Tecmo Bowl (Game Boy) Playthrough

A playthrough of Tecmo's 1991 license-based football game for the Nintendo Game Boy, Tecmo Bowl.
In this video I play through an entire season as the Los Angeles Raiders.
Because, y'know, Bo knows everything.
A year-and-a-half after Tecmo Bowl ( • Tecmo Bowl (NES) Playt... ) landed on the NES and three months before the release of its sequel ( • Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)... ), a portable version of Tecmo Bowl appeared on store shelves.
The Game Boy version, developed externally by Sculptured Software, provides the same fast-paced, arcade-style gameplay experience as the NES original did, just at a lower resolution and sans color and voices. It feels like its console sibling, and that was quite an achievement for a 1991 Game Boy release.
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[@NintendoComplete]

The Game Boy's Tecmo Bowl feels just like the NES version. Pretty impressive for a '91 release, don't you think?

[@darkerfalcon3747]

Along with the SNES version of Tecmo Super Bowl, this Game Boy version is fantastic!

[@eclipse2fly4]

Respectfully, I am impressed by this. Wouldn't have thought Tecmo Bowl run THIS smooth on Game Boy. Salute!

[@AllGamesAllMusicAllTime]

I quite like that music, I wish they put the voices from the NES game into the Gameboy.

[@kostaspolyzos6540]

Love how NES ports to Gameboy have better music quality than the original

[@danalong1237]

2:57:34: “Well, kids, we have finally made it to Super Bowl Sunday! After a season full of wild and crazy finishes, it is finally here: the Super Bowl, in which the Las Vegas Raiders will face off against the New York Giants to determine who will make history and lift that Vince Lombardi Trophy and be champions forever and for all eternity! Our annual late winter classic comes to you LIVE on Koei Tecmo Sports this year from U.S. Bank Stadium in cold and frigid Minneapolis, Minnesota! Hello kids, this is Tracy Wolfson along with Allie LaForce, sideline reporters Bianna Golodryga and Nicole Zaloumis, rules analyst Lauren Lake, studio host Bonnie Bernstein and studio analyst/field analyst Rachel Riley, and Allie, this emotion is infectious!”-Tracy Wolfson.

[@danalong1237]

3:14:54: “It’s all over! The Las Vegas Raiders have hit the jackpot and won it all! They are the new Super Bowl Champions! Allie, once again it’s been a blast!”-Tracy Wolfson. “The pleasure has been all mine, Tracy.”-Allie LaForce. “Illustrious, outstanding and superior, and the drive to be a champion. That’s what the beauty and magic of NFL Football and the Super Bowl are all about. That’s it for this season. For Allie LaForce, Bianna Golodryga, Nicole Zaloumis, Lauren Lake, Bonnie Bernstein, Rachel Riley and the entire KT Sports crew, my name’s Tracy Wolfson, a.k.a. ‘The Wolf.’ Take care, kids, and see you again next year. Goodbye, everybody.”-Tracy Wolfson.

[@danalong1237]

3:09: “And Bo Jackson, to the 45 and out to the 40 and only one man to beat and THERE GOES BO! And NOBODY catches Bo! Touchdown!”

[@jam2007]

No NFL Team license, but it got the NFLPA license, fun portable football game 😊

[@darkerfalcon3747]

True! Tecmo manage to get the NFL Team license in Tecmo Super Bowl.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Yeah 1991 game with 1988 Rosters. Herschel Walker still on the Cowboys, Tony Dorsett on the Broncos. It's a great window to whom was on teams at the time. I bet that Colts team really blew chunks.

[@daviddavenport1485]

And there goes Bo!

[@danalong1237]

And nobody catches Bo! Touchdown!

[@Bo_Knows_Tecmo]

I agree the gameboy version is great. Thanks for padding my stats there with all those carries.

[@spoonshiro]

Surprisingly good port!

[@danalong1237]

2:44: “Welcome to Paul Brown Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio as we get another season of NFL Football kicked off and running right here on KT Sports. This afternoon, the Las Vegas Raiders go toe-to-toe with the Cleveland Browns, and this one should be a barn burner. Hello kids, I’m Tracy Wolfson alongside Cleveland’s own Allie LaForce, and we’ll be joined by sideline reporter Bianna Golodryga and rules analyst Lauren Lake very shortly, and Allie, you’re back home!”-Tracy Wolfson.

[@Gamerskull11111]

i love playing game boy ❤❤

[@Dorian_Scott]

NES version is obviously better, but this is still a good port. Certainly better than most other football games for Game Boy.

[@RobertLewis85]

Doesn't look too horrible for Gameboy. I loved the NES and SNES Tecmo Bowl games

[@TheCurtRoberts]

Superb port

[@CoreyGoldwaves]

Wait a minute, how is this still better quality than Madden 2024?!

[@NintendoComplete]

I guess quality ≠ age, huh?

[@Gamerskull11111]

nice game play

[@MatthiaGryffine]

I'm shocked that this was ported to Game Boy

[@darkerfalcon3747]

2:46 NES-perfect port. But it's quite strange that they sponsor Rygar and Ninja Gaiden, despite these games weren't released on the Game Boy.

[@perualonso]

For your next Game Boy playthrough, could you put up Mickey's Dangerous Chase in Super Game Boy mode?

[@AllGamesAllMusicAllTime]

3:20 TOUCHDOWN! 4:00 Ready?! Down! HUT HUT HUT!

[@Gamerskull11111]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Don.1984]

I am still in pain over my Detroit Lions 🤕

[@lisaheffernan3085]

Can you do blades of steel on gameboy pleeeze)

[@dugthefreshest]

Although this game is actually a great port, the absence of "ready, down, huthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthut" makes its unplayable

[@darkerfalcon3747]

Acutally there is. But instead of voices, we have digitalized sounds.

[@dugthefreshest]

@@darkerfalcon3747 actually there is what?

[@darkerfalcon3747]

​​@@dugthefreshest"ready, down, huthuthuthuthuthut"? That's what i'm talking about. 7:32 for example.

[@kascnef]

Why u playing on super game boy instead of game boy

[@NintendoComplete]

Just felt like it is all.

[@sparkybig9799]

Omg I remember loosing my virginity to my aunt right after she bought me a game boy…ahhh the sweet memories

[@muhammadnurilhuda568]

@natasya