Home Page --- Tecmo Sports News Archive (Dec '03 to Dec '05)
July 12th, 2009. You read this now. Brad on playing world class defense.
June 21st, 2009. San Fran repeats as world champion! Everthing is posted.
April 22nd, 2009. Tecmo Legend news, LT got voted off the dancing show, and Bo Jackson is starting a bank (Bo Jackson!) Bo Knows Banking I guess.
March 31st, 2009. And we're back. Yahoo erased everything on the site for a few days there, and it looks like it's all back now.
February 11th, 2009.
LT is doing the dancing show, following in fellow Tecmo Legend Jerry Rice's footsteps.
December 30th, 2008. Electric Guitar Tecmo Bowl Theme
November 5th, 2008. Coming soon to an arm near you. 
OCtober 30th, 2008. Tecmo Great Mike Singletary laws down the law on his new team
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August 12th, 2008. The first couple paragraphs of this column is a nice read. Pretty accurate too.
August 12th, 2008. Tecmo Bowler Darrell Green has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Green is both a solid safety and return man for Washginton, one of only 2 players in Tecmo to pull double duty.
May 4th, 2008. San Fran wins the Tecmo World Championship. After going 6-0 in the round robin the 49ers defeated Chicago and Indinapolis in the play-offs to capture the crown.
April 22nd, 2008. Added a Tecmo Cup Records page.
April 19th, 2008. New York wins Tecmo Cup 3. The Giants defeated CLE and LA to reach the finals, and in Tecmo Game #1000 defeated Chicago 3-0 in OT to capture the crown.
March 30th, 2008. San Fran steamrolls Miami in the finals and captures the Hansen trophy in Fort Dodge Season 3. Read the recap over at dee-nee.
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March 6th, 2008. Giant and Tecmo great Sean Landeta retired today. Landeta was the last Tecmo Bowl player still active in the NFL. It's the end of an era.
February 18th, 2008. Tecmo Cup 3 regular season gets wrapped up with a big slate of game today. Unsurprisingly the Giants hold the overall #1 seed after going 3-0 with a +17 margin.
January 8th, 2008. Miami clinched their division in Season 3 of the Fort Dodge League and Brad marked the occasion with a classic Tecmo Newspaper.
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January 4th, 2008. The new Tecmo rom from shanfu0. 2008 Play-off team rom. New England is a killing machine. Just like real life.
December 15th, 2007. New link to a youtube video of what happens when you beat the game in 1-player mode.
October 28th, 2007. New link to a youtube video of the invisible team (and field) glitch.
September 4th, 2007. 3 Hmmmm. Interesting. My guess is something weak like cell phone downloadable game but hey, maybe we get lucky and this is something good.
September 1st, 2007. 3 youtube videos added.
June 29th, 2007. A bevy of Tecmo Bowl youtube videos added.
June 11th, 2007. Stunning Tecmo Bowl news from Brad today. I'm waiting for more details until I say anymore.
May 19th, 2007. Thanks to Mike for letting me know that Tecmo Bowl is available for download on the Wii. However there are no player names in the game, just the numbers. Very strange. Link to gamespot's page on the game.
May 13th, 2007. Bo Jackson Run 1 Play Tattoo! Just scroll down a little.
March 18th, 2007. Added a spreadsheet to the downloads page. It has the hex info on all the plays in the game. Basically a spreadsheet version of what was posted by GRG here.
March 8th, 2007. 2 new youtube videos added. There's a video of some of Tecmo's best in action and some old fashioned game action.
March 8th, 2007. Holy crap. shanfu0 created a classic Tecmo Bowl rom and managed to EDIT OUT WR REVERSE. That's right, no WR reverse for Minnesota and Washington. LA's running plays have also been switched to ones that have proper blocking schemes AND Bo has both of them. Somehow the universe is still holding together. You can check out his post (and of course download the rom) here. This is also a revolutionary day in Tecmo history.
March 7th, 2007. Holy crap. shanfu0 created a '06-'07 NFL roster Tecmo Bowl rom and managed to EDIT OUT WR REVERSE. That's right, no WR reverse for Minnesota and Washington (or Seattle and Kansas City in this case). You can check out his post (and of course download the rom) here. This is a revolutionary day in Tecmo history.
February 26th, 2007. Possible breakthrough in the field of ED/No ED theory.
The latest and greatest theory from the Tecmo Lab:
Little TM on the top of the cartridge beside "Tecmo Bowl" = Eric Dickerson
Registered symbol (R) or nothing on the top of the cartridge beside "Tecmo Bowl" = No Eric Dickerson.
So far this theory is 4/4 on ED copies and 2/2 on No ED copies.
February 23rd, 2007. 4 games of Tecmo Cup 3 featuring 3 LA games in which they shock everyone and go 2-1 with their loss being to the NYG. Tim Brown returned 2 kicks, moving him up to 8 total in Tecmo history.
February 11th, 2007. 3 new youtube videos added. There's an instructional video from 1989 featuring some comical stuff, 77 points being scored in one half (using a rom and cheating), and a review.
February 7th, 2007. The final tally is up on the Tecmo Legends page. Looks like Walter Payton and Jerry Rice will have the inside track for induction in 2008.
February 4th, 2007. Time is up. The 2007 inductees are:
Joe Montana
Dan Marino
February 2nd, 2007. Tecmo Cup 3 continued today with 2 games. Both went into OT, and there is now a streak of 5 consecutive OT games. Probably a record.
January 28th, 2007. Tecmo Cup 3 kicked off today. San Fran is out to defend their Cup 2 title but will be in tough against the likes of New York and Chicago. Cleveland and Denver started things and the Browns took a hard fought 6-0 victory. In the 2nd game San Fran went into Chicago and rallied from 10 down to win a thriller in OT. It will get a legendary game entry soon.
January 28th, 2007. Found another Tecmo video on Youtube. This one features Bo Jackson rushing for 10 TDs on 20 carries. Beating Seattle 70-0. Watch it here or check out all the Tecmo Bowl youtube videos page.
January 19th, 2007. The list of 10 nominees for status as a Tecmo Legend is up and ballots have been released. Voters are selecting their Top 5 Tecmo Legends and the top 2 will be named a Tecmo Legend. Ballots are due February 2nd with the winners being announced Super Bowl day (the 4th).
December 31st, 2006. To wrap up the 2006 year:
Number of Games Played: Too dismal to report
Seasons Completed: 0 (super dismal)
Tecmo Cups completed: 1
Tecmo Sports News entries: 45 (decent enough).
December 16th, 2006. All the Tecmo Bowl related videos I could find on Youtube on one handy page. Tecmo Bowl YouTube.
December 11th, 2006. Look, an actual Youtube Tecmo Bowl video. It actually shows a glitch I never knew about before. Chicago is credited with a TD when it should be a TD for CLE. No sound but worth watching.
December 10th, 2006. Brad found the missing player attributes for the Japan version of Tecmo. Here they are:
Oliver MIA
Running speed 0
Rushing power 9
max speed 14
Hitting 54
Extra 0
Wright CLE
Running speed 0
Rushing power 9
Max speed 16
Hitting 61
Extra 0
Smith DEN
Running 1
Rushing power 8
Max 17
Hitting 72
Extra 0
Anderson LA
Running speed 0
Rushing power 9
Max speed 15
Hitting 58
Extra 0
Horton DAL
Running 0
Rushing power 9
Max speed 13
Hitting 48
extra 0
They've been added to the rating spreadsheets, which you can download on the Downloads page.
December 2nd, 2006. Holy crap! Sean Landeta signs with the Giants!!!
November 24th, 2006. A new Fort Dodge Tecmo season is underway. Read all about Week 1 on the dee-nee forums.
November 16th, 2006. Two Tecmo player were placed on the semi-finalists list for the 2007 Hall of Fame induction, Chicago's Richard Dent and Washington's Russ Grimm. Pro Football Hall Of Fame article. They'll look to join the list of 18 Tecmo Bowl players already in the Hall Of Fame.
November 3rd, 2006. 
November 3rd, 2006. Moved the Tecmo Sports News for October to December '05 to the news archive.
October 12th, 2006. New York Giant Linebacker Harry Carson released a book in 1986 called Point Of Attack: The Defense Strikes Back. Who knew?
Some Tecmo player books:
Brian Bosworth - The Boz
Harry Carson - Point Of Attack: The Defense Strikes Back
Roger Craig - Strictly Business: On Football And My Life With The 49ers
Lawrence Taylor - LT: Living On The Edge
Lawrence Taylor - LT: Over The Edge
Ronnie Lott - Tackling Life Head On: Lessons For Kids' Lives
Ronnie Lott - Total Impact
Allen & Lott - Road To Canton
September 2nd, 2006. Son of Tecmo Legend Walter Payton, Jarrett Payton was released today by the Tennessee Titans. News story from the Titans website here. Payton was one of 4 Tecmo Sons playing the NFL, along with Chris Simms (Phil Simms), Ryan Nece (Ronnie Lott), and Quincy Wilson (Otis Wilson).
August 31st, 2006. Upped the number of copies of Tecmo Bowl (with Dickerson) in my collection to 2 today. Semi-respectable.
August 4th, 2006. You can listen to the main Tecmo Bowl theme (the music that plays when the game starts and it scrolls through the rosters, by clicking on this link: Main Theme (mp3). You can download all the sounds from Tecmo, and I mean all, in mp3 format from here. Some are pretty hard to identify. The main theme mp3 link has been added to the Downloads page and the link to the entire collection to the Links page.
July 29th, 2006. San Francisco finishes one of, if not the most, impressive play-off runs in Tecmo history but capturing Tecmo Cup 2 with a road victory over Chicago in the finals. San Fran defeated Denver on a last minute 80-yard touchdown drive, then upset New York in the longest game ever played, then capped it off in the Finals by beating Chicago 10-7, in a game that was never that close, thanks in large part to a strong game from Roger Craig. All three play-off wins came on the dreaded road. Destiny was awarded the Tecmo Cup MVP award. Expect a Legendary game entries in a few days.
July 22nd, 2006. New York Giant linebacker Carl Banks has his own line of coats! The G-III by Carl Banks. Click here to check them out. (NFL Shop.com)
July 6th, 2006. Q&A with Denver Bronco right end Rulon Jones. In it he mentions what he is doing now and it's hunting. He even has a website (click here) that says "Hunt with former Denver Broncos All-Pro RULON JONES." Added the link to the Tecmo Links page.
June 30th, 2006. Guy talking a big Tecmo game over at the dee-nee forums. Click here to check it out.
June 27th, 2006. Legendary game entries for the Tecmo Cup play-offs are up.
June 26th, 2006. More Tecmo action as the play-offs of Tecmo Cup 2 are 1 game away from completion. Check out the updated results. San Fransico ralled from 6 points down with 59 seconds left with the ball at their own 20 and then outlasted New York in the longest game of ever, leaving many to think they are a team of destiny. Legendary game entries coming soon.
June 26th, 2006. Tecmo action as the round robin of Tecmo Cup 2 is completed with the final 6 games getting played. Check out the updated results and standings:
June 25th, 2006. Tecmo player news as Washington defensive end Dexter Manley undergoes 10 1/2 hours of brain surgery to remove a cyst. Things went well and prognosis is good for the Tecmo Legend.
Chicago wide receiver Willie Gault set a world record in the 100 meters for the 45-49 age bracket with a time of 10.72 seconds.
June 23rd, 2006. Tecmo Tattoo!
May 10th, 2006. Moved the Tecmo Sports News for September '05 to the news archive.
May 9th, 2006. Here's a link to a 8 1/2 minute Bo Jackson video. Clips, highlights, commercials, and guys talking about Bo.
May 8th, 2006. Here's a link to a list of quotes about Tecmo from athletes. Some Tecmo Super Bowl stuff but still a good read. Link is on the Links page as well.
April 13th, 2006. TM/USA=Dickerson theory takes a big hit as Derek picked up a copy of Tecmo Bowl today from a local retailer for the low, low price of $9.99 that featured TM/USA marks. Sadly, it's a non-Dickerson verison. A potential new theory was quickly worked up (Sticker Theory) but after inspection of 4 seperate cartridges it doesn't hold up. So now we're operating in the dark when it comes to deteriming what version of Tecmo a cartridge is.
April 6th, 2006. Picked up a copy of Tecmo Bowl today from a local retailer for the low, low price of $9.99. And yes, it's a Dickerson version. It's a TM/USA cart so the old TM/USA=Dickerson theory comes through yet again.
March 26th, 2006. Big trouble for San Fransico kicker Ray Wersching. He's being indicted on embezzlement charges. The San Francisco Chronicle has the story here.
March 12th, 2006. Added Jim Mcmahon's webpage to the Tecmo Links page.
March 8th, 2006. Should be noted that no less then FOUR different Tecmo Bowl players are appearing on the new Spike TV show Pro's vs. Joe's. Jerry Rice, Herschel Walker, Jim McMahon, and Bo Jackson! This show has tremendous upside potential.
March 7th, 2006. Twin Galaxies updated their record page for Biggest Blowout in Tecmo Bowl. The current listed record is 91 points. My personal best is 105 but I didn't tape it to submit to Twin Galaxies. I just got an e-mail from a Chris claiming 112-0 win with San Fransico over Dallas. 112 is probably the maximum achievable score. It'll be a great record if Chris submits a tape of his game.
February 26th, 2006. Jerry Rice pulled out all the stops, including GIANT AFRO WIGS, but came up just short on ABC's Dancing With The Stars, finishing in 2nd place behind Drew Lachey.
Jerry Dances!
February 23rd, 2006. Moved the Tecmo Sports News for August '05 to the news archive.
February 22nd, 2006. Added classy Tecmo Cup banner to the Tecmo Cup pages.
February 17th, 2006. Jerry Rice has advanced to the Finals on Dancing With The Stars, overcoming the wildly biased judging from NFL Ref-like judges. Only Stacy Keibler, Nick Lache's brother, and Jerry Rice are left on the show. Jerry Catches, Jerry Dances. What can't Jerry Rice do? Nothing. It's just one of the many benefits of being The Greatest Of All-Times.
February 11th, 2006. Jerry Rice has advanced to the Final Four on Dancing With The Stars despite NFL Ref calibre judging. Jerry Dances.
February 5th, 2006. All the ballots are in. The inductees are:
The complete voting results are now posted. More later.
February 4th, 2006. New York Giant Lineback Harry Carson was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame today, becoming the 18th Tecmo Bowl player to be enshired. He's been added to the list on the miscellaneous page. Also harrycarson.com has been added to the list of player webpages. February 3rd, 2006. February 5th, Super Bowl day, is the deadline for ballots for the Tecmo Legends vote and the inductees will be named. January 29th, 2006. Ballots are coming in for the Tecmo Legends vote, and ealy indications are that Lawrence Taylor will sit atop the list of nominees. Full results when all the ballots are in. January 27th, 2006. --- Breaking News --- Tecmo Legend Nominee Controversy
The release of the 10 nominees for status as a Tecmo Legend has more then a few players riled up and ready to call a Congressional hearing. Special report from Derek:
After a period of shouting and demanding that the Tecmo Board President be brought before him he was asked to leave by security, which, by all accounts was not the brightest move. It was at this time that Carl started running around the lobby of the building clotheslining all the security he saw as well as tipping over every table he could find. Carl calmed down after about 45 minutes, at which time he sat down at the front entrance blocking everyone from entering and exiting the building. This lasted another 5 minutes before Carl exclaimed that he was hungry and had to go, but that "this wasn't over." Cam Allen was unable to be reached for comment and it is assumed that he has already gone into hiding until the HOF ceremony. It will probably be advisable to hold a secret ceremony just so we can avoid a repeat of the actions seen today by one of the truly great Tecmo Legends.
News from around the league was not any more upbeat. We were able to gather quotes from several players who are outraged by today's list;
Mike Singletary had "No comment." Mike Gentry was "shocked and appalled," explaining that "Me, Mike and Payton, ain't nobody can touch us, we the toughest boys in the league. Why do you think nobody wants to travel to Chicago? Cuz it's cold? No, cuz when you travel to Chicago you always have to answer one question: How do you like your Kicks?"
Deverson overhearing the commotion couldn't resist adding his opinion. "This list is a joke, ED couldn't break a tackle from me if he life depended on it, that's just fact."
Reactions from around the league also included:
Howie Long: "Who is this Cam Allen guy anyways? Certainly not the new Jesus, I can tell you that much."
Mark Bavaro had the most violent reaction instantly snapping and going into an uncontroable rage after reading the list. This caused everyone to flee the Giants locker room for a time while he settled down by taking his frustrations out on the wall. Later when asked what upset him so much he replied: "Phil Simms is the hardest working man in the league, if Phil Simms isn't on that list, nobody should be on that list."
Joe 'BoMo' Morris sympathized with Bavaro's pain. "He's right, Phil does deserve to go, he should be the second one ever inducted, right after me. You don't get the nickname BoMo by not tearing it up, no, no, you get the nick name BoMo by splitting the D like there is no tomorrow."
Other reaction from Cleveland aside from Hanford was negative as well. Kosar questioned Cam Allen's football intellect and Mack would only offer "Let's just say, if I see him on the street there is gonna be trouble, Mack trouble."
Jerry Rice said that he was honored to be on a list with such great players but commented that he was disappointed by the lack of receiver representation. He later went on to make a case for the Great Tim Brown, who could not be reached for comment.
The release of the 10 nominees has obviously caused quite a stir in the Tecmo world, and the Board President has already responded by appointing both the #1 and #2 alternatives for the next Tecmo Legend induction list, to be added for consideration as soon as a spot on the list of 10 becomes available. "Carl Banks is the next player to be nominated for Tecmo Legend status. No doubt about it. After Banks it's Mike Gentry. Both are great, great players and deserve recognition."
-Tecmo Sports News reporting.
January 26th, 2006. The initial list of 10 nominees for status as a Tecmo Legend is up and ballots have been released. Voters are selecting their Top 5 Tecmo Legends and the top 2 (possibly 3) will be inducted as a Tecmo Legend. January 25th, 2006. Finally found out Tecmo Legend Mike Gentry's birthday; February 10th, 1959. It's up now on the birthday list. January 19th, 2006. Lots of updates over at the Shenango Valley site, including write-ups on the Week 1 games. January 13th, 2006. First Tecmo action in a while, with 2 warm-up games and 3 Tecmo Cup 2 games. Cleveland over Seattle in the first, and Marino leading a last minute TD drive to beat Chicago in the warm-up games. The 3 results from the Tecmo Cup games are up. December 31st, 2005. To wrap up the 2005 year:
Tecmo Sports News Archive (Dec '03 to Dec '05)
Lawrence Taylor
Bo Jackson
Ronnie Lott
Each were selected on all ballots, with LT taking all 6 1st place votes.
Washington offensive lineman Russ Grimm was nominated but wasn't elected.
An irate Carl Banks burst into Tecmo HQ's today demanding a public apology from Tecmo Board President Cam Allen. Carl, like many other Tecmo Greats was eagerly awaiting the big announcement today regarding the 10 finalists on the ballot for the 1st ever Tecmo HOF inductions. "I figured it was kinda like a formality you know, I mean, come on, I'm Carl Banks". Later he went on to explain: "I am the Man on D, I thought everyone knew that? I mean I wasn't upset playing in the massive Shadow of LT before because we were winning so much, but now that I'm getting over looked I have to wonder if all those championships were worth it. Hasn't anyone around here heard of CB contain? I'm not letting this go, this is personal."
Phil Simms was not upset only offering that "his time will come."
Tony Dorsett: "Is there anything about my game that doesn't scream HOF?"
Joey Browner: "No, I'm not upset, I'm just going to have to work that much harder, and I will, you can count on that."
Number of Games Played: 45 (dismal)
Seasons Completed: 0 (super dismal)
Tecmo Sports News entries: 77 (decent enough).