The mainstay of cart racing is the power slide. This means often oversized characters are placed in small go-carts that boast decent acceleration, but low top speeds. A full 11 years after the release of the original Super Mario Kart comes Mario Kart: Double Dash for Nintendo's latest platform, the GameCube.ĭouble Dash retains most of the gameplay techniques of the original SNES game, which are pretty standard to the cart racing genre. It refined the gameplay techniques introduced in Super Mario Kart, while adding suitably updated graphics and new courses. In 1996 came a new Mario Kart, aptly named Mario Kart 64 for the Nintendo 64. Each player started with three balloons surrounding his cart which popped if hit by a shell or other item. The battle mode was very simple and only allowed for two players, but was extremely fun. The multiplayer element offered three choices: a one on one race, a two player Gran Prix, or the legendary battle mode.
The tracks were littered with obstacles as well as power-up items, such as green shells, that could be used to blast an opponent, or mushrooms, that gave a quick boost in speed. A single player could race against the clock or in a Gran Prix mode, a race for points over 5 courses. Mario Kart originally appeared on the Super Nintendo in 1992 and offered fast and addictive cart style racing featuring eight characters from the classic Mario universe.
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