Kart -eu- — Super Mario

If you ever find a PAL cart of Super Mario Kart in a charity shop, don't just leave it there. Plug it in. Listen to the low-pitched bass of the Mario Bros. circuit. Drive a lap.

April 17, 2026 Author: RetroReplay

Result: Super Mario Kart -EU- is a game of delayed gratification. You press the jump button for a drift, and the cart responds just late enough to make the Special Cup (looking at you, Rainbow Road) a lesson in predictive driving rather than reflexes. Today, emulation has made these differences obsolete. Most retro gamers play the NTSC ROM patched to 60Hz. But for those of us who blew into our cartridges in 1993, the EU version is a time capsule. Super Mario Kart -EU-