Tecmo Bowl - NES

Closed, opens at 11amIndependent shop in University DistrictDirections

Available from Al's Music & Games when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Tecmo Bowl for the NES is one of the most beloved sports games ever made — the first console football game to feature real NFL players and the title that defined arcade football for an entire generation. Ported from Tecmo's 1987 arcade game and released on NES in 1989, Tecmo Bowl secured a license from the NFL Players Association — not the NFL itself — giving it real player names and statistics based on the 1988 season while using city names instead of team names. Twelve cities are represented: