@@GenerationGapGaming - Do you remember the cartoon "ProStars" with Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Wayne Gretzky? I used to record episodes of it and Captain N: The Game Master on VHS.
I did come across Pro Stars while researching this video, but for whatever reason never watched in back then, but I am sure I would have enjoyed it. I did love Captain N though!
anyone remember the NEAR money play on SF 49ers? I think it was Montana to the tight end. He would start up at the bottom and at the snap, the tight end goes straight up and if you pass at the right moment, a defender can never stop it. I wish I knew which play it was.
I always took the Rams and one season I got the Raiders in the Super Bowl, it was the only game I lost, 49-7, happened almost thirty years ago, ill never forget the helplessness of trying to tackle Bo with Kevin Greene
Sorry to dominate the comments, but if you don't mind just one more- Have you seen the way that Christian Okoye of the Chiefs is statted on TSB? Take Neal Anderson and Brad Muster, and combine them, and you had a monster of a RB. Jackson may have been the fastest, but Okoye, when played by a person, was a dominant back. When I was a 20-year-old and this game was out, I had a group of friends of mine that got together for four straight years on New Years' Eve and did an all-night Tecmo Bow War. Each of us picked a team, and we played an entire 16-week season with playoffs and Super Bowl, with the winner getting a small trophy that all of us kicked in to buy. The first year, my friend Jayson had the Kansas City Chiefs, and blew everyone apart by just pounding Okoye over and over. He could do wonders with Okoye, getting out of the way of tackles and barreling over others. He just wrecked me in the AFC Championship game (I had the Oilers), and won the whole thing that year. It was such a blast. Good times. I'll shut up now; thanks for sharing this.
@T 23 Just make sure you have a lot of energy drinks and Stackers. I'm 47 this year (will be 48 in September) and I doubt I could make it past midnight if we did something like this today. But under the right circumstances, I just might- MIGHT- do so! It was some good times. I don't buy into the "Good Old Days" mentality that many have, but that is one thing I definitely fondly remember and would do again!
@@mackredsnapper people forget that guy, I only found him on the game because I was tired of my buddy cheesing with Bo (his game he's Bo)so I tried them all I settled on Mack& Okoye, Browns also had Metcalf so I used them more
Bo Jackson was a complete freak of nature..A man among boys sometimes even.. Glad I'm old enough to have watched and remembered a truly gifted human being.
@@canag0d Kids today look for cheats and want to BUY wins by spending Real Money in a game's market place. They will never understand the honor of fair competition we enjoyed in our generation. We, too, had banned moves, teams, characters, etc., in various games.
Pssh, I'd take the Nigerian Nightmare, Christian Okoye (KC Chiefs) over Bo any day in TSB. Faster, harder, and nigh-on unstoppable if he gets to excellent condition.
What I liked about Bo was that during his high tide he never acted like a fool but remained rather humble and quiet. He let his actions on the field do the talking. I remember playing this-I think Christian Okoye was also a beast fullback also.
Brendan you are 100% right! I guess I had a Mandela effect with the original where I have recently just played the original tecmo bowl on the classic and I was totally convinced they didn't have the names back in the day either lol. My mistake dude. I try my best to get it 100% right but I botched that one. Thanks for being cool about it.
But your video shows missing names and just numbers for the OG tecmo. And that was never the case. The names were always in the upper corners AND on the playcall screen. How did you eliminate the names for your clip?
Bo Jackson was a meh NFL player. He wasn't even in the remote category as Barry Sanders or Emmitt Smith. Barry and Emmitt were amazing, world-class, all-time running backs and Bo Jackson was just crap.
Fucking defensive players would literally fly off Okoye! You could get some of that action with Otis Anderson on the G-men and Neil Anderson from da Bears, but no one exploded defensive players like Okoye!
Luv these games...one trick some may not know for the Tecmo Super Bowl , which was the 2nd of these games, was when you controlled the nose guard on defense and immediately hit dive at the snap of the ball..depending on ability of said nose tackle it would be consecutive sacks or tfls at nauseam to the guy you were playin 😂😂😂
I mean we all knew it was Bo Jackson in the first one but they could only use the numbers and the teams were just based on the cities, not the official NFL teams. Tecmo Super Bowl is where it all really came together. Thanks for commenting!
@Ryan Nelson Wow Ryan you are right! I guess I had a Mandela effect with the original where I have recently just played the original tecmo bowl on the classic and I was totally convinced they didn't have the names back in the day either lol. My mistake dude. I try my best to get it 100% right but I botched that one. Thanks for being cool about it.
@@GenerationGapGaming No biggie. I kinda felt like an ass telling you. Did not want to be that guy on UA-cam always trying to correct people. I just appreciate research video's like yours. Thanks again .
@@rosecapitalgroupinc Pssh, easy money. Try the monster that is Bob Nelson from the Green Bay Packers, Nose Tackle. Nine sacks a game is awfully low. You should get 200 a season, easily.
Speaking of Barry Sanders... I knew a dude who was the starting running back at OSU back in the day. He was pushed to second string by Thurman Thomas, and then pushed to third string when Barry Sanders came to OSU. The dude I knew ended up enlisting in the Army and retired as Master Sergeant Mitch Nash.
Ummm, maybe because Bo Jackson was totally unstoppable when he played in real life. Bo was amazing! One of the best RB's I've ever seen play the game, period. He cut through the defense like a knife through hot butter. Just crazy! And very impressive!
Way back in the day I used to be Bo Jackson's waiter regularly at a restaurant in the west suburbs of Chicago. Nicest dude you ever met, very much to himself but always nice. Whenever he order the Ahi Tuna Salad, I modified it "Bo Knows" so the kitchen knew he liked his Tuna extra rare. I started to get to know him and I asked him about Tecmo Bowl and even he admitted how ridiculous it was for him to be that good. The guy was nothing but class.
No one also talks about how Lawrence Taylor can get about 10 sacks a game playing against the computer. Plus, Jerry rice was unstoppable in the game. He would make all the catches regardless of whether he was covered or not. I still remember his 2 handed jump catches for touchdown.
All kinds of players can get 10 sacks (or more) a game playing against the computer. I still play Super Tecmo Bowl and I can rack up hundreds of sacks with Steve Emtman over a season.
Let me make this clear, this was a time without internet and "cheese plays" you can find all over the web in today's sports games. If you discovered something that works on your buddy or brother you did that on your own! Tecmo bowl was the cream of the crop for sports games on the NES, you didn't need to be a football fan to have so much fun playing! BO was a beast on that game but I use to pick the 49ers my brother the Raiders, we both got the best of each other! What memories👍 great throwback as always!
Sorry, but while I love TSB with all my heart, it's got a good amount of cheese in it. There is a reason TSB competitions don't allow people to choose the NT on defense.
Not much of a mystery. Same reason Emmit Smith was unstoppable in Madden ‘94 and TO was the same in madden ‘01. Don’t know if they still have those type of players but all old football games use to have them
Christian Okoye was a beast in the original Tecmo Bowl, LT was awesome too, but my fav all around team was the bears. I didn't play Tecmo Super Bowl until I was an adult, it is obviously much better.
I love this channel and anything dealing with the NES because damn ! It hits the nostalgia feelings like a truck ! I have so many great memories with this . Staying up all night with my cousin trying to make it to the super bowl ! ...I don’t think we ever did actually .
I remember those days boy ....... if you didn’t have BO on your team back then, you may have well just given up before you even started playing the game. Thanks for another amazing video Tyler.
LT and Reggie white are unstoppable on defense. LT can survey the entire field and disrupt every play. Reggie gets to opposing QBs at ease. Oh and Randall Cunningham is best qb if you incorporate shotgun and qb draws.
Tecmo Bowl taught me the rules of football. I was way too ADD to learn them from anything else. Those two NES games were legendary and Bo Jackson is one of my favorite sports dudes of all time. Great video!
I loved Bo Jackson back in the day. I still have that black and white card you pictured in my collection. That and the Jose Canseco card were up there in my collection.
I wish this one was in the nes classic instead of the first Tecmo bowl. I was wondering why I wasn’t seeing player names.... I used to have the gameboy version and it had player names.
On the NES Tecmo Bowl did have the player names, but Nintendo didn't have the NFLPA license to include them on the NES classic. The NFL license and the NFLPA license are probably the reasons they couldn't use Tecmo Super Bowl unfortunately.
@@beatsinmycrates Yeah Jeffires looked so good drafted outta of NC State that they made him good in the game too. Too bad it took him 2 years to mature in the NFL and then he got plagued by injuries.
@@bcast9978 Just Jeffires? That Oilers team had the best 4-WR combo in the game--Jeffires, Drew Hill, Curtis Duncan and Earnest Givins. I think all of them had a 69 catching ability or higher.
When I was in college we used to play the original version and keep stats on paper. Many a fight broke out over that game. Then the new version came out and we all thought we died and went to heaven. Best video game ever.
This is one of my all time favorite games for any system! I played this game literally thousands of times! When Bo was reached excellent condition, you didn’t need to zig and zag...
Sir, the things that you found out for this video is appreciated. My all time fav game when I was younger and I found this video to be awesome. Thank you for the content
I never used the Raiders, I was a Colts fan so I usually used them but if not them I used the Dolphins just because Marino was my favorite QB and they had 3 pass plays. He was great in TB.
They created Bo Jackson to do circles around defensive players in tecmo super bowl. It was awesome to grow up in the 80's and 90's playing as Bo Jackson destroying your brothers and cousins in tecmo super bowl. Fights broke out and mom would unplug the AC adapter straight out of the outlet socket.
I love when I play someone who picks the raiders in tecmo bowl... cuz all I do on defense is pick run 1, run 1, run 1, and take bo out COMPLETELY, and the rest of the raiders sucks... Ps, the original NES tecmo bowl did habe licensing. Cuz I never had tecmo super bowl, only original tecmo bowl, and I learned about players like John offerdahl and Eric bentley, and bears return man Gentry, cuz of that game... It's when u play it on Wii virtual or whatever, that for some reason they take the names out
Hey dude. How've you been? Yeah for whatever reason I had only played the original Tecmo Bowl on the NES classic recently and they removed the player names and I guess I had a Mandela effect and forgot the original cartridge version did have the names but not the real team names. Thats my bad and I will own up to it.
Easy way to counter BO was to pick his play every time and you pick a LB..let the team all rush in while you cover the middle..BO gets stopped the whole game while you cover the pass..that was my defense whenever I play against him..
Yep you could do that in the original Tecmo Bowl for sure. It got a little tougher in TSB cause the plays were a little more complex but if you are good at the game you can contain Bo to some extent. Thanks for commenting.
The Oilers with Haywood Jeffries Curtis Duncan Ernest Givins and(maybe Yancey Thigpen) I always forget the other guy but he was good too with the great Warren Moon passing, top 5 passing attacks on the game
This was great! Excellent breakdown. I always wondered what the official speed stats were. Bo was a beast no doubt, but I still always went with the 49ers with Montana to Rice and Roger Craig at running back. But the main reason was Ronnie Lott on defense. He had to be one of the fastest players on D along with LT on the Giants.
Glad I saw this, and I forgot his name was QB Eagles too. Cuz it was too long to render in game lol. SO many full screen running touchdowns with him in pro bowl and eagles season games.
I never got interested in these games as a kid but your videos always make me interested in playing games I never played. I might have to give this one a shot when I get a chance.👍
In TSB... bills were the real deal. From jim kelly (aka BILLS QB 10) to beebe and reed, and Thurman Thomas, that coat hanger and flea flicker was death to defenses.
Wow Chris you are right! I guess I had a Mandela effect with the original where I have recently just played the original tecmo bowl on the classic and I was totally convinced they didn't have the names back in the day either lol. My mistake dude. I try my best to get it 100% right but I botched that one. Thanks for being cool about it.
Unfortunately the numbers presented are a decent amount off. I’ve reversed engineered the whole game. A 75 ms straight line 40 time takes 5.4 seconds. A 69 ms 40 takes 5.6 seconds. Bo would only be 3 yards ahead of Barry on a full 100 yd td run.
It was timing. Tecmo Bowl for the NES was supposedly based on the 1988 season, but it was clearly 1987 with Chicago still having Walter Payton (he retired after the 87 season) and Indianapolis, Denver, and Washington included as they all made the playoffs in the 87 season. Bo was insane his rookie year, with the signature game against the Seahawks on Monday Night Football. He was actually pretty pedestrian under Mike Shanahan in 1988 but was great against when Art Shell took over in 1989 and in 1990.
No one in our group picked the Raiders because all you had to do was key on Bo to win. There passing game and defense sucked.the best teams in that game were the Giants, Sf, and Buff
My go-to team was always the Chiefs. Okoye isn't as fast sure, but he usually ragdolls anyone who touches him. Then you got Paige on WR who was surprisingly good, and the unstoppable defense of Derrick Thomas. This game was a masterpiece, and we still play it togther around the holidays
Actually, Tecmo Super Bowl did originally have the NFLPA license. So there were player names in the original (but no team names since they didn't have the NFL proper's blessing). Later CBA's meant future editions of the game would not have the license, thus no player names in any updated releases (on VC, NES Mini, or Switch NES...)
How to "stop" Bo Jackson in Tecmo Super Bowl: Be the Philadelphia Eagles. Offense for offense. QB Eagles aka Randall Cunningham is a juggernaut, in his own right. Defense for the Eagles has Bob Golic, who can lurch and stop any run up the middle. Lurching is often deemed "illegal." If thats the case, simply use Reggie White as your defensive player.
I remember almost getting into many a Tecmo-related fight with my brother back in the day, but never related to Bo. (We knew he was overpowered, so using him would earn you no respect.) My weapon of choice? Seattle’s Cortez Kennedy. I discovered a trick that made him (and presumably any other defensive tackle) unbeatable. Right after the ball was hiked, if you bumped the defensive tackle up a little and immediately dive forward, 9/10 you’d sack the quarterback. Ending both the run and pass offense unless they resorted to shotgun plays. An added bonus, however, was if you dove and missed, if you jammed the buttons fast enough Kennedy would hop right back onto his feet, leaving you behind the opponent’s offensive line. (Thought this might only work for the SNES version. I can’t quite remember which we were playing back then.)
The Nintendo version is really good but it's nowhere near as good as the Super Nintendo version. Super Tecmo Bowl is a lot better with no screen flicker, you can do touchbacks, etc. It's the best version of Tecmo Bowl ever made. I can't even play the original anymore and the NES version of Tecmo SB is really primitive. They could have just updated the rosters on Super Tecmo Bowl and I would have continued to buy it. It's still one of my favorite games and I play it all the time.
Tecmo is such a classic. My uncle Jerry used to do this trick with the Detroit Lions. He would use Jerry Ball DT and if I wasn't in shotgun formation. He could sack my QB every time I hiked the ball. I wouldn't even have a chance to think of throwing a pass
I really enjoy the concept, depth of research and fellow southern twang. Oddly soothing haha Good stuff bro. Roll tide. I like you're getting outside the box.
If anyone is old enough to have seen Bo Jackson play, then you would know why he is unstoppable
in this game.
He was fun to watch. A very unique talent.
@@GenerationGapGaming - Do you remember the cartoon "ProStars" with Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Wayne Gretzky? I used to record episodes of it and Captain N: The Game Master on VHS.
I did come across Pro Stars while researching this video, but for whatever reason never watched in back then, but I am sure I would have enjoyed it. I did love Captain N though!
Damn right. Because he was unstoppable in real life.
I'm a Broncos fan and i still had a 34 jersey.
That Family Guy bit was hilarious! So was the Double Dribble one. CORNER 3!
I know right.....Corner 3!!!!! 😂😂
they ripped some youtube guy's video off, then took his video down with copyright strike( the double dribble) . it might be up again though
Double Dribble🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
He also played baseball. Kansas City............Royals. - Joe Swanson
Peter: I won the game and now I'm gonna jump, BO JACKSON!
Who else used to drop back 50 yards just to throw a touchdown pass from end zone to end zone .....lol
Real talk!
Or throw that pass with Chicago that has no curve!
lol
anyone remember the NEAR money play on SF 49ers? I think it was Montana to the tight end. He would start up at the bottom and at the snap, the tight end goes straight up and if you pass at the right moment, a defender can never stop it. I wish I knew which play it was.
yep... joe montana to rice. :p
Lawrence Taylor was the defensive equivalent of Bo Jackson in that game
You are 100% right man. LT was unreal.
Same with Boomer at QB
Bo was not the best, but Montana was the real unstoppable QBs in that game.
Mike singletary
Agreed. I could block almost 75% of extra pointa and closer to 85% on field goal shit downs with LT. Even if you had Bo, I'd win 21-18. 👊😜
I always took the Rams and one season I got the Raiders in the Super Bowl, it was the only game I lost, 49-7, happened almost thirty years ago, ill never forget the helplessness of trying to tackle Bo with Kevin Greene
Or trying to tackle him with anybody, let’s be honest.
Dude I’m dying of laughter! Damn that Kevin Greene could never hang with Bo.
Rams RB Cleveland Gary always fumbled in TSB.
I'll take Tecmo bowl over madden any day of the week!
Raymond Phillips I wish Tecmo would make a game today to rival Madden. I bet it would sell like hotcakes 🥞 !!!!! I know I would buy it!
Agreed Raymond. Definitely!
What!!!!!!
Madden used to be good. Sad what sports games have become.
Madden blows. It's always been vastly overrated garbage, just like it's namesake's announcing skills.
Lawrence Taylor is unstoppable in Tecmo as well. That Giants team can block field goals
Raoul you are right man. LT was the real deal. Pretty much a guaranteed field goal block.
U can do the same with Derek Thomas for the chiefs
U can get so many sacks with Jerry Ball they stop counting them after 113
You could very easily block FG and PATs in the game if you knew the correct strategy. ;)
Raoul Simon yes!
In excellent condition they won't get a punt off
Sorry to dominate the comments, but if you don't mind just one more-
Have you seen the way that Christian Okoye of the Chiefs is statted on TSB? Take Neal Anderson and Brad Muster, and combine them, and you had a monster of a RB. Jackson may have been the fastest, but Okoye, when played by a person, was a dominant back.
When I was a 20-year-old and this game was out, I had a group of friends of mine that got together for four straight years on New Years' Eve and did an all-night Tecmo Bow War. Each of us picked a team, and we played an entire 16-week season with playoffs and Super Bowl, with the winner getting a small trophy that all of us kicked in to buy. The first year, my friend Jayson had the Kansas City Chiefs, and blew everyone apart by just pounding Okoye over and over. He could do wonders with Okoye, getting out of the way of tackles and barreling over others. He just wrecked me in the AFC Championship game (I had the Oilers), and won the whole thing that year.
It was such a blast. Good times. I'll shut up now; thanks for sharing this.
Okoye was a beast!!! He is known for "popcorning" would be tacklers
Yo!!! That is an awesome Idea! I would do that today!
@T 23 Just make sure you have a lot of energy drinks and Stackers. I'm 47 this year (will be 48 in September) and I doubt I could make it past midnight if we did something like this today. But under the right circumstances, I just might- MIGHT- do so!
It was some good times. I don't buy into the "Good Old Days" mentality that many have, but that is one thing I definitely fondly remember and would do again!
@@lonniecraig5186 If you couldn't make it past midnight you need to see a doctor.
LOL! Good point! Nah, I enjoy my sleep today!
So nobody remembers Kevin Mack RB for the Browns on Tecmo Bowl, he was almost impossible to bring down too
I had completely forgot about that but you are right.
Craig Heyward
@@leeleestonecipher5199 Ironhead was dominant too,I liked Mack better because he was wider in the shoulders
@@mackredsnapper people forget that guy, I only found him on the game because I was tired of my buddy cheesing with Bo (his game he's Bo)so I tried them all I settled on Mack& Okoye, Browns also had Metcalf so I used them more
the new orleans saints kick back was a beats
Bo Jackson was a complete freak of nature..A man among boys sometimes even.. Glad I'm old enough to have watched and remembered a truly gifted human being.
I agree completely man
That's why he will live on long after we are all dead, as an unstoppable force in TWO Tecmo Bowl games.
And yet a rather meh NFL player.
Bo Jackson, the OddJob of Tecmo Super Bowl :D
Lol yep!
Also, just like the cheap goal in NHL 95, or the cheap 3 pointer in double dribble... All banned moves in my household growing up.
@@canag0d Kids today look for cheats and want to BUY wins by spending Real Money in a game's market place. They will never understand the honor of fair competition we enjoyed in our generation. We, too, had banned moves, teams, characters, etc., in various games.
Pssh, I'd take the Nigerian Nightmare, Christian Okoye (KC Chiefs) over Bo any day in TSB. Faster, harder, and nigh-on unstoppable if he gets to excellent condition.
@@wrestleswithangels e.g You can't be Tecmo Legend Bob Nelson on defense if you play as Green Bay. Dude is an almost broken monster.
What I liked about Bo was that during his high tide he never acted like a fool but remained rather humble and quiet. He let his actions on the field do the talking. I remember playing this-I think Christian Okoye was also a beast fullback also.
He was quiet because he had a stutter lol. I know his pain. Well not the leg pain.
Tecmo bowl had real player names.
Brendan you are 100% right! I guess I had a Mandela effect with the original where I have recently just played the original tecmo bowl on the classic and I was totally convinced they didn't have the names back in the day either lol. My mistake dude. I try my best to get it 100% right but I botched that one. Thanks for being cool about it.
GenerationGapGaming all good. I enjoyed your video. Keep up the good work!
But your video shows missing names and just numbers for the OG tecmo. And that was never the case. The names were always in the upper corners AND on the playcall screen. How did you eliminate the names for your clip?
kliqster8 has stats as well if I remember correctly
Amerikan Graffiti Tales of the Train Yard no tecmo super bowl did. I’m asking about missing names on the original tecmo bowl.
They may not have aimed for reality, but they created the most realistic simulated version of Bo Jackson possible.
Bo Jackson was a meh NFL player. He wasn't even in the remote category as Barry Sanders or Emmitt Smith. Barry and Emmitt were amazing, world-class, all-time running backs and Bo Jackson was just crap.
Ya Bo Jackson was good but anyone who owned the game knows that CHRISTIAN OKOYE was the real shit.
Okoye was like a Mack truck for sure. Thanks for commenting man.
Hell yea Christian Okoye was the shit!
Nigerian Nightmare, he used to bounce players off too. But he was slow.
Fucking defensive players would literally fly off Okoye! You could get some of that action with Otis Anderson on the G-men and Neil Anderson from da Bears, but no one exploded defensive players like Okoye!
Tom Rathman
Luv these games...one trick some may not know for the Tecmo Super Bowl , which was the 2nd of these games, was when you controlled the nose guard on defense and immediately hit dive at the snap of the ball..depending on ability of said nose tackle it would be consecutive sacks or tfls at nauseam to the guy you were playin 😂😂😂
The first Tecmo bowl had real license players. Hell Bo Jackson is in the first Tecmo bowl.
Love the videos.
I mean we all knew it was Bo Jackson in the first one but they could only use the numbers and the teams were just based on the cities, not the official NFL teams. Tecmo Super Bowl is where it all really came together. Thanks for commenting!
@@GenerationGapGaming
You know what? Your absolutely right. I detract my comment. Have a good one. 😅
@Ryan Nelson Wow Ryan you are right! I guess I had a Mandela effect with the original where I have recently just played the original tecmo bowl on the classic and I was totally convinced they didn't have the names back in the day either lol. My mistake dude. I try my best to get it 100% right but I botched that one. Thanks for being cool about it.
@@GenerationGapGaming
No biggie. I kinda felt like an ass telling you. Did not want to be that guy on UA-cam always trying to correct people. I just appreciate research video's like yours. Thanks again .
We shall see dude lol......
Christian Okeye, Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson were unstoppable
So was Jerry Rice.
Marcus Allen too.
First thing that comes to my mind when I hear Techmo Super Bowl is Lawrence Taylor.
Okoye Deion
Wait it isn't "down set hut hut hut hut hut hut"
OMG.... bro he had like 9 sacks on me one game....I cried like a baby!
@@rosecapitalgroupinc Pssh, easy money. Try the monster that is Bob Nelson from the Green Bay Packers, Nose Tackle. Nine sacks a game is awfully low. You should get 200 a season, easily.
Speaking of Barry Sanders... I knew a dude who was the starting running back at OSU back in the day. He was pushed to second string by Thurman Thomas, and then pushed to third string when Barry Sanders came to OSU. The dude I knew ended up enlisting in the Army and retired as Master Sergeant Mitch Nash.
Christian Okoye was another dominant back in the game
LT was a fucking greek GOD of nature......only counter to bo some of the time.......
I always used Okoye. loved how the entire defense bounced off him
@@nunyabiz76 100 power does that, apparently, in Tecmo Bowl.
Popcorn city.
I like to think of Christian Okoye as the combination of Neal Anderson and Brad Muster. Good speed, massive power. He was a beast in that game.
im amazed at the level of details and accurate stats you were able to provide for this game. great job!
Amazing Content!!! As a 40 year old that grew up playing the NES this really resonates with me!!! This channel needs more subscribers!!! Good Stuff!!!
Ummm, maybe because Bo Jackson was totally unstoppable when he played in real life.
Bo was amazing! One of the best RB's I've ever seen play the game, period. He cut through the defense like a knife through hot butter. Just crazy! And very impressive!
He was unreal to watch. You couldn't look away. Natural talent for sure.
@@GenerationGapGaming
He really was. Too bad his career was cut so short. A legend for sure.
Christian Okoye on the Chiefs was unstoppable as heck also.
Dude he really was. He just popcorned people off him like a Mack truck
Sure was! Dude was running over People like road kill.. 😂😂😂😂
I was about to comment about Okoye! Made my Pops so pissed off every time we played. 😂
I saw Christian Okoye at my school once
My brother and I had one rule when playing each other: neither could be the Chiefs
Way back in the day I used to be Bo Jackson's waiter regularly at a restaurant in the west suburbs of Chicago. Nicest dude you ever met, very much to himself but always nice. Whenever he order the Ahi Tuna Salad, I modified it "Bo Knows" so the kitchen knew he liked his Tuna extra rare.
I started to get to know him and I asked him about Tecmo Bowl and even he admitted how ridiculous it was for him to be that good. The guy was nothing but class.
Best Football game ever made
I have to agree man!
Ehhh don’t know about that.
No one also talks about how Lawrence Taylor can get about 10 sacks a game playing against the computer. Plus, Jerry rice was unstoppable in the game. He would make all the catches regardless of whether he was covered or not. I still remember his 2 handed jump catches for touchdown.
All kinds of players can get 10 sacks (or more) a game playing against the computer. I still play Super Tecmo Bowl and I can rack up hundreds of sacks with Steve Emtman over a season.
Thurman Thomas was my favorite running back in this game for the Bill's what about him.
He was awesome. The Bills as a team were really stacked in this game too.
He could run and catch better than most receivers. Whata weapon
@Joshua De Nunzio or the 49ers, Eagles, or Giants.
What about the Patriots, where the backup QB was better than the starter? Hell yeah!
Loved the Bills too. Andre Reed, Bruce, Lofton, Beebe!
Let me make this clear, this was a time without internet and "cheese plays" you can find all over the web in today's sports games. If you discovered something that works on your buddy or brother you did that on your own! Tecmo bowl was the cream of the crop for sports games on the NES, you didn't need to be a football fan to have so much fun playing! BO was a beast on that game but I use to pick the 49ers my brother the Raiders, we both got the best of each other! What memories👍 great throwback as always!
Great comment! 49ers and raiders is a pretty fair matchup honestly. Jerry Rice was no joke.
As unstoppable as the Raiders run game was, the 49ers pass game was just as unstoppable.
Sorry, but while I love TSB with all my heart, it's got a good amount of cheese in it. There is a reason TSB competitions don't allow people to choose the NT on defense.
it's Lawrence Taylor, actually. That game is the reason I became a Giants fan.
LT was a force to be reckoned with in TSB. Thanks for commenting man.
Ya this game was basically Bo Jackson, the 49ers, and LT. The 49ers and Giants were the only teams that had a chance against the Raiders.
actually its walter payton
Same reason for me to
Same, giants fan since the first techno bowl.
Not much of a mystery. Same reason Emmit Smith was unstoppable in Madden ‘94 and TO was the same in madden ‘01. Don’t know if they still have those type of players but all old football games use to have them
Add Tecmo Super Bowl Deion Sanders to the list. Dude was unstoppable in the right hands.
I’ve got screenshots using Bo where I got 10-12 touchdowns with 700-800 yards per game. Guy was the real beast mode!
Now Bo isn't the only great Tecmo Super Bowl player. I have other favorites as well like LT. Who were some of your favorites? Thanks for watching!!!
He's in both of them dude. I promise.
GenerationGapGaming true. Great work
Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed it.
GenerationGapGaming Jerry Ball for the Lions. Ridiculous amount of sacks.
Christian Okoye was a beast in the original Tecmo Bowl, LT was awesome too, but my fav all around team was the bears. I didn't play Tecmo Super Bowl until I was an adult, it is obviously much better.
I love this channel and anything dealing with the NES because damn ! It hits the nostalgia feelings like a truck ! I have so many great memories with this . Staying up all night with my cousin trying to make it to the super bowl ! ...I don’t think we ever did actually .
If you picked the same play it was automatically a blitz! I love techno super bowl it was the best
I remember those days boy ....... if you didn’t have BO on your team back then, you may have well just given up before you even started playing the game. Thanks for another amazing video Tyler.
Welcome dude. Bo was the man for sure.
Sterling Sharpe is a hidden gem on a bad team, almost as good as rice.
Let’s not forget the trio of receivers on the Oilers.
Sterling Sharpe was about as good as rice at the time
The rams had Ellard and the Flipper, did a 16-0 season only passing, was not dissappointed
@@db-hj9cu that's a very good point
LT and Reggie white are unstoppable on defense. LT can survey the entire field and disrupt every play. Reggie gets to opposing QBs at ease. Oh and Randall Cunningham is best qb if you incorporate shotgun and qb draws.
Tecmo Bowl taught me the rules of football. I was way too ADD to learn them from anything else. Those two NES games were legendary and Bo Jackson is one of my favorite sports dudes of all time. Great video!
I liked using the 49ers, raiders was good though bo jackson , marcus allen & tim brown.
I loved Bo Jackson back in the day. I still have that black and white card you pictured in my collection. That and the Jose Canseco card were up there in my collection.
I wish this one was in the nes classic instead of the first Tecmo bowl. I was wondering why I wasn’t seeing player names.... I used to have the gameboy version and it had player names.
On the NES Tecmo Bowl did have the player names, but Nintendo didn't have the NFLPA license to include them on the NES classic. The NFL license and the NFLPA license are probably the reasons they couldn't use Tecmo Super Bowl unfortunately.
Great vid, wish it was longer!
Warren Moon was also fun to play with. 100 yard TD's every time.
To Jefferies
@@beatsinmycrates
Yeah Jeffires looked so good drafted outta of NC State that they made him good in the game too. Too bad it took him 2 years to mature in the NFL and then he got plagued by injuries.
@@bcast9978 Just Jeffires? That Oilers team had the best 4-WR combo in the game--Jeffires, Drew Hill, Curtis Duncan and Earnest Givins. I think all of them had a 69 catching ability or higher.
G3 bringing sports science into the retro game scene! Nice job!
Thanks Slappy. I tried my best lol
When I was in college we used to play the original version and keep stats on paper. Many a fight broke out over that game. Then the new version came out and we all thought we died and went to heaven. Best video game ever.
This is one of my all time favorite games for any system! I played this game literally thousands of times! When Bo was reached excellent condition, you didn’t need to zig and zag...
Bo is awesome until he comes up against Lawrence Taylor. He is the one who can't be stopped
LT was no joke. That is for sure!!!!
Yep
I think LT is just as fast as Bo on the game, quiet as kept.
Good point almot 4got lt
Came here to comment this. LT could block every extra point too.
Sir, the things that you found out for this video is appreciated. My all time fav game when I was younger and I found this video to be awesome. Thank you for the content
The 23 thumbs down must be the guys who didnt get the raiders!
Lol. Great comment!
Lol. Great comment!
I never used the Raiders, I was a Colts fan so I usually used them but if not them I used the Dolphins just because Marino was my favorite QB and they had 3 pass plays. He was great in TB.
Pick all Bo plays 🤷🏽♂️ Easy to stop the Raiders
They created Bo Jackson to do circles around defensive players in tecmo super bowl. It was awesome to grow up in the 80's and 90's playing as Bo Jackson destroying your brothers and cousins in tecmo super bowl. Fights broke out and mom would unplug the AC adapter straight out of the outlet socket.
I love when I play someone who picks the raiders in tecmo bowl... cuz all I do on defense is pick run 1, run 1, run 1, and take bo out COMPLETELY, and the rest of the raiders sucks...
Ps, the original NES tecmo bowl did habe licensing. Cuz I never had tecmo super bowl, only original tecmo bowl, and I learned about players like John offerdahl and Eric bentley, and bears return man Gentry, cuz of that game...
It's when u play it on Wii virtual or whatever, that for some reason they take the names out
You can get a pass play to bo jackson also. At least that's the way it is in the tecmo bowl. I'm not sure about super tecmo bowl.
Hey dude. How've you been? Yeah for whatever reason I had only played the original Tecmo Bowl on the NES classic recently and they removed the player names and I guess I had a Mandela effect and forgot the original cartridge version did have the names but not the real team names. Thats my bad and I will own up to it.
Then that opponent is an idiot for not giving Bo all four run plays by changing the playbook.
MAsterr Serch exactly💯💯💯...I did the same thang and the Raiders were pretty easy to beat!!
he was a beast but i never had a problem stopping him with that 49ers defense- charles haley and ronnie lott were nasty
Easy way to counter BO was to pick his play every time and you pick a LB..let the team all rush in while you cover the middle..BO gets stopped the whole game while you cover the pass..that was my defense whenever I play against him..
Keep in mind that he only had 1 play the other one was to marcus allen
Yep you could do that in the original Tecmo Bowl for sure. It got a little tougher in TSB cause the plays were a little more complex but if you are good at the game you can contain Bo to some extent. Thanks for commenting.
The Oilers with Haywood Jeffries Curtis Duncan Ernest Givins and(maybe Yancey Thigpen) I always forget the other guy but he was good too with the great Warren Moon passing, top 5 passing attacks on the game
Cool Breeze Webster slaughter was the other receiver
@@stevesalami4586 Drew Hill was the receiver I was thinking of, I think Slaughter came after him in like '92 or '93
“YAY Bo Jackson !” *peter voice*
Lol
This was great! Excellent breakdown. I always wondered what the official speed stats were. Bo was a beast no doubt, but I still always went with the 49ers with Montana to Rice and Roger Craig at running back. But the main reason was Ronnie Lott on defense. He had to be one of the fastest players on D along with LT on the Giants.
Ronnie lott was fast
Jerry Rice was uncoverable! 😂
Still luv Tecmo Bowl! Spent so many hours playing this game! Great Video
And in actuality, i always picked the Eagles simply because Randall Cunningham!!
AKA QB Eagles. Double threat.
He was a beast! Throw/run? Not sure, yet!
Glad I saw this, and I forgot his name was QB Eagles too. Cuz it was too long to render in game lol. SO many full screen running touchdowns with him in pro bowl and eagles season games.
I never got interested in these games as a kid but your videos always make me interested in playing games I never played. I might have to give this one a shot when I get a chance.👍
Mikey I would be shocked if you didn't love this game. Always appreciate you taking time to comment man.
In TSB... bills were the real deal. From jim kelly (aka BILLS QB 10) to beebe and reed, and Thurman Thomas, that coat hanger and flea flicker was death to defenses.
Dont forget Bruce Smith, Cornelius Bennett and Ray Bentley on defense. I cant tell you how many sacks and blocked field goals i had with Ray.
PApro everyone always talks about bo in reference to TSB... Buffalo was that real shit tho. Only situation in history, where that’s a fact
QB Bills lol
You brought back a lot of great memories with this video. You should tackle the NHL games on Sega Genesis.
NHL 96 was my favorite although the cheesy side shot made the game frustrating against friends.
Should've just titled the game,
"Bo's Bowl."
he did have his own baseball game on nes "Bo Jackson Baseball"
Hi Tyler, Patron supporter here. I'm not really interested in sport games, but your video was very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks man. Always great to hear from you!
Tecmo Bowl on NES did indeed have the real players. Tecmo Bowl on the NES Classic doesn't. It's ok though, I still enjoy your vids bro.
Wow Chris you are right! I guess I had a Mandela effect with the original where I have recently just played the original tecmo bowl on the classic and I was totally convinced they didn't have the names back in the day either lol. My mistake dude. I try my best to get it 100% right but I botched that one. Thanks for being cool about it.
@@GenerationGapGaming no problem, glad I found your channel.
They probably would have to get individual players permission instead of dealing with the players association. Would cost alot of $.
I just ported Techmo Super Bowl onto my NES Classic....I’ll have to see if Super Bowl uses the players names
They had the real players and Cities, but the mascot of the teams were all jacked up
With the accent you have, and its a video on a deep analysis of Bo Jackson, fucking UA-cam is amazing.
Unfortunately the numbers presented are a decent amount off. I’ve reversed engineered the whole game. A 75 ms straight line 40 time takes 5.4 seconds. A 69 ms 40 takes 5.6 seconds. Bo would only be 3 yards ahead of Barry on a full 100 yd td run.
That's why I said my estimations weren't exact science lol. Thanks for sharing your work though. Hope you enjoyed the video
It was timing. Tecmo Bowl for the NES was supposedly based on the 1988 season, but it was clearly 1987 with Chicago still having Walter Payton (he retired after the 87 season) and Indianapolis, Denver, and Washington included as they all made the playoffs in the 87 season. Bo was insane his rookie year, with the signature game against the Seahawks on Monday Night Football. He was actually pretty pedestrian under Mike Shanahan in 1988 but was great against when Art Shell took over in 1989 and in 1990.
Any man that can break a bat over his head like a twig, deserves to get 6 more points over anyone else in a video game, just off that alone...
@Matthew Gillis and ya know steroids.
Awesome video man! And you are absolutely correct, as soon as someone mentions Tecmo Bowl, I think of Bo Jackson!
Thanks so much man!
Nobody was allowed to pick the Raiders
Exactly! You were no longer invited if you picked the Raiders lol.
No one in our group picked the Raiders because all you had to do was key on Bo to win. There passing game and defense sucked.the best teams in that game were the Giants, Sf, and Buff
I still play Tecmo Supebowl whenever hardcore fans update with the latest teams and stats! ; D
My favorite athlete of all time
Bo was unbelievable! Thanks for taking time to comment man!
"It's like your controller was down the whole time" lmao Favorite football game to this day!!!
My bears handled him I used #50 singletary to spy.
Nice!
Walter Peyton
Bo was a beast in Tecmo Bowl. I also love the Hulk Hogan/Ultimate Warrior WM6 poster in the background. I was a huge Warrior fan back in the day.
Warrior was my favorite growing up too!!!!
Deion Sanders had a 75 max speed too
Eagles was option pass outlet every play go AU!
Rod woodson too
@@andrewhiggins7640 Any pass play was an option with Randall Cunningham!
My go-to team was always the Chiefs. Okoye isn't as fast sure, but he usually ragdolls anyone who touches him. Then you got Paige on WR who was surprisingly good, and the unstoppable defense of Derrick Thomas. This game was a masterpiece, and we still play it togther around the holidays
This was made back when Bo was the man and the NFL didn’t suck like today!!! Bo and Walter were fun to play in Tecmo
Actually, Tecmo Super Bowl did originally have the NFLPA license. So there were player names in the original (but no team names since they didn't have the NFL proper's blessing). Later CBA's meant future editions of the game would not have the license, thus no player names in any updated releases (on VC, NES Mini, or Switch NES...)
When Bo was "Excellent," his speed was actually 88.
I thought it was 94
I liked playing with the Giants too, Lawrence Taylor was a beast, Kevin Mack on the Browns was exactly that a Mack Truck lol
I had success with Walter Payton... Never knew about this
Same Bears was my team also
Some nice deep analyzation. You're becoming a myth buster all your own!
Thanks man! I saw the notification for your Little Mermaid NES vid. Can't wait to watch it. Such an underrated game.
@@GenerationGapGaming I do remember that game being on your list of things you wouldnt admit you liked! It was surprisingly fun!
How to "stop" Bo Jackson in Tecmo Super Bowl:
Be the Philadelphia Eagles. Offense for offense. QB Eagles aka Randall Cunningham is a juggernaut, in his own right. Defense for the Eagles has Bob Golic, who can lurch and stop any run up the middle. Lurching is often deemed "illegal." If thats the case, simply use Reggie White as your defensive player.
Bob Golic = MVP of Tecmo lol
Randall Cunningham is great in that game for sure man!!
Bob Golic played for the Raiders. You're thinking of Mike Golic
Must play Tecmo Super Bowl right now!!!! Time to fire up my retropi NES!!!!!
That's right man! Get after it!!!!
Well any hardcore player knows Nigerian nightmare is better.
The Nigerian Nightmare KC. Players used to bounce off him too, he just was slow. Christian Okoyae
He was 'slow' because he always had 3 guys hanging off of him. Look up his sprint times he was an amazing athlete.
I remember almost getting into many a Tecmo-related fight with my brother back in the day, but never related to Bo. (We knew he was overpowered, so using him would earn you no respect.) My weapon of choice?
Seattle’s Cortez Kennedy. I discovered a trick that made him (and presumably any other defensive tackle) unbeatable. Right after the ball was hiked, if you bumped the defensive tackle up a little and immediately dive forward, 9/10 you’d sack the quarterback. Ending both the run and pass offense unless they resorted to shotgun plays. An added bonus, however, was if you dove and missed, if you jammed the buttons fast enough Kennedy would hop right back onto his feet, leaving you behind the opponent’s offensive line.
(Thought this might only work for the SNES version. I can’t quite remember which we were playing back then.)
Bo Jackson was an incredible baseball/football player. This game is a masterpiece.
It really is a masterpiece and Bo was one of a kind. Such a shame he got injured.
GenerationGapGaming I know can you imagine?
The Nintendo version is really good but it's nowhere near as good as the Super Nintendo version. Super Tecmo Bowl is a lot better with no screen flicker, you can do touchbacks, etc. It's the best version of Tecmo Bowl ever made. I can't even play the original anymore and the NES version of Tecmo SB is really primitive.
They could have just updated the rosters on Super Tecmo Bowl and I would have continued to buy it. It's still one of my favorite games and I play it all the time.
LOL......my dad's favorite game as a kid. He still keeps that game console and many games stored at my grandmas basement. lol 💕
As great as Bo is in the game, nothing beats Montana to Rice.
They were quite the force to be reckoned with too.
Ya I was raiders and my older brother was 49s and man that combo was unstoppable
QB EAGLES? To himself
Riggan Rose Insert Steve Young and there is very little drop off going to Rice and Taylor.
There's at least one defensive player who is also 75 max speed.
based af love Boldy James
Bo Jackson was my first favorite sports star and the reason I've been a Raiders fan since childhood.
Bo was OP in that game but the rest of the Raiders sucked so it was kind of a wash.
Tecmo is such a classic. My uncle Jerry used to do this trick with the Detroit Lions. He would use Jerry Ball DT and if I wasn't in shotgun formation. He could sack my QB every time I hiked the ball. I wouldn't even have a chance to think of throwing a pass
Screw this Dan Marino and Miami all the way!
I really enjoy the concept, depth of research and fellow southern twang. Oddly soothing haha Good stuff bro. Roll tide. I like you're getting outside the box.
Thanks so much Josh. Glad you enjoy the new retro mysteries idea. I think it will make for some fun and focused videos.
@@GenerationGapGaming for sure bro. For sure. God bless. Best of luck.