The music is unreal as well, I was so excited to finish a race just to hear the victory fanfare! Other notable qualities include the aforementioned slick animations and relatively realistic graphics. This mode was my personal favorite of the two as I much preferred the carnage featured within. All the hit-boxes are fair and the mode never suffers any performance issues. You can get knocked off your bike and, in turn, knock other people off their bikes in an all-out biking battle. This is excusable though as the mode is fun nevertheless. The “race” is a facade though as you don’t win through finishing first but through beating a set time. Type B pegs your biker against several other opponents in a chaotic fight for the finish. Excitebike’ is a victim of subjectivity, and definitely not everyone’s cup of tea. Its concept is perfectly realized but limited in its nature and which holds it back.The best bike game I could ever have hoped to play on the NES.For optimal success, you must switch gears between the default acceleration and turbo gear.īe careful not to abuse the turbo mode too much though lest you overhead your bike and stall, wasting valuable seconds. Zipping through the various tracks, leaping over ramps, and racing competing bikers was satisfying and EXCITEing. However, to my surprise, it controls extremely tightly and looks marvelous for the time not only in its graphics but in its animations too. I fully expected it to be riddled with flaws as most first attempts are. The game’s brilliance lies in its simplicity and intuitiveness. “It controls extremely tightly and looks marvelous for the time not only in its graphics but in its animations too.” A Dream Debut Excitebike laid the foundations for future endeavors in this field. From hundreds, if not thousands, of flash games to the incredible Trials series, VS. It pioneered the 2D motorbike racing and stunt genre that we still do today. Excitebike was an extremely successful title for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1984. ApA fan favorite amongst arcade goers, VS.
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