Early NES/Famicom motorbike racing game. The player guides a biker through a four-lane obstacle course. Scattered throughout the course are large hills, puddles, ramps, and grass patches. On the screen below is a temperature gauge for the bike. Using turbo causes the bike to begin to heat up. If the bike overheats, the biker is forced to stop and wait for the bike to cool off before continuing the race.

There are three game modes. Selection A is a solo race. Selection B is a race against three computer bikers, Design is the highlight of the game where players can create their own courses. The Japanese version of the game allowed players to save their courses with the use of the extremely rare Famicom Data Recorder.

Play Excitebike as a Skeleton this Halloween!

This is one of the first hacks by members of the infamous Spooky Kids Hack Posse from the late '90s. It's not too exciting compared to some of the hacks of today, but it's just right for getting into the spirit of the Halloween season!

No-Intro Name: Excitebike (Japan, USA)
(No-Intro version 20130731-235630)
File MD5: D7FE15CF2BC7B6582C07D12B3CF3BEDE
File SHA-1: 2E9897846E54A4A9865E87DE7517C6710BDEC255
File CRC32: 2BB33C69
ROM MD5: 9B0727E0ADB0A7B4F94E072B7CF28A5A
ROM SHA-1: BA8D9227A0D02B62EE6CB9E691FA5A5134C303A8
ROM CRC32: 49AEB3A6