System games allow for two players on a Unisystem and four on a Dualsystem. Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1= least common) in popularity based on census want list records. This game ranks a 32 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1= least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Excitebike.Īt any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale. And of these, 24 are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 22 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.įor Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Excitebike machine for sale. 47 of these machines are owned by our active Excitebike collectors. Very Common - There are approximately 106 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. Census data currently includes 157,009 machines ( 6,629 unique titles). VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Excitebike CensusThere are 11,927 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,384 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. The game is over when the player fails to qualify.
Overheating the engine will also just cost time. There is no limit to the number of crashes, but it costs time. Landing wrong, too big of a wheelie, running over a hay bail while not in a wheelie, or colliding with a competitor will cause a crash. If the player places in the top five, the next race will be a qualifier on another track and so on. If the player qualifies, the next race will be the same track with competitors.
There are arrows on the track that will cool off the engine when the player runs over them. At this time, the player should use normal acceleration with button A. The engine will overheat if this is kept on too long. Ideally, this should match the angle of the ground during landing.īutton B controls turbo. Moving the stick right or left in the air will change the attitude of the bike, controlling what angle it will be at during landing. Moving the stick left is like pulling up on the handlebars, producing a wheelie. The player moves up and down left to right on the track with the joystick. The course scrolls right to left and the view is from a slightly elevated angle to allow for 3-D. The player must navigate over hills, jumps, hay bails, and other obstacles in a set amount of time to qualify for the next race. Game PlayThe game starts with a qualifying race, where the player is the only bike on the track. Dualsystem architecture allows two games, serving two separate monitors, to be played from the same board. games can be converted by swapping the ROMs, daughterboards, or other custom chips on the board. Cabinet Style Weights and Measures TypeĬonversionAll Vs. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThe game uses the standard generic Vs. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
Excitebike - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.67 (6 votes) The player navigates a bike over hills and around competitors. (Pla圜hoice), Tennis, Donkey Kong 3, and Donkey Kong Junior.Ī dirt bike game. Other machines made by Nintendo during the time period Excitebike was produced include Golf, Balloon Fight, Baseball, Duck Hunt, Excitebike (Pla圜hoice), Mario Bros., Mario Bros. Nintendo released 106 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970. Sound: Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)Įxcitebike Control Panel Image Excitebike PCB ImageĮxcitebike was produced by Nintendo in 1984.