Exciting Rally is one of those old-school NES racers that feels janky at first until you get the hang of sliding around corners. You're basically wrestling a brick on wheels through tight mountain passes and narrow city streets—Japan's rally stages are no joke. The perspective's a little weird (kind of a mix between top-down and isometric?), but once you stop crashing into every other guardrail, there's something satisfying about nailing a perfect drift on a downhill hairpin.

No fancy power-ups or turbo boosts here—just you, a manual transmission (if you're brave), and some surprisingly detailed scenery for an 8-bit game. The replays after each race are low-key hilarious because your car flips like a pancake at the slightest bump. It's definitely not the smoothest racer on the NES, but there's charm in its roughness.