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NES playoff bracket hack!!


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Credit goes to Jstout for this. :D

This is info on how to change the current playoff format to the old five team a side format.

Go to each hex addy below, and enter exactly what is provided. Then you have oldschool playoff format. :D

EDIT DEFAULT PLAYOFFS

x1E651 = 84

x1E653 = B2

x1E656 = A3

x1E658 = DC

x1E65A to x1E65B = 8A 44

x1E65F to x1E660 = 8A 67

x1E66C = D4

x1E671 = BB

x1E674 = E7

x1E676 = D0

x1E68D = 94

x1E68F = B2

x1E692 = B3

x1E694 = DC

x1E696 to x1E697 = 8E 53

x1E69B to x1E69C = 8E 76

x1E6A8 = D4

x1E6AB = D3

x1E6AD = BB

x1E6B0 = F6

x1E6B2 = D0

; EDIT PLAYOFF SPOTS

x2323C to x2323E = 20 E0 BF ; 3rd AFC Division Winner

x23279 = 7E ; 1st AFC Wild Card

x23281 = 7F ; 2nd AFC Wild Card

x23288 to x2328D = EA EA EA EA EA EA ; Remove Final AFC Wild Card

x2326E to x23270 = 20 EC BF ; 3rd NFC Division Winner

x23296 = 82 ; 1st NFC Wild Card

x2329E = 83 ; 2nd NFC Wild Card

x232A5 to x232AA = EA EA EA EA EA EA ; Remove Final AFC Wild Card

x23FF0 to x23FFB = 8D 77 67 8D 87 67 A9 01 8D 79 67 60 ; FIX First AFC Game

x23FFC to x2400C = 8D 7B 67 8D 8B 67 A9 01 8D 7D 67 A9 02 8D 59 67 60 ; FIX First NFC Game

; AFC BRACKET CHANGE

x1E777 = 00

x1E77A = 00

x1E77E = 00

x1E781 = 00

x1E784 = 00

x1E787 = 00

x1E78A = 00

x1E78C to x1E78D = AE 08

xF03A = 00

xF03D = 00

xF03F = 00

; NFC BRACKET CHANGE

x1E847 = 00

x1E84A = 00

x1E84E = 00

x1E851 = 00

x1E854 = 00

x1E857 = 00

x1E85A = 00

x1E85D = 08

xF04A = 00

xF04D = 00

xF04F = 00

; WIN COLOR CHANGES

xF080 = E8

xF084 = E8

xF088 = 88

xF0A0 = 88

x2F2C9 = 6E ; MOVE NEXT WINNER

x23F7B to x23F7C = 01 F0 ; BLANK AFC HELMET

x23F7E = 60 ; MOVE AFC HELMET

x23F93 = 10 ; MOVE AFC WINNER HELMET

x2F260 to x2F261 = FF FF ; BLANK AFC NAME

x2F263 = A4 ; MOVE AFC NAME

x2F282 to x2F285 = 00 FF 00 FF ; BLANK AFC SCORES

x23F87 to x23F88 = 03 F0 ; BLANK NFC HELMET

x23F8A = 60 ; MOVE NFC HELMET

x23F97 = E0 ; MOVE NFC WINNER HELMET

x2F272 to x2F273 = FF FF ; BLANK NFC NAME

x2F275 = B2 ; MOVE NFC NAME

x2F286 to x2F289 = 00 FF 00 FF ; BLANK NFC SCORES

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couple questions on this...

Is there a patch for this?

Does it work on 32 team roms? i tried and it did not seem to. I ran a season but the right teams did not go into the playoffs. the 1st team (Buffalo) was in each playoff spot except for one. is there a way to make it work?

is there a way to eliminate the other wild card and go to 4 team brackets in a 32 team rom? simply the winner of each division plays the winner of the division next to them?

this could be great for a 32 team college rom.

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Yes, the number of playoff teams can easily be the size of the original or smaller.

Could there be just two teams?

Could the playoffs be altogether eliminated?

With the latter question, I'm wondering if a hack could trigger the final championship celebration right at the completion of the final week of the regular season, eliminating the playoffs altogether. Ideally, it would depict as champions the team with the best winning percentage.

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Yes, the number of playoff teams can easily be the size of the original or smaller.

Would you be willing to explain to a total noob how to set the playoffs for 4 teams per conference? I have been playing roms from the early 70s and back then it was 3 division winners and only 1 wild card team.

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For the first time in our young league's history last night, we had MAN vs. MAN matchup in a conference championship game and the 1-seed was relegated to Player #2.  Does anyone know how to flip these brackets so the 1-seed (or whoever might beat the 1-seed) has Player #1?


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Would you be willing to explain to a total noob how to set the playoffs for 4 teams per conference? I have been playing roms from the early 70s and back then it was 3 division winners and only 1 wild card team.

Good question. Has anyone made an 8 team playoff bracket hack? How about a 16 team playoff bracket to cover the 82 strike season?

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I believe you can't add more weeks to the NES ROM but you can change the number of games in each week. Either way though....I think I might have been right in labeling my 2019 game a final edition. Unless the Tecmo gurus can figure something out then I don't see how the current 32-team ROM will be able to have the same schedule and playoff format as the actual NFL.

 

C'mon TSB Ultra 2.0!!! I just wish I had the skills and know how to breathe life into reviving that project.

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I beieve you can eliminate bye weeks for teams and then set the schedule up so each team plays one game a week for all 17 weeks. Problem with that is that you won't be able to have a schedule that matches the actual NFL schedule anymore. 

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