=============================================================================== Tecmo Bowl for: Nintendo US Release: 1989 Designer: Tecmo Publisher: Nintendo of America Version 1.00, 06/04/2006 Copyright 2006 kno33x =============================================================================== Table of Contents =============================================================================== * In order to facilitate easier navigation, this FAQ utilizes a search system based on keycodes. Just bring up the search function using Ctrl+F and search for the keycode within the parentheses. 1. Version History.....................................................(VHIST) 2. Controls............................................................(CTRLS) 3. Modes...............................................................(TBMDS) 4. Teams...............................................................(NFLTM) i. Indianapolis.................................................(INDPL) ii. Miami........................................................(FLMIA) iii. Cleveland....................................................(CLVLN) iv. Denver.......................................................(DNVER) v. Seattle......................................................(STTLE) vi. Los Angeles..................................................(LANGL) vii. Washington...................................................(WSHNG) viii. San Francisco................................................(SFRAN) ix. Dallas.......................................................(DLLAS) x. New York.....................................................(NYORK) xi. Chicago......................................................(CHCGO) xii. Minnesota....................................................(MSOTA) 5. Game Rules..........................................................(GMRLS) 6. Passwords...........................................................(PSSWD) i. Tecmo Bowl Passwords.........................................(TBPWD) ii. Specialty Passwords..........................................(SPPWD) iii. Password Breakdown...........................................(PWDBD) 7. Game Genie Codes....................................................(GGCDE) 8. Credits.............................................................(THNKS) 9. Legal Information...................................................(LGALS) =============================================================================== Version History (VHIST) =============================================================================== 1.00 (June 4, 2006) First release of FAQ =============================================================================== Controls (CTRLS) =============================================================================== There are 3 different control sets that correspond to offense, defense, and choosing a play. Offense Set ----------- D-Pad - Move B - Kick a Punt or Field Goal, Pass A - Kick a Punt or Field Goal, Snap, Choose Receiver, Break Tackle (press repeatedly) Defense Set ----------- D-Pad - Move B - Diving Tackle (only when close to a player) A - Break Block (press repeatedly), Select Player (only works before the snap) Choosing a Play --------------- The screen displays 4 plays. Below each play is a picture of the controller with two buttons that are blinking. Select a play by pressing the two blinking buttons beneath the play. Pressing B on this screen will also bring up the field goal/punt kick menu. =============================================================================== Modes (TBMDS) =============================================================================== There are 3 menus in Tecmo Bowl: 1Player, 2Players, and Coach. 1Player and 2Players modes are pretty self-explanatory: you either play against the computer or against a friend (there isn't a 2-player cooperative mode). The Coach mode puts you up against a friend as a coach of your teams (you need 2 players for this mode). You pick the plays and the computer does the actual grunt work for you. =============================================================================== Teams (NFLTM) =============================================================================== The following is a list of all of the teams available to play as in Tecmo Bowl. The list also includes a roster of the players on each team, and the plays of each team. ******************************************************************************* Indianapolis (INDPL) ******************************************************************************* WR 85 Bouza LG 64 Utt LB 93 Odom TE 81 Beach LT 75 Hinton LB 55 Krauss RB 29 Dicker KR 20 Bentley LB 50 Bickett QB 10 Trudeau RE 78 Hand CB 38 Daniel WR 80 Brooks NT 76 Sally FS 47 Robinson RG 66 Solt LE 99 Thompson K 04 Biasucci C 53 Donald LB 98 Cooks P 03 Stark ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | | x xxxx /x x / x x/ Run 2 ----- | | x x\ xxxx \ x x \x Pass 1 ------ | ---+ | | | / | x xxxxx | \ x x ----x Pass 2 ------ / / | | | | +-- x xxxxx | x x x ******************************************************************************* Miami (FLMIA) ******************************************************************************* WR 85 Duper RG 76 Toth LB 50 Shipp TE 84 Hardy RT 72 Lee LB 56 Offerdah RB 27 Hampton KR 82 Pruitt LB 51 Brown QB 13 Marino RE 97 Bosa CB 49 Judson WR 83 Clayton NT 70 Sochia CB 44 Lankford LG 76 Foster LE 95 Turner K 07 Reveiz C 57 Stephen LB 59 Brudzin P 04 Roby ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | | x xxx|xx x\ x x Pass 1 ----- /\ /\ /\ | | | | | | x xxxxx | x x | x |/ Pass 2 ------ \ \ > \ --+ | \ | | | | x xxxxx | x x | x |/ Pass 3 ------ / | \ |3:55 AM 6/7/2006 | \ +--| x |xxxx | x x x | x ******************************************************************************* Cleveland (CLVLN) ******************************************************************************* WR 88 Langhorn RG 69 Fike LB 51 Johnson TE 82 Newsome RT 63 Risien LB 59 Johnson RB 34 Mack KR 89 McNeil LB 57 Matthews QB 19 Kosar RE 78 Hairston CB 29 Dixon WR 84 Slaughte NT 79 Golic CB 31 Minnifie LT 74 Farren LE 96 Camp K 09 Bahr C 61 Baab LB 50 Sanford P 11 Johnson ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | | x xxxx /x x / x x/ Run 2 ----- | | x x\ xxxx \ x x \x Pass 1 ------ |\ \ | \ | | | | x xxxxx | x / x x-- Pass 2 ------ \ > +-- | | | | | | | x xxxxx | x x x ******************************************************************************* Denver (DNVER) ******************************************************************************* WR 84 Nattiel RG 79 Humphrie LB 77 Mecklen TE 88 Kay RT 70 Studdard LB 98 Hunley RB 33 Dorsett KR 35 Bell LB 50 Ryan QB 07 Elway RE 75 Jones CB 31 Harden WR 80 Jackson NT 71 Kragen SS 49 Smith LG 54 Bishop LE 90 Gilbert K 03 Karlis C 62 Freeman LB 73 Fletcher P 02 Horan ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | x | xxxxx | x x \___x Run 2 ----- | | x xxxx /x x / x x/ Pass 1 ------ / / | | | | +-- x xxxxx | x x | x |/ Pass 2 ------ +-- \ | \ | | | | | x | xxxxx | x x x x ******************************************************************************* Seattle (STTLE) ******************************************************************************* WR 80 Largent LG 65 Bailey LB 50 Young TE 32 Williams LT 70 Mattes LB 55 Bosworth RB 28 Warner KR 30 Edmonds LB 56 Gaines QB 17 Krieg RE 77 Bryant SS 45 Easley WR 81 Turner NT 72 Nash CB 41 Robinson RG 71 Millard LE 79 Green K 09 Johnson C 59 Bush LB 57 Woods P 05 Rodrigue ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | x | xxxxx | x x \___x Run 2 ----- | | x xxxx /x x / x x/ Pass 1 ------ / / | | | | +-- x xxxxx | x x | x |/ Pass 2 ------ | /| \ | | \ | | | x xxxxx | x x | x |/ ******************************************************************************* Los Angeles (LANGL) ******************************************************************************* TE 46 Christen RG 64 Miraldi LB 55 Millen RB 32 Allen RT 66 Wright LB 57 Robinson RB 34 Jackson KR 81 Brown LB 53 Martin QB 13 Schroede RE 99 Jones CB 22 Haynes WR 81 Brown NT 71 Pickel FS 26 McElroy LG 73 Hannah LE 75 Long K 10 Bahr C 72 Mosebar LB 52 King P 05 Talley ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | x | xxxxx | x x \___x Run 2 ----- | | xxxxx / x / x x--x/ Pass 1 ------ | | | --+ | xxxxx | \ x x -x | x |/ Pass 2 ------ __ \ | | | \ xxxxx | \ x x -x | x |/ ******************************************************************************* Washington (WSHNG) ******************************************************************************* WR 84 Clark RG 69 Thielema RT 77 Grant TE 86 Didier RT 66 Jacoby LT 65 Butz RB 36 Smith KR 28 Green LB 55 Kaufman QB 17 Williams RE 72 Manley CB 45 Wilburn WR 83 Sanders LB 52 Olkewicz CB 28 Green LG 68 Grimm LE 71 Mann K 04 Atkinson C 53 Bostic LB 58 Marshall P 12 Cox ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | | x xxxx /x x / x x/ Run 2 ----- | x| xxxxx | x x \____x___/ Pass 1 ------ /\ /\ /\ | | | | | | x xxxxx | x x x Pass 2 ------ | \ \ | \ \ | | | x xxxxx | x x x ******************************************************************************* San Francisco (SFRAN) ******************************************************************************* WR 85 Wilson RG 69 Collie LB 55 Fahnhors TE 81 Francis RT 79 Barton LB 99 Walter RB 33 Craig KR 83 Crawford LB 58 Turner QB 16 Montana RE 76 Board FS 42 Lott WR 80 Rice NT 95 Carter CB 22 McKyer LG 61 Sapolu LE 67 Kugler K 14 Werschin C 51 Cross LB 53 McColl P 04 Runager ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | | x xxxx /x x / x x/ Pass 1 ------ / / | | | | +-- x xxxxx | x x | x |/ Pass 2 ------ |\ \ | \ | | | | x xxxxx | x / x | x-- |/ Pass 3 ------ | \ | | |\ \ | | | | | x | xxxx | x x x x ******************************************************************************* Dallas (DLLAS) ******************************************************************************* WR 82 Renfro RG 68 Ker RT 54 White TE 84 Cosbie RT 66 Gogan LT 99 Brooks RB 34 Walker KR 29 Lavette LB 58 Hegman QB 11 White RE 77 Jeffcoat CB 38 Francis WR 81 Edwards LB 56 Lockhart FS 26 Downs LG 61 Newton LE 72 Jones K 07 Ruzek C 64 Rafferty LB 50 Rohrer P 04 Saxon ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | x x| xxxx | x x \___x Run 2 ----- | x xxxxx / x / x x/ Pass 1 ------ \ \ > \ --+ | \ | | | | x xxxxx | x x | x |/ Pass 2 ------ | | | / /| | | | | | x | xxxx | x x x x ******************************************************************************* New York (NYORK) ******************************************************************************* WR 86 Manuel RG 68 Johnson LB 52 Johnson TE 89 Bavaro RT 66 Roberts LB 53 Carson RB 20 Morris KR 80 McConkey LB 56 Taylor QB 11 Simms RE 70 Marshall CB 23 Williams WR 81 Robinson NT 64 Burt FS 43 Kinard LG 67 Ard LE 75 Martin K 02 Allegre C 65 Oates LB 58 Banks P 05 Landeta ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | x x| xxxx | x x \___x Run 2 ----- | x xxxxx / x / x x/ Pass 1 ------ /\ /\ /\ | | | | | | x xxxxx | x x | x |/ Pass 2 ------ \ > +-- | | | | | | | x xxxxx | x x | x |/ ******************************************************************************* Chicago (CHCGO) ******************************************************************************* WR 83 Gault RG 62 Bortz RT 72 Perry TE 86 Boso RT 78 Horne LT 76 McMichae RB 34 Payton KR 29 Gentry LB 55 Wilson QB 09 McMahon RE 95 Dent FS 22 Duerson WR 84 Morris LB 50 Singleta SS 25 Bell LT 74 Covert LE 99 Hampton K 06 Butler C 63 Hilgen LB 59 Rivera P 15 Wagner ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | x | xxxxx | x x \___x Run 2 ----- | x xxxxx / x / x x/ Pass 1 ------ | \ | \ x xxxxx | x / x | x-- |/ Pass 2 ------ __ | \ --+ | > | x xxxxx | x x | x |/ ******************************************************************************* Minnesota (MSOTA) ******************************************************************************* WR 81 Carter RG 68 Koch RT 75 Millard TE 83 Jordan LT 76 Irwin LT 97 Thomas RB 20 Nelson KR 81 Carter LB 57 Martin QB 09 Kramer RE 56 Doleman SS 47 Browner WR 87 Lewis LB 55 Studwell CB 24 Hender LG 72 Huffman LE 79 Martin K 01 Nelson C 63 Lowder LB 54 Solomon P 08 Coleman ***** Plays ***** Run 1 ----- | x | xxxxx | x x \__x Run 2 ----- | x xxxxx | \ x / x \___x__/ Pass 1 ------ | \ \ | | | | | | x xxxxx | x x x Pass 2 ------ |\ \ | \ | | | | x xxxxx | x / x x-- =============================================================================== Game Rules (GMRLS) =============================================================================== Tecmo Bowl follows most of the rules of regular football. However, it also contains a few of its own rules that make it slightly different. Time - There are 4 quarters, each lasting a minute and thirty seconds (1:30). The clock is not continually running, though. The clock stops after every tackle. Touchbacks - The only two ways to get a touchback is if a punt goes into the endzone or if you intercept the ball in the opponent's endzone and immediately get tackled. Any other time you are tackled in the endzone is considered a safety, even during kickoffs. Subs and Audibles - They do not exist in Tecmo Bowl. Whoever is on the team and whatever plays the team has is what you're stuck with. Once you select a play, that's the formation the team is going to stick to until the down is finished. Stiff Arms and Fumbles - These also do not exist in Tecmo Bowl. The only way to force a turnover is stopping the other team from getting a first down or from getting an interception. =============================================================================== Passwords (PSSWD) =============================================================================== The following three sections all deal with the passwords in the game. You can access the password menu on the team select screen. You should see "PASSWORD" right beneath "MINNESOTA". ******************************************************************************* Tecmo Bowl Passwords (TBPWD) ******************************************************************************* These passwords are for Tecmo Bowl games between the given teams. You will be the first team listed. 02AFFDA6 Indianapolis vs. Miami 04AFFBA3 Miami vs. Cleveland 08AFF7A0 Cleveland vs. Denver 0C9FEFA9 Denver vs. Seattle 108FDFAA Seattle vs. Los Angeles 146FBFAB Los Angeles vs. Washington 182F7FAC Washington vs. San Francisco 1C9EFFAD San Francisco vs. Dallas 208DFFAE Dallas vs. New York 246BFFAF New York vs. Chicago 2837FFA0 Chicago vs. Minnesota 2DBFFEA1 Minnesota vs. Indianapolis ******************************************************************************* Specialty Passwords (SPPWD) ******************************************************************************* These passwords allow you to play yourself or play an invisible team. 697BFFA5 Chicago 49AFFBA9 Cleveland 63AEFFA5 Dallas CFBFF7AO Denver 43AFFEAC Indianapolis 969FDFA5 Los Angeles 46AFFDAB Miami AC37FFA9 Minnesota 269DFFA1 New York 9C3F7FA5 San Francisco 93AFEFA5 Seattle 5B7FBFA3 Washington 397BFFA5 Invisible Team ******************************************************************************* Password Breakdown (PWDBD) ******************************************************************************* This section looks at the technical side of the passwords. Once you fully understand this section, you'll be able to create a password that will allow you to place yourself at any point in the season as any team. The team that you play will be random (unless you go to the Tecmo Bowl), because I did not take the time to decipher the part of the password that differentiates between randomness and a select team. You will need some basic math skills to be able to understand this section. Each password is constructed of eight characters with each being represented by one of sixteen possible characters: the numbers 0 through 9 or A, B, C, D, E, or F. It could look like the following: 1234ABCD Now, each part of the password can be broken down. The easiest way to think of it is in three parts: what team you are, what week you're on in the season, and who you've beaten. It's actually more complicated than this, but this breakdown essentially tells you everything you need. To start, you'll need to order the teams as they are in the game, into groups of four (the numbers will be explained in a bit): Indianapolis xxx001xx Miami xxx002xx Cleveland xxx004xx Denver xxx008xx Seattle xxx010xx Los Angeles xxx020xx Washington xxx040xx San Francisco xxx080xx Dallas xxx100xx New York xxx200xx Chicago xxx400xx Minnesota xxx800xx To start, we'll look at the first two characters of a password. These help to tell the game where to start the list of who you've beaten and who you are. Use the top line to find what team you are or would like to be. Next, think of who you would like to have already beaten. From the list of teams you want to have beaten, go down the column until you run into the first team on the list. IND - MIA - CLV - DNV - SEA - LAN - WAS - SNF - DAL - NWY - CHI - MIN IND xx 04 08 0C 10 14 18 1C 20 24 28 2C MIA 01 xx 09 0D 11 15 19 1D 21 25 29 2D CLV 02 06 xx 0E 12 16 1A 1E 22 26 2A 2E DNV 03 07 0B xx 13 17 1B 1F 23 27 2B 2F SEA 40 44 48 4C xx 54 58 5C 60 64 68 6C LAN 41 45 49 4D 51 xx 59 5D 61 65 69 6D WAS 42 46 4A 4E 52 56 xx 5E 62 66 6A 6E SNF 43 47 4B 4F 53 57 5B xx 63 67 6B 6F DAL 80 84 88 8C 90 94 98 9C xx A4 A8 AC NWY 81 85 89 8D 91 95 99 9D A1 xx A9 AD CHI 82 86 8A 8E 92 96 9A 9E A2 A6 xx AE MIN 83 87 8B 8F 93 97 9B 9F A3 A7 AB xx For example, let's say you want to be Chicago and you already beat Seattle, Dallas, and Cleveland. You go over to the Chicago column, and go down to Cleveland (the first one on the list according to the game's order). So the first two digits in the password would be "2A". Next, let's look at the following characters of a password: xxxABCxx. These work together to tell the game what teams you've beaten. Remember the numbers in the first list that I said would be explained in a bit? Well, that's what this part is for. All you do is a add the numbers together. Include your own team when doing this. Also think of the letters as numbers: A=10, B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, and F=15. Let's look at another example. You're Chicago and you already beat Seattle, Dallas, Washington, San Francisco, and Cleveland. You'd add up the columns like so: 0 0 4 (Cleveland) 0 1 0 (Seattle) 0 4 0 (Washington) 0 8 0 (San Francisco) 1 0 0 (Dallas) +4 0 0 (Chicago) ------ 5 D 4 (D because the middle column adds up to 13, which corresponds to D. You don't carry the one or anything. Add up each column individually). The password for this example so far would be: "8Ax5D4xx". Now for the last part of the password: xx1xxx23. This part of the password is by far the most coomplicated. It took hours to figure this out. Like the chart above, you want to find the team you are on the first line. Then go down that column until you get to the first team on your list of beaten teams. The numbers in this chart can be thought of as base sets. Once you find the base set you need, we'll need to do some adding. Notice that this chart has an extra column labeled ++. It also has a gap after Denver. The first four teams affect the 3rd digit in the base. The last eight teams affect the 1st and 2nd. To find the first number, start with your base and add the numbers in the ++ column for each team on your "teams beaten" list. When you add, you have to think of the digits as a cycle. Once you get to F, the next digit would be 0, then 1 and 2 and 3 and soforth. After 9 is the letter A. So if your base has a C, and you need to add 6, then you would count D, E, F, 0, 1, 2. Do NOT use the number in the ++ column that corresponds to the base set. If you are Indianapolis and Seattle is the base, do not add the 1 for Seattle. You DO, however, need to use the number that corresponds to your own team. If you go from F to 0, you need to mark up the 2nd digit in the base. For example, if the first two are C8 and you have to add 6, the first number would be 2 and you'd have to mark up the 8 to a 9. For the 3rd number in the base set, you have to look at the first four teams. Similar to the 1st number, you find your base, but this time you use the numbers in the ++ for the first four teams only. Once again, do NOT use the number in the ++ column that corresponds to the base set, but DO use the number that corresponds to your own team. If you go from F to 0, you'll have to mark up the 1st digit in the base. IND - MIA - CLV - DNV - SEA - LAN - WAS - SNF - DAL - NWY - CHI - MIN - ++ IND xxx B89 B8A B8B B8C B8D B8E B8F C80 C81 C82 C83 1 MIA B8A xxx B8C B8D B8E B8F C80 C81 C82 C83 C84 C85 2 CLV B8D B8E xxx C80 C81 C82 C83 C84 C85 C86 C87 C88 4 DNV C82 C83 C84 xxx C86 C87 C88 C89 C8A C8B C8C C8D 8 SEA C8B C8C C8D C8E xxx D80 D81 D82 D83 D84 D85 D86 1 LAN D8C D8D D8E D8F E80 xxx E82 E83 E84 E85 E86 E87 2 WAS F8D F8E F8F 090 091 092 xxx 094 095 096 097 098 4 SNF 39E 39F 490 491 492 493 494 xxx 496 497 498 499 8 DAL C8F D80 D81 D82 D83 D84 D85 D86 xxx D88 D89 D8A 1 NWY E80 E81 E82 E83 E84 E85 E86 E87 E88 xxx E8A E8B 2 CHI 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 09A xxx 09C 4 MIN 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 49A 49B 49C xxx 8 Let's look back at the last example with a few changes. This time you are Indianapolis and you've beaten Dallas, Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, and Cleveland. Go to the Indianapolis column and go down to Cleveland. Your base set is B8D. We have Dallas (1), Seattle (1), Washington (4), and San Francisco (8) from the bottom eight teams: 8+1+1+4=14. So we need to add 14 to the B. This gives us C, D, E, F, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The new first digit becomes 9, and since we went from F to 0, the 2nd digit gets marked up to 9. We don't add the 4 for Cleveland since that is the base team, but we do add the 1 for Indianapolis. So the 3rd digit now go from D to E. Our final 3-digit set is 99E. The incomplete password would look like xx9xxx9E. To finish the password, use chart one to see first two digits are 02 and the remaining three add up to be 1D5. This makes the finished password 0291D59E. =============================================================================== Game Genie Codes (GGCDE) =============================================================================== GAOATSPA More time in the 1st Quarter ZAXAYIGA+ZAXOTPGA Only 2 downs allowed TAXAYIGA+TAXOTPGA 6 downs allowed =============================================================================== Credits (THNKS) =============================================================================== The specialty passwords were obtained from the Tecmo Bowl Cheat Codes & Secrets section on www.gamefaqs.com. They were provided by Dallas. The Game Genie codes were obtained from www.gamegenie.com. =============================================================================== Legal Information (LGALS) =============================================================================== This FAQ may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. 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