Excitebike

1984 motocross racing video game developed by Nintendo

Excitebike (エキサイトバイク, Ekisaitobaiku) is a motocross racing video game made by Nintendo. It first appeared as a game for the Famicom in Japan in 1984 for a price of 5000 yen. It is the first game in the Excite series. The second game in the series is Excitebike 64 and the third is Excite Truck.

Excitebike
Developer(s)Nintendo R&D1
Arika (3DS)
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Designer(s)Shigeru Miyamoto
Composer(s)Akito Nakatsuka
SeriesExcite
Platform(s)NES/Famicom, NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1, Arcade, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube (Animal Crossing), Wii (Virtual Console), 3DS (eShop)
Release
November 30, 1984
  • NES
    • JP: November 30, 1984
    • NA: October 18, 1985 (US)
      February 3, 1986 (CA)
    • EU: September 1, 1986
    Famicom Disk System
    • JP: December 9, 1988
    GBA
    • JP: February 14, 2004
    • NA: June 2, 2004
    • EU: July 9, 2004
    Wii
    • EU: February 16, 2007
    • JP: March 13, 2007
    • NA: March 19, 2007
    3DS
    • JP: June 6, 2011
    • NA: June 6, 2011
    • EU: June 6, 2011
Genre(s)Racing game
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

In 2011, a re-release of Excitebike called 3D Classics: Excitebike was released for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a 3D version of the original game.

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