bigdickmorgan

Thanks for making this thread, I just tried out Drummer's rom, what a beauty. I started a season with the Cowboys, got beat by the Ravens in my 5th game of the season. EDIT: Holy shit, I love this rom, this has re-ignited my passion. EDIT 2: FUCK! I just punted intentionally because it was the smart thing to do!

Thank you. I hope to continue to bring the Tecmo community more quirks of the game, such as the tie game bug I discovered last year.

The kickoff return safety is not a rom glitch, I've done it a couple of times on a cart. Sometimes you nail a great kickoff, your coverage guys are excellent and fast, their blocking core is bad and the return man is bad and slow. It's hard to do, you have to be very lucky, but it can legitimately happen.

As we all know, overtime during the playoffs in TSB is an untimed quarter. And as we all know, the max score recognized in TSB is 99 points. So I decided to play a game where both teams scored 99+ points during regulation in a playoff game. What happens? An eternal game of TSB happens. No matter how many times you score, are scored upon, no matter what happens, the game keeps going on and on and on and on. After TD's are scored, extra points are attempted. When the other team has the ball and gets in range they kick a FG, if it's good, they then do an onsides kick. Just another fun quirk of TSB.

I knew I wasn't crazy, this first happened to me back during the early/mid 90's, and never happened again until tonight.. So here's the scenario.. CPU team is lined up for a field goal, you block it, pick up the ball and run to your end zone..... no TD, nothing, nothing happens, so you run towards the other end zone, avoiding tacklers like a mad man eventually making it to the other endzone and no TD there either.. You're in purgatory.. Tackled/run OOB in opponents endzone = safety, when it should be a td Tacked/run OOB in your own endzone = the other team gets the ball at the spot you were tackled/went OOB, even if that spot is in the endzone, when it should be a safety. So if you're tacked in the back of your own endzone, the other team gets the ball, snaps it and instantly gets a TD..

Lousy? Joking of course.. Been playing Tecmo since it's initial release back in '91, back when I used to rent it out of that machine where you would swipe your card, and select the game, and then the arm would grab the game and then bring it to the door.

And as expected, 1-0-15 wins you the division, even against a 13-1-2 record.. and of course homefield advantage in the playoffs. Hey Tecmo! How about fixing your lousy game? It's been nearly 20 years and you still refuse to release a patched cart!! lol

I'm guessing my team could go 1-0-15, and another team in the same division could go 13-1-2, and I would still win the division. My winning percentage would technically be .531 and the other team's would be .875, yet I would still win the division. Maybe if I'm really bored (even more so than I was to do what I did)I'll force the simulation.

Seems the game doesn't count ties at all..

So I decided to play an entire season and tie every game, however, you cannot win the division this way, even if the other teams have worse records. Officially ties are supposed to count as 1/2 win and 1/2 loss, so officially my winning percentage is .500. I'm wondering if I went 1-0-15 and there was another team in the division that wins 8+ games if I would be declared the division winner as my winning percentage would incorrectly be 1.000.