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Tecmo Bowl Series Review
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2024
- In this video I review the entire Tecmo Bowl Series starting from the Arcade game all the way to the PS3 and XBOX 360. I also compare different ports on the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.
Start - 0:00
Tecmo Bowl (Arcade) - 0:59
Tecmo Bowl (NES) - 2:30
Tecmo Bowl (GameBoy) - 7:05
Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) - 7:32
Tecmo Super Bowl (SNES/Genesis) -13:23
Tecmo Super Bowl II Special Edition (SNES/Genesis) - 16:42
Tecmo Super Bowl III Final Edition (SNES/Genesis) - 22:14
Tecmo Super Bowl (PS1) - 24:10
Tecmo Bowl Kickoff (Nintendo DS) - 26:01
Tecmo Bowl Throwback (PS3/360) - 28:10
Those Tecmo Super Bowl sleepovers...awake 'till daybreak
HOLY CRAP... you know exactly what I'm talking about!!!
Tournament brackets on big chief tablet.
Facts! Pizza and Tecmo SB sleepovers was life!!!!
#facts
Broooo, you are so on point yo lol 💯
Tecmo Super Bowl was a game changer. As a kid, I played this game religiously.
100% agree!
It was the ONLY 'real' fully featured nfl game that was actually good for NES. The LJN NFL game was absolutely garbage in comparison
@@sKraat528every LJN game sucked.
@@15jstoneWhenever the LJN logo appeared on a game, RUN AWAY, RUN FAR AWAY! LOL. Especially the movie based titles. They were awful!
@@EdsterIII I wouldn't even rent it at Blockbuster Video 🤣
Tecmo and Mike Tyson PunchOut was a hugh part of growing up.
I agree my guy
Tecmo Super Bowl is by far the best sports game on the NES and a legend of all time.
Truer words were never spoken my friend.
@@originalconsolegamer8572 Where can i play TSB now? I have a Switch and they have "Tecmo Bowl" but not "Tecmo Super Bowl" any suggestions?
Top 10 football video game of all time!
The entire series is my favorite except the one on ps1. It's simplicity and gameplay is what makes it the 🐐
I remember QB Eagles, that dude was a beast. He almost made it to the Super Bowl when he was QB Vikings.
Well dude had CC and Moss in Minnesota. Hard to do better than that. He ran like a 4.2 40 in TSB though.
Randall Cunningham
😂😂
Lol Randall
When I first got Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES I just couldn't believe how good it was. We had full season tournaments in my dorm room where everyone was assigned a team and we played out one season per semester. The game was a quantum leap forward in sports gaming at the time.
Man a FULL SEASON TOURNAMENT.... I'm so jealous right now, HAHA! But yes a QUANTUM LEAP is a great choice of words. Especially for those youngsters who don't know what we had before the Tecmo Bowl series.
We used to do the same thing. Made sure the Raiders was an unpickable team.
Tecmo Super Bowl really stood head and shoulders above most other sports games on the NES; it was a spectacular game. It really wasn't until the 16 bit era, particularly on the Sega Genesis, that sports video games entered a golden era.
My college dorm had a tournament of Tecmo Super Bowl as well. I got slaughtered when I played in it 😁.
Did anyone else ever use a nose tackle to sack the Quarterback as fast as possible for Tecmo Super Bowl? Easiest sack ever!
Yes especially against the Redskins. That formation then ran was SUPER easy to sack with the nose tackle.
@Phuq Cue Dude was a BEAST!
Ball for Detroit and Saluameea Kansas City were the best NGs for that
Nelson!
I always use Lawrence Taylor who could also block every single kick. But that was techno super bowl
Tecmo super bowl III is one of my all time favorite games and I still play it all the time. Rebuilding a team through free agency and trading keeps it fresh and exciting
Yeah it probably has the most replayability of all the Tecmo Bowl Games. It's a shame that most people only remember the originals. TSB III holds up really well today, and I think it was under appreciated at the time that it came out.
@@originalconsolegamer8572 I saved up paper route money to get this game and it couldn’t have been more well spent!
@@broncosbreaks ROFL... paper route money... that takes me back. I never had a paper route, but I mowed lawns to get my games and spare change. The 80's and 90's were a great time to be a kid!
For sure, it gave any team a chance to dominate. You could simulate 5 or 6 seasons with one team and, through free agency, end up with a pro bowl squad. To top it off, you could win the SB with the same team 3 years in a row and unlock some all-time greats in free agency. Imagine Joe Montana, Barry Sanders, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White, Bruce Smith and Rod Woodson on the same team!
@@TheBrett04 yup! Unlocking the all time greats was a blast. Utilizing free agency and creating players made the game unique in a way madden never matched. On the downside, if you were good, you could win with any team, any time, at any
place
If you’re a Niners fan you did have to smile, by far the best team in Tecmo Super Bowl ... Nice job on the video !
Holy crap... these were the days. The last 25 years have been difficult, but at least I have this nostalgia. to get me by. And thanks about the video!
I don't know. They were up there but if you had bo. You were tough to beat.
im no Giants fan but they were definitely one of the best teams on that game too.
@@markmac2206 yes with LT, Otis Anderson, and Dave Megget they were hard to play.
@@markmac2206 ... Yep. Giants are good also... definitely top 5
Tecmo Superbowl for the nes is my all-time favorite game.
Well my friend, then I think you're in good company then!
I got this for Christmas in 1991, pure videogame bliss!
Tecmo predicted the giants winning the Superbowl that year, with the bootleg giants player on the cartrage
Wish I could get as hyped about something as a boomer like I did the first time I played Tecmo Super Bowl. Seeing my Tampa Bay Bucs with actual logo, colors and players blew my mind. 12 years old and sneaking up late to pick off passes with Wayne Haddix and sling touchdowns with Vinny Testaverde. Nostalgic bliss.
I use to play a lot as the Bucs.... they increased the challenge and you gotta love those creamsicles!
i kinda miss those creamsicle uni's.
boomer? what the faaa.
Boomer was a great player!! One of my favorites.
We're you not a fan?
It's cool if you weren't but I'd love to hear why.
Please let me know when you get The chance.
Thanks
Tecmo Super Bowl may be the greatest NES game of all time. Definitely the best football game on NES. Tecmo Baseball was also really good, but doesn't really get much love.
I remember when we'd love playing Tecmo Bowl, and then, when Super came out, it was SOOOO much more amazing.
Yes, the Original Tecmo Bowl was already some fire, and then TSB was just bonkers. As far as Tecmo Baseball, I did a video a while back in regards to Top 10 Arcade Style Baseball Games (console versions). And Tecmo Baseball did not make the like, but it was pretty close. Definitely an underrated game.
Tecmo Super Bowl isn't just the best sports game on NES, it's the best game.
I'd probably have to agree. People who consider themselves gamers like to shit on sports games, but TSB it at least top 3 and may just be number 1.
@Dust Devil I'm not even a hockey fan and I love Blades of Steel. It is lacking the depth of TSB, but gameplay is similar fun.
@Dust Devil Blades is good TSB blows it away though
@Dust Devil Little League Baseball is underrated
@Dust Devil Not even close to Tecmo Super Bowl.
TecmoBowl was some of the best football you could play on console...I remember being hyped when ur RB or QB finally came back from injury during a season!!!
And the editor in 3 was awesome... creating myself as a rb and dragging everyone on the field was awesome 😎
Lmao right
Can we get a 2022 Tecmo bowl with NFL rights with a mixture of tb throwback graphics and a feel of retro bowl gameplay shit would be awesome tecmo!!
Can we... "No".... should we.... "God yes!".
I think there are modders that add the current rosters into an older version of Tecmo Bowl.
@@jazzygeofferz Used to. My main man Knobbe who was behind the Tecmo Repository site shut it down. Dunno if we're going to see a TSB 2022
Incredible research! Really going above and beyond getting all the magazine mentions, subbed instantly when I saw that
Thank you. Working on another one currently. Should be out in a few weeks, but yeah they take a lot of time and research to make, HAHA!
Great video, I have fond memories of Tecmo Super Bowl, mostly the SNES version and TSB III.
Well I've been surprised to find out since making this video that the SNES games had a cult following. That's pretty cool to know because mostly you only hear from the fanbase of the NES version.
14:00...the Marcus Allen ad shot was just a preview. They always intended on using an actor and having them wear the uniform of whoever ultimately won the Super Bowl just like the NES version, which of course, turned out to be Dallas.
Thanks for making this video its been long overdue!!
The fact theres still Tecmo Bowl tourneys going on speaks volumes to this games longevity
Personally I’ve always loved Tecmo III the most, it has the best gameplay, create a player and free agency, once we win a few Superbowls
Legendary players were available as free agents.
Loved how power backs dragged tacklers and could break free (Ironhead Heyward anyone)
Barry Sanders with his spins, jukes, hurdles.. a pain to catch let alone tackle to say the least, even on plays we picked that would be an all out blitz!!
TSB on Genesis&Snes to me Segas was better it felt much more challenging, snes was too easy
Yes im fully aware of how tough the AI gets in postseason haha
Thats when we have to be at our best!
How many have also cringed when we didnt pick the Wr reverse play, knowing it was huge gain or TD everytime?!?
It was my pleasure... just happy that everyone enjoyed it. TSB III is way underrated. I've found out since making this video that it has a hard core following, which is awesome to know. It was under appreciated for it's time, but holds up great today.
I still play Tecmo Superbowl on NES.
still probably the best pick up and play football game even today. It has truly stood the test of time.
@@originalconsolegamer8572 Better than Madden! I literally will play a season over a weekend. Best season was with the Oilers!
@@mykalwagner5341 Oh the Oilers were stacked in the world of Tecmo Bowl!
OMG, my childhood, love Tecmo Bowl games, much need video! back to the future.
Yes, probably my fondest gaming memories as a child were of TSB.
I still play my copy of Tecmo Super Bowl on the NES, that was given to me by my uncle. I recently got into emulation and started playing the other versions from the SNES. Thanks for such an amazing video I really appreciated the time and love you poured into the video.
Yep, Christmas 1991 was very good to me, got it and the system.
Wow! Very good video! Huge Tecmo Bowl fan. New Subscriber
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for hanging out!
Love the Tecmo Super Bowls and creating guys on the SNES. we would create one Defensive guy and one Offensive guy when we played.
Yeah adding a create player feature to Tecmo was just awesome dude!
If i remeber correctly if typed in old players name they would come up with stats . Same with tecmo basketball the NBA 50 greatest players are on there.
@@doughboy4083 So is that for TSB 3? If so that is awesome!
3:10...you're exactly right. They hadn't finalized the NFLPA license agreement. And if you look in the screenshot of the game, the workaround had been to use the real players first names (i.e. 16-Joe for Montana on San Francisco) as opposed to their last name. So on scores, it would literally just be the first name. The delay was because a few players, most notably Eric Dickerson, were upset at their lack of compensation for their likeness being used. That's why the initial Tecmo Bowl games with him included were initially semi-rare. He was replaced by Albert Bentley in the game as a result, and didn't appear in Tecmo Super Bowl despite still being on the Indianapolis Colts at the time. It is interesting that he wasn't made to be RB Colts like Jim Kelly, Bernie Kosar, and Randall Cunningham, who famously became QB Bills, Browns, and Eagles when they opted out of the NFLPA agreement.
Man that is some interesting trivia there. Dickerson was someone who did buck the trend, so I guess it's not too surprising. It is funny that they didn't do like you said and us RB Colts to replace him though. These are the tid bits that are hard to track down now. Appreciate the sharing of knowledge!
He’s on the Falcons in 1993 Genesis and Snes versions though correct??
@@aceassn716 He is, and I owned "Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition", and I think he's in that game, or at least as 1992 "RB Raiders" or 1993 "RB Falcons", I'm no longer sure.
My first copy of "Tecmo Bowl" had no Eric Dickerson, but my 2nd copy (out of a bin from Funcoland) did. In the 1980's, I knew a kid named Jesse who had the game with Dickerson.
Someone should have told Dickerson he made enough taking money at SMU. 😆
@@gluserty He was RB Raiders on TSB II. I can't remember for the Falcons though.
Thanks, that was fantastic! Tecmo Super Bowl is still my favorite Christmas present of all time! I still have it but not the system.
YES! Christmas 1992 was a great day.
There are no exact words to say how much I loved Tecmo Super Bowl when it came out.......full seasons, real teams, real players, full playoffs, stats for days, playbooks......it was like we'd died and gone to football heaven.
I remember summers where I'd just set the game to simulate all 17 weeks, come back to my room 30 min later and pick team to run the playoffs with.....good times
The Tecmo series was awesome. I remember getting the Tecmo Super Bowl 🏈 and being so stoked about season long stats, player injuries, and other cool little extras. When Tecmo released Tecmo Super NBA 🏀Basketball🏀 I bought it instantly and I wasn't disappointed at all! I remember wishing, hoping that Tecmo would do a MLB Baseball game. Tecmo was ahead of the curve on these games! And I loved them all!
I loved Tecmo Super Bowl (SNES) due to it announcing the in-game achievements (100 rushing yards, 150 receiving yards, 300 passing yards)
This was a really great video! I didn't grow up with the series, and only seriously starting getting into sports games in the late 90s when my favorite NY teams (Mets, Giants, Knicks, Rangers) were either still good or were starting to get good. Within the last year I began to feel a desire to get back into sports games, so I starting picking up titles that I missed the first time around. Seeing a number of Tecmo Super Bowl videos on RUclips convinced me to give that series a shot, and I'm so glad that I did. It almost makes me wish I could go back in time and somehow convince my younger self to get these games, because I would've had the time of my life with them. Besides that, I have to say again that this is a great video, and the attention that you put into it would've gotten me hooked on Tecmo even if I had never tried the games before.
Thank you very much. Yeah this was a passion video as you could probably tell. This game meant so much to me as a child that I really can't put it into words. As a NY fan going back and playing as LT has got to be fun as heck though I'd imagine.
Thanks for doing this. I really enjoyed it. I'm a fellow 49ers fan, and it was definitely an awesome time in the 90's when they were so good in addition to playing this game.
Another great feature about Tecmo Super Bowl III is the ability to call Time Out immediately after the play is over by hitting the start button.
Hundreds and hundreds of hours of my life playing this series. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
One interesting feature i didn't see discussed about the DS game was the fact you could use the stylus to throw to a receiver instead of cycling through. This feature was almost game-breaking.
Oh man... I do apologize. Being that I don't frequent the DS in general. When I do I don't use the stylus. I'm definitely a novice in regards to that console. I do appreciate you sharing as that sounds like an awesome feature!
@@originalconsolegamer8572 That is the most politely-worded reply I've seen to a comment.
It warms my heart endlessly that this video (and the comments below it) consistently and correctly call the game "Tecmo Super Bowl" and not "Super Tecmo Bowl". Thank you and nice work 👍
I love Tecmo Super Bowl.
As a kid, I didn’t know it was the second game.
I went to a friends house to stay the night once, and he had Tecmo Bowl. Felt like a step back, haha.
Yeah I mean Tecmo Bowl was out of this world when it came out..... and then TSB came out and just left you speechless.
I thought I knew everything about Tecmo Bowl. Thanks for the education. Never knew about the Gameboy, Part 2! That Blew my mind and The DS version. Never saw the Arcade cabinet growing up or just didn't notice it. Thanks again
Outstanding video bubba. You really brought me back. I'm 42 years old. I remember playing Temco Bowl all weekend
Have a blessed 2024
Deion Sanders is my favorite athlete of all time and loved playing with him on these classics. KR,PR and CB. Awww what great memories
I remember reading shortly after it was released that Sega Genesis version of Tecmo Super Bowl also only had 15,000 copies made.
I had (and still have, though I haven't played them for many years) NES Tecmo Bowl, NES Tecmo Super Bowl, and the Sega Genesis Tecmo Super Bowl II. (I was very lucky to get TSB II; I remember seeing two copies at a local KayBee Toys in I think summer 1995, and my brother and I bought those last two copies. I think that was the only time I saw them new in the store. I was also fortunate to get NES TSB a few months before most people; my mother saw it at a local department store about 2-3 days after Christmas in December 1991 when I was working during my college semester break and picked it up for me. Most people weren't able to buy copies of the game until spring 1992.) My younger brothers had the Sega Genesis Tecmo Super Bowl and Sega Genesis Tecmo Super Bowl III, so I played those games a little bit too. I personally liked TSB II better than TSB III because the latter played a little too slippery and didn't have as good of control as TSB II. Both TSB II and TSB III did play significantly slower than NES TSB, but TSB II was still a lot of fun. I also preferred the NES Tecmo Super Bowl over the original Sega Genesis Tecmo Super Bowl; I felt the NES version played a little better.
IMO, and I think most people's opinions, Tecmo Bowl was definitely the best football game on the NES before Tecmo Super Bowl was released. (Of course, Tecmo Super Bowl quickly blew Tecmo Bowl out of the water after it was released; it was a dramatically better game.) Most other football games on the NES, like NFL Football by LJN, John Elway's Quarterback, and the early 10 Yard Fight, were trash. The only other reasonably good NES football game besides the two Tecmo games IMO was NES Play Action Football, which wasn't as good or fun as Tecmo Bowl but was a solid, worthwhile game.
Terrific video! We all know the original TSB is legendary ( and should be higher on lists), but I have a tremendous amount of love for III as well. Between the CAP you can improve by playing well, and the historic players you can unlock and sign in FA, I've logged many hours playing it.
Subbed and will check out more of your vids from the past. ✌
Thank you, yeah those 16-Bit versions are underrated in my opinion. I wish they would have continued to improve on the arcade style gameplay instead of try to go more simulation on the PS1.
My brotha this is a good video! Keep up the awesome work!
Yes.. thank you my brother!!!
I played most of the Tecmo Nintendo and some of the Sega versions as I got older games and spent many years of my life playing these games. Thank you to my parents and uncles. One of the greatest sports franchises of all time.
ahh yes, the punt it into the endzone for a safety.... Lol
The PS1 game was right up there with Baseball Stars 2 as one of the biggest disappointments that I ever purchased at full price upon release!! Like you said, they killed the series with that release.
Yeah, I really want to like that game, but it's total trash unfortunately.
I rented it and kept it hehe
I never bought PS1 Tecmo Super Bowl, mainly because the ratings for that game were terrible (and I didn't own a PS1 until spring 1999).
I can relate though - your statement reminded me of PGA Tour '96 for the Genesis. What a disappointment that game was after playing the excellent PGA Tour II and PGA European Tour.
@@chipmillard5043 well I didn't care about what others thought I just wanted to give games a fair shake and give my own opinions and it isn't the greatest game but its playable.
Great comprehensive look at the series. I played TB and TSB religiously on NES (and enjoyed TSB on SNES and Genesis). However I do not have fond memories of TSB II and TSB III, but your coverage has made me want to go back and give them another look. (I do remember buying the PlayStation 1 version and hated it as well. 😂)
Thanks for the trip down memory lane with your well-made video. Terrific job!
something no one mentions is how smooth, fluid, and dare i write, realistic the running animation looks in the 89' game and the 91' sequel.
Before we were gaming to Goldeneye, we were all addicted to Tecmo Bowl. I still have all my copies of the games and even the NES Classic. Even my daughter enjoys playing them!
The fact that the receivers could catch the ball on the run without having to stop as they did in the first one was the best feature for Me.
The Tecmo Bowl series rocks and really need to be brought back with the full NFL licenses, some thing E.A. needs to share and also the 2 point conversions came into play back in 94, i remember when they added them.
A fully licensed Tecmo Bowl in 2021 would sell like crazy!
@@originalconsolegamer8572 Yes it would, it would give the Madden series some healthy competition, some thing that hasn't happened since NFL Gameday was still around.
@@Grandtheftauto1998 yes I was considering doing a similar video on NFL GameDay or Joe Montana Sports Talk Football.
@@originalconsolegamer8572 Cool.
@@Grandtheftauto1998 Nfl 2k was also in the mix, it wouldve been interesting to see what each series couldve added going forward.. All Pro 2k8 is still the best playing football game even without Not Fair League license
I remember my uncle's family coming down to our house during the Christmas holidays and my cousin had Tecmo Super Bowl. He played it all the time as a member of the Giants. It was the 1990 roster but had the 1991 season. Either way, it blew my mind seeing the real players and how competitive the game was. All I knew was my brother and I begged my parents for one and we got it a few months later. We played it religiously . I know Madden gets all the attention, but THIS is where kids got their first exposure to playing football games.
Tecmo Super Bowl on the NES has the record for how many times I rented a game. I should've bought it, for how much I spent on rentals for it. I managed to buy Tecmo Super Bowl II - SE and I made the mistake of selling it after college. I didn't realize how rare or limited it was.
There is no time like the present, to go back and right your wrongs of the past! BUY THEM ALL!!!!!
It’s not fair how fast our childhood went by. The 80’s and 90’s were truly magical times and I wish I’d have known then that it was going to be my peak time of happiness because I would have tried to take in the moments more. I am blessed to have babies of my own now and I love them unconditionally, but I would be a liar if I told you I don’t often think back to being a kid with a longing nostalgia.
This was very well put together, bravo sir!
Thank you sir!
Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) remains my favorite football game to this day.
When you hear that playoff music you know shit's about to get intense.
The one I spent the most time on was the DS version. I edited all the teams and players and uniforms to match the years I played. I remember liking the second NES release until I realized no matter what you did you top player would always get injured at some point. I would reset the game when that happened and made it through 1 season as the Lions with Barry Sanders at 16-0. I never played it on the PSX or the Digital version. I would love a Tecmo compilation on the Switch as that system seems to have the most releases of retro games to date in physical form. Great video glad it was suggested.
This retrospective was pretty cool. I've always loved Tecmo Bowl but there was several of these that I didn't even know were made. !GG sir, GG. 🏈
Thank you, I'm glad that you found it enjoyable!
Burned through 2 Nintendo’s and 2 cartridges ...smashed one of each from the frustrations of losing to the cpu lol.
I played Bowl and Super Bowl until my thumbs were blistered. And yes I had it for Gameboy too!
Wow. The opening screen for TSB. Memories. Thanks pop , RIP💯💙
HAHA, easy on the raging! Yeah that Tecmo bunny hits me right in the nostalgies.
@@originalconsolegamer8572 LMAO! Pops told me the same thing lol...I was 8 when I got TSB...once Tecmo lost licensing rights to the players, it kind of messed things up. I have the original TB on Wii U but players’ names are edited out. (Doesn’t matter I know them all anyway lol)
I also bought TB for PS3 back in 2010...it was a decent throwback but, again, without the actual players, it takes the fun out of it.
On a Sidenote, yeah, once madden hit its stride (first one I played was Madden 92) it was pretty much a wrap from there. Game day 96 was a dope game for PS as well.
I also loved Montana sports talk 94...I still have a genesis so I still rock out to it...damn, I’m becoming a gamer again now that I think about it lol.
Thanks for the video, cool blast from the past.
@@NeoNittyNo problem.. thanks for coming to hang out! I'm working a complete series review of the Joe Montana Sports Talks Football games. Hoping to have it out in the month of April.
@@originalconsolegamer8572 I have sports talk 94 and 95
@@NeoNitty NICE... then you will be pleased!
As a kid we were at the store and they had both Tecmo Bowl and John Elway's Quarterback. For 10 year old me, the choice was easy. I hadn't played either one, but the grittier-looking face on the Tecmo Bowl cover looked way more appealing than the smiling John Elway...Goes to show how much cover art can sell a game!
What an awesome retrospective! I’ve never played Tecmo football games but the Tecmo brand is strong and well known. I’ll check out some of the games.
Thank you. I promise if you give them a try, then you will be pleasantly surprised.
Yea man that was alot of fun running through a 17 week season with my buddy. Great memories.
I just started playing this series again after 25 years. Wow I'm old. But I haven't enjoyed a Madden since Madden 12 and I loved NFL 2K5. After watching this I was moved to hook up the old Genesis. Works like a charm. More fun than I've had in years. I enjoy NBA live 95 as well.
Going from 10 yard fight ti Tecmo Bowl was amazing, in school yard this was the best sports game ever!!
Great video, glad I found this.
I'm also glad you covered the ill-fated Wii reboot that never was. I worked on that game. I was the original designer, when we were all still in the primary office in Missouri, and then later I worked remotely as an animator for the Austin studio that developed it (I was still in the Missouri office). I was so excited because I was a big sports video game fan, really the only one at my studio, and I really loved the old Tecmo Bowl franchise.
I was thrilled when I got a first glimpse of our first playable build. It was rough, but it was fun. With more polish I thought it could be a really awesome game. However, when the next build came out that we were going to show to the publishers, while it was improved graphically with new models and animations, the game play had fallen behind and it was extremely laggy. It's what happened in most of our projects at that studio---we pushed to get more features in at the expense of gameplay because the publishers generally wanted it. Well, Tecmo was way more savvy than the other publishers we'd worked with, and I'm guessing they saw that new version and saw the decline in quality, and wanted out. I don't know the whole story, but something happened between the leadership of our studio and the Tecmo brass, and shortly after that they cut the schedule down, tried to salvage some of the work we put in, and rebranded it as Family Fun Football. None of my animations made it in the game, and hardly any of my design was used. The game was a flop, and my big moment as a game developer -- working on an iconic franchise -- was once again dashed.
Incidentally, it was a cautionary tale against remote work, or at least remote work done poorly. Had I been there and seen more of the daily development, I could have sounded the alarm. Not that it would have made much difference.
Loved those cut scenes. The deep ball toss was like some crazy anime shit
Thanks for making this outstanding in depth review video!!! NES Tecmo Super Bowl was all I played when I got it for Christmas in 1992. I played this after school, stayed up late Friday nights trying different teams to play against the game, so I knew who would be the best to play against my friends. I grew up in Dallas, so my friends wanted to be the Cowboys all the time, because they were winning games and went on to win the Super Bowl that season '92 and '93. But they could never beat me, because the top teams in my opinion were the 49ers because Montana was money all the time with Rice, Taylor or Jones. The Lions because Barry Sanders was unstoppable. The Bears because Neal Anderson and Brad Muster just bulldozed over tacklers and their defense was great, but Harbaugh was horrible. The Raiders because Allen and Bo Jackson were the best RB tandem and Greg Townsend and Howie Long were the best DE tandem. And the Dolphins because Marino was accurate, Offerdahl and Louis Oliver were tackling machines. No to brag but no kid on my neighborhood block could beat me.
would always take the kick off and punts and down them on the 1 yard line. this way we could do 99 yard passes and runs. and i have every one of those nintendo powers too.
HAHA... same!!! I want EVERY yard possible. You have to sacrifice leading the league in Kick Return average to maximize your total yards from scrimmage.
I personally say Tecmo super bowl on the SNES was the best game outta all of the tecmo games. it not only had better graphics, sound design and harder CPU which meant more challenging games. they also included the NFL Team logo's in the endzone which makes everything come together. i'm actually making videos on this game cuz it's my favorite football game of all time, but great video dude. didn't even know about the rest of the tecmo games after TSB SNES and sega genesis, i did know about the remake on the 360 but unfortunately i was a young teenager with no money at the time so i couldn't even buy game :(
If you win the Super Bowl each year in the three season mode, does any special happen?
@ 10:26- Barry Sanders 16/430yrds😆
Barry had himself a game!!!
HAHA... don't forget the 4 receptions for 127 yards. Just another day at the office for Barry. Lions were always my #2 team, so I played much more as Barry than as Bo.
Each NES console release had tremendous replay value, but TSB and TSB 3 were off the charts. They did a great job making quality upgrades with each release.
Tecmo Super Bowl was incredible. Truly ahead of its time.
Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) is the greatest sports game ever made. It was the first sports game to track stats. The rosters really made the game.
SNES TSB is still the best football game of all-time IMO. The flickering on the NES is the reason I have it below the SNES version.
I played the HELL out of Tecmo Bowl, but I NEVER knew there was a version with Payton and Steve Largent and Eric Dickerson. Crazy!
Before all this, about all we had was those NFL pencils to play with.
I remember trading those viciously. 😂
loved Super Tecmo bowl as a kid; rented that all the time.
I used to keep my own stats for this game in Tecmo 1. Every team had a run or route that was unstoppable even if the defense picked your play if you threw the ball when the receiver was at the right point in his route, or if you jiggled the running control just as the defense approached, you could wiggle through them and they would run past you. One of my favorites with Payton. Tecmo 2 kept stats. 180 Sacks a year for the NT or the sacks would start counting up after 200. We never banned the nose tackle, there were a handful of plays which made the NT move a liability. We ran shotgun formations or sweeps to negate the move. I've also seen videos showing the OLB on the bottom almost never gets blocked by the computer, so he's basically a free runner to the ball. My favorite thing to do was put a fast WR at RB if the RB was too slow. Ricky Sanders was a 2000 yd rusher for Washington lol.
Yeah I clearly remember Dickerson being in my game. I also remember my friend did not have him. Thx for clearing that up.
So many memories and sleepless nights...
My cousin had Super Bowl on Super Nintendo. Had no idea it was a port. We’d play for hours and I would even watch him play a full season. Didn’t have that much fun again until NFL Blitz on Dreamcast.
I wasn't even a football fan when I first played it over twenty four years ago. Those days competing with my brother and cousins. Not many of my friends at the time were really into it, choosing titles like Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter II and the Mario franchise. I want a modern comeback to Superbowl so bad.
The one for PlayStation had the most hilarious game announcer...." Running is proper".....😂😂😂😂😂
Tell me about it... what a goofball!
@@originalconsolegamer8572 one friend was playin me and the 1st time he heard it he had the biggest look of disgust ever😂😂😂😂
I cannot find Tecmo Super Bowl 2 on The Sega Genesis anywhere. I remember having it as a kid. I just want it because it has Joe Montana on The Chiefs lol.
It does come up on eBay pretty often if you are patient. I found a good deal on a cart and manual, but then it took me about another 6 months to find someone selling a case and cart that wasn't $100+. In the process I did end up with an extra loose cart. If you don't see a listing on eBay in the next week or 2, then post back here and I will either post mine on ebay as a Buy it Now or you can just straight PayPal me and I'll ship it to you. Whatever you prefer, but a loose cart should go between $20-$25 shipped. But I'm a Niners fan and my best friend is a Chiefs fan, so I can get where you are coming from.
Just play it on an emulator. The game itself is not that great. TSB 3 is basically the same game, but with many improvements.
@@TheRmm1976 I played both TSB II and TSB III (Genesis versions) back in the day, and IMO TSB II is better because it has tighter control.
Love the video. I'm seeing this for the first time and also loving the fact that you're a 49er fan. Thank you! Just want to say that the video was great but I don't know if you know that about repeating as super bowl champions. There was a mode where if you select the 3 years in a row schedule, the challenge was the win. The super bowl three straight years in a row. I was almost able to do it but I was one game away from the super bowl and I lost so I kind of did with the San Francisco 49ers did when they lost to the Giants who ended up playing the bills in the super bowl of that year. I believe in tecmo super bowl. 2. If you do when three straight super bowls in a row, I think they have the slots available for Carolina and Jacksonville because there're two empty slots and I believe if you win the super bowl you might unlock both of those teams, but I've never heard or seen anybody doing that.
Thank you for the positive feedback. I did not know that secret about winning 3 straight, I will have to try that out! Go NINERS!!!
@@originalconsolegamer8572 Yes, I actually tried it on the super NES and I tried it with the Tampa Bay buccaneers. I won two straight super bowls. I got to the playoffs but I was one game away from going back to the super bowl and you are absolutely right. The difficulty is very different with the AI during those times.
I stop playing after super tecmobowl 2 for snes. I didn't even know they had a part3 or a game for ps1. Great video great memories
Oh jeez you missed out with TB III. Game was AWESOME! You could unlock legends like Joe Namath, Ray Guy, Mike Ditka, etc in free agency that really made the game fun during season mode!
The hours of my life I spent playing Tecmo Bowl as a kid!
T3 final edition on the snes is one of the greatest football games ever made. Me and my friends played countless seasons. There was some kind of glitch we found for a punt returner. It was a player from the Steelers (not woodson) that was fast as lightning and he had bum stats. The 3 trade opportunities you got every season. Also, we would sim the first 3 seasons and made sure one team would win 3 straight Super Bowls to unlock the all time greats. Fun times........
I never played T3 final edition but Tecmo Super bowl 2 was quite good.
I really enjoyed this.
Brought back many great memories.
Thank you.
Your welcome... I knew a lot of you would enjoy this video as much as I did. Just happy that it made it's way around finally.
Tecmo SB3 is my favorite of the whole series. So damn good.
Track & Field ll and Tecmo Bowl were 2 of the best games, ever.
Super Tecmo Bowl was stellar too. Peer pressure resulted in me trading my Tecmo Ball on Gameboy for NBA Challenge. I dont think I ever traded a video game again.
Great great great Video. For me tecmo it Is also one of the best memories of childhood and adolescence i Still play today of course with the 49 ers
Still have the whole set up and bought a backup. Our Tecmo Bowl parties are legendary. $5 a game. Loose, pass the stick. Did the same thing with Street Fighter. We would be 20 deep having a ball.
As far as I'm concerned, Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl are all you need. Thankfully I still have both.
The original Tecmo Bowl on NES my brother and I re-rented it SO much from the store that they ended up just giving it to us.. my mom went up to the counter and they said something like "Again? Just take it." We had rented it out to the equivalent of its sale price, so.. yeah. That was nice of them. Classic times.
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The original 12 team lineup was based on the NFL's playoff teams the previous year.
Man I remember it like yesterday. I would rent Tecmo Super Bowl for the nes and my friends would have a sleep over and play an entire season. Good memories.
I was never big into sports games. But I made an exception for Tecmo Bowl.
Tecmo Super Bowl 3: Final Edition for Super NES is my favorite of this series, with Tecmo Super Bowl for NES being a close second. I played and loved both of them so much. Also, I didn't mind that TSB3 didn’t have music during games; the quiet ambience was nice and moody especially during snow and rain games. It made the game feel serious, which was good. It did have iconic music at the intro when you first boot up the game and the menu screen music was also very good.
Not to sound like a weirdo but is this the voice of the most dangerous podcast?! I listen to Your reds podcast every chance I get!
Well a lot of people have thought I sounded like someone else. This is the first I've heard about the most dangerous podcast. Not weird, but also not me. I'm just an average Joe that makes gaming videos.
Never enjoyed Sports or sports games like my older bro, however Tecmo Super bowl killed many an hour with my brother, friends, and I playing seasons as different teams. GREAT TIMES.