P.O.W. Prisoners of War

The arcade version of Prisoners of War can be played by up to two players simultaneously. In La Havana, Cuba, player 1 controls a blue-clad prisoner named Snake, while player 2 controls a red-clad one named Bart. The objective is to escape from the enemy base by fighting through four stages in which numerous soldiers try to prevent the player's escape. The stages consist of a POW camp, a warehouse, a jungle and the enemy base. The enemies include foot soldiers, commando soldiers and Green Berets. Controls consist of an eight-way joystick for moving the character and three action buttons for punching, kicking and jumping. There are also three special attacks that are performed by pressing two buttons simultaneously: a jump kick (jump and then kick), a back kick (jump and punch at the same time) and a head kick (punch and kick at the same time). The player can also pick up one of two weapons dropped by defeated enemies: a throwing knife and a machine gun. The player can fire the machine gun by pressing the kick button or save his ammunition by pressing the punch button to beat up his opponents.