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The success of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America led to the platform becoming a major platform for American sports video games. Basketball games included a port of "Double Dribble", with a halo mechanic signifying the optimum release for shots, and "Tecmo NBA Basketball" (1992). American football video games included "Tecmo Bowl" (1987), which was ported to the NES with the NFL Players Association license, and "Tecmo Super Bowl" (1991), which introduced a season mode with nearly the entire NFL roster. "Tecmo Super Bowl" is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential games of all time, as it was the first mainstream sports video game with both the league and player association licenses, with ESPN ranking it the greatest sports video game of all time. Sega also developed American football games for their competing Master System console, "Great Football" in 1987 and "American Pro Football" ("Walter Payton Football") in 1989, the latter very well-received by critics at the time.