Overview
After the initial success of the NES version of Tecmo Bowl in 1989, Tecmo followed up with the release of Tecmo Super Bowl in 1991 in both North America and Japan. The original NES version of Tecmo Bowl was licensed by the National Football League Players Association, while another game, NFL for the NES, managed to obtain only an NFL team license. Tecmo Super Bowl added the NFL license making it the first NES game to feature both actual NFL teams and NFL players of the time. Unlike the original Tecmo Bowl for the NES, which consisted of twelve teams, a truncated roster, and limited play selection; Tecmo Super Bowl featured all 28 NFL teams, expanded rosters, expanded playbooks, statistics tracking and many other improvements over its predecessor. Subsequent games in the series would build off of this foundation.
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