Experience

You may want to know how this arcade game works; how it looks and what the controls are. Well, here are the answers to answer those questions…

The arcade machine comes in a pair. So these can link up and play against each other. If another two machines are added to the party, 4 of them can link up to play. Mario Kart Arcade GP is similar to other popular arcade racers such as Daytona USA or Sega Rally. As it is a racing game, you’ll expect a steering wheel with some pedals to touch.

The coolest thing is the fact that a photo of you is taken and is put on the head of the character that you pick. So if you pick Mario your head will appear along with his mustache and the famous red cap. The photo is taken using the built-in-camera. This photo appears above your character whilst driving and can be seen by your opponents.

The steering wheel has an item button on it, which is used to use your item ironically. There are two pedals at the bottom used for brake and gas. One operates the brakes and one for the gas. If you hold both at the same time you’ll hop. As for drifting. To drift, you must steer the steering wheel hard left or right. There are instructions around the arcade machine to instruct you how to play. The red button is used if a player wishes to stop playing VS. Mode and wishes to play Solo-Player Mode.

The steering wheel is a place of control, and players will lose their control if they get hit by an item, because the steering wheel shakes rapidly, therefore it makes it pretty hard for a player to control their steering.

The user is given a statistics card to review their performance, of the cups they’ve won, their rank, the driver they selected and the name they entered. This information is printed out after the player finishes to take home and show how brilliant he or she did. Versus Mode statistics are shown also, if the player plays anyone that is.