Nitrobike is a take on the classic game of Excitebike , where the player takes the helm of a motorbike equipped with a nitro rocket, racing in 20 different tracks and over 60+ different events. The player must avoid stationary obstacles and slower riders.
Nitrobike also features career mode where the player can unlock new characters and bikes by winning these events, as well as a six-player online capability. The controls mostly consist of using the PlayStation 2 controller to steer and accelerate, as well as boosting with the nitro rocket. There is also a four-player bowling game where players can hurl their rider at a set of huge bowling pins.
Nitrobike was released on 1 January 2008 for the PlayStation 2 console, and is classified as a Racing genre game.