Drewmanster

Hello everyone! We just completed Season 10 and are looking to make a minor league. We need just a few more guys. DM me on here if you have any interest. Thanks!

View File Techmo Bowl Just your average Techmo Bowl ROM Submitter Drewmanster Submitted 12/27/2023 Category Tecmo Bowl - NES  

Sorry for the late response! 1. We draft 3 defensive groupings, Top, Middle and Bottom. The Top is the top defensive ends, top outside linebackers and top defensive backs while the Bottom is the bottom of those units. The Middle is going to be the nose tackle and inside linebackers if a 3-4, or if 4-3 will be two defensive tackles and the middle linebacker. The Middle determines your defensive formation. Things get a little fuzzy with Heroes, but basically if you draft a defender that would not be in his original position in your defense we closely approximate where they would be. 3-4 Nose Tackle <-> 4-3 Top DT 3-4 Top ILB <-> 4-3 MLB 2. The LA receiving corps has been given Mervyn Fernandez from Famicom at WR1 to compensate for this. 3. No, we keep everyone at their original spots. 4. Not unless you draft a Hero out of position 5. It does. You have to draft the playbook first, then a running back at a later pick. Originally we allowed a double selection of RB and that PB but have since disallowed it. 6. Our rules are exactly the same as Omaha's except you cannot intentionally throw to a computer covered receiver on an unstoppable route, though you can do it to human defenders. We reside here: https://discord.com/channels/108199508881514496/967612244038922281

There's a 32 Team Editor pinned in this section. We have what we call the "Hero Round" where I randomly (with some help) generate a unique class every season. A Hero is the Japan version of an already existing player, with their name changed to one that fits the time period so we don't have two of the same player. We do this to increase parity. Jim Kelly is the Japan version of Bernie Kosar.

We have a website, where we are working towards cataloging our history as a league and the offseason tournaments we have run. We also feature articles pertaining to Tecmo Bowl strategy and player breakdowns you won't see anywhere else. We also have a YouTube channel. Starting this season (8), we have preserved every game played for viewing and stat-tracking.

Taking a (good) page out of Madden’s book while making Coolness more important. Love it!

Will the means to edit the finalized project be readily available and detailed?

Like I said, invite link does not work otherwise I’d already be on there

Invite link is expired, that’s why I was wondering.

Is this dead in the water?

@drunken_honkey What’s the word, sir?

Any word?

There's two years in a row I've forgotten to apply for a team, damn it! 😄

AFC - #1 1950 Cleveland Browns (B) vs. #7 1961 Houston Oilers (A): 10-15. All the hype around the most impressive team so far, evaporated like smoke. Houston's offense is incredibly talented. #2 1998 Denver Broncos (C) vs. #8 1969 Kansas City Chiefs (B): 21-7. Terrell Davis continues to light up the competition. #4 2000 Baltimore Ravens (D) vs. #5 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars (C): 17-0. Ravens look really impressive so far but their opponents haven't been outstanding in these two games. #3 2004 New England Patriots (A) vs. #6 1968 New York Jets (C): 7-24. This is the first game we started taking more detailed stats for. Corey Dillon of the Patriots scored first, then the Jets take it from there with 2 field goals, 2 TDs to Maynard and one rush TD from Emerson Boozer. New York is really surprising here, I figured they were lucky to win 1 game. NFC - #2 1962 Green Bay Packers (A) vs. #7 1992 Dallas Cowboys (D): 14-7. Good, close game. #4 2015 Arizona Cardinals (A) vs. #5 1999 St. Louis Rams (A): 0-21. Arizona was pretty lucky to get past Round 1 from a talent perspective. In real life they lost the NFC Final. #3 1985 Chicago Bears (D) vs. #6 1998 Atlanta Falcons (C): 37-0. This is my most proud moment in all of Tecmo. Chicago ran the ball every down except for one, after complaints were filed. I wanted to be a heel and just run with McMahon but saw Gault open for an easy first down. Walter Payton had 4 rushing touchdowns and Kevin Butler added 3 field goals for good measure. The Falcons ran the ball fairly well but got no passing help. After an unimpressive performance in Round 1, the Bears really turned it on. #1 1986 New York Giants (C) vs. #8 2015 Carolina Panthers (D): 10-7 in OT. Second game to go into overtime in this tourney, and both times it was the Panthers. Cam Newton got desperate in OT and tried to play hero ball, leading to Allegre's game winner. Newton to Brown, Joe Morris rush, Raul Allegre in OT. This gets us into the Final 8: Player A has Houston and Green Bay Player B has St. Louis Player C has Denver and the New York teams Player D has Baltimore and Chicago DENVER vs. HOUSTON: 35-7. Woo-ee, what a slaughter. The tournament Cinderella team goes down in flames. Denver is the first team to really expose the Oiler defense. Cannon rush TD, 3x Davis rush TD, Davis receiving TD, McCaffrey receiving. Denver moves onto the AFC championship game. NEW YORK G vs. ST. LOUIS: 28-6. The Rams were on the verge of getting shutout until a late desperation pass to Holt. Robinson TD, Marshall pick-six, 2x Joe Morris, Holt TD with a blocked extra point for good measure. BALTIMORE vs. NEW YORK J: 14-7. Solid game, not much of note. I'd say it's relatively surprising for the Ravens to make it to the AFC Final. They always made it a low scoring affair. GREEN BAY vs. CHICAGO: 3-16. Welcome to the Kevin Butler show, scoring 10 of 16 with the other being to Dennis McKinnon. The game wasn't as bad as the score might indicate, just a solid victory. DENVER vs. BALTIMORE: The Ravens had to play the same guy back-to-back so their playbook was starting to get figured out. The Ravens offense was desperate early, turning the ball over a few times early to get behind 14-0 before trying to make it interesting late. Had there been more time maybe they could have pulled it off, but they were gassed. 14-13 final. NEW YORK vs. CHICAGO: This game was an instant classic. Time and time again, the Bears drove into Giant territory and had to go for 4th downs rather than kick against Lawrence Taylor. The Giant offense was held in check for a majority of the game and never got very far. However, late in the game the Giants got stapled a drive together to attempt a long field goal for 3 points. With time running out the Bears drove into the redzone and came up short, I can't recall if it was on a field goal try or 4th down. My goal with Chicago was to at least get to the Tecmo Bowl and let Payton score once. Instead, they got shut out in the game before. Very frustrating game because I guarantee that Chicago, at the very least, doubled New York's offensive yardage. 3-0 final. Now as you may or may not have noticed, the Tecmo Bowl matchup was 1998 Denver and 1986 New York. Sadly, both teams were controlled by the same guy so we never got to have a true Tecmo Bowl. He declared Giants were declared the winner of the tournament; best in the league, best in the nation. I feel like it would have cheapened his victory to let someone else control Denver for one game, especially had he been beaten by them. Overall though this was an incredibly fun experience that took us a few get-togethers to finish. Player C and the Lawrence Taylor Giants are 2-0 in tournaments and own the rest of us. Had we voted on an MVP it would surely have been LT. Instead, we had a little exhibition game. I wanted to test the Giants with my Colts, who were beat in the first round. The Baltimore Colts trounced New York as they had no answer for Gino "The Giant" Marchetti. Oh what could have been 😄

Player Wins Losses Points For Points Against PFPG PAPG A 4 4 82 97 10.25 12.13 B 3 5 79 109 9.88 13.63 C 5 3 104 74 13 9.25 D 4 4 84 69 10.5 8.63 ^This is how the players themselves stood at the halfway point. Plenty of parity in the W column. The remaining teams were seeded according to point differential, with the tiebreaker being point ratio. AFC: 1. 1950 Cleveland Browns (B) +28 2. 1998 Denver Broncos (C) +18 3. 2004 New England Patriots (A) +13 4. 2000 Baltimore Ravens (D) +12 5. 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars (C) +6 6. 1968 New York Jets (C) +4 7. 1961 Houston Oilers (A) +3 8. 1969 Kansas City Chiefs (B) +2 NFC: 1. 1986 New York Giants (C) +23 2. 1962 Green Bay Packers (A) +18 3. 1985 Chicago Bears (D) +9 4. 2015 Arizona Cardinals (A) +3 6:3 5. 1999 St. Louis Rams (B) +3 9:6 6. 1998 Atlanta Falcons (B) +3 13:10 7. 1992 Dallas Cowboys (D) +3 13:10 8. 2015 Carolina Panthers (D) +3 13:10 in OT Interestingly enough, there seems to be slightly more parity in the NFC than the AFC. In the NFC only the top 3 seeds won by a decent margin. Next, we set up 1v8, 2v7 etc. with a couple teams switched around.

After that tournament, we started a 24 team one using a ROM on these forums with both NES and Famicom sets of teams, seedings based on Tecmo-Mad-Brad's rankings in these forums as well. We got a day's worth of games done but somehow I lost the results so we scrapped it. I'd like to try that again some day. Tournament 2: Championship Teams (32 teams) Instead, we took it a step further and did a 32 team tournament using the Champ Teams ROM I made. This time we drafted the teams. The first round of the playoffs would be inter-division games to half the field. Here's the results with little notes: * 2000 Baltimore Ravens (D) vs. 1988 Cincinnati Bengals (C): 19-7. Ravens defense was key in several takeaways against a good Bengals offense. Wasn't as bad as the score would indicate but that may just be because I won. * 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers (A) vs. 1950 Cleveland Browns (B): 0-28. Pittsburgh got into a hole early and panicked; Bradshaw probably threw 7 interceptions. Claims of running up the score were made. * 2017 Philadelphia Eagles (A) vs. 1992 Dallas Cowboys (D): 10-13. Tight game. * 1986 New York Giants vs. 1991 Washington Redskins (B): 23-0. With second left in the half, Washington was at NY's 45 or so. They were playpicked so Rypien just tossed the ball in the hopes of busted coverage. Instead, Lawrence Taylor intercepted and took it all 60 yards back. We went nuts! * 1985 Chicago Bears (D) vs. 1969 Minnesota Vikings (C): 9-0. Rugged defensive battle, as to be expected. Two of the greatest Defenses in NFL history. * 2015 Arizona Cardinals (A) vs. 2013 Seattle Seahawks (D): 6-3. One of the bigger upsets of Round 1. * 1999 St. Louis Rams (B) vs. 1984 San Francisco 49ers (C): 9-6. Late in the game, Rams are in the redzone. Warner back to pass, intercepted by Ronnie Lott at the one inch line. Ronnie must have ran backwards just a sliver and was brought down by the receiver for a safety! Had that not happened the 49ers have just enough time to march downfield and score a field goal to take the lead, but the Rams got it back from the safety. Great game. * 1962 Green Bay Packers (A) vs. 1952 Detroit Lions (B): 24-6. Not much here. Lions were the weakest link of the NFC North. * 1968 New York Jets (C) vs. 1964 Buffalo Bills (D): 14-10. The Jets offense really opened up late; Joe Willie looked unstoppable on a game-winning drive. * 2004 New England Patriots (A) vs. 1972 Miami Dolphins (B): 16-3. An early favorite in the Dolphins goes down early. In my opinion they didn't play to their strength, the run game. * 1969 Kansas City Chiefs vs. 1963 San Diego Chargers (D): 9-7. Strong defense vs. strong offense makes for an interesting show. * 1998 Denver Broncos (C) vs. 1976 Oakland Raiders (A): 21-3. Not much to say on this one. Terrell Davis and the Bronco offense altogether is just a monster. * 2011 Houston Texans (B) vs. 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars (C): 14-20. These two teams probably should have just been left out, both are much weaker than the competition. They got lucky by having to play each other. * 1961 Houston Oilers (A) vs. 1958 Baltimore Colts (D): 13-10. This upset really lived up to the name; it upset me! I was excited to draft the Colts. * 2015 Carolina Panthers (D) vs. 2009 New Orleans Saints (A): 13-10 in overtime. First OT of the tournament. Can't recall who won the toss, probably Carolina. * 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (B) vs. 1998 Atlanta Falcons (C): 10-13. Both teams combined for at least 10 picks. Tampa Bay would get a turnover then give it right back. This round determined the seedings used later on.

Tournament 1 - Base ROM (12 teams): Four guys, we drew teams out of a hat. The seedings were based on Tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com's team rankings. Our real names actually do start with A, B, C and D; pretty convenient! Player A - Denver, Cleveland, San Francisco Player B - Indianapolis, Washington, Los Angeles Player C - Miami, Seattle, New York Player D - Dallas, Minnesota, Chicago I don't have the scores for this event, but there were some good games. In the event of one guys' two teams playing each other, we just have them pick one to move on. That's what happened on the right side of the bracket, deciding who would face New York. I told Player C that the Giants were the likely best on the game, and they rode "Best in the league, best in the nation!" all the way to the title game where they downed the scrappy Washington Redskins. Player A went 1-3 Player B went 5-2 and took 3 teams to their respective conference championship Player C went 3-2 and won the Tecmo title Player D went 1-3 Despite not winning the whole deal Player B had the best performance I believe. Taking two teams to the conference champ games in the Right Bracket is really impressive, but both teams would likely get killed by New York in the Tecmo Bowl. He really wasn't a fan of either team vs. Lawrence Taylor. The tournament was really fun and we got it done in a single evening!

I think I'll give it a shot too, but it probably won't do any good for me either

Did you ever get that figured out?

I think this thread needs some more exposure. While tecmobowl.org was down @drunken_honkeycontinued the project some on the NHL '94 forums!

View File Tecmo Bowl Greatest Players of All Time This is a collection of the greatest players in each teams history. See how the players of today stack up against the players of yesteryear! Included is the "Z Edition" and the normal edition. In the "Z Edition", I combined a few teams for balance: Tennessee Titans are separate from the Houston Oilers. Houston Oilers are combined with the Texans. Baltimore Ravens are combined with the Baltimore Colts; Indianapolis Colts are separate. Enjoy! Submitter Drewmanster Submitted 02/04/2021 Category Tecmo Bowl - NES  

After some messing around with the game I'm pretty sure it's the top WR for every team except the Raiders, for them the tight end is left out. The QB is indeed out there, in fact he's the centermost guy up front! On field goal attempts it's also the top WR on the bench. And on the kickoff crew, it's the bottom inside linebacker/bottom defensive tackle.

- Kickoff crew is the defense. - Kickoff return crew is the offense. - Field goal kicking crew is the offense, with the QB as the holder. - Field goal blocking crew is the defense, with the bottom outside linebacker as the unblocked guy.