Tecmo BowlVC Arcade

Our 310th VC game...

In Europe, we have not TECMO BOWL on NES, I wonder which game, we are going to have this week?

Was it worth the wait? And who knows fep. Maybe nothing...

This looks sweet.

So... does this require a widescreen TV? I hope not.

@warioswoods: Yeah, looks like it.

It shouldn't, if its like Mappy it can be set up for 6:9 or Widescreen.

@fep Well, the NES one would be Hanabi, so I say Arcade's more likely.

If this can come out, then we are one step closer to getting the 6 player insanity of this arcade game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_%28arcade_game%29

However, unless I'm unaware of some nintendo expansion peripheral, the PS3 is the only console that will support it.

I know (American) football is not big in Europe but they should still put Tecmo Bowl on the Europe VC simply because it is a simple and fun game. You don't need to be a hardcore NFL fan to enjoy it.

Okay is this 4 player or 2 players?

3 weeks wait on virtual console for THIS? Come on nintendo

@winter123

Hey, we coulda had 3 weeks without VC...

However, unless I'm unaware of some nintendo expansion peripheral,

If you're talking about being able to have six players on the game then all you need is four classic controllers and two Gamecube controllers. Simplicity itself.

So has anyone tried this and can say how the "dual-screen" on this game work?

@9, Ultronator

Don't forget the licensing issues!

@SmaMan
It's not noticeable. It just looks like a regular widescreen image, albeit shrunk with black bars surrounding on all sides.

i had fond memories of the NES version but once i played it again, i realized how horribly it's aged, thx to games like madden. just watching this youtube for 2 minutes, i was bored. i made the mistake of getting the NES version. i'm not making the same mistake twice.

@Gabbo
Will the black bars be there even if I have a widescreen TV?

I wonder if the concept of import games applies to VCA games - I mean, I wonder how much of a chance that Europe will get this game this week (or soon) despite it not being available in Europe originally.

@SmaMan

They're there on my widescreen. Of course, you could always fiddle around with your tv's zoom functions

By the way, I can confirm that this is for four players, not just two. Our review will be up shortly.

Is it just me or do the music and sound effects sound just like a Genesis/Mega Drive game?