The Tecmo Super Bowl National Championship returns to Green Bay for Tundra Bowl 13!

Join players from around the country as they compete in two divisions for the Tecmo Super Bowl National Championship in Titletown on Saturday. Fans and gamers of all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to play!

RetroMania also returns for some Friday night fun including the Tag Team Tecmo Tournament!

Proceeds once again benefit a local Green Bay non-profit with CARCADE’s #LudioFor program. Play games. Have fun. Do good.

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TUNDRA BOWL - OFFICIAL RULES

1. Team Selection & Coin Toss: A manual coin-toss will precede each game. The coin-toss winner MUST choose the matchup (i.e. the two teams) - NO deferring this matchup call. The coin-toss loser must then choose either a) the P1 controller, and the winner chooses from the two teams selected in the matchup; or b) their choice of team, and the winner gets the P1 controller. In summary, the winner of the coin toss selects the matchup and coin-toss loser chooses between P1 or their choice of team.

2. ​“One Matchup Once” Rule: The coin-flip winner can only select a particular matchup once throughout the entire tournament. For instance, if Player A wins the toss and selects GB-CLE, Player A cannot call that exact matchup for the rest of the tournament. Player B, however, is free to select that matchup later in the tournament.

3. Customizing Playbooks and Lineup Changes: Customizing of playbooks is ALLOWED. You can access your “change” screen (screen where you check player conditions and make substitutions) only twice per half. This helps speed up the games.

4. WR/TE at RB: A WR/TE cannot carry the football unless it is a reverse. You can insert a WR or TE into a RB slot for lead blocking purposes, but he cannot carry the football. To further clarify, players such as Ernest Givins, Ricky Sanders, and Andre Rison cannot carry the football unless it is a reverse.

5. No Ties/Overtime: No game can end in a tie. If a game is tied when regulation concludes, competitors will proceed to OT. All OT’s will be 5-minute sudden death periods. If no one scores in the first OT, the second OT will be only the first quarter in a new game. This process will be repeated until a winner emerges. So that one competitor does not start with the ball in every OT period, the receiving team (i.e. team that gets the ball first) shall alternate beginning with the second OT period.

6. Lurching: Lurching is prohibited, INCLUDING the “West Coast Lurch” on shotgun plays. If you want to rush with a DL, you must either go outside the offensive tackle or “popcorn” someone on the offensive line. You cannot simply go around your blocker and dive. Note that this rule does not apply to LBs.

7. Nintendo Malfunctions: If there is an equipment failure in the first half, games will be replayed from the start. If equipment malfunctions in the 2nd half, only the second half is replayed. In that event, the scores from each half are added together to obtain a final score. If the game was uncompetitive or the equipment malfunctioned due to human error, tournament staff reserve the right to declare a winner without replaying any portion of the game.

8. Tournament Disputes: Tommy Ludan (Ludio) is the tournament director. He will decide all disputes unless involved or directly affected by the game. If so involved or affected, tournament staff will decide on a solution.

9. Controllers: Tournament competitors are ALLOWED to bring their own controller to use in games.  Tournament organizers will also coordinate obtaining equipment for the competition for those that do not bring their own.  Tournament organizers will examine each controller and tag it as acceptable, only tagged controllers can be used.
   *Competitor controllers must be original Nintendo OEM products and cannot be modified in any way.
   *Original NES controllers and NES dogbone controllers are allowed.
   *NES Max or NES Advantage are not allowed.

TUNDRA BOWL - TOURNAMENT FORMAT

GROUP STAGE​

Tundra Bowl includes Group and Bracket Play for both Division 1 and Division 2. Group Play will consist of pools with an equal number of participants per group, as the total number of participants allows. The maximum point differential for the tournament for any game will be 28 points, regardless if the actual margin between the teams exceeds it.
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BRACKET (ELIMINATION) STAGE

Depending on the number of entrants, a specific number of players, determined at the start of the tournament, will advance to Bracket Play. Players will be seeded according to record first, then by point differential per game. If tied, any head-to-head record will be the next deciding factor, then will be determined by coin flip if still necessary. The first round of Bracket Play will be single-elimination. Beginning with the second round and through the championship, the format is double elimination.

If the number of participants is deemed too large for double elimination, the event organizers reserve the right to modify the format to a single-elimination format at the start of the tournament. Bracket Play will be played out until only the champion remains.

TEAM TIERS/RANKINGS (updated March 2025)