As I was about to hit him, out of nowhere (and by nowhere I mean at least 5 yards to the left of me) one of the offensive linemen dove in front of me preventing me from hitting the QB. The one that sticks out in my mind was I had an open shot to sack the QB.
But, to my defense, the computer AI did some pretty wonky things. I have always had trouble with this aspect and always will. My biggest problem with the game is playing defense. All you really have is the crowd cheering and whistles blowing. Obviously it is much cleaner than the old 8-bit version. The look of the game is fairly decent but not the best looking arcade game released. Likewise for pass but hit the B/Circle button instead. If you want to choose a run play, just hold either up, down, left, or right on the D-pad and hit the A/X button. You have eight plays to choose from: four pass and four run. Oh, and in the Throwback view, when you score a touchdown or anything like that, you see a little celebration screen complete with cheerleaders. So if you don’t want to play in the ’80’s pixilated awesomeness, you can play the game with updated graphics (which means that the players actually look like players). An interesting little thing is that if you press the Right Bumper/R1 button, you can switch between the classic arcade view and the Throwback view. I must admit that only having two buttons to worry about is kind of nice as opposed to trying to remember what button to press to stiff-arm a defender when he’s about to run you through. The A/X button hikes the ball and after the snap switches players and the B/Circle button throws the ball. In fact, you only use two buttons for the entire game. It just moves slower than that other football game and there are no fancy moves you can do to avoid being hit and tackled. After getting used to the view, I had to re-introduce myself to the style of gameplay. It took me a while to get used to this view, but not before throwing a few interceptions. After playing Madden, you get used to the behind the QB play style. One of the things that I had to do with Throwback was get used to playing a football game from a side perspective. My player was stuck on something like I was being held up by a defender only there was no one there. As I made my way to it, I found myself bouncing off air. Well, I saw this truck sized whole and proceeded to run through it. And in Throwback, there are quite a few things that made me just sit back and say “Huh?” One of those times was when I was running the ball and my offensive line opened up a pretty big whole. And I must say I wish I was a kid again.Īs a kid, you don’t really notice how a game looks or the little things that make a game frustrating. Well, I was excited to see that Tecmo finally released a remade version in Tecmo Bowl Throwback. I was always hoping for an XBLA/PSN remake of the game just to see if it held up and if I still would have fun playing it after spending years of playing Madden. It had a very limited play selection which only included a few run and pass plays, and the same went for the defensive plays. I hardly ever stopped the opposing team.Īt my young age, I really didn’t know much about football and Tecmo Bowl was the easiest thing in the world to play. And the one thing I could never seem to get right was the defense. All the games I played were kept very close and would go back and forth between who had the lead.
For me, there were never any blowouts like I would experience a few years later in Madden. I also remember having so much fun with that game. I remember pumping quarter after quarter in that machine. I would do my runs on some pinball machines, play some light-gun games, then I would head over to the game I think I spent the most time with: Tecmo Bowl. Growing up, one of my fondest memories was that on every-other weekend, my Dad would take me and my brother to an arcade.
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