Tecmo Bowl (NES) — Price Guide & Live Deals
Live NES Tecmo Bowl deals across loose and CIB, what a fair asking price looks like, and how to avoid Game Boy, DS and Tecmo Super Bowl listings.
Right now: Loose prices roughly flat over 90 days, 48 current qualifying listings.
Current qualifying listings
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Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1989) Tested Working NES
$9.30 USD
+$7.59 shipping
★ 99.2% · 7,822 ratings
Listed today · checked 1h ago
Tecmo Bowl - with Manual (Nintendo Entertainment System) Tested and Working!
$25.00 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.8% · 744 ratings
Listed today · checked 5h ago
Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1989). Tested. Clean Throughout!
$12.00 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 99.6% · 2,558 ratings
Listed today · checked 14h ago
Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo NES, 1987) with Black Nintendo Sleeve
$14.00 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 435 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Tecmo Bowl - Nintendo NES *Tested & Working*
$10.99 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 99.2% · 1,590 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Tecmo Tecmo Bowl Nintendo NES Game Cartridge NTSC-U/C Sports Football
$5.00 USD
★ 100% · 76 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
NES - Tecmo Bowl (Loose)
$15.00 USD
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★ 99.7% · 1,385 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo NES, 1987) with Black Nintendo Sleeve
$15.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.6% · 3,879 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1989) Tested Working NES
$14.00 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 946 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1989) Tested and Working!
$15.99 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 506 ratings
Listed 4 days ago · checked 4 days ago
Tecmo Bowl Nintendo Nes Authentic Tested And Working
$14.99 USD
+$6.00 shipping
★ 99.7% · 3,696 ratings
Listed 5 days ago · checked 5 days ago
Tecmo Bowl NES (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1989) CLEANED TESTED
$19.95 USD
+$6.25 shipping
★ 99.9% · 17,169 ratings
Listed 5 days ago · checked 5 days ago
Roughly one qualifying listing every 1.4 days.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | $5.00 | $9.99 | $13.99 | $15.99 | $25.00 | 55 |
| Cib | $32.79 | $48.00 | $49.95 | $79.99 | $100.00 | 5 |
| SealedLow sample size | $2,999.99 | $2,999.99 | $2,999.99 | $2,999.99 | $2,999.99 | 1 |
Asking prices of currently-active listings. Not sold-price data. Rows marked "low sample size" have fewer than 5 listings, so one outlier can move them a lot.
Full asking-price history by condition →
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How we filter
Every feed has its own filter, tuned by hand for this one game. Before any change goes live, those filters are tested against thousands of real eBay listing titles. Every night, each feed is checked against every other deal page in its category, so a listing for a different game that slips in gets flagged and fixed instead of quietly shown.
Of the 167 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 146 of 167 (~87%) for quality reasons. The remaining 21 are what we'd actually surface.
- 139 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 4 seller had too few feedback ratings
- 1 shipped from a region we exclude
- 1 priced below our floor (too good to be true)
- 1 wrong condition (e.g. parts-only)
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Tecmo Bowl (NES) returns far more than the game itself: controllers, T-shirts, strategy guides, imports and repro carts all mention it in their titles. These are the 106 terms we filter out to keep this feed to the real thing. A listing whose title contains any of them never reaches the feed, the price table or an alert. Many look unrelated to Tecmo Bowl (NES) because they are: that's the noise.
Other titles & look-alikes 18
- -super
- -kickoff
- -2 nintendo games
- -signed
- -autograph
- -decades
- -roster
- -game boy
- -gameboy
- -genesis
- -snes
- -sega
- -ps1
- -playstation
- -college
- -re-po
- -gb
- -gbc
Bootlegs & repros 6
- -custom case
- -repro
- -reproduction
- -aftermarket
- -hack
- -repo
Broken, untested & empty listings 15
- -for parts
- -not working
- -non-working
- -non working
- -broken
- -as is
- -as-is
- -untested
- -doesnt work
- -does not work
- -not tested
- -parts only
- -no game
- -game not included
- -cart not included
Imports & regions 6
- -japanese
- -ntsc-j
- -famicom
- -jpn
- -jp
- -japan
Ports, remakes & re-releases 2
- -nintendo ds
- -ds
Lots & multi-item listings 8
- -lot
- -bundle
- -collection
- -set of
- -multiple games
- -3 games
- -4 games
- -5 games
Accessories, merch & paper 51
- -controller
- -headset
- -headphones
- -plush
- -figure
- -figurine
- -keychain
- -sticker
- -charger
- -cable
- -adapter
- -backpack
- -wallet
- -shirt
- -hoodie
- -jersey
- -art book
- -artbook
- -soundtrack
- -vinyl
- -statue
- -amiibo
- -funko
- -pop figure
- -mousepad
- -lanyard
- -badge
- -trading cards
- -tcg booster
- -bookmark
- -instruction booklet
- -promo item
- -promotional
- -insert only
- -flyer
- -pamphlet
- -display card
- -demo cart
- -kiosk
- -case only
- -case-only
- -clamshell only
- -box and case
- -replacement box only
- -nfr
- -hat
- -pin
- -ost
- -art
- -manual
- -poster
How often qualifying deals appear
- 14 in the last 7 days (~2/day)
- 22 in the last 30 days (~0.73/day)
- 22 in the last 90 days (~0.24/day)
Tecmo Bowl: collector & reseller spec sheet
- Release: Tecmo's NES football game, released in the US in 1989. Ask for a confirmed boot test on the cart you are buying.
- Not Tecmo Super Bowl: The 1991 sequel has its own page, Tecmo Super Bowl, and sellers often list the two together. This feed carries only the original.
- Same title, other hardware: Tecmo Bowl also shipped on Game Boy, and the Nintendo DS game is called Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff. Some listings leave the console out of the title, so check the photo of the cart.
- Product code: Check that the label's product code matches the US release rather than a Japanese Famicom cart.
- Print variants: An early-run print and later reprints may exist, but we can't name the distinguishing mark with confidence. Compare the label against a known authentic photo instead of paying a premium on a seller's say-so.
- Listing traps: Manuals and boxes are sold separately under the same name, and graded sealed copies list at collector prices far above any loose or CIB asking price.
Buying NES games: what to check by condition
These checks apply to every NES cartridge. The item notes above cover what is specific to this game.
Loose
- Compare the label, shell color and front/back markings against a photo of a known-authentic cart. Repro labels are often glossier, blurrier or slightly off-color.
- Ask for a photo of the board or the back of the cart. An opened shell is not automatically bad (battery swaps are normal), but it should be disclosed.
- If the game saves to a battery, ask whether the save holds. Old save batteries fail with age regardless of what the listing says, so budget for a replacement.
CIB (complete in box)
- Confirm the box, manual and inner tray or insert are all shown in the photos, not just listed in the title.
- Check that the box and manual are the same region and print as the cart. Mixed-and-matched "complete" copies are common.
- Box wear (crushing, tears, sticker residue) moves price far more than the cart does. Judge it from photos, not from the word "mint".
Sealed & graded
- For a graded copy, look the certification number up on the grading company's own site and confirm the photos match the slab you are buying.
- For an ungraded sealed copy, compare the wrap and seal pattern against a known factory-sealed example. Resealing is common, and a reseal on a loose game is worth a loose price.
- Ask for photos of every side, the seams and any price stickers. Refusing extra photos on a sealed listing is a red flag on its own.
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