Man, Tecmo Super Bowl 2K2 a ɛwɔ SNES so no te sɛ nea worehu jersey dedaw bi wɔ wo closet akyi —da so ara fata pɛpɛɛpɛ. Pixelated players no kɔ so yɛ mmerɛw sen sɛnea wobɛhwɛ kwan, ne saa agoru nhoma ahorow no? Simple enough to pick up fast but deep enough sɛ wobɛda so ara asusuw tricks foforo ho denam wo 10th game no so.

Adeɛ a ɛdi kan a wobɛhyɛ no nsow ne sɛdeɛ snappy no te nka sɛ ɛyɛ snappy —ɛnyɛ lag, 16-bit bɔɔlbɔ a ɛho tew kɛkɛ. Me kɔ Raiders no bere nyinaa kan (saa ahoɔhare no yɛ fɛwdi), nanso anigye no fã yɛ sɔhwɛ a kuw no mu quirks ne wo playstyle no hyia. AI no nyɛ atirimɔdensɛm, nanso sɛ wokɔ so spam a, ɛbɛtwe w’aso.

Na saa nnyigyei no? Nostalgia a ɛho tew. Ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wubetumi ate nnipadɔm no a wɔreto dwom afi saa SNES akasam a ɛyɛ mmerɛw no mu. Ɛyɛ agodie a ɛka ntam sɛ wobɛbɔ quarter baako pɛ... afei mpofirim ara ɛyɛ fã bere na woakɔ fam denam field goal so, worepere sɛ wobɛsesa wo defense. Da so ara kura mu yiye sen nnɛyi bɔɔlbɔ sim dodow no ara sɛ wubisa me a.