Mario Kart Turns 20

I would have totally missed the significance of today’s date, so my thanks to Paul Sawers at The Next Web for this piece.

I think I first played Super Mario Kart at a kiosk in a Toys “R” Us in Indiana, but it didn’t stick at the time. I’m not sure I even had time to finish a single race before I had to leave. I probably didn’t play again until college, and by then it was mostly Mario Kart 64.

I don’t think I was really hooked until I started playing four player Mario Kart Wii on a regular basis with guys from a local youth group. Those were fun nights, and since then Mario Kart has remained a goto activity for gatherings that involve any of those guys or my brother.