3. Mario Kart 64 (1996)
We’ll start off with the fact that Rainbow Road is both amazing and nauseating, yes this is true. Mario Kart 64 as a whole built off of the split screen fun found in Super Mario Kart, but at the dawn of 3D video games, this Mario Kart stands out among the rest for having creative and fun level designs and seamless use of 2½D character sprites with 3D environments. There are plenty of games that people play out of nostalgia, certainly, but few have the lasting power of quality that Mario Kart 64 has. People in college today, who maybe never even had Nintendo 64 consoles, adore this game. This is one of Nintendo’s titles that has flawlessly united people of all walks of life, and it’s amazing to see, even with new high definition racing games, that this one still always comes out on top. – Evan Griffin
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