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is a 1984 racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was ported to arcades for the Nintendo VS. System later that year and Famicom Disk System in 1988. In North America, it became one of the best-selling games on the console. It was the first game in the Excite series.

Game data

Released
1984-11-30
User rating
3.96 / 5
Genres
Racing
Platforms
Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Game Boy Advance, NES

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Excitebike is a motocross racing video game franchise made by Nintendo. It first debuted as a game for the Famicom in Japan in 1984 and as a launch title for the NES in 1985. It is the first game of the Excite series.

Released
1984
Genres
Racing, Sport, Arcade
Platforms
Arcade, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Franchise
Excite
Developer
Nintendo
Publisher
Nintendo

Key facts

Video game.title
Excitebike
Video game.image
Excitebike cover.jpg
Video game.caption
North American NES box art
Video game.developer
Nintendo R&D4
Video game.director
Shigeru Miyamoto
Video game.producer
Shigeru Miyamoto
Video game.designer
Shigeru Miyamoto
Video game.programmer
Toshihiko Nakago
Video game.composer
Akito NakatsukaSoyo Oka (FDS)
Video game.series
Excite
Video game.genre
Racing
Video game.modes
Single-player, multiplayer
Video game.arcade system
Nintendo VS. System, PlayChoice-10

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Gameplay
  • Other releases
  • ''VS. Excitebike''
  • ''Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium''
  • Re-releases
  • Reception
  • Legacy
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

is a 1984 racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was ported to arcades for the Nintendo VS. System later that year and Famicom Disk System in 1988. In North America, it became one of the best-selling games on the console. It was the first game in the Excite series.

Designed and directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, the smooth side-scrolling game engine his team developed for Excitebike was later used to develop Super Mario Bros. (1985), which had the effect of Mario smoothly accelerating from a walk to a run, rather than move at a constant speed.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Excitebike” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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