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Face=0x4f is used for 7 players, but I always think of it as the Howie Long face since he's one of my favorite players. Photos are of him, Trace Armstrong, and Bill Romanowski. All three of them are with my Raiders in these photos. I don't remember Romanowski ever looking that badass when he was on the 49ers. I'm just saying.

 

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HOU. WR3  doug LLOYD  Face=0x4f  #35 38 69 38 25 81 25 [3 2 4  0 ]
RAI. LE  howie LONG  Face=0x4f  #75 38 50 56 69 31 69 [38  1 ]    
S.D. NT  les MILLER  Face=0x4f  #69 25 38 44 56 19 44 [7  0 ]    
PHX. RB3  ron WOLFLEY  Face=0x4f  #24 38 69 38 38 50 25 [3 1 3  0 ]
CHI. LE  trace ARMSTRONG  Face=0x4f  #93 31 44 50 63 19 69 [84  2 ]    
G.B. LILB  brian NOBLE  Face=0x4f  #91 25 31 31 31 19 31 [9  2 ]    
S.F. ROLB  bill ROMANOWSKI  Face=0x4f  #53 31 44 50 50 19 63 [7  1 ]    

 

image.thumb.jpeg.f3b78784be5d68a31eac27d4ef367ea3.jpeg Image result for trace armstrongImage result for bill romanowski

 

Interestingly, I'm (still) working on a 2002 rom, and I forgot Armstrong was on the original with the Bears. I used Face=0x1e for him:

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I always thought it was funny that Bo Jackson was essentially the face of the game, and they didn't even give him his own face. Did they think Montana was going to carry the game for 25 years? Noobs want to be Bo. Photos are Bo, and lookalikes Joe Kelly (in his lone season as a Raider in 1993, everyone becomes a Raider when they get older) and Floyd Turner. Below that is that Tecmo Bo commercial with Brian Bosworth. Bosworth was not actually in Tecmo Super Bowl, but he was in Tecmo Bowl. That's a modified rom in the commercial ?

 

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BUF. WR4  al EDWARDS  Face=0x9a  #85 25 69 19 13 50 44 [1 4 7  2 ]
JETS ROLB  joe KELLY  Face=0x9a  #58 25 31 31 44 19 31 [8  3 ]    
HOU. WR4  tony JONES  Face=0x9a  #82 25 69 19 13 81 50 [1 6 12  0 ]
RAI. RB1  bo JACKSON  Face=0x9a  #34 38 69 75 31 81 19 [12 1 9  0 ]
G.B. TE2  jackie HARRIS  Face=0x9a  #80 25 69 25 44 50 31 [1 2 8  1 ]
N.O. WR4  floyd TURNER  Face=0x9a  #88 31 69 31 13 50 44 [1 4 10  4 ]

 

Image result for bo jackson image.thumb.jpeg.3985e3cd7503e32d2e077c74b3832fd3.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.14dc190acf33dece5aec60d1fed71a66.jpeg

 

 

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The Bald Guys

 

Seeing Bald Bo reminded me of these faces again. There are a number of Tecmo faces that appear to have very short hair or are balding, but only three faces are completely bald/shaved without a pixel of hair. Photos are Mark Murphy, Greg Townsend, Ottis Anderson, and Ronnie Harmon. Anderson started shaving his head when he joined the Giants, but I couldn't find a photo of him completely bald from his playing days, so this one is from 1997. Harmon has stubble here, too, but fuck it, close enough:

 

:face37: :face93: :faceBC:

 

 Image result for mark murphy Image result for greg townsendimage.thumb.jpeg.394d031b0537a8197075d5e47f580a8d.jpeg image.thumb.jpeg.efee40c3e84e8d01a7cf03f147c0630f.jpeg

 

G.B. SS  mark MURPHY  Face=0x37  #37 25 31 44 44 50 38 [9  71 ]    
MIA. RG  harry GALBREATH  Face=0x93  #62 25 69 38 63            
PIT. LE  keith WILLIS  Face=0x93  #93 25 38 44 44 19 56 [51  7 ]    
RAI. RE  greg TOWNSEND  Face=0x93  #93 38 50 56 63 31 69 [71  20 ]    
S.D. RCB  sam SEALE  Face=0x93  #30 38 44 56 38 50 44 [0  35 ]    
GIA. RB1  ottis ANDERSON  Face=0x93  #24 56 69 50 88 75 31 [7 3 7  4 ]
PIT. RE  donald EVANS  Face=0xbc  #66 25 38 44 50 19 56 [33  2 ]    
DEN. RB4  melvin BRATTON  Face=0xbc  #32 44 69 25 44 50 38 [3 4 8  2 ]
S.D. RB4  ronnie HARMON  Face=0xbc  #33 38 69 31 25 50 50 [4 4 4  8 ]
PHX. RG  lance SMITH  Face=0xbc  #61 25 69 31 38            
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Okay, buckle up, this is a weird one. I was looking at the faces with short hair when I was doing the Bald Guys post, and of course I came across these three faces. I know this is probably common knowledge at this point, but I had completely forgotten that they also got Johnny Johnson's race wrong. But then it gets interesting. First, here's the faces and photos of Johnson and Andre Rison:

 

 default_face3C.thumb.png.9ec424d5c5a18a7ac505c50b40898124.png :face3D: :faceD3:

    Face=0x3c         Face=0x3d         Face=0xd3

 

JETS RG  dave CADIGAN  Face=0x3d  #66 25 69 31 50            
PHX. RB1  johnny JOHNSON  Face=0x3d  #39 38 69 50 38 50 38 [7 3 6

 2 ]

ATL. WR2  andre RISON  Face=0xd3  #80 44 69 63 13 50 75 [1 9 9  12 ]

Image result for johnny johnson 1991 pro set image.thumb.jpeg.a3838a72aa6533aaeb3a2c1a3e8d01a5.jpeg

 

Now, Face 3C is not used for any player, but it is identical to Face 3D. I feel it's also worth noting that it would be easy to mistype D3 as 3D, so maybe Face 3D was only intended for Dave Cadigan. Except that's also a mistake, because Dave Cadigan looks nothing like that face:

 

Image result for dave cadigan but he does look a lot like this face: :face1D: which happens to be Face 1D, making 3D a potential typo again.

 

This means that both Face 3C and 3D do not represent any real players on the original rom.

 

(Nobody tell Tailback King about any of this, he's full of enough conspiracies)

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Mike Singletary! Man, look at those eyes, he's comin for ya!

 

:faceA6: PIT. LT  john JACKSON  Face=0xa6  #65 25 69 25 50            
RAI. RB4  greg BELL  Face=0xa6  #28 44 69 31 38 50 19 [4 1 7  0 ]
CHI. LILB  mike SINGLETARY  Face=0xa6  #50 38 50 56 75 19 81 [7  7 ]    
RAMS LT  irv PANKEY  Face=0xa6  #75 25 69 25 63            

Image result for mike singletary

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Back in the early days of Tecmo, both before and after this forum was created, before many people knew much of anything, there was something called the NT Dive. It is universally frowned upon today, often being deemed an illegal move in leagues and tourneys, to the point that you feel dirty doing it even when you're playing by yourself. But when you first discovered it, back around 1992, you thought it was a really clever way to stop a cracked out computer. When you played as the Lions so you could run circles around the opposition with Barry Sanders, there weren't many options on defense. You had Michael Cofer and that's about it. But thanks to the NT Dive, Jerry Ball's 44rp (second in the game only to Bob Nelson's 69rp for NTs) and 69hp made him a Tecmo Legend in my book, because I had no idea who he was in real life. He was a 3-time Pro Bowler, but there was no way I was going to be aware of a NT from Detroit, although of course he also ended up as a Raider when he got older:

:faceA7: Image result for jerry ball Image result for jerry ball

CLE. RT  tony JONES  Face=0xa7  #66 25 69 25 50            
SEA. TE2  travis MCNEAL  Face=0xa7  #86 25 69 25 44 50 31 [1 3 9  0 ]
PHX. RE  rod SADDLER  Face=0xa7  #72 25 31 38 50 19 50 [25  1 ]    
DET. NT  jerry BALL  Face=0xa7  #93 31 44 44 69 19 69 [20  1 ]    
ATL. C  jamie DUKES  Face=0xa7  #64 25 69 19 50            

 

 

 

 

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The Headbands

 

I can't find photos of any of these players wearing headbands. You know who is in a lot of photos wearing headbands? Jim McMahon. You know who has a Tecmo face without a headband? Jim McMahon. Photos are Hoss, Landeta, and Bostic. The Tecmo faces are good likenesses, just not sure why they have headbands:

 

:face19: :face1C:

image.thumb.jpeg.b51092913e9902be395aa5c9bd78bc51.jpeg image.thumb.jpeg.cf00452bd4a4d16825b84fece480f637.jpeg Image result for jeff bostic

CIN. RE  jason BUCK  Face=0x19  #99 25 31 38 50 19 25 [7  3 ]      
GIA. QB2  jeff HOSTETLER  Face=0x19  #15 25 69 25 13 38 31 38 19 [5 4  0 ]
GIA. P  sean LANDETA  Face=0x1c  #5 25 56 44 31 81 81 [12 ]        
WAS. C  jeff BOSTIC  Face=0x1c  #53 25 69 38 69              
T.B. LT  paul GRUBER  Face=0x1c  #74 25 69 25 50              
N.O. C  joel HILGENBERG  Face=0x1c  #61 25 69 44 50              
S.F. LILB  matt MILLEN  Face=0x1c  #54 25 38 50 63 31 63 [3  7 ]      

 

Just for fun, here's a photo of McMahon in all his headband glory. I'm thinking about combining the bottom half of his Tecmo face with the top half of Hoss, but that would be too much like work.

Image result for jim mcmahon

 

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I think of this as the Ronnie Lott face, so I was mildly surprised to rediscover that it was used for 7 other players, including Freeman McNeil and Rodney Peete (photos below next to Lott). Looking at photos of these guys now, I think this was designed as Peete's face. They seem to have placed priority on QBs in general, and this face looks the most like him. 

 

:faceAB: IND. WR1  bill BROOKS  Face=0xab  #80 38 69 38 13 50 69 [1 5 5  10 ]  
JETS RB2  freeman MCNEIL  Face=0xab  #24 38 69 38 19 50 25 [4 2 6  2 ]  
CIN. RB4  s. JENNINGS  Face=0xab  #36 38 69 38 25 50 25 [4 2 6  0 ]  
DEN. SS  dennis SMITH  Face=0xab  #49 38 44 56 50 44 63 [7  38 ]      
DET. QB1  rodney PEETE  Face=0xab  #9 25 69 31 13 38 44 31 25 [6 3  2 ]
MIN. ROLB  m. MERRIWEATHER  Face=0xab  #57 31 44 50 56 44 69 [20  12 ]      
N.O. RCB  toi COOK  Face=0xab  #41 25 31 38 38 44 38 [5  76 ]      
S.F. FS  ronnie LOTT  Face=0xab  #42 44 56 69 69 50 75 [1  51 ]      

1991 Pro Set National Banquet #1 Ronnie Lott Back  image.thumb.jpeg.4419f2a96add890cfc79e2022498b822.jpeg Image result for rodney peete

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19 minutes ago, TecmoSuperFan said:

i know the Ronnie Lott Raiders card is for face reference, but i think its interesting that he briefly wore the red and yellow KC jersey, like so:

3497-U206Fr.jpg

 

It's surprisingly difficult to find good head shots of some of these players. Everybody's always wearing helmets. I didn't know he signed with the Chiefs at the end of his career. Too bad he was hurt in the preseason and never played a game for them. I thought that pic was the 49ers again. The card I shared is from his first year as a Raider in 1991, but he was still with the 49ers in the pic. Here's a couple of shots of him looking more like a Raider:

 

Image result for ronnie lott Image result for ronnie lott

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:face95: IND. LG  randy DIXON  Face=0x95  #69 25 69 25 50            
SEA. LG  edwin BAILEY  Face=0x95  #65 25 69 38 44            
GIA. LOLB  carl BANKS  Face=0x95  #58 38 44 50 63 19 56 [12  2 ]    
PHX. RT  tootie ROBBINS  Face=0x95  #63 25 69 25 56            
  N.O. LCB  robert MASSEY  Face=0x95  #40 31 38 50 44 56 50 [2  12 ]    
:faceB2: MIA. ROLB  hugh GREEN  Face=0xb2  #55 25 31 38 44 25 50 [16  5 ]    
DEN. RB3  sammy WINDER  Face=0xb2  #23 44 69 25 31 50 25 [4 2 7  1 ]
K.C. RCB  kevin ROSS  Face=0xb2  #31 31 38 50 44 56 44 [0  102 ]    
GIA. RB4  rodney HAMPTON  Face=0xb2  #27 38 69 31 38 63 38 [5 4 7  6 ]
  ATL. RT  chris HINTON  Face=0xb2  #71 25 69 31 69            
  ATL. LG  houston HOOVER  Face=0xb2  #69 25 69 19 44            
  RAMS RILB  fred STRICKLAND  Face=0xb2  #53 25 31 38 38 19 25 [14  4 ]    
:faceB5: WAS. RT  ed SIMMONS  Face=0xb5  #76 25 69 25 63            

 

Why did Ed Simmons need his own face?

 

image.thumb.jpeg.1bfbb6e6f662eef242b5ee068ebcf12d.jpeg Good answer, Ed. 

 

Here's Carl Banks and Rodney Hampton:

 

image.thumb.jpeg.c701ab411081b51b2ffd6ecceeb3fdcb.jpeg       image.thumb.jpeg.207448f34d2d754ba541cdc0130e60aa.jpeg

 

 

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Big Men with Beards

 

The photos are three offensive linemen of the 49ers, a big part of their success, and some scrub LB from Houston, who never got past any of these 49ers:

 

:faceAC: BUF. LE  leon SEALS  Face=0xac  #96 25 31 38 44 31 50 [25  18 ]    
ATL. NT  tory EPPS  Face=0xac  #97 25 31 38 56 19 44 [33  1 ]    
N.O. NT  jim WILKS  Face=0xac  #94 31 44 50 56 19 69 [33  1 ]    
S.F. LG  guy MCINTYRE  Face=0xac  #62 25 69 31 50            
:faceAE: IND. TE2  orson MOBLEY  Face=0xae  #89 25 69 19 50 50 31 [1 1 4  2 ]
HOU. NT  doug SMITH  Face=0xae  #99 25 69 38 63            
WAS. RB4  kelvin BRYANT  Face=0xae  #24 38 69 44 19 81 38 [3 4 8  2 ]
S.F. LT  bubba PARIS  Face=0xae  #77 25 69 19 69            
:faceAF: IND. C  ray DONALDSON  Face=0xaf  #53 25 69 25 50            
N.E. RG  damian JOHNSON  Face=0xaf  #68 25 69 25 44            
DEN. RT  ken LANIER  Face=0xaf  #76 25 69 25 50            
GIA. LG  william ROBERTS  Face=0xaf  #66 25 69 31 56            
  DET. C  kevin GLOVER  Face=0xaf  #53 25 69 31 44            
  T.B. RG  ian BECKLES  Face=0xaf  #62 25 69 25 44            
  S.F. RT  steve WALLACE  Face=0xaf  #74 25 69 31 63            
:face35: HOU. LILB  john GRIMSLEY  Face=0x35  #59 25 31 38 31 19 38 [5  1 ]    

 

image.thumb.jpeg.7dc766d7617cf547ff95803e675e1b02.jpeg image.thumb.jpeg.1feae818a616539f8de15d3861a4f332.jpeg Image result for steve wallace nfl image.thumb.jpeg.88da039c0423a183c9f6b91d46820132.jpeg

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Natty Dread

 

:faceBE: DET. RCB  leroy IRVIN  Face=0xbe  #47 25 31 25 25 38 50 [3  25 ]    
S.F. TE2  jamie WILLIAMS  Face=0xbe  #81 25 69 19 38 50 31 [1 4 6  0 ]

 

These guys must have had dreads for a very short time, as I could find scant photographic evidence of it. I'm putting Jamie Williams first, as it's a little clearer. In the photo you can clearly see long hair coming out the back of his helmet. In the video interview below that, you can see his hair in the photo on the wall behind him. All I could find of Leroy Irvin was a football card from 1989. If you look closely (zoom in) you can see his long hair coming out on the right side:

 

Image result for jamie williams houston oilers

 

 

1989 Panini Stickers UK #74 LeRoy Irvin Front

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Face=0xba :faceBA: is similar to several other faces, but there are a couple of details that make it a little unique. It looks like slight tweaks were made to look like a specific player. It's one of the few faces with that receding hairline, and it has a different stache and mouth than similar faces. They really seem to have had an eye for detail on this one. There's only one problem. This face is not used for anyone in the game! Why go through the trouble of making such a unique face, only to not use it? Was it intended for a certain player, and then they decided on a different face? Or a bench player who was going to be in, but then got cut or something? I'm so curious about this face.

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The Sneer

 

sneer /snir/ noun

1. a contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone.

 

Yes, that is Jack Trudeau at the Playboy Mansion while he was at the U. of Illinois in 1983. Or 1984. It was New Year's. Check out the story: https://www.thesportsbank.net/illinois-illini/playboy-mansion-party-illini-football/. You're welcome. And that is Paul Skansi in... a denim ad? I have no fucking idea. And Boomer looking like Gary Busey over here:

 

:face03: IND. QB2  jack TRUDEAU  Face=0x03  #10 25 69 13 13 31 38 31 50 [2 2  2 ]
SEA. WR3  paul SKANSI  Face=0x03  #82 25 69 25 13 50 44 [1 5 8  2 ]  
:face0A: CIN. QB1  boomer ESIASON  Face=0x0a  #7 25 69 19 13 63 56 69 75 [4 9

 2 ]

Image result for jack trudeau image.thumb.jpeg.d430f3cca8cc7e92ac079af79b7c2af4.jpeg Image result for boomer esiason

Bonus videos:

Jack Trudeau in a hair grafting ad: https://wegrowhairindy.com/gallery/video-gallery/jack-trudeau-qa

Boomer making fun of Dan Marino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu8q3363qTk

 

 

You know, there are a lot of downright hysterical errors in this video game, but there are moments when I think the programmers were mystical prophets who existed out of time. What a great expression for these three.

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Out of curiosity I counted, because I came to the end of the faces I had prepared, and I made 30 separate "Face of the Day" posts. I could probably come up with something to say about pretty much every Tecmo face, and I may change my mind and post again tomorrow, but that seems like a good place to stop.

 

If there are any faces you like that I missed, or if you just want to keep this going, feel free to add to it. Thanks for following along.

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4 minutes ago, BO FB Offtackle Left said:

I've been meaning to post about this for awhile, but I just thought of it again watching the Cowboys and Vikings play last night. I love that this Tecmo face is perfect for Ezekiel Elliott:

 

:faceCC: Photo of Ezekiel Elliott

 

On 5/31/2019 at 10:02 AM, BO FB Offtackle Left said:

It's pretty much all hair from hair on out. Here's two somewhat different hairstyles represented by the same Tecmo face. Gary Anderson had some kind of Jheri curl fade thing going on: 

 

:faceCC:

T.B. RB1  gary ANDERSON  Face=0xcc  #40 38 69 50 25 50 50 [6 6 5  6 ]
N.O. LOLB  rickey JACKSON  Face=0xcc  #57 25 31 38 38 19 56 [38  3 ]    

 

Image result for gary anderson bucs

 

GettyImages-243569.jpg?w=630&h=945&q=75

 

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On 6/19/2019 at 9:11 AM, BO FB Offtackle Left said:

The Sneer

 

sneer /snir/ noun

1. a contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone.

 

Yes, that is Jack Trudeau at the Playboy Mansion while he was at the U. of Illinois in 1983. Or 1984. It was New Year's. Check out the story: https://www.thesportsbank.net/illinois-illini/playboy-mansion-party-illini-football/. You're welcome. And that is Paul Skansi in... a denim ad? I have no fucking idea. And Boomer looking like Gary Busey over here:

 

:face03: IND. QB2  jack TRUDEAU  Face=0x03  #10 25 69 13 13 31 38 31 50 [2 2  2 ]
SEA. WR3  paul SKANSI  Face=0x03  #82 25 69 25 13 50 44 [1 5 8  2 ]  
:face0A: CIN. QB1  boomer ESIASON  Face=0x0a  #7 25 69 19 13 63 56 69 75 [4 9

 2 ]

Image result for jack trudeau image.thumb.jpeg.d430f3cca8cc7e92ac079af79b7c2af4.jpeg Image result for boomer esiason

Bonus videos:

Jack Trudeau in a hair grafting ad: https://wegrowhairindy.com/gallery/video-gallery/jack-trudeau-qa

Boomer making fun of Dan Marino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu8q3363qTk

 

 

You know, there are a lot of downright hysterical errors in this video game, but there are moments when I think the programmers were mystical prophets who existed out of time. What a great expression for these three.



Boomer looks a lot like Gary Busey!

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