Live Magazine October/November 2016 Live Magazine October Edition | Page 36

I would regularly keep an eye on
catalogues, looking for Super Nintendo discounts. Though I now had
a job I was only a casual and the
games were still expensive. I spotted a catalogue that featured Super
Mario Kart for $39.95. An absolute
bargain! I made my way to the store,
I believe that it may have been Harris Scarfe, and purchased the game.
While I hadn’t played it yet, Super
Mario Kart was receiving rave reviews in the gaming press, and the
footage I had seen of it was quite
impressive. Whenever I used to
visit James or Clinton, Streetfighter
2 was still the game that saw the
most action in the Super Nintendo. When Super Mario Kart came
along, we all of a sudden we went
from kicking each other’s heads in
to racing and battling on the Mario
themed tracks.

1994 - 1995

thy Zahn’s Admiral Thrawn trilogy of
novels, and I became immersed in
it. Books, comics, VHS originals of
the movies, and video games, I had
to have it all! 1995 saw the release
of Dark Forces, and my recently
acquired PC was more than up to
the task of playing this game. While
it was receiving positive reviews in
the gaming press, it was still seen
as inferior to Doom. As a Star Wars
fan I completely disagree. I have always felt that both games are superior in their own right.

Interestingly, the “VS mode” was
the least used, as my friends and I
preferred battle mode with the occasional grand prix race. I played
the game at every opportunity and
became so good that I would use
the “shrink characters” cheat code
to give myself more of a challenge.
This can be achieved by highlighting
your desired racer on the character
select screen, then holding down
the Y button and pressing A. Your
character will shrink as if they had
picked up a poisonous mushroom.
However, beware of the other racers. If you don’t get to the front of
the pack quickly then you’re likely to
be squashed over and over again!
That’s all the space I have for this
month. Join me next month as
James and I explore the dark side
of Super Nintendo gaming!

I can be found online doing crazy things like writing about video
games. If you want to see more of
what I do then feel free to give me
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See you next time!

WRITTEN BY PAUL MONOPOLI