Topic: Which was the better N64 kart racer? Diddy Kong Racing or Mario Kart 64?

Diddy Kong. Especially helped by the fact that Diddy Kong Racing is more of a single player experience and thus a worthwhile game with my one N64 controller.

The silver coins in the last 2 worlds are a nightmare though.

I loved Diddy Kong. The story mode was great, and the Silver Coins were a great extra challenge. My bro and I played each other in battle mode a lot too. There were only 4 battle stages, but they were a lot of fun. I would pay lots of $$ to play it on the VC (I will make it worth your while M$oft). Plus airplanes and hovercrafts gave the game a lot of variety. I'm kind of surprised that it's taken until MK7 to start experimenting with this.

I didn't have MK64 though, so I can't really compare. However, I have so many good memories with Diddy Kong, that I don't think MK64 could compete with the nostalgia overload.

As much as I hate Rare, I'm going to say Diddy Kong. It just had so much more to do in the Singleplayer and I thought the tracks were more interesting.

this is what they call adaptative difficulty

...no, it's rubber band AI that no one likes.

I played both back in the day but I have fond memories of playing Mario Kart 64 but hardly any memory of playing Diddy Kong Racing so it's an obvious choice for me.

Only babies play Kart racing games on the N64
Real gamers play F-ZeroX

I own Diddy Kong, never owned MK but played it a lot. Overall, I'd say Mario Kart but Diddy Kong did have cool worlds and the characters were pretty unique.

The single player in Diddy Kong was great. Had a lot of fun exploring the world, finding secrets and such.

But for multi player, as has been said earlier, all you need is Block Fort.

Diddy Kong racing 64 is fun but i never really played it much so i can't say, but i'm goin' with Mario Kart 64.

I second JumpMad's post.

I third JumpMad's post
but between MK64 and DdR, both were great but i prefer mario kart

I know I was warned, but I'm having buyer's remorse about getting MK64. It's the worst Mario Kart I've ever played, and I own them all.

you have remorse of 10 dollars? please...

you have to have friends to play this with....sucks alone....put aside a saturday...gets some beers or soda and 2 other friends...play races if you like but thats competitive....if you want to really have fun with this game...play battle mode...

DKR. Maybe because I have good memories with it, but the music is great, adventure mode is cool, and it's just a really solid game. I like MK64, too, but DKR is just more fun to me.

N64 Mario Kart Hands Down.