Super Mario Kart (Super Nintendo, 1992)

Of all of the Nintendo Mario franchise, this game is probably one of the two most fun of the bunch. This game is full of silliness and is hours of fun and laughs. The game allows you to play one of the following characters:
Mario - all around good
Luigi - all around good
Princess Toadstool - fast
Donkey Kong Jr. - pounder
Koopa Troopa - nimble
Yoshi - fast
Bowser - pounder
Toad - nimble

Depending on the mode of play, you could play solo and compete for the race trophies or the best times for the tracks. One cool feature allowed you to race against the ghost of the fastest time of the track so you could see immediately how to improve or how you were doing. There were 20 trakcs in different tiers to make advancing a challenge and fun.

Or you could an opponent in a on-on-one race, race against everyone or play battle mode. In battle mode, it was you against the other player only in an arena where you would drive to hunt each other down and use the available arsenal of weapons to destroy the other player. The first to strike three times won the battle. My friends and I would play this for hours on end destroying each other. The only downfall of this game was that you couldn't play against more people.