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New Live Stream Section Added

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:48:55 +0000

In the last several months there has been an explosion of Tecmo Super Bowl action being pumped into the internet, both from tournaments and online play.

We, your fellow T-Borgers, have taken it upon ourselves to bring the TSB streaming scene to you front and center. We have setup a new page which automatically pulls the online status, preview image, channel name, game and number of viewers from each Twitch channel. You can then select which stream you would like to watch and go to a page for that stream.

Once you are on a stream's page, you can view the stream in full-screen AND have chat right here on TecmoBowl.org.

League players, you can now see league related streams on your league portal page as well!

This is a major site addition and we are excited to bring it to you! Check out the streams here: http://tecmobowl.org/live_streams

If you have a stream and want us to add it, head to this thread and post a reply: http://tecmobowl.org...witch-username/

Davefmurray is in charge of all things stream. Talk to him for any questions or needs.

Vogt proposes via Tecmo Super Bowl

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:39:08 +0000

He was featured on NFL Film's documentary on Tecmo Super Bowl.

It was only fitting that he become the first person known to propose via Tecmo Super Bowl.
After receiving a beatdown from his soon to be fiance, Chris brought up a hacked rom popping the question.

Congratulations from us all.

You can see the full video here

Seattle, WA - 04/07/13 - First Annual Pacific R...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:30:22 +0000

WHAT : The First Annual Pacific Rim Tecmo Tournament

WHEN : Sunday, April 7th 2013 - 11:00am

WHERE : The Magnolia Village Pub (3221 West McGraw Street, Seattle, Washington 98199)

FEE: $15

Come join Bo Jackson, QB Eagles and the rest of the gang for a day of throwback football action at the Magnolia Village Pub. The PTC will be a world cup style tournament complete with group play and elimination rounds, until only one 8 bit football god remains!

Who will be crowned the king of the 2-D gridiron?

Join us for the afternoon, whether you're a TSB guru or just looking for an afternoon of nostalgic fun.

There will be food and drink specials throughout for participants, fans and onlookers, not to mention Cash and prizes!

HOW TO REGISTER :

Start by visiting our event page on Facebook - https://www.facebook...72466322801085/

and sending an email to: pacrimtecmotourney@gmail.com

Cheektowaga, NY - 04/20/13 - Buffalo's 1st...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:19:41 +0000

Buffalo's first real Tecmo Super Bowl Tourney will be held in Cheektowaga.
Featuring multiple prizes.
Buy in $15
Prize pool for top finishers.
$5 for each time you eliminate a player.
$30 dollar bounty on NFL films star Mort(Francis Buennagel). This goes up to 50 if 40 plus join and a 100 if 70 plus commit. Out of my own pocket. If you have a big ego feel free to place a higher bounty on yourself at game time.
$25 dollar prize for those in the first group eliminated. (too be announced.

Sign up at mort1237@yahoo.com
sign up with name, location, equipment you can bring. (mainly nes sytems or tv's).

Tourney Location

AMF Thruway Lanes
1550 Walden Ave
Cheektowaga Ny 14211
April 20th 11 am start time (10:00 set up time)

Real easy to find.  Take the walden exit for buffalo.  Just half a mile down.  Location is next to a tim horton's and several good resteraunts are nearby besides what is served at the hall.  I think a Chilpolte, subway, mighty taco (I highly recommend this if it is your first trip to buffalo), fridays, applebees and several other restarurants.

As for hotels the ones on Walden Ave are in walking distance.  Any hotel on the list is no more than 15 mins from the tourney site.
http://www.tripadvis...rs:AQUALITY_INN

these list the hotels in cheektowaga,  if you can't find what you want its not to hard to get to the tourney site from the hotels in amherest on transit road and in amherest by the university.

Pre-game Friday festivities location (This will be the location for Friday night festivities.)  Meaning chances to get in lots of warmups starting around 6 pm friday.)
April 19th Around 6pm
AJ's Lounge (in the back room)
1028 Walden Ave
Cheektowaga, NY 14211
April 20th 11 am start time 10:00 set up time.

Format
(Less than 25) Random Triple elmination. non bracket.
(More than 25) Round-Robin Group play and elimination brackets. Groups will consist of 4 players. each group will be fairly divided with new and experienced players. Your 3 games in group play will determine your seed in the elimination bracket. The seeded elimination bracket will be single elimination until the elite 8. In the elite 8 it will double elimination.

Gameplay rules
1. dl use with no lurching (Lurching: Lurching is prohibited. If you want to rush with a DL, you must either go outside the offensive tackle or “popcorn” someone on the offensive line. You cannot simply go around your blocker and dive. Note that this rule does not apply to LBs.)
2. cannot have a run play with a wr and te(except reverse). players like Givins and Sanders are considered wr's.
3. playbook changes/lineup editing each pregame
4.“One Matchup Once” Rule: The coin-flip winner can only select a particular matchup once throughout the entire tournament. For instance, if Player A wins the toss and selects Packers-Browns, Player A cannot call that exact matchup for the rest of the tournament. Player B, however, is free to select that matchup later in the tournament.
5. if we use group play...differential of your win and losses in group play will help determine your seed. The most you can win a group play game is 28points... so if you win 35-3...your winning differential  will be +28. Note: if we use random triple elimnation your differential wont matter.
6. TIES:
No game can end in a tie. If a game is tied when regulation concludes, competitors will proceed to OT. All OT's will be 5-minute sudden death periods. If no one scores in the first OT, the second OT will be only the first quarter in a new game. This process will be repeated until a winner emerges. So that one competitor does not start with the ball in every OT period, the receiving team (i.e. team that gets the ball first) shall alternate beginning with the second OT period.

How matchup is chosen.

The coin flip winner picks matchup option a. Or option b. Pick a card with a set matchup on it.
If A is chosen the coin flip loser picks team or controller. Then whatever is left goes to coin flip winner.
Option B means you select a random card from a deck of many fair matchups. The coin flip loser still gets to pick his preference of team or controller. the coin flip winner gets whatever is left over.
****NOTE: YOU MAY NOT DEFER A MATCHUP IF YOU WIN THE COIN TOSS*****
(this is given as an alternative for those who do not like to pick a matchup.)

Tournament Issues

All issues will be settled by the tournament crew. Headed by Louis Buennagel, Francis Buennagel. (Others will be designated by gameday as seconds for when we are playing.)
Report contoller issues and any other issues.
Game freeze will be settled by playing out part or all of the game depending on circumstnace. Unless you cause a reset by your physical actions. The final decision is up to the tournament directors or those designated by the directors.
All equipment loaned for the tourney will be tracked. You may use your own controller if it is standard but do not move the other controller from that station. Respect all equipment as if it was your own's.
Excessive misbehavior will result in your elimination from the tourney and all future events.

Sign up mort1237@yahoo.com
sign up with name, location, equipment you can bring.

Systems committed. 21
Game carts 21
controllers 42

televisions 13 no digital screens.

All equipment is welcome in partial or whole. Electrical equipment welcome as well.

Sign up mort1237@yahoo.com
sign up with name, location, equipment you can bring.

Players committed 31

Out of town 11
1.Brian Rausse  Bronx, NY "chaosrison" 1 total system (NY city tourney director)
2. MatthewVogt Fairfield ohio "BigMV54"
3. Matt Bird NYC (Jamestown NY) made tourney flier.
4. John Barhoover youngstown Ohio
5. Andrew Lescovac youngstown Ohio
6. Pete "Cuban Tecmo" Dorsey Wallingford, CT 3 systems and 3 carts and 6 controllers and one TV
7. Jim Teta "powerade" Troy ny 1system, maybe 2, a few carts, 2 controllers and one tv.
8. Kris Smith Hornell Ny
9. Mario Pirchala New jersey (DirtBowl NJ Tecmo director) 8 nes systems (wow) 5 tv's (wow)
10. John Saunders Roanoke Va one console 2 controllers and one cartridge.
11. Chris Esposito Wallingford, CT
12. AJ Fullam Trenton Ohio "Webmaster of Mwtecmo.com"

Local western new yorker's 20
1. Francis Buennagel "mort1237"
2. Louis Buennagel "red98sethuthut" 4 total systems 6 tv's
3. Dan Rosati 1 total system
4. Jason Palazzo 1 total system "Laztlain"
5. Jim Garbano 1 total system
6. Mike C.
7. Justin K.
8. Eugene "flu" Kelly
9. Brian "shaggy" Foster
10. Rocko K.
11. Brian Buck
12. James Candytree
13. Xavier Gutierrez
14.
15. jason kelly
16 Paul Bailey
17. Doug Watson
18. Jon Francis
19. Eric Stanczyk
20. William Rodriguez
21. Mike Hogs

Sign up at mort1237@yahoo.com
sign up with name, location, equipment you can bring.

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TecmoBowl.org March Madness NCAA Bracket - Win...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:09:58 +0000

Play in our NCAA bracket and win some Tecmo threads!
Join the Yahoo! bracket group here: http://tournament.fa...t1/group/109113

Super Bowl 47 - Ravens vs 49ers Tecmo-zed

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:47:18 +0000

The 49ers pull out the win by capitalizing on Joe Flacco's costly mistakes. The Ravens risky decision to try for the FG with 01:20 left in the 4th ruined the chance to hold the Lombardi trophy.

Kaepernick throws 2 TDs and runs for another. He's the MVP by a long shot.

Features:

21 Years, Two Buttons, & One Video Game - D...

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 23:08:54 +0000

The filming took place from October through December 2012.

Dynastyphile now supports 32 team Roms

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:14:43 +0000

It was promised from the outset that 32-team rom capability would come to dynastyphile, and guess what, suckas? It's live. It doesn't work to switch from 28-team to 32-team roms midseason, but you can update your 28-team rom to a 32-team rom when your season rolls over. You'll just have to switch team ownership around afterward.

Luck to Avery Game Winner, Tecmo Style

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:18:30 +0000

Yes, believe it or not, I am still alive. Working six days a week doesn't leave much time for Tecmo-ing. But, as a Colts fan, this play was too perfect not to get Tecmo-ed.

(Also, I have no idea how to get embedding to work on this new forum. Sue me.)

Happy 50th Birthday, Bo Jackson

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:54:12 +0000

Official All-Time WTF Rankings

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:45:05 +0000

I only figured out the numbers for past players that have played a minimum of 150 games. I figured a lot of this league is keeping up with the pace so those players who couldn't reach a 150 games didn't fit the bill when it came to the WTF. The formula remained the same and each final score was multiplied by 100. Where do you stand ALL-TIME in the best tecmo league ever...

1. Opus12 - 72pts (412 games)(8 WTF Super Bowls)

2. Canesrforeal - 65pts (324 games)(4 WTF Super Bowls)

3. Lordsummerisle64 - 61pts (266 games)(1 WTF Super Bowl)

4. Lillefty021 - 44pts (221 games)(2 WTF Super Bowls)

5. Brookstonfowler - 29pts (390 games)(2 WTF Super Bowls)

6. MRTECMOSUPERBOWL - 28PTS (340 games)

7. Discdolo - 26pts (320 games)

8. Tecmodell42 - 22pts (195 games)

9. Berger2313 - 12pts (147 games)(1 WTF Super Bowl)

10. BigFatPaulie5 - 7pts (237 games)(1 WTF Super Bowl)

11. Arncoem - 5.5pts (383 games)(1 WTF Super Bowl)

12. Tadoas - 4.2pts (231 games)(1 WTF Super Bowl)

13. Sowa1291 - 1.1pts (368 games)

14. Chiefsjr83 - -2.0pts (364 games)

15. Kidpro84 - -2.1pts (215 games)

16. Tecmomig - -7.5pts (197 games)

17. Cubsfan5150 - -14pts (264 games)

18. Swampc1 - -20pts (360 games)

19. AHake21 - -21pts (376 games)

20. Tecmopsycho - -25pts (143 games)

21. Kamphuna8 - -35pts (96 games)

22. Jesusluvsme4ever - -39pts (113 games)

23. Altony14 - -41pts (195 games)

24. Redskinsfan1124 - -67pts (206 games)

DIY Tecmo Cut Screens

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:06:25 +0000

From the site you can choose from

Touchdown!
QB Sack!
Injured
Interception!
Safety!

Thanks to Butt Douglas, he of thetecmobowl.com fame, for alerting the Tecmo Planet about this.

- Tecmobowler Cut Screen Generator via @thetecmobowl

"NFL FILMS PRESENTS: Tecmo Bowl" lives...

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:05:05 +0000

The main story of "NFL FILMS PRESENTS: Tecmo Bowl" revolves around profiling four of the favorites to win the March, 2012 tournament: "Mort", Sobhi, The Vogt Brothers, and tournament co-founder Chet. Sprinkled into the mix is a series of former and current NFL players reminiscing about their days playing Tecmo, including former Tecmo Super Bowl stars Emmitt Smith and Christian Okoye. One of the most famous players from the game, Christian fittingly is the NFL player featured and serves to illustrate just how far NFL video game have grown in popularity over the years. While many current players will actively lobby EA Sports for higher ratings in Madden, Okoye has only a passing knowledge of the game from fans throughout the years than from actually playing it. As you might expect, Bo Jackson makes an appearance on the show though only in the form of "Tecmo Bo." (BTW, the most legendary video game athlete of all time, despite being asked weekly about the game, has claimed never to have played it.)

The overall production is exactly what you would expect from NFL Films, the booming voice of Facena-esque narrator Robb Webb starting the show"A video game from a bygone era...still alive in the Mid-West....it's Tecmo Super Bowl." It's this classic compelling NFL Films story telling that takes us through the tournament as the favorites are eliminated one by one up to the championship. The group of people I watched the piece with proved that you don't have to know a single thing about Tecmo Super Bowl to find this a fun and entertaining walk through of one of the greatest video football games ever created. The crowd favorite proved to be "Mort" with his genuine enthusiasm in competing in Tecmo tournaments. The Tecmo enthusiast will be impressed by the amount of research and detail that went into this production. Most stories of Tecmo Super Bowl, while glowing tributes, are filled with inaccuracies.

While Tecmo might have missed the mark when trying to re-release the game as Tecmo Bowl Throwback to the X-box and Playstation, NFL Films managed to exceed my expectations in telling the story of an 8-bit football game from 1991. If you've ever played Tecmo Super Bowl before, you're not only going to love this story, you're probably going to try and find that old NES and immediately fire up a game. (Don't worry, you can play this online these days) The show will air

10/22/12 @ 12:30 a.m. EST (ESPN 2)
10/24/12 @ 2:30 p.m. EST (ESPN 2)
10/26/12 @ 4:30 p.m. EST (NFL Network)
10/27/12 @ 1:30 p.m. EST (NFL Network)

NFL Films Presents Tecmo Super Bowl

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:28:40 +0000

We've recently been advised that NFL Films' piece on Tecmo Super Bowl will air on the following dates:

10/22/12 @ 12:30 a.m. EST (ESPN 2)
10/24/12 @ 2:30 p.m. EST (ESPN 2)
10/26/12 @ 4:30 p.m. EST (NFL Network)
10/27/12 @ 1:30 p.m. EST (NFL Network)

These are tentative dates/times, so "check your local listings." Run time is 30 minutes (really 22 mins of air time), so we're not sure how much time will be devoted to the Madison Tournament or its participants. That this is even airing, however, is pretty amazing.

Puretecmo Online Leagues move to TB-org

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:16:51 +0000

All,

Before this site existed, Puretecmo was around allowing people to connect via 56k modems to play Tecmo Super Bowl over the internet.
In the following decade the site as helped many players, both offline and online, become better Tecmo players by honing and fine tuning their strategy over the years.

For the last several years I've been running both sites to a point and the various disconnects between the online playing leagues and the producers of hacked roms has always confused me a bit. Finally we have the capability to marry these two sites and I've scheduled it for this weekend.

This has been something that the members of Puretecmo have known about for a while but I wanted to wait until I finalized a moving date to announce on this site. Be prepared for downtime all Saturday and to welcome the new and old members of Puretecmo.

NFL Pick'um on NFLpicker.com

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:04:27 +0000

If you're like me and you enjoy picking NFL game winners but would prefer to do so on a Tecmo friendly site, you're in luck!

Old friend of the site Snatches put together the site nflpicker.com years ago that he still maintains.

I've started up a group if you'd like to compete against me and others from the site.

Site: http://nflpicker.com
Group: Tecmobowl.org
password: tecmo

If you do sign up post on here so people will see it under "Recent Topics."

Bo 2: The sequel to Bo knows Mario

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:39:42 +0000

You can find Keith at his website KeithisGood

Puretecmo.com back up

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:56:09 +0000

http://www.dreamhost...ur-datacenters/
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Gridiron Heroes Funded! | PIXEL RAMPAGE

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:49:55 +0000

Funded! | PIXEL RAMPAGE.

The Final Countdown for Gridiron Heroes!

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:24:23 +0000

UPDATE!!!!!
Gridiron Heroes - 10hours - 70% Funded! We can do this!!
Let's bring TSB BACK! - LINK http://kck.st/wPwkLp

Our Kickstarter project ends in 29 hours!

The press has been going wild lately with anticipation of our game, but we need a few more pledges to meet our goal. Any help would be awesome!

Make your pledge here! - LINK

Gameplay Trailer

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