Year: 2026

TSB 2027 BASE [STANDARD] — Update #5 Quick update on the NES build: it plays more like today’s NFL than ever, and the 1991 look is still there. The 2026 season is built in, and every change below has been played and checked. The short version: All 32 teams, the [ Read More ]

TSB 2027 BASE [STANDARD] — Update #4 Whew. It’s been a minute. Again. Last update, the base was at build 21. I wrote Update #4 at build 111 and never posted it. The base went on to build 123. Then I stopped and started over, on purpose. This one covers [ Read More ]

Whew. Long one. Let me tell you the ways. Quick wins since Update #2: The freeze bug is understood, patched, and the patch is permanent. 18-week standings and bracket confirmed correct through a full test run. The C1 stats bug has been found and isolated. Base is at build 21. [ Read More ]

TSB 2027 BASE [STANDARD] — Update #2: 35 Years, One Gap, 29 Bytes Whew. Weekend’s almost over and it was a productive one. Let me tell you the ways. We found the freeze. The real one, the one that’s been in Tecmo since 1991 — the one where the music [ Read More ]

  If you’ve played enough Tecmo, you’ve seen it. Once in a blue moon the game just stops. Music dies, players freeze, and that’s that. No pattern. No explanation. It’s been in there since 1991 and everybody just lived with it. We think we found it. More on that below. [ Read More ]