In retro information, I'm celebrating the twenty seventh birthday of my private favorite moustache racer, Mario Kart 64. What bought me was its first-in-series 4P multi, and possibly a few hundred hours spent doing "winner performs on" 150cc VS. Mode and Block Fort balloon battles at a mate's home. When the surf was crap in Kiama, his place was principally a youth drop in centre—only a fixed state of shoulder-to-shoulder competitors. Some of the very best gaming years of my life.

This Day in Gaming

Aussie birthdays for notable video games.

– Mario Kart 64 (N64) 1997.

– Destroy All Humans! (PS2,XB) 2005.

– Tekken 5 (PS2) 2005.

– Guitar Hero Smash Hits (PS3,Wii,X360) 2009.

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