anyone play Tecmo Cup soccer back then bb up on the NES?

.if you were lucky enough to play this game near its release I am jealous, least I had zoda's revenge.its release since the NES was in the process of dying


one of my friends had this game growing up for the NES , back then you know how it was you had to have again and we're stuck with it so you have to try to beat it.. my friend was lucky enough to own in that era of our youth. anyways as a child he mastered it and managed to beat the final team and see the American ending.

this is the first game in the series of Captain Tsubasa the American release is Tecmo Cup soccer game. I wish somebody a hacker were dedicated enough to do a graphics swap on CT1 & Tecmp Cup soccer so at least show the original anime style graphics. I tried taking on that task myself on switching over the graphics but the graphic tiles were all in the way different places compared between the Japanese and American versions it is beyond my ability it might be easier to actually translate the text


anyways I'm trying to get good at this game but I'm having trouble on defense , since you cannot see the players on the field diagram I don't know what direction to press when I am on defense computer has the balle has the ball I don't know if I'm supposed do smash buttons or something, anytime the defense gets the ball the guy blows past my whole team and I don't even know where they are due to the way the game is programmed. I might just not supposed to press anything on defense?

One of my best friends had it growing up. He received it as a gift from one of his relatives. Neither of us liked it at all. We just didn't understand it. Every other Tecmo sports game was a straight ahead adaptation of its sport, but this game was strange by comparison. Instead of just playing soccer, it was set up almost RPG style. I remember something like a series of commands would come up such as a- pass the ball, b- shoot the ball, etc. In retrospect, it was fairly interesting and innovative for its time, but for a couple of kids, it was strange and boring. I remember that the graphics were cool. If you're familiar with the cutscenes in games like Tecmo Super Bowl and Ninja Gaiden, it was the same art style.