Posted: 7/15/2004 12:04 AM
Post subject: POW: Prisoner of War
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Teeranicus
Joined: 7/12/2004
Posts: 3
Does anyone know any glitches ot exploits in POW: Prisoners of War for NES? Its a beat'em up I've always enjoyed and a game I know I can get perfectish at with some practice.
Posted: 9/4/2004 5:59 AM
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VirtualAlex
Joined: 5/31/2004
Posts: 464
Location: Minnesota
I would really like to see a run of this game. It's got alot of veriety.
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Posted: 10/24/2004 7:05 PM
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blitzag
Joined: 10/24/2004
Posts: 60
Location: Quebec
I will try a time attack on hit,if you know glitch that will help, contact me.
Posted: 1/27/2008 10:22 PM
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Dromiceius
Joined: 10/3/2005
Posts: 1332
It has a sort of hypnotic feel. Very dull, yet it's relaxing instead of tedious. You go from one area to the next, fighting wave after wave of three clones of the same guy trying to kill you. I suppose the music makes or breaks a game like this, and it's got a nice soundtrack. So it's boring and I don't know why I'm still playing, but then I wonder, is it worth it to get the knuckledusters? Should I butt these guys, or line them up and shoot them? And then it becomes apparent that if I had been more liberal with the rifle, I could get a refill halfway through the level... I guess it's at least marginally interesting to TAS, however perverse it might be as entertainment. If anyone decides to work on this and needs memory addresses, let me know and I'll see if I can help you out. As for glitches, I found nothing significant. I thought I managed to get hit and die as I finished the last boss, but I accidentally re-recorded over it and couldn't do it a second time.
Posted: 1/28/2008 5:09 AM
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Tristal
Joined: 7/10/2007
Posts: 280
I watched a non-TAS speedrun of this on Youtube, it was painfully boring and not very entertaining at all. Get weapon, use it, kick a lot, get weapon, etc.
Posted: 1/28/2008 11:18 AM
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Dromiceius
Joined: 10/3/2005
Posts: 1332
Heh. Yeah, to clarify, I don't recommend anyone try to submit a run of this to TASvideos.org.
Posted: 2/3/2008 12:55 AM
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minglw
Joined: 4/3/2006
Posts: 269
For POW, I definitely prefer the arcade version. I was a fan of POW for a long time. When the NES version came out, I bought a copy quick. If you don't know anything about the arcade version, then the NES version is pretty good. However, if you've played the arcade version, the NES version sucks bad. If wish there's a re-record and frame skip in MAME (or any arcade emulator) that will allow TASing the arcade version of POW.
Posted: 10/13/2022 10:56 PM
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In the arcade version—sadly not the NES version, as far as I can tell—there's an anti-idle (read: coin-eating) mechanic where a firing squad will appear behind you. You can kill one and he'll drop his gun. Multiple people have attested this, including one Jaimas under this longplay. MAME recording is feasible now if anyone wants to try that out (the arcade version has better graphics too IMO).
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