All the Fanfare
All the Fanfare: A Pop Culture Podcast
Tecmo Super Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
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Tecmo Super Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Podcast Episode 10: 30 years later, Tecmo Super Bowl remains one of the greatest video games
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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?

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All the Fanfare
All the Fanfare: A Pop Culture Podcast
An irreverent celebration of pop culture. Funny asides and overly serious opinions on movies, TV shows, and video games. Mainly focusing on stuff from the 1980s - 2010s.