THE VIDEO SHELF · speedrunning history
[Epilepsy Warning] Choco Mountain: The History of Mario Kart 64's Most Infamous Track
Summoning Salt traces the speedrunning history of Mario Kart 64's Choco Mountain track and its famous shortcut, through the successive record holders and discoveries. It carries an epilepsy warning for flickering lights.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a gripping entry point into speedrunning and as a model of a well-made history video.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Summoning Salt
- Topic
- speedrunning history
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Summoning Salt makes great videos. The SMB1 video has already been linked, but I also love his video on the Choco Mountain track in Mario Kart 64. It has some great livestream captures which show records being broken, and contextualizes them well enough to give …
msla on Hacker News · 2018-09
In 'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 world recordAlong the same topic, this YouTuber made a fantastic video explaining the Mario Kart 64 Choco Mountain shortcut: [VIDEO]
nayuki on Hacker News · 2018-10
In Mario Kart Wii: The History of the Ultra Shortcut [video]I didn't realize I cared about speed-running until I saw this YouTube video from Summoning Salt about N64's Mario Kart level: [VIDEO]
mcast on Hacker News · 2018-08
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