Mario Kart 64 (1996)

Mario Kart 64 is a kart racing game in which the player controls one of eight selectable Mario characters who race in karts in different race tracks that vary in shape and theme. During a race, the players can obtain random items from special boxes placed in different areas of the track that are used to impede the opposition and gain the advantage... Mario Kart 64 has 16 race courses and 4 battle courses. (wikipedia.org)
Game Information
Genre: Racing
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo 64, Wii
Franchise: Mario Kart
AKAs: マリオカート64, 马里奥赛车64
Developers: Nintendo, Nintendo EAD
Publishers: Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Europe, iQue
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Mario Kart 64 belongs to 3 collections
1. 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die (book) (collaborative: moderated by Veterini - 10 stars)
2. Kart Racing / Cart Racer (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
3. Nintendo 64 Games available on Nintendo Switch Online (collaborative: moderated by oldscotland)
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Dec 27, 2021 | ![]() |
MovieCinema | 79 65th |
Much better, thanks
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Feb 25, 2021 | Koji | 10 86th |
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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
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Jan 06, 2021 | ![]() |
hakkanarejo | 100 68th |
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.
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Nov 26, 2019 | ![]() |
Jerky | 45 4th |
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.
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Sep 23, 2019 | BadFurDay | 7 77th |
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The only multiplayer racing game I ever enjoyed. So fun back in the day.
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Oct 22, 2018 | vv238 | 62 52nd |
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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.
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Jul 03, 2018 | mwestcott | 84 35th |
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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.
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May 07, 2018 | ![]() |
maddog | 82 72nd |
Still very fun, but it lacked some of the appeal of the SNES one, even with the newly improved graphics.
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Mar 13, 2018 | ![]() |
Vandelay1 | 81 74th |
nice game
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Mar 03, 2018 | ![]() |
TheDiceman | 80 72nd |
Excellent racing game.
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Feb 24, 2018 | ![]() |
Bown | 70 17th |
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
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Feb 23, 2018 | ![]() |
FrederikA | 85 87th |
I have played this game so much more than I'm willing to disclose...
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Feb 04, 2018 | ![]() |
Mentaculus | 79 70th |
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.
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Jan 29, 2018 | ![]() |
Ytadel | 6 68th |
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.
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Jan 28, 2018 | ![]() |
ladymcdeath | 100 88th |
The best Mario Kart. Fight me.
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Jan 26, 2018 | ![]() |
mattorama12 | 70 52nd |
One of the better party games out there. And still a classic.
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Jan 26, 2018 | ![]() |
martryn | 79 56th |
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.
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Jan 21, 2018 | ![]() |
CMonster | 76 38th |
Perfect for the time, now it's just a good nostalgia trip.
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Jan 19, 2018 | ![]() |
Velvet Crowe | 75 69th |
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.
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Jan 18, 2018 | ![]() |
SirStuckey | 80 30th |
Ah yes, the days where my friends and I would have hours long arguments about who got to be Wario.
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Jan 18, 2018 | ![]() |
rosenritter | 4 9th |
Has considerable nostalgia value, but tbh I never want to play this again.
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Jan 18, 2018 | ![]() |
BillyShears | 75 68th |
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.
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Average Percentile 54.28% from 356 Ratings | ![]() |