Tecmo Super Bowl 49ers Collection

jplarson · 08-30-2023, 11:19 AM

Tecmo Super Bowl is one of the best games on the NES, the first football game to feature full team names, player names, and tracking season stats. I wanted a set of the TSB roster for my favorite team in the game, the 49ers. Easy as a kid to be a fan of that stacked roster. My brother and I would play a season and compete for league leader stats and often had to make sure we didn't play each other during the regular season. He usually but not always beat me. When we did play each other, it led to.... conflicts and resetting the season and picking new teams. And thrown controllers. And bruises.

Anyways! I put together a set of rookie cards for all the players on the team with the following stipulations:

1. All cards had to be before 1991 sets. No card later than 1990 to reflect the rosters from the game.
2. All cards had to be NFL rookies.
3. If a player has multiple rookies, I picked the "better" set or the more interesting card.
4. I'm allowed to break my own rules.

Here's the roster courtsey of Tecmo Geek - https://tecmogeek.com/teams/49ers/. Pictures are organized by starters (left) and backups (right) as they were listed in the game on offense.

1981 Topps Joe Montana, BGS 6.5 (6, 8, 8.5, 8.5)
1986 Topps Steve Young - no USFL for this one
1984 Topps Roger Craig
1988 Topps Tom Rathman
1990 Topps Tiffany Dexter Carter - I opted for this one over the Topps Update in a 49ers uniform.
1984 Topps USFL Harry Sydney - his NFL rookie card was in 1991.
1989 Score John Taylor - his All Pro card later in the set is a better picture but not a rookie card.
1986 Topps Jerry Rice, BGS 7 (8, 6.5, 7.5, 8) got it in a quarter machine.
1988 Topps Mike Wilson
1987 Topps Mike Sherrard
1990 Topps Tiffany Brent Jones - originally drafted by the Steelers! Also my favorite correspondence through my TTM requests, with Jamie Williams and Carl Lee close seconds.
1985 Topps Jamie Williams - he's a super smart dude.

1990 Pro Set Jesse Sapolu
1989 Score Supplemental Guy McIntyre
1989 Score Harris Barton - 1990 was the only season of his 10-year career he was a Guard.
1989 Topps Bubba Paris - the largest OL in 1990, listed at 6'6" and 299 lbs.
1990 Fleer Update Steve Wallace

1989 Pro Set Mike Cofer
1989 NFL Franchise Game Barry Helton - Hope Topps brings back a Topps Total type product.

1990 Topps Tiffany Kevin Fagan
1986 Topps Michael Carter
1990 Topps Tiffany Pierce Holt
1990 Score Bill Romanowski - his '90 Pro Set is cooler but I wanted a '90 Score in here.
1989 Score Keith DeLong
1982 Topps Matt Millen - he drafted HoFer Calvin Johnson.
1987 Topps Charles Haley - always be a 49er first, Cowboy second.
1987 Topps Don Griffin
1990 Fleer Update Darryl Pollard
1982 Topps Ronnie Lott
1982 Topps Dave Waymer - RIP, you'll live forever in the hearts of Saints fans of a certain age and TSB fans.

08-30-2023, 11:19 AM	#1
jplarson Banned Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,578	Tecmo Super Bowl 49ers Collection Tecmo Super Bowl is one of the best games on the NES, the first football game to feature full team names, player names, and tracking season stats. I wanted a set of the TSB roster for my favorite team in the game, the 49ers. Easy as a kid to be a fan of that stacked roster. My brother and I would play a season and compete for league leader stats and often had to make sure we didn't play each other during the regular season. He usually but not always beat me. When we did play each other, it led to.... conflicts and resetting the season and picking new teams. And thrown controllers. And bruises. Anyways! I put together a set of rookie cards for all the players on the team with the following stipulations: 1. All cards had to be before 1991 sets. No card later than 1990 to reflect the rosters from the game. 2. All cards had to be NFL rookies. 3. If a player has multiple rookies, I picked the "better" set or the more interesting card. 4. I'm allowed to break my own rules. Here's the roster courtsey of Tecmo Geek - https://tecmogeek.com/teams/49ers/. Pictures are organized by starters (left) and backups (right) as they were listed in the game on offense. 1981 Topps Joe Montana, BGS 6.5 (6, 8, 8.5, 8.5) 1986 Topps Steve Young - no USFL for this one 1984 Topps Roger Craig 1988 Topps Tom Rathman 1990 Topps Tiffany Dexter Carter - I opted for this one over the Topps Update in a 49ers uniform. 1984 Topps USFL Harry Sydney - his NFL rookie card was in 1991. 1989 Score John Taylor - his All Pro card later in the set is a better picture but not a rookie card. 1986 Topps Jerry Rice, BGS 7 (8, 6.5, 7.5, 8) got it in a quarter machine. 1988 Topps Mike Wilson 1987 Topps Mike Sherrard 1990 Topps Tiffany Brent Jones - originally drafted by the Steelers! Also my favorite correspondence through my TTM requests, with Jamie Williams and Carl Lee close seconds. 1985 Topps Jamie Williams - he's a super smart dude. 1990 Pro Set Jesse Sapolu 1989 Score Supplemental Guy McIntyre 1989 Score Harris Barton - 1990 was the only season of his 10-year career he was a Guard. 1989 Topps Bubba Paris - the largest OL in 1990, listed at 6'6" and 299 lbs. 1990 Fleer Update Steve Wallace 1989 Pro Set Mike Cofer 1989 NFL Franchise Game Barry Helton - Hope Topps brings back a Topps Total type product. 1990 Topps Tiffany Kevin Fagan 1986 Topps Michael Carter 1990 Topps Tiffany Pierce Holt 1990 Score Bill Romanowski - his '90 Pro Set is cooler but I wanted a '90 Score in here. 1989 Score Keith DeLong 1982 Topps Matt Millen - he drafted HoFer Calvin Johnson. 1987 Topps Charles Haley - always be a 49er first, Cowboy second. 1987 Topps Don Griffin 1990 Fleer Update Darryl Pollard 1982 Topps Ronnie Lott 1982 Topps Dave Waymer - RIP, you'll live forever in the hearts of Saints fans of a certain age and TSB fans.