Mario Kart 64 / Tips

Special thanks to Delta and Mark Jones for most of this information.

Power Slide
You want to use this technique all of the time as it is the one you will need to use on some of the shortcuts, and to get the special computer ghosts, and most definitely to beat them. This will change your speed considerably. To use it can be quite hard. First of all jump to the left or right and hold R. Move the control stick to the opposite way your turning and then back again three times. You'll notice the letters coming out the back of your car. These letters will change from White, yellow and then orange. If you let go when they're orange you will gain a slight boost. If you use the power-slide on every turn your time will be much better. When you get good enough you should be able to do the power-slide on even flat stretch's of road.

Turbo Start
Just before the lights at the beginning of the race turn to blue hold the A button and you will get a large boost which should put you in the lead as the computer opponents never use it. Beware however because if you press the A button too early your car will skid on the spot which will most definitely put you into last position. Also if you are lightweight do not charge into the back of heavier opponents as you will also spin on the spot, this means, that if you are heavier you want to try to bash into the lighter people.

Drafting
When you are behind an opponent and you can't seem to overtake him line your kart up directly behind him and you will see smoke come from the sides of your kart. This will give you a slight speed increase, which will let you get past him.

Banana Trick
Not a trick for using the banana but to recover from a banana. When you are going to slip on a banana quickly release the accelerator, and push down on the brake, then when the exclamation mark appears above your characters head push down on the accelerator again and you will have survived a banana slip.

The "AAA" Technique
When you're hit with an item in MK64, quickly triple-tap the A button and you'll start going full speed again quickly. It helps to recover quite a bit!

Ever notice the computer drivers get going so fast again after you hit them? This is how you can do it too.

Battle Mode Tip - sent in by Joshua Griffin
I have a tip for most Mario Kart 64 multiplayer battle levels. I call it "chicken". Go where everyone else isn't and wait for them to soften eachother up. Although I haven't put it into practice yet if you get a red shell staying on the top level is a great place partly because there are only two ways to get to you: the ramp and the bridge. Put some bannanas on the bride and what do you get?

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