Play Tecmo Super Bowl For NES Online
Often abbreviated as “TSB”, Tecmo Super Bowl is an American football video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that was released in 1991.
Developed by Japanese video game company Tecmo, it was one of the first sports video games that had licensing privileges with both the league it sought to emulate (National Football League) and the player’s association (National Football League Players Association), thus allowing the game to use both the names and attributes of real NFL teams and real NFL players. (Prior games used the real teams or the real players, but not both.)
Player rosters are based on the 1991 NFL preseason, and attributes are based on those of the 1990 NFL season. Although the game is in some ways considered outdated, it was very successful in the final years of the NES and enjoys an extensive cult following.
With the advent of modern console emulation on computers and even other console gaming systems, Tecmo Super Bowl may be one of the most hacked and modified Nintendo games in existence. This has contributed greatly to the game’s cult following as the game can be, and has been, constantly modified and updated.
There have been, and continue to be, numerous sites, online leagues and message boards dedicated not only to the original TSB but also to ROMs which contain current day rosters while maintaining the original gameplay. There is also a mod that has NCAA Football rosters from 1990 as well as an updated (2009) 32 team rom.
An annual Tecmo Super Bowl tournament is held in Madison, WI. The tournament consists of 64 participants playing the NES version of Tecmo Super Bowl. The first 3 games are “World Cup” format; in which 16 groups are created and each participant plays the other participants in their group one time, with the top two teams in each group moving on to a single elimination tournament. The winner receives a trophy along with various prizes.
In 2010, the tournament has expanded the field to 72 players to accommodate for the large amount on interest the tournament draws each year.
There is also a tournament in Kewaunee, WI. It is a 32 team tournament which is in its 5th year. With the waiting list to participate growing, the tournament could easily expand. Tournament officials have voted and decided to leave it as 32 in order to not dilute the competition and the integrity of the game.
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