardless, great vid as always, Pat!
Ha, that was funny about the SBD released in the Elevator, Patman. ;) SNK, famous for Samurai Shodown 2 and King of Fighters, also made a lot of fun sidescrollers including POW here. Thanks for the helpful history of this classic action brawler/battle game! This reminds me of the new GI Joe Brawler game on the way for 2024+. Thanks!
I've got Patman fever I'm going outta my mind. Thanks for this, Pat. I hope you and your family had a nice Thanksgiving. And a big thank you for all your content this year as it is much appreciated by myself and no doubt many others too.
Good video dude. I remember spending a lot of quarters on this game in the arcade back in the day. I recently picked up the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection for my Xbox One and it has both the arcade version and NES version of P.O.W. (along with many other classic SNK titles).
Another great video and a real trip to nostalgia land for me! Damn! That Windows port really pulled no punches with its blood and gore! Took me by surprise.
This was one of those titles I was in love with as a kid. The local department store had a rotating selection of arcade machines and this was one of them (Captain America and the Avengers being the other that immediately comes to mind). As a result would rent the NES title a fair bit and got pretty decent at it as well. Also not mentioned but a neat little bonus, the NES version is also included on the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, they did that for most every title so it really is the complete package.
Well done as always, PatMan! The NES soundtrack for this game is a personal favorite of mine. It's one of those games that's underrated/appreciated and I'm always happy when I find others who know it.
P.O.W. is far from my favorite SNK or even SNK 40th Anniversary Collection game (I like Vanguard way more than anyone that only started playing it a couple of years ago probably should). But P.O.W. also isn't a bad game. Especially considering it released before Final Fight changed the beat 'em up genre. It is pretty tough. I never quite got the hang of dealing with the knife guys. And I would say the stages, like many of SNK's early stuff, were just too long. I think SNK's games with long but few stages would have been much better off being broken into smaller ones. This review has me wanting to fire up the ol' Steam and play a few games of P.O.W. and maybe a few other early SNK arcade titles. Excellent work.
Hell yeah! POW is one of my favorite arcade games. We had it at the skating rink where I grew up. I spent many quarters on this game, Shinobi, and Street Fighter II in that roller rink!
This one was of my favorite game of that year. I used to beat it with .25c while taking no damage. Jump and kick most of the time. I still wonder how they got the dynamite to break out of the cell.
Good stuff, Patman! Our local bowling alley had this one, along with a Superman arcade. I was on a league with a friend of mine, and before the game would start, we'd always toss a few quarters into it. SNK rarely disappointed back in the day.
this was honestly the first ''real'' side scrollling beatem'up i played on nes, before DOUBLE DRAGON and i loved it, it is a good game and very fun, kinda hard for me back when i was young but the weapons were good and how u blew people away, good game, love it.
I bought a collection of SNK games for Switch and this was one of the games that was on there. It was pretty cool, but it seemed like the characters moved a little slow. Of course this was the NES version of the game and was probably always like that, it's just been a while since I played it and forgot about it💁♂️
2:09 OMG!!! I've been trying to find this game forever and it literally just jumped into my mind again two days ago!! Does anyone know the name of it please? And Thank you so so sooooo much Patman. I bet you have no idea just how much of a treasure you are. Thank you for all the work you do.
Just an update. *Rush'n Attack* was also called *Green Beret* in conversions for home computers done by Ocean Software. I got mine for the C64 as Green Beret back in the day and only learned a few years ago it was actually called Rush'n Attack in the arcades. Never seen it there.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Yeah, I just checked. There seems to be a version by *Imagine* out. Thought initially it was done by Ocean because of the awesome title music by Martin Galway, who did a lot for Ocean.
This one was always a favourite when the funfair came to my small town for a few days in the summer, pretty much the only time I saw an arcade in my youth (Apart from the one time we went on a family trip to Blackpool and the arcades there blow my tiny mind)
CONGRATURATION ON ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO 😁 I too really liked this game in both arcade and nes also had the stand alone ps3 psn game and now on the snk 40th collection
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentariesdid you get my little joke did Congratulations is horribly misspelled on the end game screen for POW prisoners of War on NES😊
I remember seeing that game alongside double dragon at a fish n chip shop in Shellharbour years ago as a kid. Didnt have enough coins but enjoyed watching others playing it.
I loved this game on the NES as a kid, finished it multiple times. It's the reason that to this day, I want a brass knuckle, the game convinced me it was the best weapon ever invented.
Oh yes, this is another great classic! Another of the cool ones from SNK no less. In my opinion the gameplay is similar to Street Smart! You need to take care in attacking your opponent and moving away just before being counterattacked. Here's a little hint: Listen carefully to the sound effects from P.O.W and Street Smart as your opponent goes flying after being hit by a power move; they are very similar and both made by SNK. 😉
I remember this game being a big quarter muncher. The scream snake makes when you die was a huge attention getter for people to watch you play. There was another fighting game SNK made a Neo Geo arcade game paired up with Robotron. Cannot remember the name of it but i remember certain fighters. One was braken and the other was Joey Mac. If anyone remember this title please reply
Predator was the get to the chopper scene. I get why you used it. But we talking aliens/pows here lol...loved this game though. I remember being the first to play this game after it got plugged in at black bear campground New Hampshire, inside a moldy old barn arcade oh those were the days
When I was a kid I always wanted to play as “Willy” in double dragon because he had a machine gun. I was so excited to see POW in the arcade because of the machine gun. Did you feel this way?
So. Hear me out. I am 25. I played this game when I was 4. My aunt owned an actual original arcade column of this game. I played it with my cousin Daniel. We could click the coin clicker as much as we wanted for as many lives as we wanted… This game is close to me. I really wish I had one of those arcade columns again for this game…an emulation is just not the same.
Patman, you wouldn't shatner in your pants in a crowded elevator would you? 💩 All of SNK war games are legends that I've played in elementary school💪 great video as customary.
Absolutely love POW. unlike the awful street smart, which is a guilty pleasure- its actually really good! Its an interesting time with these snk games, as they are not neogeo and dedicated boards. Nerdy as hell, but that sorta stuff fascinates me.
Holy crap Patman!!!! You just helped a decades long mystery of mine. I knew i played a game with these scenes!!!! I swear i thought of this game years ago, but i wasn't sure if i had actually played it on the NES when i was a kid. I thought it was just a false memory or a fever dream. .... it was cool to see you mention Guerilla war. That and Iron tank were 2 of my favorites back then.
What makes the game interesting is that it is "Rocket Tag Gameplay" in a beat-'em-up -- pretty much everyone including YOU die in only a few hits. And with weapons, most are one-hit-kills.
The game runs on the same hardware as "Street Smart" and "Ikari III - The Rescue". Sound effects are even the same. It would make sense if the guys in this game are actually the Ikari Warriors; Ralf Jones and Clark Still. I've always had this theory that it's actually them, even though SNK has never confirmed it. Anyone else with me?
"Snake" not because of Metal Gear, rather Metal Gear's Snake is inspired by Snake Plissken from Kurt Russel's "Escape from New York." This is likely the case here as it was a hugely popular "American" movie character around that time. A good amount of japanese manga, anime and game characters that were "tough Americans" were named Snake in the late 1980s due to that film.
Nice video! I just noticed something, though: the punching and defeated enemy sound effects, are the same as in a fighting game called "Street Smart". Does anybody else remember that game?
I always ask myself while watching the beginning of this game where our hero got ahold of the explosives to blow up the door to escape in the first place?🤔
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I first encountered this game at Deer Run, a hotel in New York. I didn’t know it had an NES version until now, which is far better.
It's so funny to me how many of the enemies that come at you are unarmed. Imagine this prisoner escapes and murders literally hundreds of your peer soldiers many with his bare hands and then they tell you to just go out and stop him and don't even give you a sharp stick. 😅 Like fighting a Gorilla on meth with a machine gun.
Your stuff is awesome. I'm such a big fan. Have you ever done one on just a style of games? Like 4 player arcade games? Simpsons, Gauntlet, Xmen, etc? Anyway, people, LIKE COMMENT AND SUBSCRIBE!
Thanks, I appreciate that. I haven't done one on a particular style of strictly for player titles but that's a good idea. I will keep that in mind. Thanks
the same punch sound is in street smart by SNK great work most appreciated
Nice, good call
Glad you caught that as well😎👍
Another instant like because I give credit where credit is due!! When it comes down to the best youtuber ever........ how you cannot appreciate his efforts??? Keep up the good work Patman!!! Because we all love you and we always look forward to watching new material!!!
You are thee man, thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed the content my friend
Pat deserves way more subscribers than what he has. He gives it to ya straight without any of the added B.S and he's not blabbering about PRONOUNS!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
LOL, thanks. I hear that from other people should have a lot more subscribers for some reason the channel just hasn't really taken off. I'm glad you enjoy it though. Thanks@@Roger-fs5yo
Than if you give credit, add quarters to his patron so you can be a man of your word.
Good memories of this game. P.O.W. was in my local fish and chips shop in the late 80's, it was a SNK machine that also had Prehistoric Isle on it. Myself and some friends would play them games often.
We put a lot of ten pence coins in that arcade machine.
The chip shop would often have a new machine at least every 6 months.. Players choice, Neo Geo and many others.
Good nostalgic memories.
And a lot of gas stations we had Neo Geo's here in the states which is where I first encountered the system. Good times
Prehistoric Isle looks neat. Thanks.
@@ProctorSilex there is a part two.. I prefer the original version.
Part two is on Neo Geo.
Enjoy.
How odd, this is the exact same memory of this game I have...not the same chippy is it? 😅
"P.O.W.", "Renegade", and "Double Dragon II" were on my perpetual rental list at the ol' mom and pop in the town where I spent the first 10 years of my life.
I had the pleasure of playing the P.O.W. arcade game exactly ONCE... and I was left with this feeling, like "man, why can't my NES make the game look and sound this good?"... Double Dragon II left me with a similar feeling.
The experience honestly made me avoid the arcade for quite some time. I didn't want to ruin my opinion of the games I either owned or rented by playing the FAR superior arcade versions.
I got over that when "Mortal Kombat" first hit the arcade!
Great stuff as usual, Pat!
I had exactly the same experience with Playboy magazine and real females...
Yes, we were all curious what the conversions were going to look like and usually we were a bit disappointed. Thanks
LOL
@@adamkane7513At 9 and 10 years old?
Good for you, I guess...
Don't worry... I was smoking by 11.
It’s a shame that SNK never gave P.O.W. a sequel on the Neo Geo. Especially considering how many other early franchises got them.
I thought he became a character, possibly playable in Metal Slug series.
Oh I agree, it definitely need to do
I always wanted SNK to someday announce that the player characters in P.O.W. - Prisoners Of War were, in fact the Ikari Warriors. It would make sense if they were the same characters.
I used to love this game when I was a kid. I'll always remember the local video rental shop just down the street from where I lived had a machine that took a lot of my money. The bottom left of the CRT screen was discoloured on this particular machine. Interesting that I remember so clearly such a mundane detail, but there you go.
Another jump back in time! Saw this at a field trip to the skating ring in middle school. Never played it myself, but watched my friends play.
Man, another classic!!!
I played this as well back in the day, but only limited because i hardly had money.
It was mesmerizing to me as a young guy, especially the weapons like knives and assault rifle.
This was a great follow up for me after Double Dragon and Bubble Bobble.
Classic 1980s
this is consistently one of my favorite channels making some of my favorite content
How utterly fantastic of you to say, thanks
POW is a total knockout video game. I've spent so many coins in the arcade in the late 80's and POW is being one of many reasons. Solid vid PatManQC.
Thanks buddy
I loved this game!
So do I
Was about to crash an get some sleep but i can't now cause P.O.W. was one of my favs along with Bloody Wolf!
Bloody Wolf is great as well, forgot about that one
I use to play the arcade version of P.O.W - Prisoners of War at this old Pizzeria in the middle of the woods back in the very early 90's. Seriously, while I was in my family car with my parents driving, we would always enter an area where it was nothing but WOODS (trees, trees and more trees. Sometimes deer and a beer if we got lucky). This Pizzeria would be in the middle of the woods and the building wasn't in the best shape, the workers looked like they were former convicts, but the pizza was MAGNIFICENT (New York style pizza in the middle of the woods. It's like a bunch of pizza making criminals left New York City and went to hide out in the woods in the middle of nowhere and they made the BEST pizza ever). Anyway, they always had a perfectly working P.O.W - Prisoners of War arcade machine in that Pizzeria and I would get tons of quarters from my family (and sometimes FREE quarters from the Pizza makers at the place, they were very nice people) and I would play that game over and over and over. It's one of my favorite childhood memories from the 1990's. I have no clue what happened to that pizzeria and P.O.W arcade machine after the 90's ended, but I was very happy when SNK released a modern 40th anniversary collection that has the arcade version of P.O.W -Prisoners of War on it.
That is fascinating. When I started reading it and almost sounded like a five nights at Freddy's fanfiction. I wonder what ever happened to it?
cool and odd. what town, state, general area was this?
I love this channel. It embodies exactly what I want from youtube, from top to bottom. Entertaining, informative, and often very funny. Thanks Patman!
Thanks so much, I really do appreciate the comments
Another snk hit.. one of my 7-11 games.. it was so good bought the arcade board. Even the nes version was actually good. Had no idea there was a windows version. I've always like the port comparison of these videos. A lot of them never knew they existed. Thanx! Patman!
We had this at the bowling alley in Kitzingen Germany. I don't remember a lot growing up, but I remember where each arcade game was.
Absolutely, thanks for watching
Your videos are like a warm comfort blanket for me for some reason. I love watching them!
I was also the developer/writer of the POW nes hack that turns the game into Rambo first blood part 2!
One thing I did want to correct you on though, was that you said in the NES version you were restricted to only moving left and right, but that’s actually not the case… in the video footage you even move up and down a bit.
Regardless, great vid as always, Pat!
You're right, what I meant to say was there was no animation for moving up and down the plane like there was in the arcade game.. Thanks
The Man has RETURNED.🤘😆🤘
Slowly but surely, thanks
i remember playing this one at 7-11
I picked up some flower (9 lb Hammer) and I’m smoking to your videos! Great job!
LOL, thanks buddy
Ha, that was funny about the SBD released in the Elevator, Patman. ;) SNK, famous for Samurai Shodown 2 and King of Fighters, also made a lot of fun sidescrollers including POW here. Thanks for the helpful history of this classic action brawler/battle game! This reminds me of the new GI Joe Brawler game on the way for 2024+. Thanks!
LOL, thanks buddy
I owned the Jamma boards for this and double dragaon. I made my own super gun to play it with my amiga monitor. good times.
That would be fantastic with an Amiga monitor :-)
I've got Patman fever I'm going outta my mind. Thanks for this, Pat. I hope you and your family had a nice Thanksgiving. And a big thank you for all your content this year as it is much appreciated by myself and no doubt many others too.
Good video dude. I remember spending a lot of quarters on this game in the arcade back in the day.
I recently picked up the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection for my Xbox One and it has both the arcade version and NES version of P.O.W. (along with many other classic SNK titles).
That music on the NES.
🔥🤘🏼
It's on fire
Another great video and a real trip to nostalgia land for me! Damn! That Windows port really pulled no punches with its blood and gore! Took me by surprise.
I was surprised as well, thanks buddy
This was one of those titles I was in love with as a kid. The local department store had a rotating selection of arcade machines and this was one of them (Captain America and the Avengers being the other that immediately comes to mind). As a result would rent the NES title a fair bit and got pretty decent at it as well. Also not mentioned but a neat little bonus, the NES version is also included on the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, they did that for most every title so it really is the complete package.
Good morning, Good to see a fresh video to watch. Keep up the videos you're doing great.
Good morning! Thanks a ton, hope you enjoy it
Well done as always, PatMan! The NES soundtrack for this game is a personal favorite of mine. It's one of those games that's underrated/appreciated and I'm always happy when I find others who know it.
Yes, it's really good. Thanks
P.O.W. is far from my favorite SNK or even SNK 40th Anniversary Collection game (I like Vanguard way more than anyone that only started playing it a couple of years ago probably should). But P.O.W. also isn't a bad game. Especially considering it released before Final Fight changed the beat 'em up genre.
It is pretty tough. I never quite got the hang of dealing with the knife guys. And I would say the stages, like many of SNK's early stuff, were just too long. I think SNK's games with long but few stages would have been much better off being broken into smaller ones.
This review has me wanting to fire up the ol' Steam and play a few games of P.O.W. and maybe a few other early SNK arcade titles. Excellent work.
Thanks, the levels are extremely long considering there are only four of them in the game can be completed in about 20 minutes
Hell yeah! POW is one of my favorite arcade games. We had it at the skating rink where I grew up. I spent many quarters on this game, Shinobi, and Street Fighter II in that roller rink!
We used to go rollerskating every Sunday and always looked forward to seeing what new arcade games they had on display
This one was of my favorite game of that year. I used to beat it with .25c while taking no damage. Jump and kick most of the time. I still wonder how they got the dynamite to break out of the cell.
That's fantastic! As far as a dynamite, they had to smuggle it….I just won't say where
They ripped off MacGyver 😆
Never played or saw the arcade version but rented the nes version a few times
I loved this game
Awesome video as always! Loved this!! Thank you!!! 🔥💯💫
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another masterpiece from Patman. Thanks my friend. Retro rules!
Thanks buddy, I agree 100%
Thanks for showing my model of the cabinet for this great game. This was always a favourite of mine when I was little.
It's a very cool cabinet
Love your videos. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
This is awesome I remember playing this when I was a little kid
Yes, I always had fun with it as well
Always learn something new in your videos. great game. love the way the enemies are sent flying across the stage when knocked out
Thanks a lot, I always thought it was hilarious about the enemies flying as well
Good stuff, Patman! Our local bowling alley had this one, along with a Superman arcade. I was on a league with a friend of mine, and before the game would start, we'd always toss a few quarters into it. SNK rarely disappointed back in the day.
They were a company like konami and Capcom or you knew typically it was going to be a quality arcade title
Patman, I love your channel! All these old games are a balm in these stormy times.
Thanks, I'm glad the silly little videos can help
this was honestly the first ''real'' side scrollling beatem'up i played on nes, before DOUBLE DRAGON and i loved it, it is a good game and very fun, kinda hard for me back when i was young but the weapons were good and how u blew people away, good game, love it.
Yes, a bit difficult but a lot of fun
Yes! Keep them coming Pat!
Thanks
I bought a collection of SNK games for Switch and this was one of the games that was on there. It was pretty cool, but it seemed like the characters moved a little slow. Of course this was the NES version of the game and was probably always like that, it's just been a while since I played it and forgot about it💁♂️
The SNK collection is really good
Great video as always, dude!!!
Thanks !
Thanks for another solid retrospective Patman, keep up the great work!
Thanks, will do!
I hope you talk about the Nemo arcade in the future.
Always great content Pat. I used to love to hear that game in the arcade, especially the punch/kick the enemy away sound
Yes, they always had such a distinct sound. Thanks a lot
Great video Patman!! I wanted to let you know that there is a 2 player rom hack of the NES version. I've tried it and it seems to work fine!
2 player is so much more fun.
I must seek out out the ROM...
Only now I'm in my 40s I no longer have a buddy I can play couch co-oo with!
Did not know that,Very cool. Thanks for the info
2:09 OMG!!! I've been trying to find this game forever and it literally just jumped into my mind again two days ago!! Does anyone know the name of it please?
And Thank you so so sooooo much Patman. I bet you have no idea just how much of a treasure you are. Thank you for all the work you do.
Sengoku is the arcade game shown at 209. Thanks for the nice words ::-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Thank you for the quick reply and once again for the great content! Legend
Just an update. *Rush'n Attack* was also called *Green Beret* in conversions for home computers done by Ocean Software. I got mine for the C64 as Green Beret back in the day and only learned a few years ago it was actually called Rush'n Attack in the arcades. Never seen it there.
It was Never known as Green Beret here in the states. It was called Green Beret for the Commodore 64 though
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Yeah, I just checked. There seems to be a version by *Imagine* out. Thought initially it was done by Ocean because of the awesome title music by Martin Galway, who did a lot for Ocean.
This one was always a favourite when the funfair came to my small town for a few days in the summer, pretty much the only time I saw an arcade in my youth (Apart from the one time we went on a family trip to Blackpool and the arcades there blow my tiny mind)
It's crazy to think that carnivals used to have an arcade section where they would have 20 or 30 games on display.
Great vid. I used to play this one on an arcade machine at a grocery store near the house I grew up.
Back when arcade games were everywhere. I did the same
True classic, arcade and NES version were hard. My Christmas 1989 was epic with POW and Ninja Gaiden under the tree
Sounds like a fantastic Christmas
CONGRATURATION ON ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO 😁
I too really liked this game in both arcade and nes also had the stand alone ps3 psn game and now on the snk 40th collection
Thanks! The 40th anniversary collection is awesome byy the way
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentariesdid you get my little joke did Congratulations is horribly misspelled on the end game screen for POW prisoners of War on NES😊
Never played this on the NES or in the arcade. i will definitely give it a go now after watching this, Pat.
Have Fun!
I remember seeing that game alongside double dragon at a fish n chip shop in Shellharbour years ago as a kid. Didnt have enough coins but enjoyed watching others playing it.
We had it at our local bowling alley
This game sure packs quite a punch. I believe the stage 1 theme was the only track that was re-created on the NES version.
Yes it does, thanks
Pizza Hut in Farmville, VA had the arcade game back in early 1991. Oh my God I wish I can play this
In POW the weapon pickup is an M16 Assault Rifle, after inspecting the weapon closely it also has an M203 grenade launcher but non functional.
I played this game so much at the arcade. My friends and I used to put in camp and pretend in our backyards.
Thank God, light the fuse let's do it
Let's gooooooooo! Iconic opening that's for sure
I loved this game on the NES as a kid, finished it multiple times. It's the reason that to this day, I want a brass knuckle, the game convinced me it was the best weapon ever invented.
I never had a pair of brass knuckles But my older brother did And I always thought there were cool. Of course he was a bit of a fighter as well though
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries they're highly illegal in Canada, and Im more of a mock and run away, kinda guy anyways.
Pre Neo Geo SNK games were always fascinating.
I agree, the later stuff on the Neo Geo hardware was extremely cool as well but I also like to the 80s games
love the channel bro! God bless
I appreciate that! Thanks so much
Awesome! One of my favorites of when I was a kid!
I loved this game as well
Oh yes, this is another great classic! Another of the cool ones from SNK no less. In my opinion the gameplay is similar to Street Smart! You need to take care in attacking your opponent and moving away just before being counterattacked.
Here's a little hint: Listen carefully to the sound effects from P.O.W and Street Smart as your opponent goes flying after being hit by a power move; they are very similar and both made by SNK. 😉
I remember this game being a big quarter muncher. The scream snake makes when you die was a huge attention getter for people to watch you play. There was another fighting game SNK made a Neo Geo arcade game paired up with Robotron. Cannot remember the name of it but i remember certain fighters. One was braken and the other was Joey Mac. If anyone remember this title please reply
I think I still have this on the ol PSP! I guess I should revisit it as it seems like a nice little beat em up
It is a lot of fun
Predator was the get to the chopper scene. I get why you used it. But we talking aliens/pows here lol...loved this game though. I remember being the first to play this game after it got plugged in at black bear campground New Hampshire, inside a moldy old barn arcade oh those were the days
When I was a kid I always wanted to play as “Willy” in double dragon because he had a machine gun. I was so excited to see POW in the arcade because of the machine gun. Did you feel this way?
I sunk many of my mom’s quarters into this game at our local Roses department store
I always played it whenever I had the chance as well
Angry Nerd, Patman, and Sega Lord X…..all I need
How nice of you to say, thanks
So. Hear me out.
I am 25. I played this game when I was 4. My aunt owned an actual original arcade column of this game. I played it with my cousin Daniel. We could click the coin clicker as much as we wanted for as many lives as we wanted…
This game is close to me. I really wish I had one of those arcade columns again for this game…an emulation is just not the same.
Patman, you wouldn't shatner in your pants in a crowded elevator would you? 💩 All of SNK war games are legends that I've played in elementary school💪 great video as customary.
LOL, maybe once or twice. Thanks buddy
Absolutely love POW. unlike the awful street smart, which is a guilty pleasure- its actually really good!
Its an interesting time with these snk games, as they are not neogeo and dedicated boards. Nerdy as hell, but that sorta stuff fascinates me.
Yes, love the old school SNK titles. Heck, even love the later ones
Holy crap Patman!!!! You just helped a decades long mystery of mine. I knew i played a game with these scenes!!!! I swear i thought of this game years ago, but i wasn't sure if i had actually played it on the NES when i was a kid. I thought it was just a false memory or a fever dream. .... it was cool to see you mention Guerilla war. That and Iron tank were 2 of my favorites back then.
Patman can you please do a video on missile command? Im shocked you havent yet. Its an all time classic arcade game.
It's on my list
It’s crazy you’re not 1 million subs
How extremely nice of you to say, wish more people thought like you :-)
the punisher by capcom on cps1 seems to have taken inspiration from this game.
What makes the game interesting is that it is "Rocket Tag Gameplay" in a beat-'em-up -- pretty much everyone including YOU die in only a few hits. And with weapons, most are one-hit-kills.
That bald guy is apparently mr x from
Kof before anybody knew him.
Yes, it's tough
Great game!
I agree
At least in NES, you could kick the bullets. Discovering this as a kid was amazing. Any one else? Yes regular Nintendo/Famicom
This game never came up for the super Nintendo, did you mean regular Nintendo?
Wow - how old is that remake version on pc?
Looks sorta jank, but also pretty cool with the gore 😅
The remake probably 10 years old or so
The game runs on the same hardware as "Street Smart" and "Ikari III - The Rescue". Sound effects are even the same. It would make sense if the guys in this game are actually the Ikari Warriors; Ralf Jones and Clark Still. I've always had this theory that it's actually them, even though SNK has never confirmed it. Anyone else with me?
"Snake" not because of Metal Gear, rather Metal Gear's Snake is inspired by Snake Plissken from Kurt Russel's "Escape from New York."
This is likely the case here as it was a hugely popular "American" movie character around that time. A good amount of japanese manga, anime and game characters that were "tough Americans" were named Snake in the late 1980s due to that film.
Makes sense, thanks for the info
P.O.W. is an excellent SNK game and I will play it. 😀👍🎮
You should, have fun
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries ok I will. 😀👍🎮
Wow cool video man ! 😊
Thanks! 😁
I love P.O.W arcade I think I rented it in January 1989
It's a great game
Nice video!
I just noticed something, though: the punching and defeated enemy sound effects, are the same as in a fighting game called "Street Smart".
Does anybody else remember that game?
Thanks, it could be because streetsmart is also from SNK
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries oh, my memory must be hazy; I thought it was by Data East.
I always ask myself while watching the beginning of this game where our hero got ahold of the explosives to blow up the door to escape in the first place?🤔
Classic game I spend a lot of quarters on this and never beat it. But I have it on my handheld emulator
It's a classic and I really enjoyed
Isnt the main character in POW in fact MARKO from metal Slug? With the white head band.
Played this in youth at church years ago.
Beated it by myself and coo op.
Very nice
I'd Like to See the History of ARKANOID
Double Dragon meets Rambo!
Exactly
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I first encountered this game at Deer Run, a hotel in New York. I didn’t know it had an NES version until now, which is far better.
It's so funny to me how many of the enemies that come at you are unarmed. Imagine this prisoner escapes and murders literally hundreds of your peer soldiers many with his bare hands and then they tell you to just go out and stop him and don't even give you a sharp stick. 😅 Like fighting a Gorilla on meth with a machine gun.
LOL good call
How about "SAR: Search and Rescue"? It always seemed like one of the more gruesome arcade games I've seen out there.
Good call, completely forgott about that one
Scrolling beat em ups were like crack back then.
Oh, no doubbt LOL
Your stuff is awesome. I'm such a big fan. Have you ever done one on just a style of games? Like 4 player arcade games? Simpsons, Gauntlet, Xmen, etc? Anyway, people, LIKE COMMENT AND SUBSCRIBE!
Thanks, I appreciate that. I haven't done one on a particular style of strictly for player titles but that's a good idea. I will keep that in mind. Thanks
The windows version looks amazing 🤩
It's free to download so check it out
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries awesome! Thanks Patman:)