P.O.W. Prisoners Of War Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release On Switch

"Experience an intense jailbreak"

by Liam Doolan Thu 5th Mar 2020

Hamster's Arcade Archives release on the Nintendo Switch eShop this week is P.O.W. Prisoners of War.

It's a side-scrolling action beat 'em up by SNK that was originally released in arcades in 1988. It followed with a home console release on the NES a year later. This standalone Switch version will be available on the eShop for $7.99 / £6.29 and supports two players.

Below are some screenshots and a description of the game:

Break free from the POW camp and try to escape from the enemy base by reaching the rescue helicopter waiting in the final area.In addition to the various melee attacks carried out depending on the button combination, you can also pick up weapons dropped by enemies and use them as your own! Experience an intense jailbreak!

Will you be adding this latest Hamster release to your Switch digital library? Tell us below.

Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. He's also got a soft spot for Sonic the Hedgehog.

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shonenjump86
Thu 5th Mar 2020

Nice beat em up, but it’s already on the SNK Collection game that’s on Switch and PS4. Gotta pass on this.

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Moroboshi876
Thu 5th Mar 2020

This one I have on SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, and I gotta say it's a fun beat'em up, with weapons and military theme. One of my favorites among the 24 title collection. Won't be double dipping of course.

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cptspaulding
Thu 5th Mar 2020

Way better than the NES version.

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Mr_Blonde
Thu 5th Mar 2020

Tired of this 16 bit garbage. Can we please get some more quality n64/gamecube games to the e-shop?

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JayJ
Thu 5th Mar 2020

Oh wow another game that is already in a collection that is available for the Switch. I would like to see some more original games that haven't seen other releases, and it would be nice if they would move on to the 90's.

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vio
Thu 5th Mar 2020

@Mr_Blonde "Tired of this 16 bit garbage."

You sir are hereby banished from these parts! Be gone!

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Moroboshi876
Thu 5th Mar 2020

I don't think all these SNK releases are bad per se, after all people might be interested in just some of them and not the entire 24 collection. But I personally I'm waiting for Wrecking Crew and all these releases are putting it off, so it kind of bothers me. Especially when that game was announced ages ago and then disappeared from the upcoming games list and when I saw it reappear I thought it would be a one day before announcement case (it happened with other games), but it wasn't.

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MotionMan
Thu 5th Mar 2020

This is a great SNK game, but i own the 40th Anniversary Collection. Hamster is killing it with all these releases!!! I’m still hoping to see Super Punch-Out!!, Double Dragon (Neo Geo) and SVC Chaos: SNK Vs. Capcom. My dream game would be Nintendo’s Popeye, but that seems like an impossible task. I hope Hamster is able to make it happen.

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Nintendo_Alski
Thu 5th Mar 2020

I loved playing this in the Arcades as a kid, along with street fighter 2 and final fight this gives me proper old school feels 😎

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Supadav03
Thu 5th Mar 2020

I used to LOVE this game at the arcades back in the late 80s/early 90. Might have to pick this up for nostalgia sake.

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JayJ
Thu 5th Mar 2020

@Moroboshi876 Yeah that's my feelings about it as well. It wouldn't be so annoying if it wasn't putting off games that I am actually looking forward to.