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Okay so, stay with me here, as a kid who grew up with Madden and who currently plays NBA 2K14 on my PS4, Tecmo is obsolete. It's gotten to the point where my friends refuse to play it even the MLF one(til I get it for the NES). I have a buttload of ideas to make Tecmo as TV-like as possible. They're REALLY hard. I'm not asking you to do it. I'm just asking if it is possible...

1. TV COVERAGE
Something that TSB could possibly have over Madden is copyrights. Every week there's a Monday, Sunday Night, and Thursday game on national television. So say New England plays Denver on a Sunday night, a PROGRAMMER and a GRAPHICS GUY should make a simple FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA or SNF on NBC graphic on a cut screen before the game. And maybe even make it a night game. It's most likely possible but extremely difficult. And all of the NFC playoff games could have the FOX logo and the AFC has CBS in the opening cut screen.

2. DOWN MARKERS
Since about the early 2000's, you always see a graphic on the screen that says for example, 3RD & 5 or something with the teams colors. So if it's 4th and 2 the graphic would read '4TH & 2' in white and black since those are the two colors.
 

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#2 is already done on tsb3.

#1 is easier than you think, but im not big on adding fox, espn, etc. We did it with our college rom but afterwards we didnt think it felt right. Weve decided to change it to tsbn over espn. Its tecmo and were proud of it.

#3 i dont know what that means? My suggestion would be to learn it then do it. Thats what we did.

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There is a 256 person tournament this weekend. Does Tecmo really need saving?

 

Unfortunately, in due time yes.

Newf*gs, casualf*gs & grillzz gonna take us all down. The tournaments will flood with hipsters trying to look all cool on our turfs. The gaming fad will kill us all.

 

But in all seriousness, 2 of those ideas that tacomanarrows presented would be pretty cool.

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Definitely cool ideas.  There's a few threads around here on cutscenes that would give you some direction on how to go about doing this - and the graphics are fairly easy.


 


The 2014 Tecmo Bowl.org release had over 35 THOUSAND downloads.  Definitely not obsolete.


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Most of your posts are requests to hack something different into the game, which is fine.


This is just one of the posts with a sensationalist title in order to get more of a response.  I don't really have a problem with it...just pointing it out.


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Well Knobbe its not like i DIDNT want people to read it. And yea obsolete is a pretty strong term. Ive been drawing up a bunch of ideas on paper during algebra class and i think some are somewhat possible. And I hope these ideas can be completed guys. Wait a 256 player tourney???? Jesus Christ.


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Other than the obsolete statement i know where youre coming from. I like those screens you posted. Even though im a snes guy, ive been chit chatting with xplozv to see what all he knows about the nes. Im all for converting my tsb3 codes to the nes. One of our first big hacks was recoding the fields. I mean how can you put boise state on a game and not have the blue grass. We added midfield logos, but at the expense of endzone logos... but i thought making the endzones read tecmo was a nice shout out to the original. Im sure with time if i wanted i could do both. (teaser 1)

We are trying to bring some of what Madden does right and adding it to tecmo. (Even though the new madden games are unplayable for my taste). One of my things on my list-to-dos is update the weather coding (teaser 2) and have the fields update during the season (teaser 3).

And as for having night games. Lets just say Im just about there. (teaser 4).

I really mean it when I say the best thing to do is learn how. Its well worth it.

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Oh and i was thinking about a new game mode. Its called "NFL Classics"(in my case MLF lol). But its basically the greatest games in NFL history SINCE 1991. There must be one per year and the uniform colors should reflect the old uniforms if any major color differences oh and that years rosters too.


Heres some examples...


 


2013-14: Week 12 - Denver at New England(NE 34-31 OT) a liiitttle bias lol


               AFC Wild Card - Kansas City at Indianapolis(IND 45-44)


 


2012-13: AFC Divisional - Baltimore at Denver(BAL 38-35 2OT)


               


2011-12: NFC Divisional - New Orleans at San Francisco(SF 36-32)


               AFC Champ - Baltimore at New England(NE 23-20)


 


2010-11: NFC Wild Card - New Orleans at Seattle(SEA 41-36)


 


2009-10: NFC Champ - Minnesota at New Orleans(NO 31-28 OT)


 


2008-09: Super Bowl XLIII - Arizona vs Pittsburgh(PIT 27-23)


 


2007-08: Super Bowl XLII - NY Giants vs New England(NYG 17-14, it still hurts)


 


2006-07: AFC Divisional - New England at San Diego(NE 24-21)


               AFC Champ - New England at Indianapolis(IND 38-34)


 


2005-06: AFC Divisional - Pittsburgh at Indianapolis(PIT 21-18)


 


2004-05: AFC Wild Card - NY Jets at San Diego(NYJ 20-17 OT)


               AFC Divisional - NY Jets at Pittsburgh(PIT 20-17 OT)


 


2003-04: Super Bowl XXXVIII - Carolina vs New England(NE 32-29)


               Week 13 -  New England at Indianapolis(NE 38-34)


               NFC Divisional - Carolina at St. Louis(CAR 29-23 2OT)


 


2002-03: NFC Wild Card - NY Giants at San Francisco(SF 39-38)


 


2001-02: Super Bowl - St. Louis vs New England(NE 20-17)


 


2000-01: Week 8 - Miami at NY Jets(NYJ 40-37 OT)


 


1999-00: Super Bowl XXXIV - St. Louis vs Tennessee(STL 23-16)


               AFC Wild Card - Buffalo at Tennessee(TEN 22-16)


 


1998-99: NFC Champ - Atlanta at Minnesota(ATL 30-27 OT)


 


1997-98: Super Bowl XXXII - Green Bay vs Denver(DEN 34-31)


 


1996-97: AFC Divisional - Jacksonville at Denver(JAX 30-27)


 


1995-96: AFC Divisional - Indianapolis at Kansas City(IND 10-7)


 


1994-95: Week 11 - Minnesota at New England(NE 26-20 OT)


 


1993-94: NFC Wild Card - Green Bay at Detroit(GB 28-24)


 


1992-93: AFC Wild Card - Houston at Buffalo(BUF 41-38 OT)


 


1991-92: AFC Divisional - Houston at Denver(DEN 26-24)


 


Just some more suggestions...


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Oh and I have a few more probably impossible ideas...


 


1. UNLOCKABLE TEAMS


You should be able to unlock teams from the NFL CLASSICS showcase by completing tasks during PRESEASON and REGULAR SEASON play so you could use them in the PRESEASON.


Example #1: 2007 Patriots - Throw 50+ TD's in regular season play using Tom Brady.


Example #2: 2006 Colts - Comeback from down 18+ in a playoff game.


Example #3: 1998 Vikings - Score 556+ points in a regular season. 


Example #4: 1996 Jaguars - Reach the AFC Title game with the Jags in season mode.


Theyre objectives based on the teams you are trying to obtain.


 


2. TRADE/FREE AGENTS


Well I think that one sorta says it in the name...


 


3. PRO BOWL TEAMS


Well we know about the AFC/NFC teams. But the shakeup with the NFL Pro Bowl got me thinking about how TSB can amp up the Pro Bowl too. Well...


 


- TECMO SUPERSTARS: Bo Jackson, QB Eagles, John Taylor, etc


- 90'S HEROES(best NFL players from the 1990s): Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Deion Sanders, Barry Sanders, etc


- 00's ICONS(best NFL players from the 2000s): Tom Brady, LT(Chargers), Marvin Harrison, Randy Moss, etc


- YOUNG GUNS(only players drafted after 2010): Cam Newton, Julio Jones, etc

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Sorry for using only my own rom to edit these screens by the way. Oh and I made the menu screen grey because thats the Narrows colors, like how in Madden you can change your favorite team on your profile and they had a bunch of pictures of star players. And the bottom ticker has scores from your season mode.


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I feel like at some point the NES version either needs some kind of kit to play so that we can expand it beyond the rom image size,  or it runs out of room and that's it. Pick and chose your fixes.


Maybe at some point there's an effort to rewrite the game in a modern engine. I know Grid Iron Heroes is aiming around there so we'll see how that turns out.  But at some point I think as great as the game is you can only squeeze so much out of 20 year old technology. And I think we're getting close.   So much has been done in the last couple years it's mind blowing.   People were happy with the 28 team version.  The 32 team version was revolutionary.


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That horse guy makes a valid point as well. But what kind of kit are you talking about horse guy? sorry your names pretty long and i have track practice soon lol


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