Super Mario Kart!

[medea]

Anyone else pick up this yet, I can't stop playing it. This was definitely one of my favorite games on the SNES and the 64 and it seems even better now, or maybe it's just psuedo-nostalagia. Anyone try LAN action with it yet?

[Macmaniac]

Oh god don't get me started with how awesome mario kart 64 is!!! I used to play that game every day with my friends, it has to be one of the best simple racing games ever, and battle mode is hilarious with 3 or more people.
Try Goldeneye on 64 too, its a really well made shooter, player vs player is really well done, its not confusing and perfect for good ol' duals;)

[sparkleytone]

how is the battle mode?

battle mode on the SNES version was just amazing, but on the n64 version it was just...meh.

[vniow]

Is this avalible under emulation? (edit: the SNES version I mean, not the new one)

Is that even legal?

[000111one111000]

I'll be getting it in a couple weeks. :) Can't wait. Along with Mario Golf.

Anyway, how's the single player mode? I've heard some reviews say that single player lacks quite a bit, but the multiplayer is good. Also, what about the new battle mode? I've heard varying things about it.

I can't wait to get the game though. I see quite a bit of drunken Mario Kart in my future, hehe. :)

enoch

[tazo]

heh that was the bundled game with my first n64 :) I loved that game...it got lost somewhere along the way :o :(

[medea]

Originally posted by sparkleytone
how is the battle mode?

battle mode on the SNES version was just amazing, but on the n64 version it was just...meh.
well it's a bit disappointing at first, there are only 3 different modes with 4 tracks to play onand you can only play them other human players, but once you start playing them you forget about the disappointment until a few hours later when you realize you have all been playing for much too long and should really go to bed.....

[medea]

single player mode is quite fun as they still have time trial mode w/the lap ghosts, that mode alone lasts forever. multi-player action is where it is really at though, especially since you can now use two people to control a cart, one driving the other firing.

[Nermal]

I'm confused. Is there a new version out? I only know about the N64 version.

[000111one111000]

Yeah, it's the Gamecube version called "Mario Kart: Double Dash!!"

enoch

[plinkoman]

Originally posted by vniow
Is this avalible under emulation? (edit: the SNES version I mean, not the new one)

Is that even legal?

if you own a copy of the game, or if you are just previewing it and say your going to delete it within 24hours, then its perfectly legal ;)

you can find the roms and emulators just about anywhere, i think the best mac one is snes9x or something like that, just do a google search.

[QCassidy352]

I don't like the new one very much. It's too... busy. Doesn't have the intensity of the N64 version, which is awesome.

[Nermal]

Originally posted by Nermal
I'm confused. Is there a new version out? I only know about the N64 version.

Oh, I forgot about the Gamecube. I was hoping we were talking about a version for Macs :(

PS. I see that a new version of Sixtyforce came out a few days ago. I'll give it a go, but it might be a bit too slow on my iBook.

[manitoubalck]

Originally posted by vniow
[COLOR=teal]Is this avalible under emulation? (edit: the SNES version I mean, not the new one)
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It is, we use to have it at school last year, but I never found out where people downloaded it from.

Haven't played the new game, but from what I've seen it is amazing.

[stoid]

The 2 player team mode is AWESOME. A friend and I played all day, and beat the entire Grand Prix section!

[sonofslim]

Originally posted by 000111one111000
I see quite a bit of drunken Mario Kart in my future

= more of my senior year of college than i'd like to admit.

[Kwyjibo]

haha, i'm ashamed to say that when a few of us stumble bac kafter a party or the bars, we play for marioo kart for a while, I can usually go first or second depending on whos playing, or if I get the chance to cut corners

[agreenster]

Originally posted by medea
Anyone try LAN action with it yet?

I dont understand......you can hook two Gamecubes up and go LAN game-style??

Explain?

[sonofslim]

Originally posted by agreenster
I dont understand......you can hook two Gamecubes up and go LAN game-style??

hell, you can hook up 8 gamecubes (maybe even 16? not sure) and play LAN-style. each player to a TV, or 4 players per, or whatever your fancy. haven't tried it myself, so i can't tell you what it's like. uh, and also i'm FAR too old to be playing with video games!

(whistles nonchalantly, slides copy of Mario Kart DD off top of desk into drawer)

[markjones05]

Originally posted by plinkoman
if you own a copy of the game, or if you are just previewing it and say your going to delete it within 24hours, then its perfectly legal ;)

you can find the roms and emulators just about anywhere, i think the best mac one is snes9x or something like that, just do a google search.


I just downloaded snes9x. Can you give me any idea on how to work it? do i need to dl games? no idea what to d when i get to this screen...

[agreenster]

You need ROM (read-Only-memory) images (games) to use SNES9x.

Getting the games and figuring all that out is up to you because we cant talk about it here.

And yeah, I just saw the broadband adapter for the gamecube on Amazon. 8 gamecubes?? Wow. That sounds like FUN.

[sonofslim]

i'm not sure you need a broadband adapter to hook up a LAN; you might be able to do it with just a bunch of gamecubes, some cables, and an ethernet hub.

i think the adapter is used for online game play, although i don't know which games can be played online -- MKDD might be the first.

[agreenster]

Originally posted by sonofslim
i'm not sure you need a broadband adapter to hook up a LAN; you might be able to do it with just a bunch of gamecubes, some cables, and an ethernet hub.

That would be true if the Gamecube had a built-in ethernet port...but it doesnt.

"Link the game with eight other players using a broadband adapter and race each other side-by-side using multiple game systems and multiple televisions!"

>>link<< (http://www.electronicsboutique.com/ebx/product/238597.asp)

The "broadband adapter" is nothing more than an external ethernet port methinks.

[Powerbook G5]

Once I get some money saved up, I am buying Mario Kart for my sisters. It is one of the games I've been anticipating since they day I bought them a Gamecube since I remember playing Mario Kart SNES and N64 with them all the time. I'm a bit let down by the Gamecube, it just doesn't seem to have the same good feel that SNES did so am glad that at least one good looking game has come out for the GC.

[wrldwzrd89]

I definitely like Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, but I haven't done any multiplayer games with it yet... Single-player only for me so far. The LAN option does sound neat, though. I'd LOVE to try that out with 8 GameCubes!

[agreenster]

Originally posted by Powerbook G5
I'm a bit let down by the Gamecube, it just doesn't seem to have the same good feel that SNES did so am glad that at least one good looking game has come out for the GC.

Yeah, I only bought the Gamecube for two things:

Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Mario kart Double Dash.

Had it not been for their predecessors, I probably would have bought an XBox.

[Powerbook G5]

I bought it for Mario and Mario Kart as the two big games I wanted for my sisters, but Mario turned out to be a huge dud and Mario Kart took so darn long to come out. I am just glad I didn't pay a penny for the Game Cube since I took all of my Xbox games (excluding Halo) and all of my PS2 games and traded them all in for store credit at EB, which allowed me to purchase the Gamecube, a wireless second controller, Super Monkey Ball, and Super Smash Brothers all for just $35 total.

[sonofslim]

Originally posted by agreenster
That would be true if the Gamecube had a built-in ethernet port...but it doesnt.

you're right, i'm misremembering the ports on the gamecube. i skimmed the MKDD instructions last night and only glanced over the LAN section.

it's too bad it requires additional hardware, because it does seem like a great idea. they've been slashing prices and bundling games with the system in an attempt to drum up sales; i wonder if they'll ever bundle the nintendo-brand adapter with the system?