{"id":2571,"date":"2010-03-18T05:47:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T10:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2010-03-18T05:47:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T10:47:56","slug":"tecmo-bowl-throwback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/03\/18\/tecmo-bowl-throwback\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecmo Bowl Throwback"},"content":{"rendered":"

The upcoming release of the classic SNES Tecmo Bowl Throwback<\/em> title has been on my radar since it was announced. The video game page at ESPN has a nice Q&A<\/a> with the game\u2019s producer.<\/p>\n

Jon Robinson: Without the NFL license, how are the team and player names handled in the game?<\/p>\n

Mike Fahrny: Because of the NFL licensing with EA, we couldn\u2019t use any of the teams or players, so they\u2019re all different. All the team and player names are different. But the one thing we did do is to allow all the team and player names to be editable by the player. So if you want to go back and play as one of those old NFL teams, feel free to. It just depends how much you want to go back and micromanage. All of the original stats are there, so your favorite players are in there, and we kept the teams in the same city location, so you should be able to find and figure out where your old favorites are pretty quickly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That EA\/NFL license thing is really the bomb, no? Even without the licensing issues, I doubt all of the players would have appeared correctly \u201cas is\u201d due to issues with NFL Player Association licensing deals.<\/p>\n

The article had one further comment that gives some hope to the game; apparently \u201cQ\/A team keeps complaining that the game is too hard\u201d \u2013 good times. I suspect Tecmo Super Bowl Throwback<\/em> will do well with a certain middle age gamer demographic.<\/p>\n

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