Tecmo Super Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

For reasons I’m still exploring and will probably write about, for the last few weeks I’ve been addicted to playing Tecmo Super Bowl, a game that came out in 1991. Nostalgia is obviously at play, a conclusion swiftly reached when my son scoffed at the primitive graphics and rudimentary gameplay. 8-bit is already an acquired taste, and the sprites in TSB tend to flicker like light bulbs about to short out.

More on that story in the pod.

I don’t know if this prolonged detour into the past is a kind of midlife crisis—walling myself in with the things of my childhood is more on-brand than an affair or flashy sports car—but I’m almost having too much fun to question it.

Almost.

In This Episode:

• Flavors of Tecmo Bowl

• Why Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES is the ultimate edition

• Idiosyncrasies of Tecmo Bowl

• Playing Tecmo Super Bowl in 2024

• Memories of playing in the 90s

• Best teams and players

• Is Tecmo Super Bowl the greatest sports video game ever?

• Is Tecmo Super Bowl the best game on the NES?