Mario kart 64

Mario Kart 64: World Record Progression (All Cups - 150CC Skips)

By DesmondLupo
  • Nintendo publishes Mario Kart 64 in Japan

    Nintendo publishes Mario Kart 64 in Japan

    Following as a spin-off of their first game "Super Mario Kart", Mario Kart, a racing game released for the console Nintendo 64, was released exclusively in Japan.
  • Nintendo publishes Mario Kart 64 in the USA

    Nintendo publishes Mario Kart 64 in the USA

    The next year, Nintendo releases the game to the United States.
  • Mario Kart is released worldwide

    Mario Kart is released worldwide

    After half a year of it's first release, the world finally is able to play the long-awaited Nintendo 64 game.
  • First recorded World Record by DNTN31 (32:11)

    First recorded World Record by DNTN31 (32:11)

    Using Yoshi, the player DNTN31 finishes all the cups in 32 minutes and 11 seconds by exploiting glitches: blue shell skip in Luigi Raceway, sandbagging in Koopa Troopa Beach, sandbagging and tunnel glitch in Kalamari Desert, and incredible major skips in Toad's Highway Frappe Snowland, Wario Stadium, DK Jungle and Rainbow Road. However, he did not go for skips in Mario Raceway, Yoshi Valley and Choco Mountain.
  • dotman1337 lowers the record (30:26)

    dotman1337 lowers the record (30:26)

    Using Yoshi as well, dotman1337 perfected DNTN31's run with optimized skips, and by going for the Choco Mountain and Yoshi Valley skips
  • dotman1337 optimizes record with a new glitch (28:52)

    dotman1337 optimizes record with a new glitch (28:52)

    This next run was not going well, but during the last part of the first lap of Rainbow Road, he throws a green shell and hits himself, falling out of the course, yet crossing the finish line before respawning. This made him skip the complete next lap. He does it again successfully.
  • dotman1337 uses a new glitch in Luigi Raceway (28:36)

    dotman1337 uses a new glitch in Luigi Raceway (28:36)

    With perfect manouvering, he obsoleted DNTN31's blue shell skip by running against a heavy character, doing the same effect.
  • Flippy lowers the record (28:32)

    Flippy lowers the record (28:32)

    With faster movements in Yoshi Valley and Rainbow Road with the green shell skips, the player Flippy beats dotman1337.
  • abney317 optimizes Flippy's run (28:24)

    abney317 optimizes Flippy's run (28:24)

    With even faster green shell skips in Rainbow road, abney317 beats the record holder Flippy.
  • Insane Rainbow Road skip by abney317 (27:22)

    Insane Rainbow Road skip by abney317 (27:22)

    abney317 does a major skip by aiming for the rainbow spiral, which is an incredibly difficult manouver, which is the first time done in a speedrun.
  • Even greater skip in Rainbow Road by abney317 (27:17)

    Even greater skip in Rainbow Road by abney317 (27:17)

    By running against a heavyweight character, he got an even greater skip than his last attempt.
  • New discoveries to skip by abney317 (26:28)

    New discoveries to skip by abney317 (26:28)

    He tried a three red shell skips in Luigi Raceway, which was a skip that was only possible in the Japanese version of the game, so starting this time, he started playing it in this version. He tried to have a run under 25 minutes
  • abney317 does what he promised (25:19)

    abney317 does what he promised (25:19)

    abney317 finally reaches to have a 25-minute run.