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Tecmo Bowl is a 1991 American football game for the Game Boy, developed by Sculptured Software and published by Tecmo. Based on the NES version, it features twelve city-named teams with four-play playbooks, nine players per side, and a season mode with passwords. Defense works by guessing the offense’s play. Two players compete via Game Link Cable.

How To Play Tecmo Bowl

Control Action
D-Pad Move the controlled player
D-Pad + A (play select) Choose one of four plays (offense) or guess the play (defense)
A Hike the ball; cycle through receivers on a pass play
B Throw to the highlighted receiver
A (ball carrier) Break free from a tackle (rapid press)
A (defense) Dive tackle
B (defense) Switch to the nearest defender
A (kicking) Stop the power meter to kick or punt
START Confirm / pause

About Tecmo Bowl

Release date NA: September 1991
JP: September 27, 1991
Developer Sculptured Software
Publisher Tecmo
Platform Game Boy (also Arcade, NES)
Genre Sports (American football)
Series Tecmo Bowl
Modes Single-player; 2-player via Game Link Cable
Also known as Tekumo Bōru (Japan)

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