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Excitebike

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Reviewed by Brian Mulholland A motocross game that I remember loving at the time but can't stand anymore. Excitebike was one of those games that came out early on and as a result features weak graphics, and not much sophistication.

Graphics 4 out of 10

The graphics are pretty bad and some of the obstacles are pretty badly drawn, and other than the track there's not a whole lot to look at. But you've got to cut games like this some slack for when they came out. The animation in particular aggravates me on this game. The word 'physics' means nothing in the game. The only good thing I can say is that the makers seem to recognize their limitations and didn't get to ambitious.

Music and Sound 4 out of 10

Music? What music? There's some repetitive engine noise and a few other background noises, but calling it music would be to generous. The engine noises are pretty bad, and the crash noises aren't any better. But again, the developers stayed minimalistic and avoided over-reaching.

Game Challenge 7 out of 10

The game's pretty easy but the time you race against gets faster and faster as the tracks get insanely slow with large obstacles keeping you from making good time. Better yet, you have the ability to design your own tracks to challenge your buddies. It is this feature which is Excitebike's only redeeming feature. The ability to design your own level in such a primitive game showed great forethought on the part of the developers. As a result you can compete with one another to see who can take your home-brewed tracks faster and this can be entertaining and challenging in a way that the rest of the game simply does not seem capable of.

Game Play-Fun 7 out of 10

You should enjoy challenging friends with custom tracks, but other than this the game offers precious little entertainment. The races, even with computer racers, just are to boring to offer anything more than fleeting joy.

Frustration

Trying to meet the insane time trials on tracks with three story obstacles stacked one after another can be frustrating, but you quickly realize that this is not what Excitebike is good for and will quit to go design your own tracks.

Replayability 5 out of 10

The custom tracks are attractive, but eventually you'll get bored of these as wells because there are really only a limited number of truly original combinations and mixes you can come up with. Eventually you realize you're just making subtle variations on the same couple themes and you and your friend will get bored.

Overall 3 out of 10

This is an overall loser game but which is salvageable because it has one great feature that was way ahead of it's time. That feature might make it worth a buck, but only barely.

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