[Epilepsy Warning] Choco Mountain: The History of Mario Kart 64's Most Infamous Track
Summoning Salt3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2018–2018
documentary · general · evergreen · 2018–2018 on HN
Summoning Salt traces the speedrunning history of Mario Kart 64's Choco Mountain track and its famous shortcut, through the successive record holders and discoveries. It carries an epilepsy warning for flickering lights.
HN recommends it as a gripping entry point into speedrunning and as a model of a well-made history video.
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3 comments from Hacker News
Along the same topic, this YouTuber made a fantastic video explaining the Mario Kart 64 Choco Mountain shortcut: ▶ this video
Summoning Salt makes great videos. The SMB1 video has already been linked, but I also love his video on the Choco Mountain track in Mario Kart 64. It has some great livestream captures which show records being broken, and contextualizes them well enough to give them some pathos: ▶ this video
I didn't realize I cared about speed-running until I saw this YouTube video from Summoning Salt about N64's Mario Kart level: ▶ this video