For almost 20 years the Tecmo online community has made TecmoBowl.org the home for all things Tecmo Super Bowl online. Unfortunately that hub was shut down last summer and members of the Tecmo community have been splintered all over the internet. Hell, I started this site simply as a way to try to salvage what we could as far as all the notes that had been accumulated over the years. This past NFL season went on without the home of the NES cult classic online. Well, as of today it’s back! Here’s the message explaining the return from Matt Knobbe himself:

About the Return of Tecmobowl.org

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2020 was a trying time for the world and this website unfortunately was no exception. Like most any forum/message board, TBorg was a place where you might find collaboration or conflict. Over the last few years there had been increasing conflict over in-person and/or paid entry Tecmo tournaments that seemed to provide some with the misplaced sentiment that a 20+ year old video game was some sort of fledgling e-sport to be capitalized on. This conflict unfortunately devolved to the point that litigation was brought against some long-time members, something certainly to avoid.  In lieu of just closing down forever, the site is returning with a few noteworthy modifications.  The site’s forums will no longer be publicly viewable and the site will no longer make any effort to promote in-person and/or paid entry Tecmo tournaments.It’s a hope this site will go about releasing new versions of Tecmo Super Bowl. It’s a hope to take the 20+ years’ worth of information on this site and start organizing it in a more straightforward manner. It’s a hope to return to the roots of the vision for this site: a site dedicated to the storage of Tecmo Super Bowl back-ups, the development of patches to update and enhance the game, and the retention of all things Tecmo Super Bowl related. It’s a hope this site will be around another 20 years. Welcome back.

So there you have it folks. The online home of the Tecmo community is back. So what are you waiting for? Go on over and pop in, say hi! As for this site, I will keep it going mainly for my releases and as long as people find it useful. But it’s excellent news to see TecmoBowl.org back up and running. Today was a good day.