The iPhone version sits somewhere between the original arcade version and last year’s console release on the visual front. When the title came to the PS3 and Xbox 360 it got a major overhaul featuring a sort of angled perspective 3D playfield. The arcade graphics were impressive for their day, while the NES version’s were less so. Spending time with the iPhone version, I can understand where that sentiment was coming from it’s a very approachable title. Tecmo Bowl, when it was released, was praised for its easy appeal to typical gamers. I did play the arcade version a few times with friends long ago, and recall it being a good time. Now, sadly, I am generally not a fan of sports games. This approach versus an onscreen D-pad that might’ve tried to emulate console play was a wise design decision, I feel. The active defensive player can be chosen with a tap and the act of tackling a player or breaking out of a scuffle is also done with a tap. Once a play is in motion, you can choose where a player runs or who to pass to with a screen tap. In the arcade and elsewhere this is done with buttons and sticks, but on the iPhone a touch interface that works well has been put in place. Like all versions of the title, gameplay in Tecmo Bowl Throwback consists of basically picking teams, starting off a game, and choosing plays from a menu that can be customized to some degree. This iPhone release is actually a port of last year’s console remake. Tecmo Bowl has, since, come to the Game Boy, the Wii Virtual Console and, last year, the PS3 and Xbox 360 in the form of Tecmo Bowl Throwback. Those fondly familiar with this classic likely recall the highly popular NES port, which was responsible for most of the game’s popularity, given the relative scarcity of the wide cabinet in arcades. Those recalling this well loved game will be happy to hear that Tecmo Koei Games has just released an enhanced iPhone version of the game, called Tecmo Bowl Throwback. The game was played on a side-to-side “widescreen" rendering of a football field across both screens. It was a 46-inch, double-wide cabinet that featured two side-by-side monitors sitting back in a dark sort of monitor cavern.
Of all the cabinets I recall encountering in my youth, one of the most striking was that of Tecmo Bowl, an American football game released in 1987 that was easily the most visually impressive arcade take on the sport of its day. But, back in the day, they were wonderful places - the glowing cloud of phosphorescence, that lovely din of beeps and boops from every direction, and rows and rows of stand up cabinets of many shapes and sizes.
And a jumbotron screen displays a 2D swimsuit model with some exposed cleavage.Arcades just aren’t what they used to be (with a notable exception or two, of course). This is a top-down arcade-style football game in which players compete against teams around the country to become the “Tecmo Bowl Champion.” Some of the football highlights are depicted in animated cutscenes (with better graphics) a few non-football highlights depict cheerleaders wearing low-cut tops while dancing. New ‘Tecmo Bowl’ Is Definitely Still Coming
Right before that one dude taps that other dude’s butt. If you can’t read, or don’t feel like it, we suggest you take a hike. The ESRB details, which spill the beans on the game’s top-down play and general retro feel, can be read below the fold.
This, and a new Fatal Frame release would do the trick nicely, we believe. But Tecmo is a business that, presumably, enjoys making money. Note that this isn’t a confirmed title: Tecmo hasn’t announced it yet, despite the rumor-mongering within the last month. The ESRB has listed “Tecmo Bowl Throwback,” a game with mild suggestive themes and familiar zany, old-school football action that we enjoyed on the NES or whatever. Chances are we’ll see a Tecmo Bowl game on the Xbox 360 or the PS3 at some point in the future.
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