Rumor: 'Tecmo Bowl Throwback' Coming to XBLA, PSN (Joystiq)

[CreatineKasey]

I played playaction football. I think Tecmo still owned it, though. That game has such a great strategical balance that I will not expound upon right now.

I WANT TECMO THROWBACK!!!! Online Tecmo leagues on XBLA and PSN would be a riot.

[jyoung]

Back when SNES games cost $2 for a 5-day rental, I played just about every SNES football game I could find:

Troy Aikman Football
Emmitt Smith Football
NFL Football (Konami)
Super Play Action Football
Super High Impact
Quarterback Club
Pro Quarterback (Tradewest)

et al.

Tecmo Super Bowl III was the best one of the system by a mile.

I would actually give my second-place vote to Quarterback Club.

Loved those QB-specific playbooks as well as the great QB Challenge minigames.

[TimmeH]

I played the hell out of Playaction Football as a kid. I almost always ran with the Niners. It moves so slow, yet was so addicting. I remember yelling "HIZZOWN!" for every first down because that's what it sounded like the ref would yell lol.

I also loved QB Challenge on Genesis. Although I think I liked the mini-games more than the actual game.

[CreatineKasey]

I remember creating players and leveling them in TSB 3!

That game was pretty deep if I remember correctly. They had some new player interactions, namely the finesse HB spins and the power HB player drags that I really liked.

All this Tecmo talk is eating me up inside. I want to play you guys online in Tecmo ASAP!

[boxboy99]

I loved some playaction football even though it was slow as hell. Not as bad as NFL but still it moved at a turtles pace. The king on the SNES/Sega platform is Montana '94. End of discussion :P Tecmo was great also. I think what made Tecmo great is that it is a party game. I remember getting a couple friends over for a weekend and knocking out a season. Fun times.

[reo]

Quote: Originally Posted by CreatineKasey

I played playaction football. I think Tecmo still owned it, though.

See, maybe I'm burned out of it. I still prefer PA over TSB on the NES.

Quote: Originally Posted by CreatineKasey

I remember creating players and leveling them in TSB 3! That game was pretty deep if I remember correctly.

Don't forget the larger playbooks. Nothing compares to TSB III imo.

Quote: Originally Posted by TimmeH

I also loved QB Challenge on Genesis. Although I think I liked the mini-games more than the actual game.

Haha. So true.

[Critical Kills]

My ultimate Tecmo Bowl would be to use the Arcade as a template, with the bigger, rounder players, instead of using the NES/SNES player looks. Then put in real NFL teams, classic (or current) NFL players. Give us some better textures for the field and the players in form of HD graphics. Keep the sounds about the same but maybe make them in 5.1. Then add some weather (white field with footprints, brown/green field with puddles), make it all play online in some online season or random play and Tecmo would be rolling in the dough.

That alone would be worth buying an arcade stick to shake off tacklers IMO!!

[Bellsprout]

I've read EA doesn't hold exclusive rights for mobile games. That's how Gameloft or some weird company was able to put out an NFL 2010 for iPhone.

Tecmo should seize on that. They would sell so many copies of a new Tecmo Super Bowl with updated players for iPhone. I would buy it. Twice. Out of appreciation.