Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Excitebike

Title	Excitebike
First release	1984
Developer	Nintendo Research & Development 1
Publisher	Nintendo
Platforms	Arcade, NES / Famicom
Genre	racing video game
Also known as	エキサイトバイク · Ekisaitobaiku · Vs. Excitebike
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	NES / Famicom: 1984-11-30 (NTSC-J), 1984-11-30 (NTSC-U), 1985-10-18 (NTSC), 1986-09-01 (PAL) Arcade: 1984-12-01 (NTSC-J), 1985-03-01 (NTSC-U)
Wikidata ID	Q146124

Designing custom motocross courses allows you to manipulate obstacle placement and event sequences to create unique racing challenges. Players progress from Nintendo-designed preliminary races into increasingly difficult challenge races, navigating hairpin turns and daredevil jumps. Mastering the physics of these jumps is essential to overcoming fierce competition and maintaining speed across varied terrain.

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Sources

Wikidata (Q146124) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (nes/excitebike) · last updated 2026-10-25 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (213,89945,97671,108915) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (36450,124026) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (excitebk) · last updated 2026-10-03 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`excitebk`
Title at ADB	Vs. Excitebike (set EB4-3 E)
Manufacturer	Nintendo
Year	1984
Genre	Driving / Motorbike
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Nintendo); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-03 17:02 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

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Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Nintendo · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

Arcade Longplay [1050] VS. Excitebike

World-of-Longplays · Arcade version · longplay · 26:26auto-matched
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Excitebike NES Famicom Longplay Gameplay By Urien84

By Urien84 Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 12:37auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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