Super Mario Kart: A Brief History

The History of Fun

Vox Media Podcast Network

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In today's episode we explore our very first video game: Super Mario Kart. Yes, the very first entry in the long-running Mario Kart series isn't exactly the most beloved, but it's good to know where it all came from, right? Right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the history of fun where we explore the hidden back stories behind the things you love to do.
0:15.6	My name is Russ Frusick, and I'm joined by Allegra Frank.
0:18.4	Hello, Allegra.
0:19.1	What up?
0:20.1	And Christopher Plant.
0:22.7	Hello.
0:23.6	Hey, Chris.
0:24.2	How's it going?
0:25.4	I'm going well.
0:26.0	How about you?
0:26.8	It's good.
0:27.4	It's good.
0:27.7	You know, I think we have a kind of a special episode today.
0:31.8	An episode about a video game.
0:34.1	It's actually our first video game.
0:36.0	And I think it's a video game that people sort of forget about to a certain extent. You think so? You wouldn't think so, but stick with me here. I'm gonna do a little test. Allegro, what is the name of the very first Mario Kart game? Super Mario Kart?
0:55.6	That's correct.
1:00.7	You know, when I started doing this research, I literally forgot that the first game was called Super Mario Kart, and then they just dropped the Super.
1:03.4	And it was just Mario Kart 64 was through it.
1:06.0	Question.
1:07.0	What is the prefix of every Super Nintendo game?
1:12.1	Yeah, but it's weird because...
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