Some Nintendo nostalgia...

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/27918

This video is probably done by some sort of emulator package...I guess the point wasn't how they did it, but for those of us who played video games growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, Tecmo Super Bowl was the pinnacle of all sports games out at the time. Even the Legend of Zelda cannot match how many hours I probably played Tecmo Super Bowl - and to this day, when I get together with my friends Paul and Jeremy from high school, we still haul out the ancient NES and play again.

The simplicity and (at least at the time) graphics and control of the game made it a great game - and having the actual NFL players names made it more fun too. The game had some flaws - it wasn't too long before everyone knew how to "dive the middle" if you had a good defensive nose tackle, interceptions were not as easy as the first game but still seemed somewhat random, there were a few "cheat" plays where it was really impossible to defend the receiver if you did it right, and you could make ridiculously long field goals. But overall it still provided hours of entertainment and was one of the few games that you could really play multiplayer and enjoy it.

It was also a game that was really hard to find at the store for about a year - they apparently didn't realize how successful it was going to be, and didn't make enough to start with. My friend Jeremy and I were at Oak View mall in Omaha and happened to be walking by the video game store as they were unpacking the box of Tecmo Super Bowl's, and I quick ran to the ATM and withdrew $50 (the game was $45 which in 1990 was a lot more than it is now, and at 16 I didn't have as many $45 chunks of money laying around to spend either!), ran back in a bought a copy. For months I had all sorts of new best friends who wanted to borrow it because they couldn't find a copy :)

So, Tecmo Super Bowl, I salute you for all the fun you provided to so many of us!