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I didn't see any documentation on editing the large helmets in Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES so here is some basic info. Some knowledge of hexidecimal is helpful here. I'll start with the locations of where the logos are told to be placed. Team Offset Pointer Buffalo x1008C C0A6 Indianapolis x1008A B2A6 Miami x1008E CEA6 New England x10090 DCA6 NY Jets x10072 F3A5 Cincinnati x10074 01A6 Cleveland x10076 0FA6 Houston x10078 1DA6 Pittsburgh x1007A 2BA6 Denver x1007C 39A6 Kansas City x1007E 47A6 LA Raiders x10092 EAA6 San Diego x10094 F8A6 Seattle x10084 88A6 Washington x1009A 22A7 NY Giants x10088 A4A6 Philadelphia x10096 06A7 Phoenix x10098 14A7 Dallas x10086 96A6 Chicago x1009C 30A7 Detroit x1009E 3EA7 Green Bay x100A0 4CA7 Minnesota x100A2 5AA7 Tampa Bay x100A4 68A7 San Francisco x100AC A0A7 LA Rams x100A8 84A7 New Orleans x100AA 92A7 Atlanta x100A6 76A7 Example: Lets swap Buffalo and Indianapolis. At x1008A, put C0 A6 B2 A6. The Buffalo and Indianapolis logos should have been switched. Go ahead and put it back now. Thats not really what we are looking for so lets move on to what is being pointed to. I'll use Cleveland and Houston for later examples so lets calculate their offset. Cleveland 0FA6, ("0F" + 10) ("A6" + 60) = 1F 06, then swap and add a x1 for x1061F. Same for Houston and you get x1062D. Cleveland points to the line: F6 70 FF FF FF FC 08 F8 36 42 92 22 AB 17 Houston points to the line: F6 70 FF FF FF FC 09 F8 37 3A 92 2B AB 17 From here what we are interested in is Cleveland's "36 42 92 22" and Houston's "37 3A 92 2B". The first hex moves the teams logo up and down. The second hex moves the teams logo left and right. The final two hexes direct us to the design of the logo. Example: Lets move Houston's logo. Change "37 3A 92 2B" to 30 30 92 2B. Houston's logo should be almost off the helmet now. Go ahead and put it back now. Thats a little useful but we want the actual design so lets find that location. For Cleveland 92 22, ("92" + 90) ("22" + 10) = 1232, add a x1 to that a we have x11232. Same for Houston and we get x1123B. Houston's logo has more data so lets check that out. The line directed from above will be: 9F 39 1E 3D 34 01 36 05 3C 80 39 1F 3D 35 01 37 05 3D 81 05 39 FF Now the helmets are drawn on a grid, main columns are 9E 9F 80 81 82 but a few logos have been moved so far right like Cleveland that 9B 9C 9D could be used. The main rows are 39 3D 01 05 09 0D 11 or by using 79 7D 41 45 49 4D 51 the tiles will be mirrored. Now we know the grid numbers lets read Houston's logo. Column 9F Row 39 Place Tile 1E, Row 3D Place Tile 34, Row 01 Place Tile 36, Row 05 Place Tile 3C, Column 80 Row 39 Place Tile 1F, Row 3D Place Tile 35, Row 01 Place Tile 37, Row 05 Place Tile 3D, Column 81 Row 05 Place Tile 39 and Stop using FF Looking at a more advanced design like: 9E 3D 00 01 02 05 08 9F 3D 01 01 03 05 09 80 3D 04 01 06 05 0C FC 36 81 3D 0A FF Everything is going smooth until you reach the FC. FC tells it the following locations (Column 81 Row 3D Tile 0A) will be shifted to place 36. I haven't tested the shifts thoroughly yet. Example: Lets change Houston's logo. Replace their line with: 9E 3D 1E 01 34 05 36 9F 3D 1F 01 35 05 37 80 3D 39 01 3C 05 3D FF. The logo should have the base legs to the right of the upper section. Go ahead and put it back after you looked. Ok, that was great but many of you now want to know if you can use tiles from other teams especially if they go unused. Example: Lets take a tile away from Cleveland and give the rom space to Houston and at the same time use a tile from Indianapolis. At x11232, change the line to: 9F 3D 3B 80 3D 3E FF 9F 09 1E 39 09 Those paying real attention would have noticed that the location of Houston's starting point changed. We need to go back above to x1062D and edit our direction spot to "92 29". Go ahead and put it back when done. Now to edit the colors. Starting at x23D79 is 30 16 12 10 30 30 12 26 which is the colors of Buffalo. The first three colors are the helmet palette, the next two are the facemask palette, and the final three are the logo palette. Teams will be in order from Buffalo to Atlanta. Well thats the basics on editing the large helmets. The big trick seems to be planning the rom space and selecting the proper tiles to get placed. Unfortunately, since I've been busy I've yet to find how some teams like Cincinnati and the LA Rams get the background objects on their helmets (Cincinnati's stripes for example) or how the tiles get numbered for the helmets. But I'm sure this is enough info for now.

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I used jstout's info to come up with this table: Team Colors: 1st 3 - helmet palette next 2 - facemask palette final 3 - logo palette this is also a good site to figure out the what the hex value is in actual color: Art of ROM Hacking Team Address- Hex Buffalo x23d79 - 30 16 12 10 30 30 12 26 Indianapolis x23d81 - 12 30 12 10 30 12 00 00 Miami x23d89 - 2c 30 26 1c 2c 2c 26 00 New England x23d91 - 25 30 12 15 25 12 25 00 NY Jets x23d99 - 2b 1b 0b 0f 00 30 00 00 Cincinatti x23da1 - 26 16 0f 0f 00 26 00 30 Cleveland x23da9 - 02 26 30 10 30 36 30 00 Houston x23db1 - 25 30 21 15 25 25 21 00 Pittsburgh x23db9 - 12 02 18 02 12 28 30 25 Denver x23dc1 - 30 12 15 10 30 22 15 30 Kansas City x23dc9 - 26 16 06 10 30 0f 30 00 LA Raiders x23dd1 - 32 10 00 00 10 10 30 0f San Diego x23dd9 - 22 12 02 12 22 28 30 00 Seattle x23de1 - 30 31 10 11 21 11 30 2a Washington x23de9 - 30 15 18 18 28 0f 30 27 NY Giants x23df1 - 15 12 05 10 30 22 00 30 Philadelphia x23df9 - 2b 1b 0b 10 30 32 30 31 Phoenix x23e01 - 30 30 10 10 31 06 0f 28 Dallas x23e09 - 12 31 30 00 31 12 30 22 Chicago x23e11 - 12 02 01 02 12 15 30 22 Detroit x23e19 - 11 10 30 11 21 32 30 11 Green Bay x23e21 - 0b 28 30 0b 1b 0b 1b 30 Minnesota x23e29 - 23 13 03 03 13 28 30 23 Tampa Bay x23e31 - 15 30 26 15 26 15 26 00 San Francisco x23e39 - 15 27 30 10 30 0f 30 15 LA Rams x23e41 - 28 03 13 03 13 13 38 23 New Orleans x23e49 - 0f 18 30 0f 00 0f 30 28 Atlanta x23e51 - 12 02 01 02 12 22 30 12