It was a nondescript weekend October afternoon in 1992. Inside the walls of a four-bedroom home, a nine-year-old boy sat on the floor in the living room, in front of the fireplace, blowing ever so carefully into his personally-owned copy of Tecmo Super Bowl for NES.
The game was literally first of its kind. Tecmo Super Bowl was the big brother to 1987’s Tecmo Bowl (’89 for NES and ’91 for Game Boy) that featured some of the real stuff. Super Bowl showcased all of the real NFL info. It had all of the teams, real schedules, all of the players, even multiple plays and the option to sub offensive players in and out at will while the teams actually played 11-on-11 football.