Mario Kart 64
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Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart 64
1996
Action, Party
Mario Kart 64 is the second main installment of the Mario Kart series. It is the first game in the series to use three-dimensional graphics, however, the characters and items in this game are still two-dimensional, pre-rendered sprites. The game offers two camera angles and three engine sizes: 50cc, 100cc and 150cc. Each kart has distinctive handling, acceleration and top speed capabilities. 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.
AKAs:
マリオカート64, 马里奥赛车64Mario Kart 64
1996
Action, Party
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Average Percentile: 54.38%
Blue shell is the worst thing to happen to Mario Kart and it happened in the second game of the stupid series. "WHERE'S YOUR HONOUR?!" - 9 year old me throwing salt everywhere.
17 Jan 2018
Every college student's favourite game, but I never got the appeal. It's aimed at people who can't play regular racing games (aka kids) because they suck at driving, so they have to resort to cheap tactics to win, like throwing fucking turtle shells at other cars to knock them out. The only boost that's acceptable to me in racing games is turbo. None of this "collect a coin and we'll transport you to the finish line via a magic fucking rainbow" nonsense.
26 Nov 2019
I still prefer the overall simplicity of this early Mario Kart iteration to the Red-Bull-and-Amphetamine-covered-with-Warheads aesthetic of later games in the series. This one at least creates the illusion that there was some skill involved. Figuring out the death jump shortcut in Rainbow Road is a formative childhood moment. But alas, the Blue Shell that launched a thousand tantrums.
04 Feb 2018
Given that I can still have a lot of fun with it, in 2023, specially with 3 or more friends, I give it a 100. It was part of my childhood, so take it with a grain of salt. But there are other old games I loved that have not resisted the test of time, so I think it deserves the grade.
08 Feb 2023
Much better, thanks
27 Dec 2021
set the bar so high for a local multiplayer racing experience that developers still can't reach it to this day. still just as fun as I remember
25 Feb 2021
Super Mario Kart, one of the greatest head-to-head titles ever released for the cartridge systems, is back, this time for the Nintendo 64. There's a whole new set of courses, new racers, slick 3-D graphics, and most surprisingly, a four-player simultaneous play option. This should all be great news to Mario Kart fans, and in fact it is - sort of.
05 Jan 2021
The only multiplayer racing game I ever enjoyed. So fun back in the day.
23 Sep 2019
Another case of the mechanics just not being quite there enough for me. On paper, everything is as it needs to be but actually driving the carts is not all that great.
21 Oct 2018
Mario Kart 64 is not the easiest game in the world to play alone. If nothing else it's yet another Nintendo classic perfect for parties and groups of friends.
03 Jul 2018
Still very fun, but it lacked some of the appeal of the SNES one, even with the newly improved graphics.
06 May 2018
Excellent racing game.
03 Mar 2018
Never able to get into this one as much as the others, unfortunately. As if the characters were still sprites. Still not as bad as Super Circuit though
24 Feb 2018
I have played this game so much more than I'm willing to disclose...
23 Feb 2018
Have to balance nostalgia with some realism here - I really loved this game on N64 and it really expanded things from the original, but the very next game Double Dash blows it out of the water in every imaginable category from play control to level design to aesthetics, making this one an immediate dinosaur.
28 Jan 2018
The best Mario Kart. Fight me.
28 Jan 2018
One of the better party games out there. And still a classic.
26 Jan 2018
I'm not a huge fan of racing games, but this one was fun. Again, I can't be entertained by these for long, but this can make for an enjoyable half hour or so, especially at a lame party.
25 Jan 2018
Perfect for the time, now it's just a good nostalgia trip.
21 Jan 2018
Not sure how to rate this because I'm not particularly refined in my taste in racing games, but I played this a lot when I was younger so it holds pretty good nostalgia value for me. The blue shell will always be the dumbest shit ever in any racing game.
19 Jan 2018
Ah yes, the days where my friends and I would have hours long arguments about who got to be Wario.
18 Jan 2018
Has considerable nostalgia value, but tbh I never want to play this again.
18 Jan 2018
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マリオカート64, 马里奥赛车64
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