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Super Mario Kart (1992) was a [[Driving Game]] on the [[Super Nintendo]] that inspired the ''[[
Due to technological limits, older driving games felt little like racing on a track and more like watching the track twist below you as other racers materialized or vanished at whim. In 1990, ''[[
But ''Super Mario Kart'' was the game that perfected Mode 7 into a fast, wacky, and thrilling challenge. Your racer must navigate the track--shown in the bottom split-screen--rife with obstacles such as grass, pipes, oil slicks, fish, and many an outright [[Bottomless Pit]]. Not to mention the other racers--and their obstacles. Yes, both you and your opponents may pick up items to throw in each others' path; this is one of the many kart racing tropes ''Super Mario Kart'' started.
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* [[Always Night]]: The Ghost Valley tracks
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: The psychedelic Rainbow Road, ''Super Mario Kart'''s final track.
* [[Banana Peel]]: This mainstay item of the [[
* [[Big Boo's Haunt]]: The Ghost Valley tracks, though the Boos just float in the background and don't interact with the racers.
* [[Bottomless Pits]]: In the Ghost Valley tracks and Rainbow Road. Lakitu will fish racers who fall down for the price of two coins.
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* [[Follow the Leader]]: Even its sequels can be blamed for this trope.
* [[Frothy Mugs of Water]]: In the Japanese version of Super Mario Kart, Bowser and Peach will drink their bottle of champagne if they get First Place Gold. This was [[Bowdlerise|censored out]] in the International versions.
* [[Go-Karting
* [[Gravity Barrier]]: The Ghost Valley tracks and Rainbow Road.
* [[Green Hill Zone]]: Mario Circuit
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