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Product Description: Product Description Mario Kart 64, one of the first games released for the Nintendo 64 platform, is an updated translation of the very popular Super Mario Kart for the Super NES (SNES). Mario Kart 64 offers enough challenges to keep players (especially casual gamers) entertained. Placing a familiar Nintendo personality behind the wheel of a sputtering kart powered by a 50, 100, or 150-cc engine, the game lets players race computerized opponents or up to four other players on a variety of well-designed tracks. Because karts lack the power and speed of race cars, drivers must focus on collecting power-ups and nonlethal weapons rather than negotiating hairpin turns on two wheels. Grabbing and using on-track items is the heart of the game's fun: a strategically-placed banana peel sends the unlucky victim into a spin, nailing an opponent with a turtle shell launches their vehicle skyward, and a rocket provides a quick boost to near-breakneck speeds, if only for a moment. The multiplayer mode provides enormously chaotic fun for up to four players--flip it on at a party and watch the guests congregate around the screen. * Well-designed tracks * Simple controls * Strong multiplayer appeal Book Description Get on the fast track with Mario Kart 64. With twenty courses, four modes of play, and eight drivers, Mario Kart 64 packs in the challenge. It's not enough just to stay on the road and put your foot to the floor. If you want to take the checkered flag, you need an edge. Winning racers turn to the only source that has all the strategies, all the shortcuts, and all the course maps showing every detail. Includes: complete 3D maps of every race track; top secret driving techniques; turbo-charged, classified charts; best shortcuts for the fastest times; pro strategies for mario gp, vs. and battle modes.