Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
I played the SNES Mario Game for the first time on the weekend. My nephew has the Super Nintendo mini. My goodness I suck at it LOL.
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Captain Ibis
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which Mario game?
Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
Super Mario Kart. I remember it from that kids game show in the 90s Amazing. I never played it though as I had a Sega back then.
I played Mario Kart 64 though and I was alright at it. Those boxes with power ups were the best lol.
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
Ah true, it's actually pretty difficult when you play the hardest cup.. Bowser's Castle can be a ..royal pain in the ass! I was playing the plug and play version myself not long ago. Amazing was awesome!
MarioKart 64 is still the best release in my opinion.. so good in multilayer! I'd love to enter the annual tournament but it's held on the US.
Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
I remember when I first played Mario Kart 64 I thought it was awesome. Then we got to the harder stages.
Yoshi's Valley was one of the hardest tracks I ever played across any racing game because there's not circuit, and it's a maze lol.
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
It sucks when you fall down a level and have to drive back around to where you fell from... there's some crazy as short cuts on that stage that have been discovered in more recent times, all to do with mushrooming into the wall and subsequently getting launched to a higher position further into the track.
Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
Oh yeah, I know that there are short cuts in at least 1 stage in most of the cups, it's just about knowing it.
In Yoshi's Valley, the worst thing I found wasn't so much falling down, but driving at full speed into the giant egg and then getting squashed, stopping your momentum instantly lol.
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
yeah, and also some aren't really the type regular players would hit consistently.. even the speed runners don't always nail them.
hahahahaha yeah that's the worst... get a lead and then SQUISH
Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
My favorite stage is the Kalimari (sp?) Desert and also the beach. On the beach stage I'd find (and hold onto) one of those mushroom turbo's then use it on a ramp which takes you through a cave shortcut lol. Then when it comes to the desert, I like getting the star early on and using it as the first train comes round. I can go through it easily while all the other AI players have to stop lol. Good times
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Captain Ibis
Squad Member
My favorite stage is the Kalimari (sp?) Desert and also the beach. On the beach stage I'd find (and hold onto) one of those mushroom turbo's then use it on a ramp which takes though a cave shortcut lol. Then when it comes to the dessert, I like getting the star early on and using it as the first train comes round. I can go through it easily while all the other AI players have to stop lol. Good times
It's always a pain when you miss that jump into the cave lol! always a great spot to use lightning on opponents (if you have it).
I remember watching a speed run video based on Kalimari desert.. somebody found a glitch where on a section of the tracks you could mushroom through the fence and skip a lap, or something like that.. but it was like suuuuper specific where it was like 1 in a ridiculous amount of tries that you'd make it through.. anyway nobody was able to accomplish the glitch during a good speed run, until one user finally did, only to hit pause/quit immediately upon doing so (force of habit).
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
Here it is lol... There's actually a more recent discovered glitch right at the start now, but this is still pretty great
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Current world record/more recent glitch discovery
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Current world record/more recent glitch discovery
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
How's this for a speed run. I really like this stage.. I used to like driving up to the castle... This is one of the best stages for multiplayer, particularly when you pick up a bolt heading onto the ramp!
Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
Oh dude that particular track is so hard. I used to stack it and fall down into the lake everytime lol.
I do wonder how people find out about these glitches though lol.
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
Haha. When somebody let's off a bolt just as you're about to jump it's the worst.
Some are found by accident, but also a lot are discovered using software, like for example it's well known that where you land will determine where you're placed back onto the track, so for those particular shortcuts you can just set the software up to land your cart as close to the farthest bit of track as possible, and if it does uncover a short cut, then you just have to emulate it during a speed run.
Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
Oh you're not wrong. Like you're about to take a turn and bang! You got no control of the steering as you shrink lol.
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
The tournaments are cool to watch as they're all strategic.. like for example a player might let first and second place make the jump if third place has more competition points, and yet first and second still can't be certain so it's either slow down, or go for it and hope for the best!
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
Saw a guy wearing a Mario Kart t-shirt getting off a bus today. I'm surprised he didn't have babes hanging off him!
Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
I'm more of a Sonic guy but even I wouldn't be game enough to wear one of them in public lol.
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Wahesh
Beast by Name, Beast by Nature
Harsh or accurate? This guy actually started out in his younger days as a Nintendo kid, then transitioned over to Sega.
Captain Ibis
Squad Member
Accurate. And he's right about that Jetson's game, it was close to being a decent game.
I actually didn't play any or most of those games but I can tell just by those short pieces of footage that they do indeed suck.