Tourney info & format

  • Tournaments are Saturday May 2nd 2020.  Tecmo Bowl @ noon, R.B.I. Baseball @ 6PM
  • Location:  To be determined in Omaha, Nebraska.  We are currently seeking a larger venue for the 2020 event.
  • Each tournament opens with 3 game round of group play.  Participants are placed in groups of 4 to 6 players, with schedule of opponents.  The results are used for seeding, as top 24 players from group play advance to tournament
  • Anyone not advancing to the 24 player bracket may play additional games.     
 
  • Tecmo Bowl is a single elimination tournament. 
  • R.B.I. Baseball is single elimination in early rounds, and best of 3 in semi-final and championship rounds.
  • Participants eliminated in the round of 24, compete in additional games to place 17th - 24th
  • Participants eliminated in the round of 16, compete to place 9th - 16th
  • Participants eliminated in the round of 8, compete to place 5th - 8th
  • Participants eliminated in semi-final compete in single game to determine 3rd place.  

     Entry fee &payouts

  • $20 entry fee per tournament, or $30 for both tournaments. 
  • Military ID gets $5 off either price. 
  • 100% of fees collected go towards player payouts.
  • Top 5 players win cash, & 1st place wins trophy.
  • ​Winner of 7th place & 9th place game wins cash.

     Equipment

  • The tournament primarily uses HD gaming systems made by Hyperkin, and Retro USB.  
  • Both systems have HDMI output and produce 720 resolution. 
  • We provide TVs, controllers, and game cartridges. 
  • We use the 1989 USA Tecmo Bowl version cartridge with Eric Dickerson on Indy.
  • We use both black & grey R.B.I. Baseball cartridges.
For video of endzone INT touchdown glitch click here.  

RBI Baseball will use the 10 run rule imposed by the game. 
Tecmo Bowl will observe a 31 point mercy rule. 

Equipment malfunctions

     R.B.I. Baseball

  • Equipment malfunction results in game being re-played in its entirety.  ​ ​

     Tecmo Bowl

  • 1st half equipment malfunction results in game replayed from the start.
  • A 2nd half malfunction results in only second half being replayed.  Scores from each half are combined to obtain final score.
  • To replay game that malfunctioned in 2nd half, players will note their halftime score.  They may repeatedly exchange punts in 1st half as the quickest way to burn clock until halftime, then commence playing.    
 
      Disqualifications:
  • Organizers reserve the right to declare winner without replaying any portion of a game if...
  • Malfunction occurs during a game that is not competitive.  Score of game at time of issue will be observed.
  • Equipment malfunctioning due to a player's aggressive action (throwing controller, kicking table, etc) results in forfeit of player who caused the malfunction.     
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  • Tournament organizer reserves the right to disqualify a participant for disruptive behavior.  Our venue (Bigway Burger) is a family friendly establishment that will ultimately have say if behavior is deemed too disruptive to staff/customers and removal of participant from tournament is necessary.
  • Tournament organizer Brad Bell will decide outcome for all disputes, unless he is a player in disputed game.  In that scenario Ben Schwartz or Nathan Merz will act in organizers role, and resolve the dispute.