Those Tecmo Bowl games (I think there were three of them) are still my favorite games. I loved them. I’ll still find ways to play it online every now and then.
Wouldn’t be surprised if he was in the NES classic version. Both him and Chiefs RB Christian Okoye were so overpowered in that game. You couldn’t catch Bo and you couldn’t tackle Christian.
I believe the NES classic has the first game (Tecmo Bowl) which had only a dozen teams. It included the Raiders with Bo who was a monster, but no Kansas City. Later Tecmo Super Bowl included all 28 teams and the Chiefs had a backfield which included Okoye and Word, quite a one-two punch. Plus Steve DeBerg could throw a pass from his end zone to the opposing end zone (over 100 yards). TSB is still my all-time favorite football game on any platform. Friends and I had endless epic one on one battles and you could also pick a favorite team and play a full season against the computer trying to take them all the way to the super bowl.
I grew up 30 minutes outside Detroit. Gotta give a little love to the little brothers up north. Good ole Eric Cripple I mean Hipple. Sanders is GOAT!!!