Excitebike 64

"Great Racing Game! Annoying Announcer"

This game is great. It has great graphics and fun mini-games like the original Excite Bike for NES and the Soccer game that is very fun if you have a good driver against you. The only thing bad about this game is the always annoying announcer like in every racing game except MarioKart and Diddy Kong Racing. And one other bad thing about this game is when in the Hill Climb level if you fall off the cliff and only the bike does and the person doesn't you still here a scream of someone falling.

Gameplay 8/10: The gameplay is very fun but it is really frustrating because you fall every three seconds. Also you get to play the Original ExcitBike which is alway fun, but corny. The create a track option really stinks because you have a very small place to build. Otherwise the gameplay was good. It is very fun to do stunts while going 50 ft in the air from a jump and the computers wizzing past you as you fall and break your neck as the annoying announcer goes ''Ricky Stern gets a soil sample''. At first I was not listening and I thought he said ''Ricky Stern gets a urine sample''.

Graphics 10/10: The graphics are great. The dirt bike and everything looks awsome. Rider does seem kind of fake though which when the rider falls off it looks like he is completely stiff which makes the game look really stupid.

Replay Value 4/10: The replay value stinks. The game is fun to play but to beat all the rounds again is just boring and frustrating. It is hard to pass all Novice/amatuer/pro while trying to beat Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum/Challenge rounds.

Sounds/Music 6/10: Sound is really annoying ESPECIALLY the announcer who always says ''Ricky Stern gets a soil sample'' which if you are frustrated and you here that voice you want to throw your controller at the wall. The music is great to listen to.

Game Length 8/10: Pretty long to unlock everything even though it isnt that hard. The only hard part about this game is unlocking 3-d Excite Bike which I have not unlocked because I can not beat Challenge Round without come in last.

Overall 8/10: Great racing game and people who are obsessed with racing should get this game even though im no one of them. 10 words to describe this Game are: fun, hard, long, accident prone (2 words), Original, fast, furious, joy ride (2).

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 07/01/02, Updated 07/01/02