Tecmo Bowl Throwback Interview (2D-X)

[CreatineKasey]

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The Steelers' passing game kind of sucked but they had one the best running combos in the game with Foster and Hoge plus a godly defense to lock down the other team.

And since you could only play the 3-4 defense in this game, teams who actually ran a 3-4 scheme in real life were at a big advantage personnel wise.

I like the Packers as an underdog squad. Reggie Fright is that game's version of Bruce Smith from TSB on the NES.

Hoge got a massive hit power boost in this version.

Any chance you guys played the Sega Genesis version? That's what I owned. Oddly enough, that game swapped the rush power and run speed ratings. It had run speed at a standard 69 on offense and rush power varying. This is opposite to the NES and apparently opposite to this NES game. That annoyed me to no end.. and still does.

There's a nice blend of teams in this version. Overall, the ratings seem more balanced. There's no fast WR in comparison to the NES version. I remember this. In some ways it'll be better for competition, but I also miss the wacky superstars from the NES game that have grown to legendary status.

[jyoung]

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Yeah the SNES roster is a ton more balanced than the NES one.

There are some really good players in this game but nobody who is unstoppable like Bo Jackson or Lawrence Taylor.

I never played the Genesis versions until well after the fact, but I thought they sucked compared to the SNES games.

[CreatineKasey]

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Yeah the SNES roster is a ton more balanced than the NES one.

There are some really good players in this game but nobody that is really unstoppable like Bo Jackson or Lawrence Taylor.

I never played the Genesis version until well after the fact. It sucked compared to the SNES games IMO.

Good to hear. I didn't play the SNES much. Apparently they are different. I thought the Genesis version sucked too in comparison to the NES.

They seemed to suck out all the crazy plays which made Tecmo great. It boiled down to a much less exciting game overall. Big play potential in the run game wasn't there. You couldn't zig-zag for big scores. It felt different.

Oddly enough this is my road through Tecmo:

1. Tecmo Bowl (NES)
2. Tecmo Super Bowl (Genesis)
3A. Tecmo Super Bowl 3 (Genesis)
3B. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)

Basically, I learned that the NES version had better gameplay than the Genesis version.

[bcruise]

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Just a heads up, guys -

I was just playing the old SNES version to check a few things, and the Nose Tackle dive ***** move is still alive and well in that game. I hope they've been able to do something about that play because if not, online is going to be limited to just playing against friends that you can trust not to do that move.

[jyoung]

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Yeah the nose tackle dive glitch has been around in every version of the game I've played.

It's one of those "house rules" you just have to enforce when playing against friends.

[ODogg]

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So the Cowboys will be pretty awsome with triplets right?

[boomhauertjs]

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And since you could only play the 3-4 defense in this game, teams who actually ran a 3-4 scheme in real life were at a big advantage personnel wise.

The weird thing is that many teams had switched back to the 4-3, so it didn't make sense to only have the 3-4. Easier to program that way I guess.

[rm217]

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So the Cowboys will be pretty awsome with triplets right?

Emmitt, Aikman, Irvin, you know it!

[TheWatcher]

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Good to hear. I didn't play the SNES much. Apparently they are different. I thought the Genesis version sucked too in comparison to the NES.

They seemed to suck out all the crazy plays which made Tecmo great. It boiled down to a much less exciting game overall. Big play potential in the run game wasn't there. You couldn't zig-zag for big scores. It felt different.

Oddly enough this is my road through Tecmo:

1. Tecmo Bowl (NES)
2. Tecmo Super Bowl (Genesis)
3A. Tecmo Super Bowl 3 (Genesis)
3B. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)

Basically, I learned that the NES version had better gameplay than the Genesis version.

The Genesis version was WAY too easy for some reason. Easier than normal. Maybe it was just me, but I'd rack up some pretty ridiculous scores in that one. The only thing I liked about the Genesis version was the music. I still play it sometimes just for that, lol.

[ODogg]

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rm217, that's going to rock the house...i hope the game itself is really tecmo throwback and not tecmo re-imagined!

[Sherman91587]

Back to the days where the Niners where actually GOOD! Thank you Tecmo.... SF the team to beat woot woot.

[rm217]

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rm217, that's going to rock the house...i hope the game itself is really tecmo throwback and not tecmo re-imagined!

Like Hogan would say, "I'm with you BROTHER"!
For the love of God don't screw with the formula Tecmo.

[CreatineKasey]

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Like Hogan would say, "I'm with you BROTHER"!
For the love of God don't screw with the formula Tecmo.

Give us a play call time limit, along with a snap time limit (griefers)
Kill the NG dive.

DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE

[ODogg]

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AGREED MAN!!

[bcruise]

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Give us a play call time limit, along with a snap time limit (griefers)
Kill the NG dive.

DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE

You mean you don't want to hear this when you're up big in the final minutes of a game?

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