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Romset and name:
powj Datsugoku - Prisoners of War (Japan)
Short name:
Datsugoku - Prisoners of War
Manufacturer:
SNK
Year:
1988
Genre:
Fighter
Category:
Fighter / 2.5D
Serie:
-
Driver source:
snk/snk68.cpp
Language:
Japanese
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players (solo, 2 concurrents)
Input:
Joystick 8 ways
Buttons / keys:
3
Coins:
2
Cabinet:
-
Free-play:
Not supported

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Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
-
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
256x224@59.185606 Hz, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Horizontal
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Motorola MC68000, Zilog Z80
Audio
Sound:
Mono
Audio chips:
NEC uPD7759, Speaker, YM3812 OPL2
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.34b8 released on nov-29 1998
Last release:
Mame 0.265 released on apr-24 2024
Clone of:
pow P.O.W. - Prisoners of War (US version 1)
Bios:
Not required
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Use sample of:
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Previous romset:
None
New romset:
None
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GOOD
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Status
OVERALL:
GOOD
Emulation:
Good
Graphic:
Good
Color:
Good
Sound:
Good
Cocktail:
Good
Protection:
Good
Save state:
Supported
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  • Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

    Datsugoku - Prisoners of War © 1988 SNK.

    Datsugoku Prisoners of War is a horizontally-scrolling run 'n' gun platform game for one or two players in which Special Forces soldiers escape from a POW camp and must fight their way through enemy territory to reach the extraction point and rescue.

    The escaping POWs fight primarily using hand-to-hand combat, but limited-use knives and sub-machine guns can be retrieved from fallen enemy soldiers. The game consists of three action buttons for punching, kicking and jumping. There are also three special attacks performed by pressing two buttons simultaneously: a jump kick (jump, then kick), a back punch (jump and punch simultaneously) and a headbutt (punch and kick simultaneously).

    The controls change when wielding a weapon; the knife is thrown by pressing the punch button, but can preserved by using kicks. When wielding the machine gun, players can fire it by pressing the kick button, or can conserve its ammo by pressing the punch button to gun-whip enemies from close-range.

    Datsugoku Prisoners of War consists of five, enemy-packed stages:
    1: POW Camp.
    2: Warehouse.
    3: Jungle.
    4: Enemy base.
    5: Extraction point.

    TECHNICAL
    Game ID: A7008 'DG'

    Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
    Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
    Sound Chips: YM3812 (@ 4 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)

    Screen orientation: Horizontal
    Video resolution: 256 x 224 pixels
    Screen refresh: 60.00 Hz
    Palette colors: 2048

    Players: 2
    Control: 8-way joystick
    Buttons: 3

    TRIVIA
    Released in August 1988.

    The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Escaped Prisoners'.

    The Boss 2 music theme was certainly inspired by Glenn Frey's "The Heat is On" (1984).

    Export releases:
    This game is known outside Japan as "P.O.W. - Prisoners of War".

    STAFF
    Boss: Eikichi Kawasaki
    Programmers: Konny, Regulus, Shoot Yamashita, Shochan
    Designers: F. Kiyoshi, Suka Michi, Motti, Maeda, Tetsu, Wara2, Buri, Madaka
    Sound: Tarkun, Yoko Osaka, Kenny

    PORTS
    • CONSOLES:
    Nintendo Famicom (1989, "Datsugoku - Prisoners of War [Model KAC-P7]")

    • COMPUTERS:
    PC [Windows] (Nov 17, 2008, "P.O.W.: Prisoners of War")

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=599&o=2
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