Tecmo NBA basketball a ɛwɔ NES so no te sɛ Tecmo Super Bowl wɔfase —a ɛyɛ sprites a ɛyɛ chunky, a ɛyɛ kɔla koro, a wɔsesaa bɔɔlbɔ dade kyɛw kɛkɛ maa fades a ɛkorɔn ne ntade tiaa. Nneɛma a wɔde di dwuma no yɛ mmerɛw sɛnea ɛsɛ: sprint sian kɔ abɔnten, twe kɔ soro ma jumper, anaasɛ bɔ mmɔden sɛ wobɛ dunk wɔ obi ti so (akwannya pa ne saa atia Patrick Ewing).

Dɛn na ɛma ɛyɛ nwini? Eyi yɛ agodie kakraa bi a na ɛwɔ hɔ saa bere no mu biako a Michael Jordan wɔ mu, ne nea ɛka ho no woanya anomaa ne nkonyaayi wɔ wɔn mmere a etwa to no mu. Rosters no yɛ tẽẽ fi '91-92 bere no mu, enti nhwɛ kwan sɛ nnɛyi apontow ahorow a ɛwɔ nsɛntitiriw abiɛsa —eyi yɛ dedaw-sukuu, elbows-out basketball. AI no nyɛ genius-level ankasa, na mmom good luck a wogyae fast break ne Stockton ne Malone a wɔde pick-and-roll di dwuma.

Ɛnyɛ nea emu dɔ, nanso biribi wɔ hɔ a ɛma abotɔyam wɔ buzzer-beater a wɔde pixelated MJ bɔ mu. Kɛkɛ a, nhwɛ kwan sɛ wɔbɛyɛ simulation —eyi yɛ arcade chaos kronkron.