Tecmo Bowl Throwback (XBLA/PSN)
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Stitchesluxury_boxOPhttp://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/26/this-wednesday-tecmo-bowl-throwback-touches-down-on-xbla/
Our burning desire for a renovated version of timeless basketball classic NBA Jam won't be sated until the remake drops on Wii later this year. However, our similar jones for a new old football title will be catered to this Wednesday with the Xbox Live Arcade release: Tecmo Bowl Throwback. For 800 ($10), you'll get all the birds-eye pigskin action previewed in the trailer above.
Sorry, PS3 players -- Tecmo still hasn't set a firm date for the PSN version of Throwback. We'll let you know as soon as we find out!
http://www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/23ec7ecc
The link right above here is an awesome preview video, check it out!
This comes out tomorrow for 360, and I will definitely be getting it. It looks great. Anyone not getting this who is a fan of football and videogames, I hope you fall in a sewer. :pity:
2017 Dream Draft (3/17 – NFLDraftScout ~ Rankings used)
22. Zach Cunningham, LB, Vandy
54. Desmond King, S/DB, Iowa
97. Demarcus Walker, DE, FSU
166. Jermaine Eluemunor, OL, TAMU
178. George Kittle, TE, Iowa
184. Charles Walker, DT, Oklahoma
223. Aviante Collins, OL, TCU
Paganforum_veteranHow cool is that?
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Vengeful Odinforum_veteranI picked this up last night. Here's my thoughts:
Positives
- Same old-school Tecmo action. Essentially a port of the 1993 Super Tecmo Bowl for SNES.
- You can actually flip between the 2D (Old School) and 3D (New School) views on the fly with the RB button. It's actually kind of fun. I find that I play better on defense in 2D and on offense in 3D.
- There is no NFLPA license, but Tecmo does allow you to customize all of the names on the roster.
Negatives
- Not much in terms of being able to edit the actual teams or their colors. Kind of sucks that Miami is stuck with like a bright blue for colors.
I don't know if there is the ability to take different teams and run a season across XBL yet, though I am in if that is indeed the case.
Overall, it's a very fun title and a great way to spend some time and get your Tecmo fix in. I played as the Dolphins last night and racked up 450+ passing yards with Dan and about 10 sacks with Bryan Cox. Highly recommended.
GridIronKing34forum_veteranJust bought it. First game... the classic Miami vs Buffalo. It brought me back to my grade school days when I sacked Jim Kelly for a safety... giving me the lead 23-21. Unfortunately with 40 seconds left, I figured I could run the clock. Well I remembered why I never ran the ball back then because the great Mark Higgs fumbled... leading to a Thurman Thomas 50+ yard score... so I lost. 28-23.
I hate Thurman Thomas as much as I did back then... it doesn't matter if he's in 2D or 3D. I hate him.
Stitchesluxury_box"GridIronKing34 wrote:
Just bought it. First game... the classic Miami vs Buffalo. It brought me back to my grade school days when I sacked Jim Kelly for a safety... giving me the lead 23-21. Unfortunately with 40 seconds left, I figured I could run the clock. Well I remembered why I never ran the ball back then because the great Mark Higgs fumbled... leading to a Thurman Thomas 50+ yard score... so I lost. 28-23.
I hate Thurman Thomas as much as I did back then... it doesn't matter if he's in 2D or 3D. I hate him.
Thurman Thomas is amazing, but Barry Sanders is even worse. If he gets past the LBs, it's over. :pity:
2017 Dream Draft (3/17 – NFLDraftScout ~ Rankings used)
22. Zach Cunningham, LB, Vandy
54. Desmond King, S/DB, Iowa
97. Demarcus Walker, DE, FSU
166. Jermaine Eluemunor, OL, TAMU
178. George Kittle, TE, Iowa
184. Charles Walker, DT, Oklahoma
223. Aviante Collins, OL, TCU
#1 fanforum_veterananybody play this? it's out for psn and i'm thinking about getting it.
edit: never mind, i guess it's the same game from 1990. i was hoping they would've updated the rosters, or allowed for the download of newer rosters. as it is, i already have the emulator and rom for the old game.
unluckylucianoNew Membertecmo what now?
thanks to VO for the sick ass sigs. 
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Big ENew Memberwait...I played the demo and it had madeup teams? How are you guys playing with real teams?
#1 fanforum_veteran"Fin-Omenal wrote:
How much is it on the PSN?
$10
JeffNew MemberIn stitches quote, it said something about waiting for a remake of nba jams. But I remember I downloaded something similair on PSN. Cant remember what the name was.
"Vengeful Odin wrote:
I picked this up last night. Here's my thoughts:
Positives
- Same old-school Tecmo action. Essentially a port of the 1993 Super Tecmo Bowl for SNES.
- You can actually flip between the 2D (Old School) and 3D (New School) views on the fly with the RB button. It's actually kind of fun. I find that I play better on defense in 2D and on offense in 3D.
- There is no NFLPA license, but Tecmo does allow you to customize all of the names on the roster.
Negatives
- Not much in terms of being able to edit the actual teams or their colors. Kind of sucks that Miami is stuck with like a bright blue for colors.
I don't know if there is the ability to take different teams and run a season across XBL yet, though I am in if that is indeed the case.
Overall, it's a very fun title and a great way to spend some time and get your Tecmo fix in. I played as the Dolphins last night and racked up 450+ passing yards with Dan and about 10 sacks with Bryan Cox. Highly recommended.
Curse you EA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GridIronKing34forum_veteran"Big E wrote:
wait...I played the demo and it had madeup teams? How are you guys playing with real teams?
The teams are basically re-named NFL teams/players. So like Dan Marino is quarterback of the Miami team, but he's named as something different (his number is 13 though).
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