Mario Kart 64 races eight familiar faces, including Mario, Bowser and Yoshi, on four progressively tougher four-track circuits. Wide curves and gentle banks mark the Mushroom Cup tracks. Your commute gets notably tougher on the Flower Cup, though. The player will have to dodge semis rumbling on Toad's Turnpike and bounding boulders on fogbound Choco Mountain! Star Cup tracks range from the icy surfaces of Sherbet Land to the lava lakes of Bowser's Castle. The true test of karting competence, though, comes on the four tracks in Special Cup. Zip through the dark caves and green hillsides of Donkey Kong's Jungle Parkway, cling to the sheer cliffs of Yoshi Valley and hustle over haunted Banshee Boardwalk before tackling the longest track in the game: neon-lit Rainbow Road.

The game offers two camera angles and three engine sizes: 50cc, 100cc and 150cc. You can gain even more speed by mastering the power slide technique or grabbing Super Star power-ups. Each kart has distinctive handling, acceleration and top speed capabilities. Light karts like Princess's smoothly steer through tight corners, but run the constant risk of getting flattened by heavy karts, like Donkey Kong's. Shells that you fire at rival racers, Bananas that make them skid out and Lightning Bolts that make them small and very slow are just a few of the game's unique power-ups.

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Alternative Titles

マリオカート64, 马里奥卡丁车64

Platform

Nintendo 64

Developer(s)

Nintendo

Publishers(s)

Nintendo, iQue

Genres(s)

Racing

NA Release Date

February 10, 1997

JP Release Date

December 14, 1996

EU Release Date

June 24, 1997

AUS Release Date

June 24, 1997

ESRB Rating

Everyone

MVGL User Score

7.8 by 1438 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

1.9667

Composer(s)

Kenta Nagata

Added by

1903 User(s)

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