Vs. Excitebike part 1 of 3: Tracks 1, 2 & 3 plus bonus stage

Vs. Excitebike by Nintendo.

This one of my favorite arcade games. Most people seem to only remember the NES version but the arcade version deserves some recognition too as it is better in just about every way.

Apparently, Excitebike is original to the NES and was then ported to the arcade, the reverse of the usual migration of a title from the arcades to home. There are two arcade versions of Excitebike - Vs. Excitebike for the Vs. Unisystem, shown here, and for the Playchoice system which is essentially the NES version.

If you're familiar with Excitebike on the NES then you may notice a few differences. For one, the game has some real structure.There are also a couple more tracks, two bonus stages and there's a secret reward for knocking down the opponent bikes.

This is only my 2nd time playing Excitebike on a real arcade machine in about 20 years and the first serious game of Excitebike I've played on any platform in a couple of years so I'm a little rusty but this should give you a sense of what Excitebike is all about.

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[Dame1999]

this is actually a Famicom game.. it never seen the american NES.. I just played it for the first time a few months ago when I modified my NES emulater to be able to play famicom games.. I wish I had this as a kid

[patman0322]

@Dame1999 The Famicon game was the original. This is the arcade version for Nintendo's Vs. Unisystem series of arcade machines.

[Dame1999]

@patman0322 oh ok, so this verision doesn't have the split screen for 2 player head to head racing right? I think I downloaded this version for a MAME emulator, but I deleted it because I was looking for the famicom version.

[patman0322]

@Dame1999 Correct. Even though it was a Vs. Unisystem game, it was single player only - no head to head mode or even an alternating turns 2 player mode like most arcade games at the time had.

[bratzkidzrulz]

the only way i know about this game is becuz of animal crossing for the gamecube.

[tdelfino2509]

Tell the Galaga 3/Gaplus machne to shut up!

[fatsmut]

nice run ul @4:17 lol ive got this on mame,idendtical except for the 'joystick' which is 'heard' very nice

[golga14]

How did it change color and what was the funny noise?

[patman0322]

@Dame1999 Yeah, that trick only works on the arcade version - it's not in the Famicon/NES version or the Playchoice 10 version.

[Dame1999]

@patman0322 I think the yellow/black bike trick is arcade/mame only cause I tried taking out like 20 other riders in the famicom game and it never worked... that is what you have to do right? cause the cpu riders to crash?

[patman0322]

@Dame1999 No cheat code, just a sequence of actions to turn into the black/yellow bike - we called it "the excitebike" at the arcade. It's a pretty simple trick which you should be able to pick up from watching the video, or, reading the other comments.

The reason it's so noisy is because it's an arcade machine and the joysticks and buttons are make a lot of noise when you're hammering them. You don't notice it so much when you're playing them but when you record it, it really stands out.