S4E03: Tecmo Bowl -or- Tackling the Issues

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on Tecmo Bowl with guests Brad and Jordan from Arcadiology, exploring its history and impact in retro gaming.

This episode’s visiting team is Brad and Jordan from Arcadiology, and they’re in position at the line of scrimmage for Tecmo Bowl (NES, 1989) as they face off against Mike and Jaymo as part of The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog! In this episode, Jordan shares his history with football on and off the field, we’ll look at how player likeness rights changed the later releases of Tecmo Bowl, no one is able to make any sense of Tecmo Bowl’s original team logos, and Brad and Jaymo will compare this to the 1987 Tecmo Bowl arcade game, available for purchase on the Nintendo Switch. Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com , where you'll find links to our Discord, social media, and so much more! Game on, everyone. (0:00) Intro (1:08) Welcoming Brad and Jordan from Arcadiology (6:30) Tecmo Bowl (43:50) Hi-Score & 37 Years Ago (47:10) Tecmo Bowl (cont’d) (49:10) Mini-Game…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Jaymo

Guests: Brad, Jordan

Topics covered

• Tecmo Bowl
• retro gaming
• Nintendo Switch Online
• football history
• video game comparison

Keywords

• Tecmo Bowl
• retro games
• Nintendo Classics
• football video games
• Arcadiology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arcadiology, The Lazy Circles

Books & works: Tecmo Bowl, Chibi-Robo!

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