About This File
Tecmo Super Bowl is the greatest sports video game of all time. Now, 30 years after TSB made 8-Bit legends of Bo Jackson and Lawrence Taylor, TecmoBowl.org proudly announces the belated release of Tecmo Super Bowl 2022. This site's 14th yearly iteration updates Tecmo's NES classic with up-to-date post-season rosters, graphics, schedules and play books for all 32 NFL squads. Additionally, you can now check the defensive conditions of your players.
Playable on multiple platforms and operating systems via NES emulation software, Tecmo Super Bowl 2022 brings Nintendo's bone-crunching classic to today's computers and handheld devices.
Tecmo Super Bowl 2022
Table of Contents
A. How This Works
B. How To Play - PC/Mac
C. How to Play Online - Windows
D. Tecmo Super Bowl 2022 Notes
E. Known Issues
F. Credits
A. How This Works
If you're new to emulation:
- ROM = Game or Cartridge (.nes file)
- Emulator = NES System
B. How To Play - PC/Mac
- Download Nestopia for your platform and also the .nes ROM - Windows | Mac
- Open Nestopia.
- From Nestopia, File > Open and find your .nes ROM.
C. How to Play Online - Windows
Get started at the official chatrooms of TBORG, the Tecmo Super Bowl Discord - https://discord.gg/0bTEaH3dmy3Dzsgq
If you’re looking for an online league, we recommend TecmoBowl.org's Online Tecmo Leagues.
D. Tecmo Super Bowl 2022 notes
- Check Defense condition - In the same location as the time out menu there is now a "CHECK DEF" option which lets you scroll left and right through your players
- 32-Team ROM
- Rosters current as of noon CST on 9/8/2021
- Adjustable quarter length
- Playbook editing in-game
- Player 2 attributes now display correctly
- Halftime stats
- Pass Control determines if a pass will be completed. Passing Accuracy determines if the ball will be on target.
- Schedule reset wont' randomize order (Thursday game should always be first, Monday night last)
- Schedule is only 16 games due to rom space constraints
E. Known Issues
- You can't edit the player names for the NFC West teams using publicly released emulators.
- This rom may not work on some emulators. Sorry.
F. Credits
- Graphics - Keithisgood | @keithisgood
- Rosters/Attributes/Sim - @Knobbe @War Machine
- Rom - @bruddog
- QA/Rom Merge/Project Coordinator - @Knobbe | @tecmogodfather
Thanks to:
- Jstout, Bruddog, Cxrom, Bad-Al & Buck for the hacking knowledge and tools.
- Special thanks to @SBluemanfor keeping the lights on and for inspiring the graphic work on this release
Tecmo Super Bowl 2022 by TecmoBowl.org is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://tecmobowl.org/.