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Topic	Leonhart Ranks 100 Games with Writeups!
LeonhartFour 01/27/20 5:38:54 PM #64:	#94. Tecmo Super Bowl This was my first real sports game (as in, a sports game that used players from real life in it). I know a large chunk of the board isnt into sports at all, but Ive always been a huge sports fan and of football in particular. Its still the only sport I watch with regularity, while baseball and basketball have mostly been relegated to playoffs only. Anyway, I know some people ride hard for the original Tecmo Bowl, but that was a little before my time (Well, technically not, but I was only a year old when it came out! Tecmo Super Bowl came out when I was nearly 6), so I spent way more time with Tecmo Super Bowl. Compared to football games now, Tecmo Super Bowl is pretty simplistic, of course, but it felt pretty advanced at the time. You had four run plays and four pass plays to choose from, and each team had a different set of plays. People talk about how broken Bo Jackson was in this, but I never really played as the Raiders. My team of choice was the Houston Oilers, for some reason. I was strictly a Cowboys fan at the time, but I guess it was fitting because the Oilers would eventually become the Tennessee Titans. I loved the Warren Moon to Haywood Jeffires combo (I was convinced that Haywood Jeffires must have been a really good WR in the NFL as a kid, so I just looked up his career stats and hes about as average as it gets!). I also loved the cutaways to big plays and touchdowns. It was a cool touch of presentation to increase the drama of the moment. There was also a mode where you could simulate an entire season, and I spent a lot of time on that mode just simulating seasons, seeing how the results changed from season to season and who wound up winning the Super Bowl. I guess that was the beginning of my journey as a stats nerd! I remember there was one season where I was determined to get the Atlanta Falcons (a thoroughly mediocre team in the game) to not only win the Super Bowl but go undefeated. It involved a lot of soft resets, especially when the 49ers (one of the best teams in the game) popped up on the schedule twice, but I eventually got it done. I dont recall if I tried to do that with anyone else, but I specifically remember that one because it took so many retries to get it. So yeah, Tecmo Super Bowl is a game I have a lot of fond memories for. I played it on an emulator about 10 or so years ago just for old times sake, and I think it mostly held up. Theres an element of randomness to it, but thats present in a lot of sports games, especially older ones. I still think you can succeed if you understand how the game works because its so easy to break big plays, which is a big part of the fun. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:933567483] in Leonhart R... [t:78360286]...</cite> <quote>#94. Tecmo Super Bowl This was my first real sports game (as in, a sports game that used players from real life in it). I know a large chunk of the board isnt into sports at all, but Ive always been a huge sports fan and of football in particular. Its still the only sport I watch with regularity, while baseball and basketball have mostly been relegated to playoffs only. Anyway, I know some people ride hard for the original Tecmo Bowl, but that was a little before my time (Well, technically not, but I was only a year old when it came out! Tecmo Super Bowl came out when I was nearly 6), so I spent way more time with Tecmo Super Bowl. Compared to football games now, Tecmo Super Bowl is pretty simplistic, of course, but it felt pretty advanced at the time. You had four run plays and four pass plays to choose from, and each team had a different set of plays. People talk about how broken Bo Jackson was in this, but I never really played as the Raiders. My team of choice was the Houston Oilers, for some reason. I was strictly a Cowboys fan at the time, but I guess it was fitting because the Oilers would eventually become the Tennessee Titans. I loved the Warren Moon to Haywood Jeffires combo (I was convinced that Haywood Jeffires must have been a really good WR in the NFL as a kid, so I just looked up his career stats and hes about as average as it gets!). I also loved the cutaways to big plays and touchdowns. It was a cool touch of presentation to increase the drama of the moment. There was also a mode where you could simulate an entire season, and I spent a lot of time on that mode just simulating seasons, seeing how the results changed from season to season and who wound up winning the Super Bowl. I guess that was the beginning of my journey as a stats nerd! I remember there was one season where I was determined to get the Atlanta Falcons (a thoroughly mediocre team in the game) to not only win the Super Bowl but go undefeated. It involved a lot of soft resets, especially when the 49ers (one of the best teams in the game) popped up on the schedule twice, but I eventually got it done. I dont recall if I tried to do that with anyone else, but I specifically remember that one because it took so many retries to get it. So yeah, Tecmo Super Bowl is a game I have a lot of fond memories for. I played it on an emulator about 10 or so years ago just for old times sake, and I think it mostly held up. Theres an element of randomness to it, but thats present in a lot of sports games, especially older ones. I still think you can succeed if you understand how the game works because its so easy to break big plays, which is a big part of the fun. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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