![]() ![]() I think I've got the same fond memory for this one as everyone else does: skinny dude, medium dude, and fat dude. The only game that ended up rivaling this excellent design was Konami's Blades of Steel, but the two were different enough to own and enjoy both (which is why you'll find Blades on this countdown). Every Ice Hockey player discovered their own perfect combination of men, and then it was on to the ice. You could choose from three different player body types, and outfit your team with any combination of them fast but weak Skinny Guys, brawny but slow Fat Guys, or well-balanced, middle-ground Normal Guys. This game of skating and slap shots was perfectly balanced, simple fun with just the right touch of planning and strategy to keep things interesting match after match. None of those games ended up having the lasting appeal and addictiveness of one of its other contemporaries, though – the first-party Nintendo sports sim known simply as Ice Hockey. Nintendo had a fairly diverse lineup of sports titles introduced for the NES early on in the system's life cycle, including 8-bit interpretations of soccer, tennis, volleyball and even downhill slalom skiing. Craig Harris, IGN Nintendo Executive Editor For whatever reason, Nintendo didn't include a battery in the cartridge for the customizable track option, so if you turned off the system…poof! All that work, gone. I can't tell you how many hours I left my NES on simply because I wanted to show off my created course to a bunch of my friends. Excitebike was also the first game to offer a user-created content feature, through its track editor – for a game that hit on October 18, 1985, that was way ahead of its time. You'd leap off the peaks in your path and go flying through the air, and have to adjust the angle of your descent in order to maintain your momentum and keep from crashing – and you'd also have to keep an eye on your engine's temperature gauge all the while, as overheating would cause lengthy cool-down delays that would likely keep you from claiming first place. You sped through a scrolling track, weaving up and down into and out of four parallel lanes filled with obstacles, traps and humongous hills. Excitebike was one of the 18 launch titles for the NES here in America, and distanced itself from the pack by offering truly addictive motocross gameplay. If you've played and enjoyed ExciteTruck or ExciteBots: Trick Racing on your Wii, this is the original you have to thank for them. ![]() ![]() Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game Paul lives in Massachusetts and can be followed on twitter.Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Troubleīattletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate TeamĪ Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia He focuses on retro video game systems and titles but is eager to play anything. Since then he's been an avid gamer and collector through the NES, SNES, and Playstation eras. Paul Potvin was introduced to video games as a toddler by his father with an Atari 2600. The game is available in the Wii download shop as the Sega Master System release, so you’d be playing this actual game. I do love Excitebike on the regular Nintendo, but if I want something different? I’ll play Enduro Racer. The game conveys a sense of speed and competition not found in it’s NES peer, and it feels a little more ‘grown up’. Enduro Racer is a great alternative when you want ‘something else’ to play. ![]() Similar to my earlier Action Fighter vs Spy Hunter, I’d pit this against Excitebike. ![]()
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