Tecmo Bowl
for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Tecmo Bowl (Japanese: テクモボウル, Hepburn: Tekumo Bōru) is an American football arcade game developed and released by Tecmo in 1987. The game was successful in its original arcade format, and as a 1989 port for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES version is the first console game to have featured real NFL players, via a license from the NFLPA. Although LJN's NFL is the first NES game to have featured NFL team names, it was not as successful as Tecmo Bowl. Because of this, and combined with the scarcity of the arcade version, the NES version eclipsed its arcade counterpart in popularity.
