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MF_Luder
07-21-2007, 05:34 PM
I no longer have this.... I think someone stole it from me... but it was once the crowning jewel of my collection. Tecmo Super Bowl is a R1.... but trust me, I loved this copy more than any of the few R8 games I have in my library. So I'm interested to hear what value someone else would put on this, considering that a normal loose copy of TSB on eBay goes for about $20.

For all the crappiness of the "toaster" NES, it finally came in handy once for me... it started screwing up right in the middle of game of TSB and eventually the game became unplayable because I couldn't tell what the hell was going on on-screen with all the scrambling of the picture. Well, TSB has a battery backup, so when I turned it off it saved the game. Next time I turned on the game, EVERYONE on EVERY ROSTER was the starting QB. So, in other words, if you played as the 49ers your roster would be: QB- Joe Montana; RB- Montana; WRs- all Montana; TE- Montana, KR/PR- Montana; and all subs would be Montana too (unfortunately Joe took a seat on defense). There is nothing cooler than seeing a TSB touchdown animation of Joe Montana to Joe Montana (even cooler is the part where the QB lifts the WR to celebrate... considering that it's Joe Montana lifting Joe Montana). And it wasn't just the 49ers... the starting QBs took over every team.

I realize it's more of a novelty than anything (a very cool novelty though), but I was still curious what value this would add to the game for you... even if it was very slight. (I know we're not talking any more than small values here.) If I did still own this I would never sell it because, as I mentioned, this really was the crowning jewel for me in my collection. Being such a huge TSB since I was a kid and still today, it was just way cooler than my ho-hum complete copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga that thousands of other people have too. But, I've been missing this TSB game for about 2 years now... I was holding out hope, but after finally cleaning my game room last week and not finding it, it is officially MIA.

thetoxicone
07-21-2007, 08:49 PM
That'd be fun oddity to pull out now and again...too bad it went MIA

Nes
07-21-2007, 09:42 PM
You could always edit the rosters on the ROM with one of the programs available online if you really missed having Joe Montana pass to Joe Montana for the touchdown.

MF_Luder
07-21-2007, 09:58 PM
You could always edit the rosters on the ROM with one of the programs available online if you really missed having Joe Montana pass to Joe Montana for the touchdown.


This is true, but 2 reasons why I wouldn't: 1) I'm a complete idiot with that kind of stuff so I could never pull it off. 2) It's only cool because it was on the regular NES cart and occurred naturally. Sadly, it just wouldn't be the same as a ROM edit.

ryborg
07-22-2007, 12:08 AM
Next time I turned on the game, EVERYONE on EVERY ROSTER was the starting QB.

As a Tecmo freak who's logged hundreds upon hundreds of hours of TSB game play, I've seen this happen before on many different cartridges. It's not just your cartridge. It's something temporarily corrupting the battery backup and it is caused whenever the game did not shut down properly. It will revert to normal once you reset all of the game data.

I've personally played slight variations of this, such as QB Eagles playing every position on EVERY team (awesome). If you have a lot of time on your hands, you can play with your cartridge and the reset button and try to make it happen again.

A similar bug was in one of the Maddens on the Gamecube ('03 or '04... I can never remember). When the game data would get corrupt, you'd play like normal, but the end-of-game stats at the end would be all screwy. I have a few screenshots of this somewhere on one of my hard drives.

wallydawg
07-22-2007, 02:37 AM
My cousin had the same problem with this NBA Live 97 on SNES. Every roster spot was filled by Christian Laettner

DreamTR
07-22-2007, 11:41 AM
TSB is worth $20?? Everytime I sell them on ebay I get less than $10

MF_Luder
07-22-2007, 11:49 AM
TSB is worth $20?? Everytime I sell them on ebay I get less than $10

Hmmm... the most recent copy I purchased on eBay was for $18 + shipping. That was like 6 months ago, and prices were ranging from about $15 to $22 at the time. I had been watching them for a couple weeks waiting for a decent price, so I don't think it was just a fluke thing. However, I just checked now and you are correct, they are going for about $7-$13, with a few going lower and a few going higher. Not sure why the drop-- perhaps because I bought mine during the football season. Once the football season resumes and TSB nostalgia resurfaces, it'll be interesting to see if the eBay price rises again.

udisi
07-22-2007, 02:40 PM
Nes stuff has fallen moderately this summer. There were in fact bringing about $20 for most of the winter/spring.