10 Impossible Video Games Utterly Destroyed By Speedrunners

8. Mario Kart 64

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For a certain generation of gamers Mario Kart 64 was the definitive Mario Kart experience, and is still regarded as one of the best entries in the franchise.

With that being said, it's still one of those releases from the nineties that is laced with its fair share of infuriating moments. Handy features like smart-steering modern Mario Kart fans are used to aren't present here, rubberbanding with the AI is especially powerful and the steering is a bit too 'all or nothing' for some casuals.

Of course, that hasn't stopped speedrunners from making absolute mincemeat of the game over the years.

Making use of various glitches to unlock some game-breaking shortcuts, the world record for the game currently stands at 8:03.46, with the shortcut-less category currently set at 42:22.28. These records include finishing three laps of Luigi Raceway in 0:11.62 seconds, Choco Mountain in 0:14.38, Wario Stadium in 0:12.08 and D.K.'s Jungle Parkway in just 0:17.17.

 
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