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This is my 2nd attempt to make a TAS of this game. I made this because I got tired of Deign urging me to do so ;P
My first was more an experiment to see how quickly the game could be completed. This one is about 3 minutes slower but adds a lot more bizarre plays and programming errors. In addition, I show an entertaining game of football with a rather surprising ending :)

Improvement over the published movie.

While entertainment is hard to judge, nevertheless I think I managed to improve on Arc's published movie. It shows a more interesting game overall, skips a rather boring coin toss, and it over two minutes shorter. More importantly, it shows more bizzare plays and programming errors in the game. Nearly every play has something unexpected.

Team & Score choice

Hardcore tecmobowlers will have already noticed that I picked the Giants & Bills who were the teams in the Super Bowl the season that this game represents (1991). This game ends with a 20-19 score just like that game. However, it is from very different scoring methods.

Interesting events that might be missed on the first viewing.

  • Early in the 1st quarter I recover a fumble only to be tackled by my own teammates.
  • I go for a flea flicker only to have "flick" it about 10 yards _forward_ into the endzone. This counts as a fumble and not a forwards pass and is an immediate touchback for the other team.
  • Soon after I throw an interception that is then dropped by the defender and it still counts as a touch back
  • I do a flea flicker that that got botched but caused the game to allow me to throw to the rb that made the toss (normally impossible). This results in: QB toss to RB, RB toss to QB, QB toss to RB. Perfectly reasonable playcall >_>
  • The opposing teams gets a TD but my player tackles him so hard he decided that he is one our side and starts running to the other endzone! He falls down at the 3 yard line facing the wrong direction. Apparently the game has been confused as well.
  • In the third quarter, my QB throws an interception then immediately runs to the backfield, smacks the defender and causes a fumble. It is then recovered by my team for a 1st down.
  • Throw a pass to a receiver no more than 1 pixel away and he drops it.
  • Get into an unfortunate 4th and 99 situation. What better time to call.. a play action pass! Gotta fake the run :) Of course I convert this with a 100 yard pass. That QB sure has an arm on him.
  • The game ends when my player gets into the endzone for what should be a TD. Players run around trying to tackle me (including my own team). After being tackled, We win by a game winning....safety?

Goals in order of priority

  • Use the Giants and Bills and end with a score of 20-19 to represent the 1991 Super Bowl
  • Play an entertaining game of football
  • Show off as many bizarre bugs and weird plays as possible
  • Complete the game quickly (mainly, do not waste time)

Summary

  • Playaround
  • Manipulates luck (fumbles and interceptions, as well as CPU AI)
  • Abuses programming errors
  • Genre: Sport
Enjoy, adelikat
NesVideoAgent: Hi! I am a robot. I took a few screenshots of this movie and placed them here. Oh! I also corrected the ROM name.
  • You indicated Tecmo Superbowl.nes
  • I updated it to Tecmo Super Bowl (U) [!].nes
adelikat: Unfortunately, I am the only judge who is familiar or even remotely interested in this game or the game of "american rugby". While we try to avoid this, I am accepting and publishing my own submission. I apologize if this comes off as a conflict of interest, but I feel it is a better alternative than this remaining in submission limbo.

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Posted: 1/2/2008 9:32 PM
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This didn't make any sense to me. I guess you need to know more about the rules than "run to the other side to score, tacke people with skin/clothes color different from your own". I will not be judging this run, I hope some other judge than adelikat has any clue about American Rugby.
Posted: 1/2/2008 10:07 PM
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American Rugby.
Lol awesome. I know I'll get flamed for this, but American Rugby>European Football
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Posted: 1/11/2008 7:01 PM
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [1039] NES Tecmo Super Bowl "playaround" by adelikat in 11:05.02
Posted: 1/12/2008 10:18 AM
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This video should win the Tom Foolery award.
Posted: 1/13/2008 4:48 AM
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IronSlayer
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This is one of those runs in which the enjoyment depends on how much one has played the original game. If you've never played "Tecmo Superbowl", or worse yet, don't know anything about American football, this might be the most boring run on the entire site. On the other hand, if you have, it's a really good playthrough.
Posted: 1/13/2008 6:15 AM
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IronSlayer wrote:
This is one of those runs in which the enjoyment depends on how much one has played the original game.
I think that's true for most runs, especially rpgs.
Posted: 1/14/2008 12:04 AM
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Warp wrote:
I think that's true for most runs, especially rpgs.
It's really extreme in this case, though; most Mario, Castlevania, and Sonic runs look awesome even with a very limited acquaintance with the game in question. Not here.
Posted: 1/14/2008 12:34 AM
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foolishly watched it, but it was mostly ten minutes of sprite flicker to me. I didn't even know where the ball was most of the time. so yeah, I won't watch that again.
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