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  LADYDRAGON.COM - EXCITEBIKE 64
Excitebike 64 was a game from the original Nintendo that is sure to bring back a lot of memories.
Excitebike 64 is now almost a simulation of Motocross, but with more action and extreme jumps to add in a lot of fun.
Excitebike 64 is one of the best games there is on Nintendo 64, so if you are looking for a good racing game, or to relive the experience of the original, you will not be disappointed.
www.ladydragon.com /a-4excitebike64.html   (566 words)

  
 Excitebike 64 for Nintendo 64 Review - Nintendo 64 Excitebike 64 Review
Simply put, Excitebike was a class A title with a reputation that remained untouched for 15 years.
Ultimately, the greatest fear with the announcement of Excitebike 64 was that it would be a derivative rehash of modern cycle racers.
In Excitebike 64, the computer AI and collision mechanics are the culprits.
www.gamespot.com /n64/driving/excitebike64/review.html   (1067 words)

  
 Excitebike 64 - GameCritics.com
I'm talking about Excitebike, the high-flying, 2-D, motoracing title that was a hit in the '80s, but is back in full 3-D under the name Excitebike 64.
Excitebike 64's multiplayer modes are a blast, but my favorite has to be its variation on the soccer theme.
A little known fact about the development history of Excitebike 64 is that Left Field spent a year turning it into a racing simulation on the level of Gran Turismo, but a "suggestion" from gaming guru, Shigeru Miyamoto, made them reverse course.
www.gamecritics.com /review/excite64/main.php   (1707 words)

  
 WomenGamers.Com - Because Women DO Play   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I'm talking about Excitebike, the high-flying, 2-D, motoracing title that was a hit in the '80s, but is back in full 3D under the name Excitebike 64.
Excitebike 64 faced a problem with one racing game element that had also given trouble to other 3D racing games of its type.
I was unceremoniously reacquainted with this in Excitebike 64, and while I got the hang of it most of the time, it is certainly something that I had to keep an eye out for.
www.womengamers.com /revprev/sports/excitebike.html   (1781 words)

  
 Review: Excitebike 64 for N64 on Gamepro.com.
Although Excitebike's overall control is nearly perfect, they tend to tweak out on you at the most random moments.
Excitebike 64 would be one of the best looking N64 games ever if it weren't for the annoying slowdown and shaky camera angles that plague the single-player mode.
Excitebike's sound would be perfect if not for occasional sound glitches that fill your speakers with a white noise hiss.
www.gamepro.com /nintendo/n64/games/reviews/5416.shtml   (553 words)

  
 Excitebike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The goal is to qualify for Excitebike (the championship) race by coming in at third place or above in the challenge race (preliminary race).
The Excitebike races are little tougher than the challenge races, and that's why the best times in an Excitebike race are longer than in the challenge race.
Unlike Wrecking Crew, Excitebike was never rereleased for the Famicom Disk System in its original form.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Excitebike   (1221 words)

  
 Games : Excitebike 64
In the original Excitebike (1985), the main challenge was to line your tires up with various jumps and bumps to maintain a smooth ride.
To succeed in Excitebike 64, your bike has to hit jumps in the proper position, then land smoothly on jump transitions.
Excitebike 64 is teeming with different ways to play, but at the heart of the game is a joint-jarring Season Mode.
www.nintendo.com /gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-101   (583 words)

  
 Excitebike 64 Review
In addition to the fact that Excitebike 64 fails to live up to the incredibly high standards set by motocross games, it also fails to live up to the high standards set by Nintendo 64 racing games.
But I do remember that the original Excitebike was a great game, and that made me look forward to Excitebike 64 even though it didn't look particularly promising in any previews over the past couple years.
Excitebike 64 is still worth renting for the track editor alone, but the rest of the game is disappointing because of its dumbed-down gameplay and its lack of a decent physics engine or sense of speed.
www.mastergamer.com /excitebike64.html   (841 words)

  
 Classic NES Series: Excitebike for Game Boy Advance Review - Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series: Excitebike Review
Excitebike is a solid trip down memory lane for fans of the original NES game.
Overall, Excitebike is a solid trip down memory lane for fans of the original NES game.
If Excitebike had been part of a larger compilation of NES classics, it would be much more welcome.
www.gamespot.com /gba/driving/famicomminiexcitebike/review.html   (691 words)

  
 Excitebike 64 - Review - Nintendo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The 2D side-scrolling racer, while simplistic in design, was one of the very best games the system had to offer thanks to clever and addictive gameplay mechanics that did their best to mimic reality despite the limits of the technology.
Excitebike 64's sense of speed is solid, and it mixes well with the high-flying action of the title.
Excitebike 64's multiplayer mode is a lot of fun as it is essentially the single-player action multiplied for more people.
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 Excitebike (Famicom Mini 04) review 1UP - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Excitebike rests way over on the classic side of the racing spectrum; as a result, it's not likely to blow a newcomer's mind with its not-precisely-cutting-edge dirtbike action.
Excitebike is one of the few games to genuinely benefit from the move to GameBoy Advance -- the graphical resizing is barely noticeable, and for the first time ever you can actually save your custom racetrack.
Lots of old NES games offered the ability to create customized levels, but as fun as it was to create new challenges for Wrecking Crew or Lode Runner, the fact that those inventions were lost to the digital ether once the console was reset or switched off tended to undermine the satisfaction.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200403/ai_ziff123174   (511 words)

  
 Flyin' Brian sponsors Excitebike 64 - Gaming Age   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"Excitebike is one of the reasons I started riding, so it's unreal to have Nintendo as a sponsor," says Brian Mason.
Excitebike 64 boasts more than 20 tracks to challenge players' motocross skills including indoor stadiums and massive outdoor environments, with plenty of jumps, bumps and stunts for up to four players.
Excitebike 64's realistic rider and detailed crash animations give players a sense of being part of the action.
www.gaming-age.com /news/2000/4/5-26   (413 words)

  
 Archive 64: Excitebike 64 - Nintendo 64 (N64) Review
The original Excitebike appeared for the 8-bit NES in 1985, and now in the year 2000 we finally get Excitebike 64.
Excitebike 64 follows in the excellent footsteps of Wave Race 64 and 1080° Snowboarding.
Excitebike 64 comes from Left Field Productions, developers of the two NBA Courtside games for N64.
www.pennoaks.net /archive64/N64_Reviews/C-E/Excitebike_64.htm   (1600 words)

  
 Nintendo Database >> Famicom / NES >> Excitebike
Excitebike is a motocross racing game viewed from the side.
Your "Excitebike" has two speeds, standard acceleration, and turbo - however using the latter for long periods of time causes the engine to overheat, and you have to pull over and wait for it to cool.
Other Excitebikers ride around the circuit, getting in the way and knocking you off your bike.
nindb.classicgaming.gamespy.com /nes/eb.shtml   (351 words)

  
 ExciteBike 64 Review for Nintendo 64 - Gaming Age
In the case of ExciteBike 64, this is a good thing.
ExciteBike 64 offers a relatively extensive collection of options and tracks.
Players can then race their own tracks just as if the tracks were originals from the game.
www.gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=n64&game=excitebike64   (538 words)

  
 ClassicGaming.com - Game Museum Entry: Punchout!!
Excitebike was one of the simplest, but yet most innovative console games of it’s time.
The five tracks found in Excitebike are complete with various obstacles such as jumps, mud, grass, and bumps.
The Legend of Zelda offered game state saves one year after Excitebike was released, so it shouldn’t have been too difficult to add the ability to save at least one track.
www.classicgaming.com /rotw/excitebike   (421 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Classic NES Series: Excitebike: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Excitebike is one hell of a good game and now it is revived on the Gameboy Advance.
Excitebike was the first racing game to have a track editor.
Excitebike is a grand game and one of the true classics in the Classie NES Series.
www.amazon.com /Nintendo-GANIN-045496734039-Classic-Series/dp/B0001ZZNLU   (1303 words)

  
 Excitebike 64 (n64: 2000): Reviews
Excitebike 64 is to "Jeremy McGrath" what Grilled Filet Mignon is to Chilled Pickled Hog's Feet.
Even though only six riders total are in the pack in the one-player mode, the artificial intelligence is setup so that a cluster of riders will be relatively close to each other.
Bursting with awesome extras, Excitebike 64 should be more fun, but it just manages to be okay.
www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/n64/excitebike64   (636 words)

  
 The Armchair Empire - Classic Gaming: Excitebike 64
The original Excitebike is part of the Special Tracks and unlocks when the tutorial option has been completed.
(Engine temperature, just like in the original Excitebike, is key to gaining speed quickly and winning races.) The animations are convincing for the most part.
All this can be played back using the "replay" option, which replays the entire race using camera angles to follow the action.
www.armchairempire.com /Reviews/N64Reviews/excitebike_64.htm   (848 words)

  
 Excitebike 64 Game Review for Nintendo 64
the form of a 3D racer aptly titled "Excitebike 64", and it seems as though Nintendo and Left Field were able to capture the fun along with the frustration of the venerable NES game.
There is a multi player mode that will allow you to play in any of the courses (up to 4 players or 2 humans against 2 computer controlled characters), stunt courses, soccer game, etc. As I said, most of your time will probably be spent in the season mode.
One is the original Excitebike, which looks, sounds and plays just like the original.
www.homestead.com /rhinoxsis/zGexcite.html   (1957 words)

  
 Excitebike 68k Released - ticalc.org
Excitebike is a clone of the NES game by the same name.
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www.ticalc.org /archives/news/articles/11/111/111074.html   (675 words)

  
 TerrisUS's Classic Game of the Week: Vol. 16: Excitebike (NES) - Legacy Systems - Nintendo NSider Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Excitebike was also re-released as part of the Classic NES series for GBA.
Excitebike was also included as one of the NES games in Animal Crossing.
Excitebike 64 also features as unlockables both the original 2D Excitebike, and another mode that is apparently the original Excitebike style (with the straight track and all) but converted into 3D.
forums.nintendo.com /nintendo/board/message?board.id=legacy&message.id=98169   (1735 words)

  
 Classic NES Series: Excitebike Review / Preview for the Game Boy Advance (GBA)
Out of the handful of Classic NES games released last week, Excitebike is probably the most obvious one not to recommend.
Only fans of the original Excitebike will get a rush out of this game, although it's expected to be short-lived.
Yes, Excitebike was one of the first NES racing games to include a track editor.
www.cheatcc.com /gba/rev/classexciterev.html   (502 words)

  
 ExciteBike 64 Review for Nintendo 64 - Gaming Age   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Longtime gamers who owned a Nintendo Entertainment System may remember ExciteBike, a game where players navigated straight tracks with multiple jumps and ramps.
These options definitely help to add longevity to ExciteBike 64 game and keep it interesting.
Gamers who seek a racer that offers speed thrills will not find what they desire in ExciteBike 64.
www.gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=n64&game=excitebike64   (538 words)

  
 N64 Review - Excitebike 64   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Excitebike 64 is even more fun with four players, where you can race each other in each of the courses just like any other racing game.
What makes Excitebike 64 different from any other racing game is that the challenge of staying on track is far greater than any other racing game.
Excitebike 64 has almost no negative points, giving this game a perfect 10.
pages.prodigy.net /vlyons/jasonv/review/n64r53.htm   (493 words)

  
 Classic NES Series: Excitebike for GBA on Games.net
Published by N/A and developed by Nintendo, Classic NES Series: Excitebike is a Driving game for the GBA.
In addition to the rating, the game box has a content description which explains the reason for the rating in more detail.
Excitebike is among the former, at least according to Billy Squier.
www.games.net /gameboy_advance/108006/index.shtml   (98 words)

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