Tecmo Bowl
1987 · Sports · Arcade / NES
Overview
Tecmo Bowl (1987) is Tecmo's American football game, whose NES version was the first console game with real NFL players, licensed through the players' union.
Deep Dive
Twelve teams each have four plays. Without an NFL league licence, teams go by city or state names, though their rosters match real NFL teams. The arcade version takes up to four players and the NES version two.
Developer Story
Tecmo released it in arcades in December 1987, and the NES version came out in North America in February 1989. Nintendo Power ranked it 30th in its 1997 list of the best games.
Did You Know?
- Its sequel, Tecmo Super Bowl (1991), was the first of several.
- Sinclair User called the arcade version "superb".
Sources & further reading
- Tecmo Bowl — Wikipedia
