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Tecmo Bowl's Still Running After Touching Down At 20

Owen Good — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:55:00 EST

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Chet Holzbauer can't remember any other gift from that mad Christmas Day scramble 20 years ago. As far as he knows, the cacophony of torn paper came to a stop, like the needle coming off a record, when he and his brother unwrapped Tecmo Super Bowl. More »

Tebowmania Produces Its First Cool Artifact

Dylan Murphy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:31:35 EST

Your morning roundup for Dec. 14, the day we learned how to legally maim your children. Image via TecmoBowl.org (H/T Owen Good). Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Tecmo Marshawn Lynch Channels Tecmo Christian Okoye

Luke O'Brien — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:15:00 EST

Marshawn Lynch's 67-yard run has already been recreated in Tecmo Bowl, with former Seahawk Steve Raible providing the call. Check it out. But remember: Only one player in Tecmo Bowl could really break tackles like this. He hailed from Nigeria. More »

LenDale White Hates Tecmo Bowl, America

Clay Travis — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT

I'm a Titans fan so I was willing to overlook the man boobs, the Hershey's Kisses on the sideline, and even the plodding 3.467 yards per carry. But then, LenDale had to go and insult Tecmo Bowl. More »

Look, Clips From The New Tecmo Bowl Game

Will Leitch — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:35:48 EDT

We usually ignore press releases around these parts, but this morning we got a good one: The new version of Tecmo Bowl — for the Nintendo DS — is coming out this September, and they sent us a couple of clips from the game. More »

Super Bowl XLII, Tecmo Bowl Style

Leitch — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:35:05 EST

Because the game itself is destined to disappoint, we proudly present the official Tecmo Bowl version of Super Bowl XLII. More »

The Only Playoff Simulation That Matters

Leitch — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:35:35 EST

We're just two days away from the beginning of the NFL playoffs — woo! — and that can only mean one thing: Time for Tecmo Bowl simulations of each playoff game. More »

Brett Favre Embodies The Tecmo Bowl Pass Play

sussman — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:20:00 EDT

I know the game was almost a week ago, but I wish I thought of it first. Out of jealousy, I must share with all of you this Tecmo Bowl-slash-Brett Favre homage, imagining what it would be like had Favre been around long enough to be in the fabled Nintendo game. More »

The Return Of Tecmo Bowl

Leitch — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:15:29 EDT

We don't know how we missed this piece of news yesterday, but The Fanhouse has the scoop: They're bringing back Tecmo Bowl! More »

Week 3, Previewed The Tecmo Way

Leitch — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:30:50 EDT

When we go through our Friday selection of various weekend previews, we hit the usual suspects (King, Simmons, Zimmerman, O.J.) and then always make sure to drop in on The Ex-Burgher's Tecmo Bowl previews. Essentially, he uses the Tecmo Bowl prototype (with updated rosters!) from the Tecmo Super Bowl Repository and downloads the newest version. More »

The True Nature Of Bo's Tecmo Dominance

Leitch — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:00:36 EDT

From our old friends at Kissing Suzy Kolber comes this rather classic video of showing just how great Bo Jackson was on Tecmo Bowl. It's a quarter-long touchdown run. This almost certainly happened to us repeatedly as a child. More »