DFM Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 ESPN ranks sports games again and TSB is first (again) to no one's surpise! They talk to an original dev, Hideshia Yamaguchi, and also Tiger Woods! Video LINK: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn%3A9261069 Article LINK: http://espn.go.com/espn/playbook/story/_/id/9233144/jon-robinson-ranks-best-sports-video-games-all buck, Bodom, philleyOphish and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameplayLoop Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Totally awesome. I'm surprised that Madden allows any form of ESPN promoting another game as "#1", whether it's in a highly publicized area of ESPN's media outlets or not. You'd think with all of the commercial / promotional deals that ESPN / EA have, there would be at least some kind of gentleman's agreement that ESPN only promote Madden as the top sports gaming franchise. I love that this is not the case. I also love that for the next five-to-ten years, the people who are in control of the promotional content pushing jobs in sports media outlets are also largely the babies of the 80s, who grew up on TSB before anything else. It's true, we are living in the golden age of TSB retro playing. Enjoy it while it lasts, gents! philleyOphish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The guy who wrote the article is a "Madden Historian" so don't take this win lightly.http://search.espn.go.com/jon-robinson/ The article was posted early by ESPN so great job of Dave by grabbing it. BTW, Hideshia Yamaguchi isn't listed in the credits in TSB. fairfensheeding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 well, thanks to Knobbe's (this and its former glory knobbe.org) site, the online league sites that Knobbe fostered, all the cool hacks of TSB, the "Madison madness" thanks to Holzbauers, the other tournaments popping up everywhere, late 80s/early 90s nostalgia, some of the best NFL players ever...probably one the best "games" of all time - easy to learn, hard to master. heck yeah philleyOphish, moulds33, fairfensheeding and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philleyOphish Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Hideshia Yamaguchi says "I believe there are some users that are still enjoying the game to this day." Has he seen this site? Does he have any idea the following the game still has? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) BTW, Hideshia Yamaguchi isn't listed in the credits in TSB. also, funny that this "dev" believes that HP matters for MAN v MAN (mentioning a "precise hard tackle" vs Okoye). poser? Edited May 2, 2013 by buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neerrm Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 He never mentioned that the tackle had to be MAN v MAN... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodom Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 You're damn right it's the best sports video game of all time. Best game of all time, period.TSB is the only video game I've played in the past two years and one of only a handful of games I've played in the past 10. To be honest, I don't even f*cking like video games, yet I'm addicted to this one. That proves how good it is. I found this part interesting and it definitely explains some of the odd or questionable attribute ratings. "The development staff were all football fans, so each member's favorite player and rating points were different. There were always "battles" taking place among the staff when setting these types of parameters to make sure their favorite player would have an advantage over the others."We did try our best to be objective in our settings, so there were a lot of times we skipped over each team member's personal preferences, but I think I can say that each member of the development team poured their passion into this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Yea, I don't think he is specifical also, funny that this "dev" believes that HP matters for MAN v MAN (mentioning a "precise hard tackle" vs Okoye). poser? He never mentioned that the tackle had to be MAN v MAN... I don't think is referring specifically to man vs man either. It is pretty cool to read about the insight of removing a player's significance to have the ratings take over more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Hideshia Yamaguchi says "I believe there are some users that are still enjoying the game to this day." Has he seen this site? Does he have any idea the following the game still has? I am not sure how would we know if he has seen this site. 0_o Tecmo Bowl's brand is near an all-time high of pop appeal because of the age bracket we all fall into. For him to even acknowledge it shows that he is aware. fairfensheeding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamphuna8 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 That at the top there is a pretty good description of why Tecmo Super Bowl is so money. fairfensheeding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Moon Rison Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The link didn't work for me. Do you have a different one that would work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The link didn't work for me. Do you have a different one that would work? The article was posted early and they subsequently pulled it....not sure when it's actually supposed to be published. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Looks like this will be the article...thanks for the spoiler! http://espn.go.com/espn/playbook/feature/video/_/id/9231036/playbook-top-25-sports-video-games-ever fairfensheeding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Updated links and added an image of the article.Alternatively, click here: http://tecmobowl.org/topic/54670-tsb-1-sports-game-espn/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameplayLoop Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 The video of these two guys at ESPN talking about this list is terrible. Embarrassing, really. stalltalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 It is so contrived and scripted that it makes one cringe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamphuna8 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 mute FTW DFM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragu0012 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I interpreted that as saying Okoye will popcorn drones unless they dive. also, funny that this "dev" believes that HP matters for MAN v MAN (mentioning a "precise hard tackle" vs Okoye). poser? Yea, I don't think he is specifical I don't think is referring specifically to man vs man either. It is pretty cool to read about the insight of removing a player's significance to have the ratings take over more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I interpreted that as saying Okoye will popcorn drones unless they dive. sorry, guy. but, I still don't interpret it that way. "... we balanced their skill set so they would knock back any defensive player that just touches them, but could be stopped with a single, precise hard tackle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmm1976 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Jon Robinson obviously doesn't know TSB that well when he rated DT and Okoye in his top 5 players list...But hey, at least he rated the game #1 and he added Baseball Stars at #7... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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