![]() Excitebike is fast, and the first times you try out the tracks, this combined with the not-knowing-what-comes-next of it all will mean that you’ll be on the edge of your seat. Graphics and sound aside, why is this game a classic. Barring the bike, it all sounds a bit like Space Invaders although parallels between Evel Knievel (there, I said it) and the outer limits have been drawn. The vroom of the 8-bit is as genuine as anyone can hope for and has been copied in 8-bit games since. How does it sound? Like you’d expect a 1984 NES to sound. The tracks have single-shade backgrounds with a few textures and remaining colours used to give the ramps a 3-D effect (it’s all about the foreground). Two frames of animation is your lot, but it’s functional. Your character (I’m going to call him Evel) looks like a cross between ET, the predator, and a white Corvette, which I’m sure was the look Nintendo was going for. I was two years old when it came out! Compared to anything the 2600 churned out, this looks amazing. Graphically it doesn’t wow compared to a lot of retro games but you need to consider that this is a 1984 NES game. You can even design your own track but I’ll come to that later. ![]() If you’ve never heard of it, Excitebike is essentially a motocross game with five different tracks where you can race against the clock or against umpteen other petrol heads. I kid, it’s because this game is insanely addictive. If the name alone doesn’t get you excited then nothing will… I first played this on a dodgy NES compilation cart a friend of mine obtained from Mayalsia or somewhere similarly exotic and the other titles on it were largely ignored. **Does Excitebike make our top ten NES racing games list?** Seeing as we’ve just taken a look at the NES Classic Mini on the January Podcast, I thought it only right to revisit one of its titles and a game I haven’t played in about twenty five years – Excitebike. ![]()
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