Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)

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Description

Tecmo Super Bowl is the follow-up to the NES football arcade/simulation Tecmo Bowl. While the basic gameplay of the original is intact, a host of new features and improvements have been added.

Features include: 28 real NFL teams/mascots with real NFL players (circa 1991), 11 players on the field per team, player substitutions, fumbles, improved control over kicks and punts, eight plays to choose from during games, customizable playbooks, arcade/coach/computer simulation options for one or two players, pre-season/regular season/Pro-Bowl games, regular season team standings and rankings, regular season player statistics and rankings, end-of-game boxscores, and a 12-team playoff following the NFL format.

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Part of the Following Group

• Tecmo Bowl series

User Reviews

The best of its time, with a little something for everybody.	PCGamer77 (3235)
Endzone to Endzone	Jeff Clawson (7)
Madden Predecessor? Yeah, I'd say so.	Crazy Horse (12)

Critic Reviews

NES Archives	May 05, 2001	A+	100
The Video Game Critic	Aug 11, 2004	A	100
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library	2016		100
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only)	Sep 22, 2006	10 out of 10	100
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2007	9.5 out of 10	95
Questicle.net	Sep, 2013	A-	91
NES Times	Sep 06, 2006	9 out of 10	90
Game Freaks 365	2006	8.5 out of 10	85
GameCola.net	Feb 04, 2006	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The NES version of Tecmo Super Bowl appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Cover art

Interestingly enough Tecmo actually reused the photograph of this game's cover for the flyer of the Japanese arcade release of Midway's Super High Impact. This flyer also uses artwork from the flyer of an earlier Tecmo arcade game, All American Football.

Roster

In May 2010, the last active player from the game's 1991 roster, Jeff Feagles (a punter for the New York Giants), retired at the age of 44. Prior to Feagles retiring, the previous 2009 NFL season began with three Tecmo Super Bowl players still active on an NFL roster: Feagles, John Carney of the New Orleans Saints, and linebacker Junior Seau of the New England Patriots.