Mario Kart 64 is a kart racing game in which the player controls one of eight selectable Mario characters in several racetracks that vary in shape and theme. During a race, the players can obtain random items from special boxes … See more

Production began in 1995 with the title Super Mario Kart R, where the "R" means "rendered". The game was developed concurrently with Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, intended to be a launch game for the Nintendo 64, but … See more

Mario Kart 64 received generally positive reviews from critics and proved to be a commercial success. Review aggregator Metacritic ranks … See more

• Mario Kart 64 HQ at the Wayback Machine (archived April 1, 1997)
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The soundtrack for Mario Kart 64 was composed by Kenta Nagata, which is his first work on a Nintendo game. The soundtrack was released several times in different formats … See more

In addition to the regular release in Japan, Nintendo released a "limited edition" which was the regular cartridge bundled with a black-and-grey Nintendo 64 controller. The Japanese release in … See more

In addition to time trial world records, which have been documented practically since the beginning and still persists to this day, Mario Kart 64 … See more