Excitebike

1984 motocross racing video game developed by Nintendo
VideoGame video_game Q146124
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Summary

Excitebike is a video game[1]. Excitebike ranks in the top 5% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,869 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Akito Nakatsuka[3]
  • Publisher: Nintendo[4]
  • Genre: racing video game[5]
  • Developer: Nintendo Research & Development 1[6]
  • Part of the series: Excite[7]
  • Designed by: Shigeru Miyamoto[8]
  • Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System[9], Sharp X1[10], NEC PC-8800 series[11], arcade video game machine[12], Nintendo Switch[13], Wii[14], Wii U[15], Game Boy Advance[16]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[17], single-player video game[18]
  • Distribution format: digital download[19]
  • Input device: joystick[20]
  • Country of origin: Japan[21]
  • Publication date: November 30, 1984[22], December 7, 1984[23], October 18, 1985[24], February 3, 1986[25], September 1, 1986[26], February 14, 2004[27], March 13, 2007[28], April 17, 2013[29], September 19, 2018[30], September 21, 2018[31], February 16, 2007[32], March 19, 2007[33]
  • Sport: motorcycle sport[34]
  • Distributed by: Nintendo eShop[35]
  • ESRB rating: Everyone[36]
  • CERO rating: A (All ages)[37]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 3[38]
  • USK rating: USK 0[39]
  • Title: エキサイトバイク[40]
  • Derivative work: Vs. Excitebike[41], 3D Classics Excitebike[42]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[43]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a5f43fce-e4fd-4306-ae9d-189cd52e9648[44]

Why It Matters

Excitebike has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Excitebike is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . famitsu.com. famitsu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . nintendo.co.jp. nintendo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . nintendo.co.jp. nintendo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . nintendo.co.jp. nintendo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . nintendo.co.jp. nintendo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved . nintendo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . nintendo.co.jp. nintendo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . famitsu.com. famitsu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . famitsu.com. famitsu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . gamefaqs.gamespot.com. Retrieved . gamefaqs.gamespot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . gamefaqs.gamespot.com. Retrieved . gamefaqs.gamespot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . nintendo.co.jp. nintendo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [43] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 28
    Nindb game id → nes/excitebike
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'it', 'ja',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nindb game id: nes/excitebike, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/94349689|Excitebike (#94349689)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3618|NinDB game]] #mi"
  2. 13w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Excitebike
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Games/Excitebike"
  3. 15w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1984-11-30T00:00:00Z, +1984-12-07T00:00:00Z, +1985-10-18T00:00:00Z +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Giant bomb id (former scheme): 3030-15025"
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