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Mario Kart 64 (1996)

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*** NOT FOR CHILDREN ***

Kitty Kart 64 is a new racing game with low-poly N64 graphics and horror elements, inspired by Mario Kart 64 that was submitted for LSDJAM 2023. The game starts off very lightly, but as you progress in the game, the game seemingly takes a more darker turn with the dark themes built up pretty steadily and progressively. The game also has a nice soundtrack that fits each level of the game, with either the themes being light in tone, such as the starting level, or dark in tone, such as the highway level. There is also some times where you will run into a dark and gloomy atmosphere, which will help build up tension and make you feel uneasy. The game delivers good atmospheric horror for what its worth, and it definitely delivers on making the player feel alone in the later levels as they drive through roads of nothing. The entire game feels like a big liminal space, as it makes you feel like you have played the game before, but you obviously haven't, since it isn't real. But, it does a good job of making it seem like it was a real game, similar to how everyone thought that Petscop was a real game. The best part is that it utilizes the Godot Game Engine to make low-poly graphics similar to the Nintendo 64's graphics in Mario Kart, which only adds to the feeling and sense of authenticity to make it feel like a real game.

The game makes it out as of it is a cursed version of a seemingly lost, forgotten, and abandoned Mario Kart clone from the Nintendo 64 that was heavily modified by an unknown person and made out to be cancelled because of said dark themes inside of the game. It's the complete opposite of Catastrophe Crow's situation, where Manfred Lorenz spiraled into insanity and created dark themes inside of the game because of him losing his daughter; this game feels more like a hacked or modified version of a cancelled Nintendo 64 game that was purposefully made to be incredibly dark and scary, with us not knowing who was responsible for the changes. The game focuses on an unnamed cat that we will refer to as Kitty (in the same way Mario's name is in Mario Kart), and it was clear during the development of the first level of the game that the game was unfinished. The modifications to the 'hacker' version of the game didn't help, either. It is almost as if this Kitty character truly felt lie she was alive. Like, not just a character, but an actual person. Who? We have no idea, but it feels like this game was modified in such a way that it felt it was made for a specific 'someone'. We have no idea who it was made for, but we can give an idea that it was made for someone who goes by the identity of Kitty, similar to how Catastrophe Crow was made for Manfred's daughter, since the game was actually based off of one of her drawings, and that she died before the game could be finished, which broke Manfred and caused him to lose his mind and force his artists to make hundreds of strange assets.

The game is entirely free to download, and is currently a demo, meaning that this game is currently unfinished and that more content will be added in later on to make it an entirely fully-fledged game. But, I should warn you, this game has dark themes, as well as some blood, and if you do not like that, then I highly do not recommend you watch this video or download the game, because this game includes this kind of material and I don't want you getting traumatized or scarred for life. And I 100% don't encourage kids to download the game or watch the video, either. This is, yes, based off a fictional kids game, but this is a horror game in disguise, and if you're under the age of 13, I might recommend you turn away from this game entirely and look for something else, and I especially don't want you watching the video, either. I do not want my video falsely set to "Made for kids" by YouTube, as this is not made for kids. I do not want that stupid YouTube Kids banner in my description, and I do not wany my comments turned off as that basically eliminates any form of discussion of my fanbase on my videos. So, if you're 13 years of age, this video is not for you. I would highly recommend clicking off of this video and going somewhere else.

Download the game here (NOT FOR KIDS):
snugboat11.itch.io/kitty-kart-64