Coming at you faster than a blue shell on the final lap of Koopa Troopa Beach, Forever Sound Version is back with a focus on music from kart racing titles! This hugely popular subgenre of racing games was introduced – and some would say perfected – by Nintendo’s Mario Kart series, but which other characters have gotten in on the action over the years?

Listen:

https://archive.org/download/fsvep65/fsvep65.mp3

Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) ‘Mario Circuit’ by Soyo Oka

Diddy Kong Racing (1997, Nintendo 64) ‘Jungle Falls’ by David Wise and Graeme Norgate

Doraemon Kart (1998, Nintendo Game Boy) ‘BGM #03’, composer unknown

Crash Team Racing (1999, Sony Playstation) ‘Mystery Caves’ by Mark Mothersbaugh and Josh Mancell

Mario Kart Super Circuit (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance) ‘Yoshi Desert’ by Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga and Minako Hamano

Sonic Drift (1994, Sega Game Gear) ‘Star Light’ by Masayuki Nagao

Chocobo Racing (1999, Sony Playstation) ‘Gurugu Volcano’ by Nobuo Uematsu and Kenji Ito

Mario Kart 64 (1996, Nintendo 64) ‘Toad’s Turnpike’ by Kenta Nagata

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