It's a Wednesday in the '90s. Mom comes in to wake you up for school...but you've already been awake for hours. Chances are you were transfixed on first place in either Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, or Crash Team Racing. Whichever polygonal kart racer you chose, Gamers Association contributor Ridge explains how these three releases created a Golden Age.
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Man, this would be the perfect title to bring next to the Nintendo 64 lineup on Nintendo Switch Online. This game was so good back in the day.
GOAT, best game of all time, never got the updated version / sequel is so much deserved,
sometimes though, as they say "never meet your heroes" to avoid disappointment,
so I look at it as, best left in the past and just enjoy the memories.
Really was a phenomenal game. I still remember being at my cousin's house and unlocking the spaceship, our minds were blown lol
Also hated that damn blubber the octopus boss.
This was better than Mario Kart 64 but far for me. I loved the different vehicles and adventure aspect.
The single player was by far better than MK64, not sure about the multiplayer as I don't recall playing DKR with someone else.
The thing I noticed with DKR was that the enemy racers seem to hardly use power ups against you, but they are pretty aggressive in keeping pace or passing you so maybe that's why they made them use power ups less than MK.
I always remember DKR being hard as a kid compared to MK64, but I mostly played MK64 as a multi-player game, whereas DKR had a satisfying single player mode.
Absolutely loved DKR. Mario Kart, as much as I love it, has yet to really capture the magic of DKR. Better in some ways, worse in others.
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Never understood what 64 meant. Can anyone enlighten me? All I know is my neighborhood friends and I used to play the crap out of it. Favorite games were Cool Boarders, Mario kart 64, WCW vs NWO just to name a few. Man life was simple and good.
Why not bring up Motor Toon Grand Prix, Gran Turismo's pseudo progenitor?