After it is finished, the player can race the track in either Selection A or Selection B. The player can also choose where to finish the lap, and how many laps there are (up to nine). The player can choose hills and obstacles of various sizes and place them, represented by the letters A-S.
In Design Mode, the player has the ability to build his or her own racing tracks. They act as another obstacle hitting one from the back will cause the player to fall off the bike, while any CPU riders hitting the player's rear wheel will cause them to fall off. In Selection B, CPU players join the player. ModesĮxciteBike has three modes of gameplay. Pushing A and B repeatedly allows the player to run back to the bike and continue the race.Īt the start of the game, the player can choose one of five tracks in which to race.
If the player runs into an opponent, lands badly from a jump, or crashes into a ramp, they will be knocked off the bike and land in the grass. Pushing up or down turns the handlebars left or right, respectively, when the bike is on the ground. In the air, this rotates the bike, but can also be used to create wheelies on the ground. The pitch of the motorcycle can be modified with the X-axis of the directional pad: left raises the front, while right lowers the front. Driving over an arrow will immediately reduce the bike's temperature.
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When the temperature exceeds safe limits the bar becomes full the player will be immobilized for several seconds while the bike cools down. Using B causes greater acceleration, but also increases the motorcycle's temperature shown as a bar at the bottom of the screen. The player controls the position of the red motorcycle with the Y-axis of the directional pad, and controls acceleration with the A and B buttons. When the player places first, then they get a message: "It's a new record!" Additional points are earned by beating the previously-set record time. In any race, the best time is 8 seconds ahead of third place. The times to beat are located on the stadium walls (for first place) and in the lower left corner (for third place). The goal is to qualify for the Excitebike (the championship) race by coming in at third place or above in the challenge race (preliminary race). Excitebike (FDS), did allow simultaneous multiplayer, as well as the ability to save multiple tracks, but unfortunately, it was never released in the USA.Whether the player chooses to race solo or against computer-assisted riders, they race against a certain time limit. Racing fake AI bikers is nowhere near as exciting playing simultaneously with your friends. They simply appear on the screen at random times, and only exist to get in your way never affecting the race's standings. Although you can race against computer opponents, they don't actually race the track. Unfortunately, the save and load commands don't work on non-Japanese releases of the game, and Excitebike was released before battery save games existed, so the only way to keep your track around is to never turn off your NES.Īnother failure of Excitebike is the lack of two-player mode. You get to place your own jumps to challenge your friends to beat your best times. Luckily, the game developers also made a designer mode where you can create your own tracks. And with only five tracks to ride on, the game can lose its replay value in only a couple hours. However, after only a few plays, most gamers will have beaten every track, even when you include the computer-controlled bikers that get in your way to make the tracks harder.
The game is pretty fun at first with a gradual learning curve. Excitebike is a side-scrolling racing game that lets the player rev up their dirt bike engines and fly over the hills and through the mud pits.
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