David's Nintendo Code Book

MARIO KART 64 (n64)

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 =>Mirror Courses: Receive the Gold Cup in all 4 races in the 150cc Class, and
   the game will offer a new course setting, the Extra Class. This class allows
   you to run all the racetracks, but they are flipped into their mirror images
    - NOT backwards, as many say. Also, the title screen picture changes.
 =>Banana Escape: If you hit a banana peel, immediately break, wait about one
   second, then hit the gas. This method should keep you from skidding out.
   You can use this in the Battle Mode and not lose balloons to banana peels.
 =>Spiny Power: Grab a Spiny Shell and hold the Z button to keep it behind you.
   If anyone runs into the back of your car, they'll get knocked out. If they
   shoot a shell at you, the spiny will protect you. The shell won't be lost
   unless it is hit by another Spiny Shell.
 =>Ghost Karts: Beat these time in the specified Time Trial race tracks and you
   will be rewarded with the opportunity to race course ghosts.
   |Luigi Raceway  |01:52.00|     |Mario Raceway  |01:30.00|
   |Royal Raceway  |02:40.00|
 =>Air Drafting: If you drive right behind another driver for a while, you
   should see air running off both sides of your kart (it looks like it does
   when you jump off of a ramp). You will then get a short burst of speed,
   because the driver in front of you cut down your wind resistance.
 =>Turbo Boost: If you press and hold the accelerator button just before
   Lakitu's green light flashes, you will zoom ahead with a quick burst of
   speed. If you are in the back of the lineup, press the [R] button while
   doing the turbo boost to fly over the heads of your opponents.
 =>Power Slide Turbos: Go into a turn, pressing and holding [R] to slide. Right
   after beginning to slide, quickly press the stick in the opposite direction
   of your slide, then pull it back in. The white smoke should turn yellow.
   Press the stick back out of the slide, then back in, and the smoke should
   turn red. Release [R] and you get a mini Turbo Boost of speed.
 =>Neat Shortcuts: On Rainbow Road, you can actually jump off the first hill
   and onto a much lower section of the track; just as the hill begins to
   get very steep, turn left and jump over the edge... aim it right and you can
   land on the path far below. Also, in Wario Stadium it is possible to jump
   over the left wall at the beginning of the race. Build up to full speed,
   zoom up one of the 3 hills, and jump just as you reach the wall - you will
   often jump over the wall and knock a major portion of the track out of the
   way.
 =>Shell Shock: Enter the Double Decker battle mode, then have a player grab a
   red shell and drive to the middle green level. Park another player on the
   very top, green level. Move the first player, with the red shell, directly
   under the other player, then move back just a bit and shoot the red shell.
   The shell will hover on the green level, and it will track the other player
   as they drive around the top level.
 =>Kalimari Desert Lap: Get a Starman and drive to the second railroad
   crossing; turn left onto it and drive into the tunnel. Activate the Starman
   just before you enter the tunnel, and Lakitu will appear in the middle of
   the tunnel and advance your lap counter by 1. However, getting out of the
   tunnel takes about as much time as you save by taking the tunnel.
 =>Mario Raceway Time: On the title screen, press [R] to see the best time
   trial record for Mario Raceway currently on the cartridge.
 =>Item Shield: Grab an item and hold Z. The item will float behind your kart,
   and can act as a shield of sorts.
 ->Super Driving: During a 2-Player race, park one racer in front of an
   obstacle or a structure you would like to get to. Take your second racer,
   grab a mushroom, drive behind the stationary kart, back up just a bit, then
   use your mushroom and jump at almost the same time... you should bounce
   over the racer and land on top of whatever you were aiming for. Toad and DK
   are a good pair to use for this.