Excitebike
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Excitebike[lower-alpha 1] is a motocross racing video game developed and published by Nintendo. In Japan, it was released for the Famicom in 1984 and then ported to arcades as VS. Excitebike for the Nintendo VS. System later that year. In North America, it was initially released for arcades in 1985 and then as a launch game for the Nintendo Entertainment System later that year, becoming one of the best-selling games on the console. It is the first game in the Excite series.
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Director(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
Producer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
Designer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
Programmer(s) | Toshihiko Nakago |
Composer(s) | Akito Nakatsuka Soyo Oka (FDS) |
Series | Excite |
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Genre(s) | Racing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Arcade system | Nintendo VS. System |
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.
Excitebike was a critical and commercial success. It spawned several sequels and has been re-released multiple times onto other Nintendo platforms, such the Wii and Wii U Virtual Consoles, and Nintendo Switch Online.