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Super Mario Kart began life as an F-Zero multiplayer prototype, reveals Retro Gamer interview

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GAMESubject
Super Mario Kart
Genres · racing
Release · Aug 27, 1992
Developer · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
15 articles 18 writers 2 reviews
PROTOTYPE
COMPANYSubject
PROTOTYPE
Role · Publisher
Active · 2004–2017
Latest · Flowers: Le Volume sur Hiver
Top genres · adventure, visual_novel, rpg
59 articles 49 writers 10 games
F-Zero
SERIESCompared
F-Zero
Active · 1990–2026
Latest · Zero Racers
Top genres · racing, arcade, fighting
116 articles 78 writers 17 games
Prototype
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Prototype
Active · 2009–2015
Latest · Prototype 2
Top genres · platformer, adventure, hack_and_slash
78 articles 59 writers 3 games
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