![]() Meaning, there is only one movie animation for each event. The same damn catch, fumble, interception, and incomplete pass movies play each time one of those happens. In the original you could just keep "juking" the computer and literally run circles around them. They fixed it so its not so easy to run circles around the defense. Not the best, but just fine for this simple game. I am currently playing a season and sense the games take like 20 min., I can get in a game whenever I want really. of enjoyment before I leave for work" sorta game. The gameplay is very true to the original.Įasy controls and uncomplicated gameplay make for a great "sit down for 20 min. You can switch out plays from your playbook pretty easily to keep the action from getting stale. They did a great job of keeping the core content the same and revising a few things I didn't like about the original game. I mean, it's Tecmo Super Bowl.By Nuggular | Review Date: DecemThis remake of Tecmo Super Bowl is just what I expected. Tecmo Super Bowl (Nintendo Entertainment System) It also introduced different weather conditions. ![]() The graphical touches look great on modern screens and it eliminates the flickering sprites associated with the original. The game adds more user controlled elements on the field, including the ability to run a dive and call your own touchbacks. Think of Tecmo Super Bowl for Super Nintendo as a 16-bit HD remake of Tecmo Super Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System based on the 1993 season. If you have the time and patience, it's possible to edit player names to match. While it doesn't have official NFL teams and players, the generic teams have subtle nods to their real-life counterparts. Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff (Nintendo DS)Īn underrated gem on Nintendo's massively popular portable system. Tecmo Super Bowl II is relatively hard to find these days and could be considered a collector's item, but Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition is the better game. Better graphics, expanded playbook, ability to create players, multiple season modes, and other "quality of life" improvements. Tecmo Super Bowll II/III Special Edition (SNES, Genesis)Īs Madden became the gold standard of NFL games in the mid 1990s, Tecmo tried to keep up with these sequels. The basic elements of what make Tecmo Super Bowl a fantastic game are there, but it's limited by the lack of a proper NFL license and only four plays. Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo Entertainment System)įeaturing the unstoppable version of Bo Jackson, the first Tecmo Bowl on the NES holds up fine today. That is, if you can see the screen with proper lighting. It's technically impressive they managed to squeeze the game onto a Game Boy cart. Tecmo Bowl (Game Boy)Įssentially a 1:1 portable version of Tecmo Bowl for the NES. I took a deeper dive into the orignal arcade game here. ![]() ![]() More of a novelty and history lesson than a game with replay value. The ability to switch between modern 3D player models and retro 2D sprites is a nifty trick. Nostalgia can only take this game so far and the animated celebrations are a little jarring compared to the 8-bit cutscenes associated with the original. The sneaky trick here is that the game is based on an old NFL season, and you should be able to figure out which players match their real-life counterpart. Released in 2010 using generic teams and players, Tecmo Bowl Throwback is just that - a throwback. Whereas Madden was upping the realism quotient by this point in time, this relic was still stuck with basic gameplay from the original NES game. It's got all the qualities of a CD-ROM based game from 1996, such as terrible loading times and grainy pseudo-3D graphics. There were partially licensed NFL games such as Troy Aikman NFL Football, Emmitt Smith Football, and ESPN Sunday Night Football.īuried in the pile is this awkward entry into the Tecmo Super Bowl canon. Sony beat EA Sports in the early PlayStation days with NFL GameDay. The NFL Quarterback Club series, published by Acclaim, was scattered across several home consoles. Sega published several seasons of Joe Montana Football for Genesis, which boasted revolutionary audio commentary. In the Wild West days of next generation consoles in the late 1990s, several publishers were throwing NFL games onto to the field to see if they could make the cut. ![]()
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