Tecmo Bowl

The story behind the game is that of a high school football team trying to make it through the playoffs and become champions. The play perspective is top-down and the screen scrolls horizontally. Player graphics are large and colorful, which is made possible by limiting the number of players to nine per team.

Gameplay in Tecmo Bowl involves choosing from four plays on offense, such as runs or passes. The player takes control of the quarterback before the snap and then either hands off to the running back or works through his receiver progression from top to bottom of the screen. Defense consists of trying to guess which offensive play the opponent will select and then taking control of one of the defensive players before the snap.

There are no game or season stats, but there is a password feature allowing you to resume tournament play where you left off.