Excitebike

Excitebike (エキサイトバイク, Ekisaitobaiku) is a racing video game released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1984, and designed by now legendary Nintendo icon, Shigeru Miyamoto, who would gain fame for his creation of NES games. Due to the popularity of this game, it spawned four remakes or sequels, which had their gameplay based off of Excitebike. Excitebike is a motocross simulation game that allows players to play by themself or with others, and design their own tracks to play on.
== Gameplay ==
Excitebike allows players to make a solo run around a course in an attempt to beat the record time. A course contains obstacles that are meant to slow the player or cause them to crash, losing time in the process. Such obstacles include pinpoint jumps and sand ditches, which slow the player down. The player's bike is controlled by a heating system, and mindlessly accelerating the bike can cause it to overheat, in turn causing the player to go off track and repair his bike. Crashing is signified by the rider flipping, then running towards its bike; the time it takes to make it towards its bike depends on the severity of the crash.
B Mode allows the player to compete against CPUs or other players, who are signified by different colored riders. Contact with another rider causes the perpetrator to lose control and crash. No changes in gameplay are made to the course.
Design Mode can allow players to design their own tracks, adding obstacles with the click of a button, and tracks can be saved to the system and can be played any time.
Category:Games released in 1984
Category:Games released on the Nintendo Entertainment System