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November 30, 1984

Excitebike

Excitebike
Based on 45 Ratings
7.6
metacritic
Based on 12 Reviews
65
Release date
November 30, 1984
Developer
Genre
Mode(s)
Single-player, Multiplayer

Summary

Nintendo rereleases Excitebike on the Game Boy Advance, complete with all the high-flying action from the original NES game. As in the original, your biker must keep his balance while flying through the air, avoid getting clipped by other racers, and prevent his bike from overheating. In Design mode, you can make your own course--with all the ramps, mounds, bridges, and other obstacles in the game--and then save the design for your friends to race on.

Excitebike Trailer

Critic Reviews

  • 83
    Cinescape June 5, 2024
    If you haven’t played this game, you need to. The game featured big tracks, jumps, engine heat, and a track editor. The only downfall was you couldn’t save tracks – the GBA fixes this.
  • 80
    GamePro June 5, 2024
    Tons of people used to play this game in the arcade. It was cool then, and this version is the same, only smaller...and with a track designer.
  • 75
    IGN June 5, 2024
    Though the game's pulled off really well in the Famicom Mini version, the game has already been available twice on the GBA...so the air's been let out of the tires just a bit. It's still a worthy and amazingly fun addition to the classic collection.
  • 70
    GameZone June 5, 2024
    It’s not the prettiest, nor the best sounding game around, far from it, but the gameplay gives it a heart and soul a lot of technically superior games can only dream of, making Excitebike relevant all these years after its original release.
  • 70
    Nintendojo June 5, 2024
    It's not bad, but it doesn't quite have the same charm that it did when I was ten years old.