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Oh God, so amazing. I'm bummed that I missed out on playing most NES and SNES games, I can't be nostalgic about them like you.
Totally unrelated, but did you every play Crysallis..crystallis...the NES RPG that wasn't Final Fantasy.
Totally unrelated, but did you every play Crysallis..crystallis...the NES RPG that wasn't Final Fantasy.
Nice write-up! I also played a lot of Excitebike and liked to make my own tracks. I think one of the things I liked most about the self-made levels were the alternate color schemes, since some of them were otherwise only available if you got to the harder levels of the game (which I had a tough time with since I was like 7 or 8 when I played this).
Wow, I totally forgot about the track creator. I, too, was trying to remember which game was the first to include some creation element. And this is definitely a good one. Nice job!
Thanks guys! I seem to remember that Lode Runner had a stage creator as well, but I could be wrong...
DAMN!!! YOU STOLE MY TOPIC! Oh well, I have been fairly lazy and might not have gotten around to it, so I am glad someone did.
Also, Awesome writeup! Great Job!
Also, Awesome writeup! Great Job!
Excitebike was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this month's musing topic. I almost wrote about it, but seeing as how I'm a lazy bastard...well, you know. Nice Job on it. My brother and I would torture each other by building horrible tracks and seeing if we could make the other flat-out quit.
Fun Fact: in Japan, the Famicom had and add-on that let you record your Excitebike tracks to a VHS tape to share with other people.
Fun Fact: in Japan, the Famicom had and add-on that let you record your Excitebike tracks to a VHS tape to share with other people.
Good article. You're quite right about Excitebike being a forerunner of the save feature. The game came to North America in 1985 and Zelda followed in 1987.
Actually, your experience exhumes a few memories from the grounds of my own past. I got a game years ago called J. McGrath Supercross 2000 for the N64 when I was visiting relatives on the east coast. It was a dirt biking game just like Excitebike and had a great track editor which my bro and I had a lot of fun with.
Actually, your experience exhumes a few memories from the grounds of my own past. I got a game years ago called J. McGrath Supercross 2000 for the N64 when I was visiting relatives on the east coast. It was a dirt biking game just like Excitebike and had a great track editor which my bro and I had a lot of fun with.
Excellent. I too remember tinkering in Excitebike, making the really long ramps and such, those screenshots brought back some memories. I was such a solo gamer though that I never had someone to compare notes with... I wish I had!
The Excitebike title screen music runs through my head on a constant loop, 24/7. BOOP BOOP BOOP BOO DEE DOO!
Nice article, man. This was such an awesome feature, and was pretty unique at the time. It added so much replay value to the game.
Nice article, man. This was such an awesome feature, and was pretty unique at the time. It added so much replay value to the game.
@Char Aznable- When I went to play it again or this article, I heard the music on the title screen and laughed out loud, hahaha. I had forgotten about it.
This was the only reason I was so attracted to Excitebike back in the day, when I was probably 6 or 7 years old.
I too, remember playing this game back in the day. My stepsister and I played it for hours and (like you) would challenge each other to finish each others tracks. I even recall her calling it "Excitement Bike" which to this day brings a smile to my face.
Yes, excitebike is one of the first few games that would stimulate creativity. Then I remember playing with "Crystal Quest" on my dads friends Macintosh. (you could design your own everything in this game)
Yes, excitebike is one of the first few games that would stimulate creativity. Then I remember playing with "Crystal Quest" on my dads friends Macintosh. (you could design your own everything in this game)
Of course! I probably spent more time building tracks in Excitebike and Mach Rider than actually racing on them.
Um... actually you are 100% wrong about the save feature in the US. The Japanese release included the save feature as it was on a disk, in America it was on a cart and did not include save. When it was ported in the virtual console Nintendo enabled save for the US version which is why you have it now. The original US release of Excitebike did not allow saving, but damn I wish it did.
Aw, dang. Now you've got me wishing that they would actually make a true sequel to this game. D:
Yeah, the track editor is fun.
Yeah, the track editor is fun.
Oh cool! I didn't even realize I got promoted! Haha! I didn't get on the computer yesterday. Thanks for all the comments everybody!
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