Tecmo Super Bowl Retrospective
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES is one of the greatest video games ever created. It also had some great sequels, such as the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo versions. The game's impact can be felt today, 30 years later.
00:00 Intro
02:46 Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)
05:06 Tecmo Super Bowl (SNES/Genesis)
06:29 Sequels
08:14 Roster Mods/Hacks
09:25 Legacy
#retrospective #SOFTDRINKTV #game #review #sdtv - Hry
At 2:31 I made a mistake and said Tecmo Super Bowl came out in 1989. I meant 1991. Sorry. Please don't hurt me
I'm sending a pixellated Tecmo Super Bowl Reggie White in your field vision to show you the error of your ways. However, to show you there are no hard feelings, I'll also send Steve Grogan out as well, to throw you those lofty passes that can be so fun to catch. Make a day of it, and have fun!
Tecno bowl was rereleased or released later over seas with a updated roster. Some suck like Daryl Johnston being rb for cowboys and not emmitt or hershal walker
@@dylanandrich1949 Hmm...I like Daryl Johnston a lot (although sometimes in the III game I'd release him to have enough free agency points to sign Eric Metcalf--to have a hybrid pass catcher, and I dig Metcalf!--), but I can't see using Moose Johnston as the solo guy:-(.
@@gluserty it's as bad as it sounds. Just so slow... Emmitt is so good in super Tecmo bowl, walker was decent in Tecmo bowl, but I usually used the raiders for jackson. When they released the digital versions of the 1st Tecmo bowl to Nintendo eshops I was excited to go back to it and play with Danny white and hershal walker led cowboys. I get it and it's Aikman at qb, Irvin at wr.... But then moose at rb.... Man... Playing the first Tecmo game with the triplets would have been great... Love moose irl but not in this game. Come to find out all the digital rereleased we're of a build released over seas a couple years after the original... don't know why they couldn't just use the original build. Killed playing with the cowboys.
@@dylanandrich1949 Yeah, that wouldn't be for me or many other people either; it doesn't do Johnston any favors making him a player that he wasn't to boot. Sounds like we lose all-around with this particular edition. Sorry for your experience with that; talk about a letdown, as I know how much fun I had playing with the "Tecmo Super Bowl" Cowboys and onward to III.
It took me FOREVER to rent this at the video store. My dad saw me disappointed so many times on the weekend, one night he came in me and my brothers room on a Wednesday night and "BAM!!" he had the game. He even let us stay up till about 10 and play the game. I'll never forget that. Love ya pop.
Your pops is cool
That’s super cool man.
Thats an awesome dad
@norsemustang classic game
That story needs a screenplay 😢
I remember keeping a spiral and writing down the code after each weeks game. That was how you played season mode. The absolute best sports franchise ever. Bo Jackson was unstoppable. I had a 3,000 yard season with Barry Sanders and a 400 yard Pro Bowl with him. Great game.
For Christmas that year, my mom bought me Ryan Sandburg's Baseball. I asked her if I could swap it for Tecmo Super Bowl and she said yes. My brother and I drove around town for three hours until I found it. To this day, the most fun I've had playing a football game. It set the bar for what football sims would be for years to come. Good times.
Also one thing that Tecmo Super Bowl had that no other football game has ever included, when you team won their division, wether you won a game to clinch or you simmed through the weeks, it would show every team winning it, even though it was a still picture and it announced your team won the division, was such an awesome small moment as a kid. I love this game, still ha e the original cartridge.
To me it's the greatest football game of all time. And it isn't even close. In a distant second you can argue between Madden 08 and 2K5. I cannot tell you how hyped we were as kids when this game came out. I was 10 when this came out and all of my friends couldn't wait to play this including me. The hype was real and when we all played it we were starstruck flabbergasted in awe whatever you want to call it we were absolutely floored by this game. It was a masterpiece and still is today. If you want to play a football game and you're tired of Madden I cannot recommend the NES version enough. Go play it
Absolutely the greatest football game of all time, and the most played NES game of my childhood. AND, the biggest cause of emotional distress between me and my brother. He always chose the 49ers. Curse that damned right and B play.
The golden age of Madden in PS2 01-09 was pretty good. I remember getting Tecmo super bowl on the SNES way back in 1991 and it was over $60. That game is iconic. I dont know if I can say it was better than Madden 2006 or Madden 2008 but as a kid back in 1991 I was in heaven when I got that game.
Madden 05 is the best Madden game ever by a mile.
@@LumpyAdams gawd no. Wasn't even the best football game that year!
My favorite game of all time pound for pound. Legendary. I remember getting this for Christmas. Thanks Mom and Dad
Tecmo Bowl: I think the first sports game that everyone, not just sports fans, can pick up and enjoy.
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Tecmo bowl or tecmo super bowl? They're both great, but techno super bowl had all dirty teams and the actual playoff format, recorded the stats etc.... In the playbooks had eight plays instead of four
It would be interesting to see what he'd think of the other football's equivalent to it, the Sensible World of Soccer.
The Mattel Football handheld game came out in 1977 and sold tons. That was even simpler than Tecmo Bowl.
Blades of steel is def underrated in this category
used to play this game all the time with my dad. he would download the updated rosters on the page and we’d just run seasons over and over again. this game will always hold a special place in my heart, some of our greatest bonding moments and hangouts were fueled off this game. Rest In Peace dad✊💙
The GOAT of football games to many. Shame they don't make games like this anymore. You know games today are bad when that games from 30 years ago are being modded and loved by people.
Some games are simply timeless though. Even if Madden was good, I think people would still be playing Tecmo Super Bowl for fun
@@SOFTDRINKTV But they wouldn't have so many angry and wanting to boycott too. Madden could be great yet you showed first hand MUT and lack of competition still has killed the series.
NHL 94 is still fun too but when the up to date games were still killing it people only spoke of nostalgia not slamming the product of that time.
This game will always be a classic for many reasons I love the game even though the SnES version of Tecmo was my favorite lol as it had 3 seasons in one as well. But still Madden should be what ESPN 2k5 was yet its not and people are going to the past to find that fun factor again. Look at Nascar games in which 06 was the last good game as every game since then was not acceptable compared to F1 or Dirt or Gran Turismo.
Games of the past always have that list but when its still the games many want then it speaks out to what today's product is missing. I wish Madden was great but its not and also I've seen several folks say because of the messages on the back of the helmets and such that they won't ever play it again. It reflects real life ratings too as do a 2021 vs. 2015 ratings comparison and you'll see the decline. Sports games are the same in many ways yes Basketball same issue though they have a ton going for them but other issues are hurting them.
I get technology changing but the quality of games shouldn't. If I wanted to gamble then I would go to a casino not play MyTeam or MUT. It also lowers the standards for a good game should be and in the end customers lose out. Tecmo Super Bowl will always be loved but when there's more fans of that than modern Madden then it says a lot on the current product.
Idk but I'm curious in your opinion is there more of a fan fare for Tecmo games or Modern Madden you think? I'm sure with kids its Madden but 30 and over it's Tecmo and it shouldn't be as such.
@@Americalovesme2008 I hear you, but I will say as someone who grow up on Tecmo and is over 40, I personally always and still do prefer the original John Madden football that came out on genesis and snes to Tecmo Bowl although I did enjoy both and both were hands down better than all the other football games out at the time. Yes Madden is absolute trash and has been for the last 15 years or so, funny how the last good Maddens were when NFL2K was out as well, that exclusive contract killed simulation football games, EA didn't care it was all about the cash, John Madden himself got old and stopped being involved so no football guy holding them accountable.
I think it's miss a testament to how GOOD those old games are then how bad current games are.
It’s called being sentimental. No one on earth really thinks Tecmo is better than Madden. You’re just being simple for the sake of being simple. Smdh
Classic. These youngsters don’t even know
I'm so glad my father introduced me to this game. I am Gen Z, so I wasn't alive when this game was made, but thanks to him, I got to experience the best football game ever made
Oh yes I do one of the best games of all time
I was born in 97 and probably played Tecmo more than any madden besides 05
I was born in 07 but I play this on PC and it’s always fun. Youngsters do know.
SoftDrink is a youngster. The dude was born in 1999! At least he appreciates history.
Liked right away. This was the first video game I remember that actually had real NFL teams, real players, and an actual full season that you could play through. Your video title is spot on.
Absolutely love it, and still continue to play today, but the first tecmo bowl had Walter Payton 👐🏿
@@labaronfreeman1140 Yep, it sure did. When I wasn't using my Niners, I'd use Chicago a lot in the original Tecmo Bowl.
I got the game for Christmas in 1991 and stayed up all night playing it. No NFL game will ever hold the same place in my heart like this one. So many memories so many epic battles with friends and a few lost friends after an epic blowout. I still have it 30 years later and the internal battery still holds stats which is amazing. Good job Tecmo!! 👍
The first videogame I ever played. I was 4 years old and my dad let me run a kick return. Iconic moment of my life! lol
My first video game was lego batman lol
Pathetic
1991 i was 10 and my life changed forever when I got this game . Many many hours played on this game. My brother and I bonded over this also. When we met in the Super Bowl it was intense . Lol. I have my original NES and this game still. I am getting my NES tuned up with all the parts being replaced. I am also getting the battery replaced in the game so I can once again save my seasons . I plan on playing every team on season mode. I dropped both them off for repair today. Cant wait.
This game is perfect in that the games are not overwhelmingly long so if you need to get quick game in its easy. Its a very simple easy to navigate format but still detailed enough to keep one interested. Such as stat tracker, injuries , subs , playbooks , playoffs , standings ect. Simple to the point no long loading screens bs. Simply made for a quick and entertaining football game. The best .
My favorite football game. I still play this from time to time.
Tecmo Super Bowl is one of my favorite games. I knew everything in the video before I clicked on it. But I just wanted to see it again. That game makes me smile. San Fran was my team.
my favorite part was getting a safety on the running back and then knocking the quarterback off of the screen with someone like lawrence taylor, derrick thomas or reggie white, basically anyone with a hitting power of 63 or more
Ah, back when playing as the Patriots was “hard mode”
Ha, it is again in the last two Maddens!
@@djb2843 ah good point, I haven’t bought/played madden since 2011 - it slipped my mind haha
I cannnot explain to you how much I love tecmo super bowl. I was 9 when this came out.
I still remember my brothers and I getting this game for Christmas in ‘91. We put in hours of gameplay and still play it to this day. Wonderful memories of the best sports game of all time!
That's exactly the same comment I' made. Me and my brother got it for christmas, and it was a surprise because it was on a waiting list and was released just a couple days before Christmas. My mom going to call from Toys r Us.
We played like 15 games on Christmas Day and then had to go to Grandma's house for 2 weeks in Boston. Took us forever to get back to Play it again
I spent 200+ hours in this game. I personally think its better than any Madden ever made
i argree for the past 10 years but the old madden in the mid 00s are amazing
@@lucash5106 I'd say Tecmo Super Bowl, PS2/Xbox/Gamecube era Madden and the NFL 2K series is the three best football games ever made for different reasons.
I spent 200+ hours in 1991 lmao. I've played this game inside out, diagonally and reverse. Played it when it first dropped, played it on the SNES, played it when I went to my first duty station in the Marines in 1998...played it with the roster updates and tweaks. It's the GOAT.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 hi fellow Spurs fan
I’d add Nfl Gameday along with Nfl Fever
I'm SO glad you'll be covering Retro Bowl! Discovered this game a few months back and am pretty floored at how great it is. Player/Staff morale, upgradeable facilities, fan happiness, franchise mode with scouting and a draft with league history and awards, fun gameplay (only offense and kicking, no defense). But I really love it!
I just discovered 2 weeks ago. My son and nephew introduce it to me and I love it. Hope they tweak a bit more to make it even more fun. Maybe stats from other teams to challenge you, and when you cut or release players have them go to other players where you have a chance to play against.
One of my favorite games ever! I remember seeing an ad in nintendo power and being stoked because I loved Tecmo Bowl. I got tecmo super bowl Christmas 91 i was 11 i remember my dad had to go to a special video game store to get a copy because it either was sold out or some stores didn't carry it and he bought it in late October early November. My dad lmk he had and would let me take a peek at the box and it fueled my excitement. From Xmas 91and on i had numerous weekend sleepovers with friends and cousins and we would play season after season or simulated season after season and keep track of how many suoer bowls conference and division titles and add up all the stats over multiple years! Love and miss that game its a all time great if not the goat of sports games
this game is timeless.....the gameplay will forever hold up. tecmo bowl in the arcade started it all and tecmo super bowl took it to the next level for home consoles. so easy to pick up and play but yet so challenging. it was the madden before madden. was it arcadey? yes, but that's what makes it so appealing. are the graphics next gen? no, but they don't need to be for a game this good. thanks, softdrink for finally giving this game it's due praise.
Man this brought back a LOT of memories! Yes tecmo bowl was and is a gem in video game franchise history!
Would love to see a retro bowl video, it’s a great game for a mobile game. It’s easy to pick up and play but has enough depth to keep people coming back
Man, I still have that game too. And there are mods of this game for current years for Tecmo Super Bowl
The SNES Tecmo Bowl was the one I fondly remember. The chills I got seeing that intro and hearing that music man....wow. Thanks for the nostalgia hit SoftDrink!
Man that original arcade game looks genuinely good with loads of stuff going on sidelines as well, fantastic animation for the time.
My best friend throughout HS and college knew this game inside and out. He had most teams playbooks memorized and knew what plays they were running based on formation and the skin color of the RBs in different positions. I think this game and NHL94 sit atop the pinnacle of sports gaming if not all video gaming history as the best of the best.
Nhl 94 was absolutely legend as was NHL 93. But I actually like the 96 NHL better cuz it had full regular seasons with stats.
Create a player/ trades
Awards at end of season
Team photo withLord Stanley Cup
I remember this was the second game my dad bought for us to play on the NES, he would play season after season with his Redskins and the one thing I will never forget is the cutscenes of players being helped off the field by the coaching staff. Man, what a great game
Hundreds of hours I sunk into this game as a child. I played the crap out of this game. So awesome! Still holds up today.
Still the greatest football game to date for me. I love that you kicked this off with the injury music, hilarious.
I’m 47 and know this game ALL too well. Your video here is awesome man
The Chief's Christian Okoye and The Saint's Craig Hayward were also dominant in Tecmo Super Bowl. Especially when in "Excellent" condition.
Brad Muster too on da bears lol
@@J.Wick. Oh ya! Those guys trucked everybody! Lol. Except for maybe Ronnie Lott and Derrick Thomas
Making popcorn
Popcorn city. Okoye is the ultimate underrated player on TSB. Can be as fast as upper level RB's but that 100 hit power means he just completely popcorns damn near every defender if he's in the open field. I wouldn't even zig zag with him...I'd just hope I could have them bounce off me.
Tecno Super Bowl will live on forever. It is that memorable. I say this as a non-football fan. I loved the game. It is very fun.
I remember playing Tecmo Bowl in college. :) I'm so old. :P
I had heard about tecmo bowl my entire life, but I didn't get to play it until I was almost an adult. With that being said, out of all the football video games I've ever played, including Madden, including NFL Blitz, including 2K, tecmo Super bowl on the NES is my absolute favorite.
My favorite thing to do in tecmo is call a play action bootleg, take the ball back to the corner of the endzone with Aikman and launch it 100 yards to Kelvin Martin.
I was 10 years old when Tecmo Super Bowl came out. It was amazing. We hadn't seen something that deep before. I remember spending evenings when both my parents were at work diving through what felt like endless menus and stats. Such good memories.
I am 43 and I still play tecmo bowl at least once a weak on my phone. I love this game.
TSB on NES was so awesome. Played many seasons trading off each game with my dad, getting to the playoffs and having to somehow beat the ridiculously OP 49ers or Giants. Or playing Barry against him playing Bo
When that Tecmo Super Bowl 3 (SNES version) intro music hit....
The Raiders having Bo Jackson and Marcus Allen in the same backfield was awesome.
Thank goodness their defense sucked. Lol...
@@thanhclips lol, no doubt.
My favorite video game of all time, the first game my parents introduced me to in the mid 90s
I logged so many hours with this game I couldn't possibly calculate the total; from 1991-1993, this was the only game I really played, until the 1993 game came out for SNES. in 2004, I picked this game up again & played it on a NES knock-off (a Yobo, it broke), then in 2014 I picked up a Retro Duo and was back at it (my goal in 2015 was to win a Tecmo Super Bowl in every game using the Browns; I lost the Super Bowl to the Giants in the 2nd season of franchise mode in "Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition" 38-35. I couldn't stop Phil Simms in his final game as a pixelated pro, but I won every other season).
TSB is the most influential and important sports game of all-time. It has so many firsts: entire player/team licenses, full-season, stat keeping, all-pro teams BASED on the season you just played, injuries, fumbles, touchbacks, customizable playbook, substitutions, tons of play styles, etc. And it was HUGELY fun. Also, at the time, its cutscenes were stunningly beautiful. One of the best games ever, of any genre.
The super NES Tecmo Super Bowl is my all-time favorite. Countless hours played. I went undefeated in season mode with every team. Many of them more than once. Did not know about the online versions. Thanks for the video!
Most slept on part that made this game awesome was it actually kept track of your stats. Much better than needing out yourself and doing it..lol
This classic will never die, it's just too good even after 30 years.
The injury music for the first three minutes gave me bad flashbacks. The NES version is one of my favorite sports games of all-time. Great retrospective.
Love the shoutout to NBA 2K11, truly the best bball sim ever made.
Thanks for making this video; you did such a great job on it! It's my all time favorite game, and it was the reason I got into football and sports games back in the early 90s. One of my favorite memories was camping out in a tent in my friends backyard in 1992 with an extension cord running out to a 13 inch TV and an NES and playing TSB all night. We had a season mode where we had control of two teams each. I had Houston and Kansas City (I'm still a Chiefs fan to this day!) It took me a couple of games, but I scored my first touchdown with Haywood Jeffires, pro bowl receiver of the Oilers at the time. Earlier this year, I sent him an autograph request letter in the mail mentioning that he was the first player I had a TD with in Tecmo, and he sent two of my cards back signed!
Even me not born even near this games release still has fun on this game with my dad from time to time.
I remember playing this game on Super Nintendo I’ll be up 4 to 5 am playing this when my parents would have big arguments this game helped me tune it noise. This game means a lot to me.
Definitely in my top 10 video games of all time!!!!! So ahead of its time
2:22 that was only done because Madden would not allow his name to be put on it unless it was made like that. It makes you think, what if he kept this way of making the game
Ty so much for doing this video, I remember when this came out on the nes it was amazing first time I seen all the nfl teams because the first one didn't and me being a buffalo bills fan i was loving it with backups, injuries, etc. It was awesome i played the shit out of this game.
Best football game ever! The day this came out a bunch of us gathered at a buddies house and stayed up all day and night playing this.
It was the game I spent the most quarters on at the arcade. I literally saved my quarters just to play a full game of the original Tecmo Bowl. When it came to Nintendo man....on top of the world.
The arcade version is still the only 2v2 Tecmo Bowl too sadly
So much nostalgia. Full season, stat tracking. Just amazing
This (Tecmo Super Bowl NES) is DEFINITELY the OG and my favorite NFL video game of ALL TIME. All Madden titles seem to fade away after one season, but this one doesn't. I started playing it when I was 5 or 6, I am 31 now and I still enjoy it just as much. Everything from the gameplay to the soundtrack is very VERY ENJOYABLE. What a MASTERPIECE!
Yeah I remember we got it for Christmas in 1990 or 91. We have been waiting 5 years or something for it to come out. My 3 days before Christmas and we got a call because we were on a waiting list. But we had to drive 600 mi to Grandma's house to spend two weeks so I didn't get to play it until January.
While I didn't get the chance to play it when it first came out, I did discover it later on and was hooked! Back in 2002, I watched an entire season of the game with one of those updated roster mods and would play it every Sunday while watching the real NFL games on TV.
I'm old enough to remember playing 10 Yard Fight on NES and Super Tecmo Bowl was that game. It was my favorite at the time as well as Baseball Stars and Blades of Steel
I’m 23 so I’ve never played these games. Thanks for bringing awareness to Tecmo bowl. I’m going to have to check it out on my PC!
This video is deceptive as hell. Tecmo Super Bowl isn’t the one everyone references. Tecmo Bowl is the one everyone references.
We used to draft all 28 teams and play tournaments. Then when we became adults we drafted all 28 teams and played tournaments, but added a drinking game as we played as well. Get scored on, shot. Punt or kick returned on you, double shot. Field goal, half shot. Yes field goals. Once everyone knows the whole playbook, it gets harder to put up 50 a game and u take points where u can when you're not facing l.t. or Derrick Thomas coming through to tackle your holder. And Bob Nelson on Green Bay was also a beast
If you win 3 super bowls in a row with a certain team it unlocks that teams all time great players...
What team
@@vashtheflashstampede whatever team you are controlling. You have to win 3 super bowls in a row
@@vashtheflashstampede I did it with Pittsburgh I would put it on 1 min quarters
Which game are you referring to? Are you referring to the dynasty mode on the SNES Tecmo Super Bowl?
Used to play techmobowl 91 with my dad before he went insane, he showed it to me when I was 4 good memories nothing will top it
Tecmo Super Bowl 2 and 3 are definitely in my top 10 football games all time. Absolutely love them to this very day.
Derek Henry is this generations football Bo Jackson. I say football because Bo played baseball as well.
I love all the Tecmo football games ("Tecmo Bowl" was later fun to play with girls/women for me:-). "Tecmo Super Bowl II: The Special Edition" is amazing to me, since it has 3-year rosters from the 1992-1994 seasons and is also so rare (I purchased it once from Amazon for 51 $; I never thought I'd ever have a chance to play it). "Tecmo Super Bowl III: The Final Edition" is also pretty great, and I enjoyed player editor, the updated rosters, expansion teams, and of course the gameplay.
Man I only played that special edition one time and I never played any of the ones that came after that. What systems were it on? Super NES or Genesis?
Both snes and Genesis
@@michaelcorcoran8768 It's for both SNES & Genesis.
My brother got this for Christmas when it came out back in '91. To this day it is THE game we STILL play full seasons of. In fact, we own 3 copies of the game now, just so we can each play a season by ourselves and the third game is the one we play head to head. It is safe to say, this game is one of the top games in our collections, regardless of how old it is... or how old we are!
One of the coolest parts of getting this game as kid just getting into sports, the book that came with the game gave you a synopsis of the teams and players and what their style of play was. As well as rosters. I learned so much about the nfl through this game and nba with live 95
Watching the recreations of iconic NFL plays in the style of Tecmo Bowl is definitely a staple of my childhood.
Back 2 Back bangers my guy 👍👍
The fact that tecmo has never attempted to make a new tecmo bowl game installment in almost 20 years is fucking tragic instead being relegated to be glorified skins in dead or alive.
They did in 2008.
@@guiitarfreak_ it was a DS game called Tecmo Bowl: kickoff, right?
@@dcb99filmz Yes. There was also an Xbox version. Possibly PS3 as well, but I'm not sure.
@@guiitarfreak_ yeah it was Tecmo Bowl Throwback on XBLA and PSN
You can thank the NFL and EA for that, as they've had an exclusive license for decades.
I didn't think someone wh primarily talked about Madden even was aware of the Tecmo Bowl Series. Well done my dude. Tecmo Super Bowl is one of my biggest passions and you've managed to get me to smile. Glad to see someone is also enjoying the games.
I remember all the kids on our street would play full seasons with our team of choosing. It was amazing.
You’d have the one guy that played Philly because he could pass the ball or just run Randell.
The other guys would pick LA and KC because of Bo and Okoyea. I liked picking Houston, because it was a passing team. Washington also had a different roster them most.
This game was amazing back in the early 90’s
Used to play the "Final Edition" on the regular until my SNES shit the bed. Classic. NES Tecmo Super Bowl was another go to as well. Excellent video.
Tecmo Super Bowl 3 is my favorite in the series. Used to stay up for hours playing that.
This game is epic, my favourite Christmas gift of All-Time. The fact that they were able to pack all of this goodness in an 8-bit cartridge is amazing.
I remember taking my own money to Toys R Us and buying a copy of Tecmo Super Bowl. My friends and I would play for hours. It was also pretty challenging. While I would win the Super Bowl with my team fairly often, it was difficult to go undefeated because of player injuries or by players not being at their best toward the end of the regular season. I remember one particular Super Bowl matchup - I had the Giants with Simms in "Bad" condition and the computer had the Raiders with Bo Jackson in "Excellent" condition. I could not beat the Raiders in that scenario. Loved the game. I miss it.
All this 2D action gave me a bit of an itch for the old handheld battery operated baseball and football games of the early 80's!
I really wish i had tecmo bowl 3 on my snes when i was a kid, i never got to witness the pure nostalgia of good 2d football games
Great video. So true about Tecmo Super Bowl 2. It was so hard to find upon release due to the fact that only 15,000 copies were made. I rented it from Blockbuster Video with the full intention of never returning it. They charged me $70 for the “loss” of the game. I would’ve paid triple that price. My friends and I played that game for a year straight. Good memories!
As a kid, I had both Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl. Both were great, but Super Bowl was next level. I actually played it about a year or so ago. Played a full season. Brought back some memories, for sure. As awesome as Bo Jackson was, it was hard to pass up playing as the 49ers. Montana, Rice, Taylor, Craig, Lott, etc. Of course, I lost to the Giants in the Playoffs.
I loved watching this and reliving memories of all of these games. I really loved the customization in the DS game and gave a really good and mobile alternative.
I was in 1st grade when we got our SNES and we played Tecom Super bowl till our thumbs were raw absolutely love the game. Rod Woodson and Prime greatest ko return men of all time.
In Tecmo III I remember creating Luke Skywalker as a RB for the Jaguars🤣 Good times!
Great video! I remember playing this when it first came out and spent many seasons on this. I wish more people played the Tecmo NBA game, it had the same feature and impact that TSB but it gets swept under the radar
Found this CIB at garbage sale for $5 years ago......best find ever.
Loved the Raiders... Been a Raiders fan since before this game. Not only is Bo unstoppable, but if you play NT and the opponent isn't in shotgun, dive immediately for a instant for sure sack. A funny glitch.
When I was in the Army during the late 80's we would have Tecmo Bowl tournaments in the barracks.
Baseball Stars for the NES for baseball! Loved that game! I could swear that pressing harder meant bigger bombs lol.
Competition is the key to greatness!
Good video. I still enjoy them all. The last version that was available on the Sega Genesis when we could finally make trades was my favorite. Also, Mike Tysons Punch-Out is still a blast to play and one of the best sports games of all time.
The first franchise mode. I been hooked ever since.
I still play Tecmo Super Bowl. Gotta love a game where you can have Barry Sanders rush for 4000 yards in a season, or have 4 1000-yard receivers in Houston. lol
Nice shoutout to MVP Baseball 2005. I played probably 40+ seasons of that game until graphics cards advanced to the point where I couldn't get the game to run on new computers anymore. I was a stat junkie, tracking the season in elaborate spreadsheets, then dumping everything into an Access database. I even tracked things the game didn't, like no-hitters, hit streaks, grand slams, walkoff hits, catchers throwing out base stealers, and I kept accurate stats when players got traded (the game just sticks all of their stats on the team they end up with). The biggest cheat I think I discovered was having a speedy lefty just hit push bunts toward 3B every at-bat. I had a player with a career batting average over .500, and stealing about 300 bases per season that way. Good times.
Whoah... I 've been waiting for this one.
I loved Tecmo Super Bowl because you could change your plays, too. And you could really get after the QB with great defenders like LT. There's updated ports of the game too with updated rosters.