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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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
One thing I loved about tecmo bowl was, I learned about different players from other team rosters. Besides playing with Bo Jackson, I discovered Cleveland Browns, Kevin Mack. Also, playing with Lawrence Taylor was just as exciting as Bo.
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 😎
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 came in on the SNES/Sega Genesis. Absolutely the most fun football game I ever played. Loved Tecmo. Still have the PS1 version. Think that's why I enjoy playing Retro Bowl on my tablet now
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.
Cool video. Tecmo bowl in 1989 was the game that started me gaming again for the first time since 1982. I am still gaming but wish there were actual choices instead of Madden or NBA 2k.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
@@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.
I loved Tecmo Super Bowl (SNES) due to it announcing the in-game achievements (100 rushing yards, 150 receiving yards, 300 passing yards). Not to mention that you can hear speech ("sack", "touchdown").
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.
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!
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.
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
I was in love the one time I played the actual arcade as a kid on family vacation in VA @ a pizza hut , never saw the arcade ever again , it was so magical & I still have those memories playing it for 15-20 mins
Thanks for the breakdown. My most heartbreaking loss in sports video games occurred circa 1990 when blitzed and blew my only opportunity to beat my buddy Dave who always owned me haha
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I loved these games as a kid. The stat keeping feature for a season was something you didnt see much of at the time. My buddies and I would actually draft players, sim the season, and gamble on who would have better stats lol. Was a lot of fun.
I was in college when Tecmo (and Tecmo Super) came out. There is no greater feeling than playing as the Raiders, seeing them beat their opponent 98 - 0, and seeing Bo Jackson's stats: 500 rushing yards, 12 touchdowns, etc. There is no WORSE feeling than being in Week 1 and seeing Bo Jackson go down with an injury.
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 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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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💯💙
@@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.
Tecmo Superbowl was a game changer for sure!!! The 1st 2 games are all timers. Once we moved to 16 bit. Madden arrived and Tecmo football no longer was king. I dont even think i even played #3. The 2nd madden game on genesis once again changed the game.
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.
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.
@@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 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
Awesome review and tecmo bowl not only got me into football but also made me a 49ers fan and one little cool feature you left out of tecmo super bowl 2 on genesis and snes versions is that you can play with different rosters by the year like a example in 1992 season joe montana shows up on 49ers roster as the back up then in 1993 season he is with the chiefs and also in that year if you play with dolphins dan marino isn't in the roster due to being hurt all year and in 1994 season 49ers have deion sanders in their roster so I always thought that was a cool feature which part 3 doesn't offer
Favorite game series of all time - give me the niners in the 1st game w/ unstoppable pass to the TE over the middle & Ronnie lott on D ( or michael carter as DL) - i st saw the arcade game @ a pizza hut while on vacation in VA & never saw it again but always dreamed of it - tecmo sbowl was a great game , id down kickoffs on the 1 yard line so i could pad my stats lol, i remeber playing an entire season w/ az cards in one day - i think i did see apple arcade was making a tecmo bowl look alike w/ this years players & tesms - thanks for this vid - much Fn appreciated Edit - I remember playing my buddy i was Denver & he was raiders & i used the entire clock for 1st Q ti play keep away from bo jackson & i picked the bo Jackson run every fn time except the last 2 plays where i was up 6pts w/ less than a min left & he literally ran bo 2x to beat me by 1 fn point like 80+ yards in 2 plays bcuz i panicked & picked pass plays for my D & of course the last play bo bounced off me as safety atwater & all my defenders to score w/ no time left - ugh why tf i just didn't keep picking bo running play - he was so pissed i stuffed him every run& i remember his only scoring came on passes but like i stated i panicked & didn't fn pick bo runs for my D- to this day im still pissed how i blew that game - THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO- MUCH APPRECIATED
Thanks for the great video.I lost a tooth once because I beat someone playing this game.He was nicknamed tooth fiery and we still all played together after the fight...just kidding but seriously there were intense moments and fights over those early Tecmo games.Good ole days
SNES Super Tecmo Bowl was and still is the best football game of all time! I used to try to get 300 yards passing, 150 yards receiving and 100 yards rushing every game. I’m not a Bills fan but I used to pick the Bills and wreck shop with Thurman Thomas.
Awesome video. Never knew there were multiple tecmo bowl football games. This was interesting. I missed out on alot. I guess I got lost when genesis came out with Joe Montana football 😂😂😂
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.
That was awesome took me back to my childhood but you never mention how the ball was thrown right tru the defensive CBs when you have them covered love the content
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.
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!
Tecmo Super Bowl 2 SE, I remember sitting there for I bet an hour or so trying to get Emmit Smith on the 49ers. I finally did it, that season was just fun!
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.
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.
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 :(
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.
I still remember playing Tecmo Super Bowl at my grandma's house. She lived near the eagles stadium only few blocks away and when it was nice out with the windows open I could hear the crowd when something good happened.
TSB II SE on Sega is my favorite. It had the best music, particularly in regular season and playoff games. My favorite part of long kick returns was the gift of listening to the extended soundtrack. And by far, it had the best announcer of the series -- "Quarterbaaack sack! .... Safety!" It also had an effective dive, while the TSB III dive was useless. Speaking of dives, TSB II SE would have been the perfect game for solo players if the CPU didn't dive for a first down almost every time it was near the line to gain. Oh, and of course, a couple of the best perks of TSB II SE were the ability to late hit the ball carrier repeatedly after the whistle, and doing the "electric slide" after scoring a touchdown ... so awesome.
Christian Okoye "The Nigerian Nightmare" was almost unstoppable when in EXCELLENT condition. Just bouncing tacklers without even have to push any buttons. Awesome. Lol
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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!!!!
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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
Hell yeah
10000%
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 😁.
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 🐐
@@tarb1320 Google classic video game sticks. There are some decent ones you can just plug into your hdmi
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
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Lol Randall
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Hundreds and hundreds of hours of my life playing this series. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
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 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
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
The RB for them was pretty good! Can't remember his name.
One thing I loved about tecmo bowl was, I learned about different players from other team rosters. Besides playing with Bo Jackson, I discovered Cleveland Browns, Kevin Mack.
Also, playing with Lawrence Taylor was just as exciting as Bo.
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
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
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!
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
Tecmo Superbowl for the nes is my all-time favorite game.
Well my friend, then I think you're in good company then!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 came in on the SNES/Sega Genesis. Absolutely the most fun football game I ever played. Loved Tecmo. Still have the PS1 version. Think that's why I enjoy playing Retro Bowl on my tablet now
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.
Cool video. Tecmo bowl in 1989 was the game that started me gaming again for the first time since 1982. I am still gaming but wish there were actual choices instead of Madden or NBA 2k.
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.
Wow! Very good video! Huge Tecmo Bowl fan. New Subscriber
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for hanging out!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
I loved Tecmo Super Bowl (SNES) due to it announcing the in-game achievements (100 rushing yards, 150 receiving yards, 300 passing yards). Not to mention that you can hear speech ("sack", "touchdown").
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.
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
Outstanding video bubba. You really brought me back. I'm 42 years old. I remember playing Temco Bowl all weekend
Have a blessed 2024
My brotha this is a good video! Keep up the awesome work!
Yes.. thank you my brother!!!
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.
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.
This was very well put together, bravo sir!
Thank you sir!
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.
The pick up and play aspect is what I like about these older NFL games compared to modern Madden games (AFAIK, they might have brought it back).
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
I was in love the one time I played the actual arcade as a kid on family vacation in VA @ a pizza hut , never saw the arcade ever again , it was so magical & I still have those memories playing it for 15-20 mins
Thanks for the breakdown. My most heartbreaking loss in sports video games occurred circa 1990 when blitzed and blew my only opportunity to beat my buddy Dave who always owned me haha
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Thanks for this retrospective. Really takes me back.
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.
I loved these games as a kid. The stat keeping feature for a season was something you didnt see much of at the time.
My buddies and I would actually draft players, sim the season, and gamble on who would have better stats lol.
Was a lot of fun.
Well done. You clearly put a lot of admirable effort into this.
Tecmo Super Bowl tournaments with the friends was a great time. Miss those times.
I was in college when Tecmo (and Tecmo Super) came out.
There is no greater feeling than playing as the Raiders, seeing them beat their opponent 98 - 0, and seeing Bo Jackson's stats: 500 rushing yards, 12 touchdowns, etc.
There is no WORSE feeling than being in Week 1 and seeing Bo Jackson go down with an injury.
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
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.
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.
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.
Awesome video well done I remember staying up all night playing this game.
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.
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!
Yea man that was alot of fun running through a 17 week season with my buddy. Great memories.
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.
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!
@@mykalwagner5341that receiving group was OP even in real life. Lol
Tecmo Superbowl was a game changer for sure!!! The 1st 2 games are all timers. Once we moved to 16 bit. Madden arrived and Tecmo football no longer was king. I dont even think i even played #3. The 2nd madden game on genesis once again changed the game.
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!!!!!
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
Love this I played the heck out of this back in the day and still play it on occasion to this day!
Awesome review and tecmo bowl not only got me into football but also made me a 49ers fan and one little cool feature you left out of tecmo super bowl 2 on genesis and snes versions is that you can play with different rosters by the year like a example in 1992 season joe montana shows up on 49ers roster as the back up then in 1993 season he is with the chiefs and also in that year if you play with dolphins dan marino isn't in the roster due to being hurt all year and in 1994 season 49ers have deion sanders in their roster so I always thought that was a cool feature which part 3 doesn't offer
Dang it... I did miss that, HAHA. Yeah the roster and schedule stuff for 2 and 3 is very similar, but there are some small differences. Good catch!
Favorite game series of all time - give me the niners in the 1st game w/ unstoppable pass to the TE over the middle & Ronnie lott on D ( or michael carter as DL) - i st saw the arcade game @ a pizza hut while on vacation in VA & never saw it again but always dreamed of it - tecmo sbowl was a great game , id down kickoffs on the 1 yard line so i could pad my stats lol, i remeber playing an entire season w/ az cards in one day - i think i did see apple arcade was making a tecmo bowl look alike w/ this years players & tesms - thanks for this vid - much Fn appreciated
Edit - I remember playing my buddy i was Denver & he was raiders & i used the entire clock for 1st Q ti play keep away from bo jackson & i picked the bo Jackson run every fn time except the last 2 plays where i was up 6pts w/ less than a min left & he literally ran bo 2x to beat me by 1 fn point like 80+ yards in 2 plays bcuz i panicked & picked pass plays for my D & of course the last play bo bounced off me as safety atwater & all my defenders to score w/ no time left - ugh why tf i just didn't keep picking bo running play - he was so pissed i stuffed him every run& i remember his only scoring came on passes but like i stated i panicked & didn't fn pick bo runs for my D- to this day im still pissed how i blew that game - THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO- MUCH APPRECIATED
Thanks for the great video.I lost a tooth once because I beat someone playing this game.He was nicknamed tooth fiery and we still all played together after the fight...just kidding but seriously there were intense moments and fights over those early Tecmo games.Good ole days
I loved Tecmo Bowl, but one of the versions had Boomer Esiason as a right handed QB and it drove me nuts!
SNES Super Tecmo Bowl was and still is the best football game of all time! I used to try to get 300 yards passing, 150 yards receiving and 100 yards rushing every game. I’m not a Bills fan but I used to pick the Bills and wreck shop with Thurman Thomas.
Awesome video. Never knew there were multiple tecmo bowl football games. This was interesting. I missed out on alot. I guess I got lost when genesis came out with Joe Montana football 😂😂😂
When I began collecting childhood NES favorites, TSB was among the first games I had to own!
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.
Loved those cut scenes. The deep ball toss was like some crazy anime shit
That was awesome took me back to my childhood but you never mention how the ball was thrown right tru the defensive CBs when you have them covered love the content
HAHA... yes the whole disappearing.... reappearing ball trick I see. And thank you!
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.
My brother and I played all these games so much. 3 on the SNES was our fav by far
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.
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!
Tecmo Super Bowl 2 SE, I remember sitting there for I bet an hour or so trying to get Emmit Smith on the 49ers. I finally did it, that season was just fun!
I started on Tecmo Bowl and we wore it out. When Tecmo Bowl Super Bowl released, there were many late nights with my brother.
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.
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?
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.
I still remember playing Tecmo Super Bowl at my grandma's house. She lived near the eagles stadium only few blocks away and when it was nice out with the windows open I could hear the crowd when something good happened.
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
TSB II SE on Sega is my favorite. It had the best music, particularly in regular season and playoff games. My favorite part of long kick returns was the gift of listening to the extended soundtrack. And by far, it had the best announcer of the series -- "Quarterbaaack sack! .... Safety!"
It also had an effective dive, while the TSB III dive was useless. Speaking of dives, TSB II SE would have been the perfect game for solo players if the CPU didn't dive for a first down almost every time it was near the line to gain. Oh, and of course, a couple of the best perks of TSB II SE were the ability to late hit the ball carrier repeatedly after the whistle, and doing the "electric slide" after scoring a touchdown ... so awesome.
Christian Okoye "The Nigerian Nightmare" was almost unstoppable when in EXCELLENT condition. Just bouncing tacklers without even have to push any buttons. Awesome. Lol
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 NES version of Tecmo Super Bowl played faster than the SNES or Sega versions. This bummed me out.