This game holds a special place in my heart. As I’ve said before my mom was a paramedic and as a single parent she would have to work 48 hour shifts and find me a baby sitter. There was a elderly couple who’s kids had all moved out and had kids of their own by this point when I was 8 or 9 and were more than happy to baby sit me especially over night if need be. One day I’m there staying the night and I notice a box on the table. The old man owned his own pawnshop and inside the box were some things he was having trouble selling and at the very top of the pile was daddy Kong racing. I picked it up and told him how much I enjoyed DK64 and how even though GameCube was the new thing I still played my n64 and he asks me a couple questions about diddy Kong and I used my limited knowledge of him from dk64 to answer what I knew and he told me he could tell id take good care of it and he gave it to me to keep
My favorite N64 soundtrack. One of the hardest games to beat as a kid; I could never beat Wiz Pig. I came back to it in high school around 2006 and spent all summer trying to beat Wiz Pig and I finally did only to discover there was a SECOND Wiz Pig race. Came back to it again in 2017 and. beat the whole thing. Took me 20 years to finally beat the game; young me would be so proud of old me.
Bro I'm 30 now and I still have yet to play the second Wiz Pig race. I'm purchasing an N64 bundle and an ED64 Plus cartridge soon so I gotta get back to it and catch up lol
I did prefer Diddy Kong Racing over Mario kart but still loved them both. One thing that I thought was needed in Diddy Kong Racing is that the karts needed a bit move grip, they always felt a little be to slippy and slidey to me. Now that Microsoft and Nintendo do cross play surely they can come to an agreement to remaster Diddy Kong Racing for Switch and Xbox one cross play. How good would that be. Here's hoping..
I agree. Most of the characters suffer from far too much understeer. However, this can easily be solved by using Pipsy or Tiptup. You probably just chose the wrong character. There's a magic cheat code which allows players to play as the same character too so everyone can play as the better handling characters in multiplayer.
As a kid I loved the egg-collection multiplayer mode. I don't remember much of it or why I loved it so much but it brings back great memories seeing it here.
I have to agree - DKR trumps Mario Kart 64 by a country mile. To me, the gameplay, and the track, and the music, is more fun and entertaining than MK64. Multiplayer isn't as weak as N64 Glenn Plant makes it out to be, but that is just me, and my historic perspective of the game, especially when played against my family members, with both of the games.
Until Mario Kart 8 came along, DKR was my favourite racing game of all time. I still dream of what Donkey Kong Racing would have been like on the GameCube.
to be honest it was one of the first games I ever reviewed on the channel, the one time when I was half asleep I deleted it by mistake so no better time to revisit it :)
I heard the main theme from this game on a GDQ and it was stuck in my head for three years before I bought this game and realized where it was from. Great soundtrack for sure
Christmas 97, wonderful time to play this I’ve got so many great memories of it. Great game that ramps the difficulty up with the silver coin challenge. Music is fantastic and some of my favourite tracks from any Nintendo 64 game.
It also brings me back in time when i was 10 years old and my mom got this for me and my brother for Christmas, it was awesome!!! So much nostalgia with this game just me and my bro playing all Christmas morning. Then couldn’t wait to come back home to pkay during the day. Wonderful time in my childhood ill never forget
I have so many fond memories playing this game at daycare with my friends after school. From racing each other, to taking turns with the single-player campaign against the bosses, to the free-for-all battle modes, just hearing the music takes me back to simpler days that I miss dearly. Icicle Pyramid was perhaps my all-time FAVORITE mode to play.
This game always makes me smile and happy when playing. It is the perfect game for playing once your mates have gone home. Perhaps the N64 biggest game in licence limbo that hurts the most. I am so glad I got my Ultra HDMI, I am working my way through it again. I unlocked everything back in the day. The snow tracks and the music at xmas time make me festive and I am grinch.
It was the game my parents bought with the system. I could play a little bit but also had to take turns with my older brother. My parents weren't overly strict but limited our playing time per day. So the Day after they bought it i pretended to be ill so i wouldn't have to go to school. It worked. They were reluctant but believed that i was sick and so i waited patiently for my mom to go to work. She went to work. My father had a day off but went bathing. My time to sneak into the living room where the N64 was hooked up. Everything worked out and i could play Diddy Kong Racing. But guess what? My mom forgot something. She returned and caught me red-handed playing N64. It followed a rant by my mom but when she had to go my dad was actually pretty chill about the whole situation and let me playing again. I probably have some nicer memories of the game but this is the one that i had to immediately think of when you told how your father reported you ill.
I love this game so much. I bought a second copy because I couldn't find mine around the house and needed to hear the music again. It will always be my favourite kart racer, and I love me some Mario Kart too. Rare is a national treasure
I honestly had no idea they still existed, or that they were behind Sea of Thieves... strange, hahah. At least for the era of gaming I love, Rare did some amazing things and created many of my favourite games like Banjo-Kazooie, DKC and Snake Rattle and Roll.
So many memories with this game. Me and my siblings arguing over who gets to play as Pipsy, me accidentally unlocking the space area blew my mind, and that evil life preserver that will forever hold its secrets. Good times.
Great video, loved this game as well, got it at Christmas, played it every day the following Summer, a great sense of achievement unlocking Drumstick & TT, and oh yeah Glenn your father is a legend for getting you that sick day from school 😂👍🏻.
Sadly, I've never played this game as a kid. Only Mario Kart 64 and some other great games. Recently I found this game for just 5 bucks and I must say it's amazing and I am glad to play it now.
I never noticed an issue with the items, but maybe that's just because my friends and I were so close in skill level- as was the case with many of our games back then! DKR definitely relies more on pure skill, though- for better or worse.
Love your videos! Just digging in deep and giving me insight on my favorite games. It's a blast from the past and very nostalgic! So glad I subbed to this channel.
I had both consoles but had a stronger connection to N64. I think because I had like 300 copies games on my PS1 I always treated the titles with more of a throwaway feel as opposed to the carts of N64 which being legit and expensive made me invest more to get my (and parents) monies worth out of them
While I did get the chance to play Mario Kart 64 at friends houses, my family and I never owned it. My little brother got DKR one year for Christmas and I was just blown away by it. Mario Kart 64 was fun, but the variety of crafts and the kick ass adventure mode sealed the deal making Diddy Kong my favorite racer on the N64. Great review as always, Glenn. Keep up the good work, buddy!
Recently restarted this game and am amazed at how well it still holds up. Any time I replay it I always collect the overworld balloons as soon as they become available and then go through each and every thing in order. I just wonder if I’ll still have patience for that TEETEE trial again as I’ve only ever unlocked him once.
Always loved this game more than Mario Kart 64! The open world adventure aspect was cool, and the addition of watercraft and plane races kept the racing fresh!
My memory of this game, was when I was invited to my friends house when I was 11 years old for a sleep over. He had just gotten it, and back then we didn't know hardly anything about the games so it was new to us. We watch him play it for hours, but eventually I fell asleep after his many failed attempts to defeat the giant pig. I was hoping he'd play Zelda or atleast let us play. After that, I don't recall seeing it again.
Yeah, I have to agree. But I don't remember seeing after that particular sleepover. Many others were filled with Mario Kart, Mario Party 2, Pokemon Stadium, Road Rash, and the World Is Not Enough.
I got this game for Christmas 1997 I believe. It was an amazing game. I loved it! The multiplayer with the egg snatching was so fun! The variety of vehicles and levels.....so good.
Diddy Kong Racing all the way. And I still liked the races better in multiplayer because my brother and I were pretty evenly matched in the game. MK64 is no doubt the killer for battle mode, though.
I love hearing you talk about N64 games. I also have a good memory of this game: a friend of mine had it, and he played for some months. One day, he invited me to his home so we could do homework together. After we ate, we started playing DKR in co-op mode and didn't stop until night. We didn't do the homework, but we defeated Wizpig that same day (at least, in the first race against him)
same here I really found this 1 Player Gaming mode very engaging and magical. Great graphics and music. And to explore new worlds was really satisfying.
Hands down, my fondest memories of this game was playing Hot Top Volcano with one of my friends and the two of us just singing along to the music. It warms my heart for that matter, every time you mention playing with your dad. I have many fond memories doing the same with mine with Super Mario 64. He used to rent th4 system semi regularly until I was gifted one for Christmas from my grandmother.
Great video. My favourite N64 game! I wish they would’ve made another instalment of this, don’t think we’ll ever see one though. I’ve spoken to David Wise on twitter before and praised him for this soundtrack, gives me so much nostalgia
I don't know what it is, but both Diddy Kong Racing and Banjoo-Kazooie has some of the most nostalgic stages. Especially the snow/christmas stages, reminds me of all the feelings i had as a kid in december. If the N64 Classic ever comes out, this game needs to make it on the system!
Oh man, do I love this game so much... I had to have spent hundreds of hours, accomplishing literally everything this game had for me. Time to bust out the n64! Thanks Glenn!
Ahw man one of Rare's masterpieces, I remember playing it at a friend's house and being instantly bewitched by this game. I loved Mario Kart.. But this had just so much more! When I finally got my hands on it myself I set out to completing everything - including getting TT - it was super difficult and at that point my biggest achievement in gaming haha.. So cool to hear you went through this as well! R+B cornering and z-boost required, and ofcourse tiptup. Secretly still listen to some of the tunes every now and then for a dose of nostalgia.. Thanks for the throwback!
Mate, been waiting on this vid for a long time. Diddy Kong Racing is in my top 3 of all time! My best pal and I have held an annual sleepover on December 23rd since 1997 (the eve of Christmas Eve if you will) where we play games and watch Xmas episodes of key British sitcoms. From the 1998 occurrence onwards it’s been my task to play DKR through in one sitting whilst he does Goldeneye in secret agent. Just hearing the Frosty Village music in your vid is making me wish that the next three months would hurry up!
I love this game so much and say love because I still have it! You hit all the points of just the sounds, characters, music, meshes into one and you feel like you’re there. As an adult now I still feel that with this game and Rare seemed to be amazing at doing that. But I will admit I CANNOT BEAT IT. like seriously I can only get like 40% into the game and just give up because it is SOO EFFING HARD. I come back to it over and over when roughly a year passes by to see if it is easier and the hell IT IS NOT. I’ve only ever physically seen and played the space theme races ONCE in my entire life and it wasn’t my copy. My favorite character has always bounced back and forth between timber and bumper.
I searched this game on here because of an obscure reference that triggered whole chunks of my childhood. I played it mostly at the Dentist's office... they had a N64 in the room for kids and I played it every time I went- youngest of 3, I was there often. Now that i'm thinking of it i'm not sure I ever owned a copy, I just played it over and over at the Dentist because rando kids would reset the saves. Really fun, the bosses would scare me, & it was immersive. I loved the memory you shared with your dad! I gotta get a copy asap (: ..... I'm now realizing this is the case with Banjo Kazooie as well. I never owned it, I only played it elsewhere. Strange.
Haha loved the story of your father calling you in sick tonplay this with you. It reminds me of when my brother had the chicken pox, and my mom let me stay home from school as well. We went to the shopping mall and bought star fox 64 as a surprise for my brother. What great memories.
Such a classic, I had so much nostalgia watching this review! This game was a big part of my childhood. I remember getting in on Christmas, and playing it all day. It was great talking to friends in regards to unlocking T.T., and all the secrets. I liked it more single player wise over Mario Kart 64. It had more depth with the adventure modes, and I loved going through tracks in different vehicles. (Hovercraft+Volcano, good times.) Can't forget the cheatcodes, Jointventure. 2 player adventure mode. Such a great title, and game. I still plug it in and give it a whirl. Great review/retrospective as usual! Can't wait to see what you review next! *cough*Mystical Ninja, Goemon's Great Adventure *cough* Oh, Hovercraft, Plane, Kart, and T.T. is so worth the effort.
Hey I was stoked to find your channel in my recommended videos and i have been checking out a bunch of your backlog. Great stuff, I have so much nostalgia for N64. this was one of my favorite games. I loved the cheat codes. I still have a few memorized, jointventure for the two player adventure mode :).
Oh I can’t wait to get a n64! I’ve been watching your videos for the last month in anticipation for Christmas! Diddy Kong racing is one of the first n64 games I fully watched and after seeing it,I wanted to get the n64
Hi Glenn, Long time fan! This game was one of the best! I remember playing it with all my friends with snacks and pop for hours... The best memories of my childhood. I have been waiting for you to review this gem. You never disappoint! Keep up your work. Sincerely, Kurby
I never intended to own DKR until I was playing it in a Dixon’s store (remember those UK people) sometime before Christmas and knew it would be a great first game to get with my shiny new N64 to play with my brother. Wasn’t wrong and it took a looooooong time before I considered asking my parents for Mario Kart as I was highly contempt with DKR. Great game, great memories.
I never managed to finish this game, but I had plenty of hours of Multiplayer fun with my friends. Our usual games where this, Mario Party and Snowboard Kids. We never really figured out any of the secrets like how to unlock Tick Tock or the Rooster. While I distinctly remember trying to drive over the Frogs in order to unlock him. We even guessed the Portals to the stages we never managed to unlock too. Those were fun times, my favorite Character was Tipsy and my Fave Vehicle the plane.
My most played N64 title. I use it as my testing game for when I rgb mod N64 consoles. Because I've made alot of mods I've been able to FULLY complete the game and I mean FULLY. But because it's such a playable game I've so far fully gone through the game three times and I'm still not bored! A sign of a truly great game.
This game was the first 64 i ever had and man is it as memorable as it is to me to you. A rare game if I ever saw one. Special shout out to the sound track!
I played this game at a very young age, I think 3. And I’ll never forget the sense of accomplishment when I beat the first boss. It was my dad, my sister, and I playing through adventure as Banjo since he was our favorite. And none of us could beat the first boss with Banjo so they gave up, but I decided to try it one more time as Diddy instead. His turning was more beginner friendly and I beat the boss my first try, I was so proud.
My all time favourite fun racing game . Leagues above Mario 64 . Brilliant characters , vehicles , animation and graphics plus a really good soundtrack . This game was played to death . Frosty village had the best theme tune ever .
My sister got this game on her 7th birthday and we would play this game non-stop. I actually managed to unlock TT all those years ago and the dreaded "3rd lap curse" that my brother came up with, I would mess up just slightly on the 3rd lap in spaceport alpha or star city and would end up losing the race. The last time my family came together for Christmas I brought my n64 and we all played Diddy Kong racing just like kids again. This game means a lot to me.
I loved playing this at my cousins house in our childhood! We would battle so much in the multiplayer and i would try to help her pass the story mode. I only ever first played it cuz she had the game and I didnt.. so much fun and memories..
Great video! I didn't play this game that much in the N64, but when I got it in the Nintendo DS I enjoy every second of it. Really it is an excellent game, very fun and challenging. Just love it.
The first time I laid hands upon the N64 controller, family trip to the city (for we were country folk) and they took me to Toys R Us. I was 8 years old and I saw DKR and its speed and colors on the kiosk. Magical!!
Love this game! I did love unlocking Drumbstick and I do prefer this over Mario Kart 64. Both are great, but this one is just pure charm/adventure! Good video!
When I was a kid, I enjoyed this game, but don't remember it as one of my absolute favorites. I guess I always preferred Mario Kart 64 due to its superior multiplayer. I seem to recall getting frustrated with the difficulty of the single player challenges in DKR, too. Your review is encouraging me to give DKR another shot and see how I like it 20 years later.
I remember I got this game as a gift and I wasn’t too sure about it. Turned out to be one of my favorite racing games ever. I personally liked this game more than Mario Kart.
never thought a 64 games nastalgia outside battle tanks or spacestation silicon valley would hit me feels so much my friend thought i was crazy cuz i thought this was so much better than mario kart
I played this game a lot as a kid, and it was so much fun exploring. Once it came to the silver coin and TT challenges, however, it lost me. Rote memorization on top of the chaos of racing became frustrating and tedious, so I never unlocked the space levels - but I never felt like I was missing part of the experience either!
WHAT A GAME! is the phrase for this one.. I remember first seeing it in a friends house.. the vivid colours, fast paced action and different vehicles the island, the different themed worlds...the music! what else can i say!!!... one of THE most beloved games of my early teens. I still love this game to this very day. Games were much simpler bk then and you got all of them when you bought them and they had to be good (no patches)... Great simple pure fun seasoned with lots of exploration discovery and reward are my feelings for this. The exciting capabilities of Nintendo's next-gen system combined with 90's Rare game making genius....you can't go wrong! INSANELY HARD at times but a diamond for any collection.
I remember unlocking TT on this back in secondary school. I was one of the few people in my class that had the internet. So I had a lot of inside scoops about stuff. I remember reading something on a site about someone unlocking Luigi as a playable character and changing the faces on the start screen of Super Mario 64. I had got really excited about this, and had misconstrued and delivered the information to my peers at school. Them trying to unlock the characters, and failing, led to me being called a liar and nothing I said being believed, even though I called out a lot of releases way ahead of time, gave a lot of tips and walkthroughs and unlocked a lot of hidden stuff in games. It was literally that one unlockable Luigi thing that got me branded as the boy who cried wolf. Which was really hurtful, because when I did something rather difficult like unlocking TT, no one would believe me about it. Kids are ass holes. I remember the stress of doing it. I had always loved using the turtle character, with the cheatcode that added voice lines instead of the horn, Blabbermouth I think it was? Yeah xD But he was kind of.... not optimal for many races. He was more of a noob friendly character due to his -glue to the road- controls. He had I think the lowest top speed of any character. I just enjoyed using him. But I had to learn to use the other characters. I think I beat one level with Banjo, one level with the lizard guy (who I hated using) just because of their top speeds, and overall I used Diddy Kong the most as I found he was the most well rounded of all of the characters. It was immensely difficult to defeat TT sometimes as he seemed to make zero mistakes, take all the shortcuts and hit every single boost. And no one believed me that I did it xD It was worth it though because TT was overpowered as hell.
I never played this in the 1990s, or later, as I focussed on other N64 games (plus other consoles). Today that ended and I started DKR for the first time. I'm an hour in and I can see this game is going to be addictive!
Interesting about the multiplayer as we always had more fun with it than Mario. Used to love a good battle on dark water beach and icicle pyramid. My greatest memory of the game actually. Adventure was definitely fun too.
The Silver coin races where the bane of my existence as a child lol
Haha yeah some were very tough!
it was easy once i learned of the green boost trick
This game holds a special place in my heart. As I’ve said before my mom was a paramedic and as a single parent she would have to work 48 hour shifts and find me a baby sitter. There was a elderly couple who’s kids had all moved out and had kids of their own by this point when I was 8 or 9 and were more than happy to baby sit me especially over night if need be. One day I’m there staying the night and I notice a box on the table. The old man owned his own pawnshop and inside the box were some things he was having trouble selling and at the very top of the pile was daddy Kong racing. I picked it up and told him how much I enjoyed DK64 and how even though GameCube was the new thing I still played my n64 and he asks me a couple questions about diddy Kong and I used my limited knowledge of him from dk64 to answer what I knew and he told me he could tell id take good care of it and he gave it to me to keep
such a cool memory, this too is one of my all time fav games
I'm still pissed gamecube never got a sequel for this game.
Yeah man me too, rare own most of the character rights too!!!
The gamecube was in that very unfortunate window of time when Rareware was crumbling. We missed a lot of N64 sequels because of it
DAMN YOU MICROSOFT, DAMN YOU!
RIP Donkey Kong Racing
We'll just have to hope that there's emulation version
My favorite N64 soundtrack. One of the hardest games to beat as a kid; I could never beat Wiz Pig. I came back to it in high school around 2006 and spent all summer trying to beat Wiz Pig and I finally did only to discover there was a SECOND Wiz Pig race. Came back to it again in 2017 and. beat the whole thing. Took me 20 years to finally beat the game; young me would be so proud of old me.
Bro I'm 30 now and I still have yet to play the second Wiz Pig race. I'm purchasing an N64 bundle and an ED64 Plus cartridge soon so I gotta get back to it and catch up lol
I did prefer Diddy Kong Racing over Mario kart but still loved them both. One thing that I thought was needed in Diddy Kong Racing is that the karts needed a bit move grip, they always felt a little be to slippy and slidey to me.
Now that Microsoft and Nintendo do cross play surely they can come to an agreement to remaster Diddy Kong Racing for Switch and Xbox one cross play. How good would that be. Here's hoping..
Can’t see Microsoft releasing a rare game on Switch but we can dream
I agree. Most of the characters suffer from far too much understeer. However, this can easily be solved by using Pipsy or Tiptup. You probably just chose the wrong character. There's a magic cheat code which allows players to play as the same character too so everyone can play as the better handling characters in multiplayer.
or use the sharp handbrake and brake combo to really slam the turns
I remember being so impressed by the karts having lights that automatically turn on in tunnels 😲😄
And somewhere responsible... is a line of code with an if statement.
@@SuperYtc1 ummm... Ok?
@@Christopher-md7tf It should be ok! It is just code it won't hurt you.
@@SuperYtc1 You're weird.
@@Christopher-md7tf I think you are pretty dim.
My favorite video game of all time! Thanks for finally reviewing it!
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As a kid I loved the egg-collection multiplayer mode. I don't remember much of it or why I loved it so much but it brings back great memories seeing it here.
I swear this game hasn't aged at all. So fun, so innovative!
FINALLY!!! I love Diddy Kong Racing. It is (in my opinion) much better than Mario Kart 64
Glad I’m not the only one who thought so!
Agree
I have to agree - DKR trumps Mario Kart 64 by a country mile. To me, the gameplay, and the track, and the music, is more fun and entertaining than MK64. Multiplayer isn't as weak as N64 Glenn Plant makes it out to be, but that is just me, and my historic perspective of the game, especially when played against my family members, with both of the games.
Yup. I was addicted to this one.. a long with Banjo
Yeah! You tell 'em!
We need more donkey kong racing video games!! Do it, Nintendo!!
Until Mario Kart 8 came along, DKR was my favourite racing game of all time. I still dream of what Donkey Kong Racing would have been like on the GameCube.
Nintendo screwed up hard by not buying Rare. They were magical together.
Best racer out there to this day. If only their were more like this one.
id have loved donkey kong racing to have been finished
@@n64glennplant such a shame it never came out. I actually only beat diddy kong racing for the first time just 4 months ago.
Oh man I’ve completed it so many times now but the first time was always the hardest
@@n64glennplant I watched your livestream of the game and it really helped me out. Thanks a million.
@Tucker Johnson yes snowboard kids is great too.
Surprising it did take you this long! Has such a great soundtrack! The original Mario Kart 7!
to be honest it was one of the first games I ever reviewed on the channel, the one time when I was half asleep I deleted it by mistake so no better time to revisit it :)
Better late than never I'd say. Great review!
I heard the main theme from this game on a GDQ and it was stuck in my head for three years before I bought this game and realized where it was from. Great soundtrack for sure
Thank David Wise for that lovely soundtrack despite it kinda sounding like a work of Grant Kirkhope.
Christmas 97, wonderful time to play this I’ve got so many great memories of it. Great game that ramps the difficulty up with the silver coin challenge. Music is fantastic and some of my favourite tracks from any Nintendo 64 game.
hard to find much wrong with this game hey
It also brings me back in time when i was 10 years old and my mom got this for me and my brother for Christmas, it was awesome!!! So much nostalgia with this game just me and my bro playing all Christmas morning. Then couldn’t wait to come back home to pkay during the day. Wonderful time in my childhood ill never forget
Future Fun Land. Enough said!
Like with Click Clock Wood and Cloud Cuckoo Land, Rare sure knew how to make their final levels in their N64 games.
I hated click clock wood and could kookooland is the perfect world to kill your fps
The Merc Hailfire Peaks lava side was even worse lol
But I disagree on Click Clock Wood. That level is my favorite in the series.
I have so many fond memories playing this game at daycare with my friends after school. From racing each other, to taking turns with the single-player campaign against the bosses, to the free-for-all battle modes, just hearing the music takes me back to simpler days that I miss dearly. Icicle Pyramid was perhaps my all-time FAVORITE mode to play.
This game always makes me smile and happy when playing. It is the perfect game for playing once your mates have gone home. Perhaps the N64 biggest game in licence limbo that hurts the most. I am so glad I got my Ultra HDMI, I am working my way through it again. I unlocked everything back in the day. The snow tracks and the music at xmas time make me festive and I am grinch.
man those snow tracks at Christmas you're right, you know its winter when those jingles come on
It was the game my parents bought with the system. I could play a little bit but also had to take turns with my older brother. My parents weren't overly strict but limited our playing time per day. So the Day after they bought it i pretended to be ill so i wouldn't have to go to school. It worked. They were reluctant but believed that i was sick and so i waited patiently for my mom to go to work. She went to work. My father had a day off but went bathing. My time to sneak into the living room where the N64 was hooked up. Everything worked out and i could play Diddy Kong Racing. But guess what? My mom forgot something. She returned and caught me red-handed playing N64. It followed a rant by my mom but when she had to go my dad was actually pretty chill about the whole situation and let me playing again. I probably have some nicer memories of the game but this is the one that i had to immediately think of when you told how your father reported you ill.
love this story.... :)
I love this game so much. I bought a second copy because I couldn't find mine around the house and needed to hear the music again. It will always be my favourite kart racer, and I love me some Mario Kart too.
Rare is a national treasure
They were back then, now that statement would be up for debate
I honestly had no idea they still existed, or that they were behind Sea of Thieves... strange, hahah. At least for the era of gaming I love, Rare did some amazing things and created many of my favourite games like Banjo-Kazooie, DKC and Snake Rattle and Roll.
So many memories with this game. Me and my siblings arguing over who gets to play as Pipsy, me accidentally unlocking the space area blew my mind, and that evil life preserver that will forever hold its secrets. Good times.
Haha I always preferred Tiptup but my bro liked pipsy
Great video, loved this game as well, got it at Christmas, played it every day the following Summer, a great sense of achievement unlocking Drumstick & TT, and oh yeah Glenn your father is a legend for getting you that sick day from school 😂👍🏻.
And before the comments begin....yes it was ONLY to play Diddy Kong racing 😂
Sadly, I've never played this game as a kid. Only Mario Kart 64 and some other great games. Recently I found this game for just 5 bucks and I must say it's amazing and I am glad to play it now.
what a find and glad you enjoyed it
That isn't sad at all - I envy you being able to play the game as a new experience as an adult!
Which is the best racing game on the N64?
Mario Kart 64 or Diddy Kong racing?
The answer of course Is ... F-ZERO X
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Nah. The answer is World Driver Championship.
*Beetle Adventure Racing
ftfy
Err Crusin World is the best!
Rush 2/2049?
Glenn is back! yeah!
not been away :) well okay I took some time off but did a few streams every now and again :)
I first played DKR properly in like 2014 and thought it was great, got addicted and ended up completing everything.
yeah its one of those games you could sink hours into
Great point about the items.
I never noticed this because DKR was exclusively a battle MP game for my friends and I.
See I much preferred Mario kart 64 multiplayer. The rubber banding item deployment made the races much tighter
I never noticed an issue with the items, but maybe that's just because my friends and I were so close in skill level- as was the case with many of our games back then!
DKR definitely relies more on pure skill, though- for better or worse.
Thank You Glenn Always ! My fav Game Of all time, you jus made my day !
Defo up there as one of mine 👍
Love your videos! Just digging in deep and giving me insight on my favorite games. It's a blast from the past and very nostalgic! So glad I subbed to this channel.
Glad you’re enjoying and thanks for taking the time out to watch it’s appreciated 👍
Really great game and the soundtrack is still awesome to this day.
I wish they would make this for the Switch
We can dream 😍
Dude, the feeling of getting 100% on this game was awesome. Love Rare!
One of my all time fav games
I still have the copy I had back in 1998, I freaking love this game.
In contrast my experience with DKR lead me to the more "adult" playstation, cool hearing about your nostalgia for it, looking back it is a fun game.
I had both consoles but had a stronger connection to N64. I think because I had like 300 copies games on my PS1 I always treated the titles with more of a throwaway feel as opposed to the carts of N64 which being legit and expensive made me invest more to get my (and parents) monies worth out of them
Totally, I got sucked in by lure of Gran Turismo but should of kept both machines. Thanks for the nostalgia trip to the good ol 90's!
One of my favourite games of all time, you could absolutely rocket round the tracks and the story mode was excellent
Great game. Remember getting all the balloons, reverse and all. Loved the multi player, thought it was fun. Loved the egg one
This was/still is the pinnacle of all kart racing games.
Always had a fond spot for this game. I too share the same nostalgic memories in Adventure mode hehe
It was just such a cool concept back then
While I did get the chance to play Mario Kart 64 at friends houses, my family and I never owned it. My little brother got DKR one year for Christmas and I was just blown away by it. Mario Kart 64 was fun, but the variety of crafts and the kick ass adventure mode sealed the deal making Diddy Kong my favorite racer on the N64. Great review as always, Glenn. Keep up the good work, buddy!
Recently restarted this game and am amazed at how well it still holds up. Any time I replay it I always collect the overworld balloons as soon as they become available and then go through each and every thing in order. I just wonder if I’ll still have patience for that TEETEE trial again as I’ve only ever unlocked him once.
Always loved this game more than Mario Kart 64! The open world adventure aspect was cool, and the addition of watercraft and plane races kept the racing fresh!
Replaying this again after a few years - still brilliant and some very tricky courses! Really enjoying playing N64 again. Thanks for the top review.
My memory of this game, was when I was invited to my friends house when I was 11 years old for a sleep over. He had just gotten it, and back then we didn't know hardly anything about the games so it was new to us. We watch him play it for hours, but eventually I fell asleep after his many failed attempts to defeat the giant pig. I was hoping he'd play Zelda or atleast let us play. After that, I don't recall seeing it again.
Ah man this and Zelda were all anyone needed for a rocking sleepover ha
Yeah, I have to agree. But I don't remember seeing after that particular sleepover. Many others were filled with Mario Kart, Mario Party 2, Pokemon Stadium, Road Rash, and the World Is Not Enough.
Awesome game, awesome review!
thanks!
I got this game for Christmas 1997 I believe. It was an amazing game. I loved it! The multiplayer with the egg snatching was so fun! The variety of vehicles and levels.....so good.
See I always felt multiplayer was so so but solo it was amazing
@@n64glennplant they were both great, but the single player was the best
Diddy Kong Racing all the way. And I still liked the races better in multiplayer because my brother and I were pretty evenly matched in the game. MK64 is no doubt the killer for battle mode, though.
Glad to see this Review Just finished the game Highly enjoyed it!
I have a full livestream playthrough series too 👍
I love hearing you talk about N64 games.
I also have a good memory of this game: a friend of mine had it, and he played for some months. One day, he invited me to his home so we could do homework together. After we ate, we started playing DKR in co-op mode and didn't stop until night. We didn't do the homework, but we defeated Wizpig that same day (at least, in the first race against him)
did you get get around to doing the second wizpig together>?
same here I really found this 1 Player Gaming mode very engaging and magical. Great graphics and music. And to explore new worlds was really satisfying.
Hands down, my fondest memories of this game was playing Hot Top Volcano with one of my friends and the two of us just singing along to the music. It warms my heart for that matter, every time you mention playing with your dad. I have many fond memories doing the same with mine with Super Mario 64. He used to rent th4 system semi regularly until I was gifted one for Christmas from my grandmother.
Great video. My favourite N64 game! I wish they would’ve made another instalment of this, don’t think we’ll ever see one though. I’ve spoken to David Wise on twitter before and praised him for this soundtrack, gives me so much nostalgia
what memories.one of the best xmas ive had with this
Sorry so late, I was feeling nostalgic. I haven't looked into this game since 2001-02 maybe. Thank you.
Yes one of my favourite games of time I can't to watch this video thanks so much
also....FIRST!
Great vid! I miss those days :) Hope it makes it onto the N64 Mini Classic Edition.
I don't know what it is, but both Diddy Kong Racing and Banjoo-Kazooie has some of the most nostalgic stages. Especially the snow/christmas stages, reminds me of all the feelings i had as a kid in december. If the N64 Classic ever comes out, this game needs to make it on the system!
I love how many people are mentioning the Christmas levels :)
Never could best ol' Wizpig back in the day. He now resides rent free in my head.
Oh man, do I love this game so much... I had to have spent hundreds of hours, accomplishing literally everything this game had for me. Time to bust out the n64! Thanks Glenn!
Still my favourite racer to this day.
Certainly up there for me also
What a coincidence!!!! I just bought this game today!!!!
About 20 years 2 late
Never too late for this gem!
how you're enjoying it
@@n64glennplant haven't really had much of a chance to play it yet but it's pretty good!!!!
Ahw man one of Rare's masterpieces, I remember playing it at a friend's house and being instantly bewitched by this game. I loved Mario Kart.. But this had just so much more! When I finally got my hands on it myself I set out to completing everything - including getting TT - it was super difficult and at that point my biggest achievement in gaming haha.. So cool to hear you went through this as well! R+B cornering and z-boost required, and ofcourse tiptup. Secretly still listen to some of the tunes every now and then for a dose of nostalgia.. Thanks for the throwback!
Tiptup ftw 👍
Mate, been waiting on this vid for a long time. Diddy Kong Racing is in my top 3 of all time!
My best pal and I have held an annual sleepover on December 23rd since 1997 (the eve of Christmas Eve if you will) where we play games and watch Xmas episodes of key British sitcoms. From the 1998 occurrence onwards it’s been my task to play DKR through in one sitting whilst he does Goldeneye in secret agent. Just hearing the Frosty Village music in your vid is making me wish that the next three months would hurry up!
I love this game so much and say love because I still have it! You hit all the points of just the sounds, characters, music, meshes into one and you feel like you’re there. As an adult now I still feel that with this game and Rare seemed to be amazing at doing that. But I will admit I CANNOT BEAT IT. like seriously I can only get like 40% into the game and just give up because it is SOO EFFING HARD. I come back to it over and over when roughly a year passes by to see if it is easier and the hell IT IS NOT. I’ve only ever physically seen and played the space theme races ONCE in my entire life and it wasn’t my copy. My favorite character has always bounced back and forth between timber and bumper.
I searched this game on here because of an obscure reference that triggered whole chunks of my childhood. I played it mostly at the Dentist's office... they had a N64 in the room for kids and I played it every time I went- youngest of 3, I was there often. Now that i'm thinking of it i'm not sure I ever owned a copy, I just played it over and over at the Dentist because rando kids would reset the saves. Really fun, the bosses would scare me, & it was immersive. I loved the memory you shared with your dad! I gotta get a copy asap (: ..... I'm now realizing this is the case with Banjo Kazooie as well. I never owned it, I only played it elsewhere. Strange.
Haha loved the story of your father calling you in sick tonplay this with you. It reminds me of when my brother had the chicken pox, and my mom let me stay home from school as well.
We went to the shopping mall and bought star fox 64 as a surprise for my brother. What great memories.
Such a classic, I had so much nostalgia watching this review! This game was a big part of my childhood. I remember getting in on Christmas, and playing it all day. It was great talking to friends in regards to unlocking T.T., and all the secrets. I liked it more single player wise over Mario Kart 64. It had more depth with the adventure modes, and I loved going through tracks in different vehicles. (Hovercraft+Volcano, good times.) Can't forget the cheatcodes, Jointventure. 2 player adventure mode. Such a great title, and game. I still plug it in and give it a whirl. Great review/retrospective as usual! Can't wait to see what you review next! *cough*Mystical Ninja, Goemon's Great Adventure *cough* Oh, Hovercraft, Plane, Kart, and T.T. is so worth the effort.
I think like me, many watch and instantly remember playing it because of how memorable it is
Hey I was stoked to find your channel in my recommended videos and i have been checking out a bunch of your backlog. Great stuff, I have so much nostalgia for N64. this was one of my favorite games. I loved the cheat codes. I still have a few memorized, jointventure for the two player adventure mode :).
Welcome and glad you’re enjoying the 10+ years of content that’s up on the channel now ✌️
My fave was the hovercraft, then the plane, then the kart.
Oh I can’t wait to get a n64! I’ve been watching your videos for the last month in anticipation for Christmas! Diddy Kong racing is one of the first n64 games I fully watched and after seeing it,I wanted to get the n64
thats amazing to hear, so many great games in line for you
this game and star wars rogue squadron were the first games I ever played.
rogue squadron is awesome :)
Hi Glenn,
Long time fan! This game was one of the best! I remember playing it with all my friends with snacks and pop for hours... The best memories of my childhood. I have been waiting for you to review this gem. You never disappoint! Keep up your work.
Sincerely,
Kurby
thanks KURBY!
I never intended to own DKR until I was playing it in a Dixon’s store (remember those UK people) sometime before Christmas and knew it would be a great first game to get with my shiny new N64 to play with my brother. Wasn’t wrong and it took a looooooong time before I considered asking my parents for Mario Kart as I was highly contempt with DKR. Great game, great memories.
You mean content? not contempt right?
I'm picking this game up tomorrow off Craigslist for $10. I can't believe I never even tried it...Can't wait!
That’s your weekend sorted! Enjoy the ride!
I LOVED this game!! Had it for Christmas back in 97, took me a couple of years to unlock T.T as a driver
yeah took me weeks as a kid
I never managed to finish this game, but I had plenty of hours of Multiplayer fun with my friends. Our usual games where this, Mario Party and Snowboard Kids. We never really figured out any of the secrets like how to unlock Tick Tock or the Rooster. While I distinctly remember trying to drive over the Frogs in order to unlock him. We even guessed the Portals to the stages we never managed to unlock too. Those were fun times, my favorite Character was Tipsy and my Fave Vehicle the plane.
My most played N64 title. I use it as my testing game for when I rgb mod N64 consoles. Because I've made alot of mods I've been able to FULLY complete the game and I mean FULLY. But because it's such a playable game I've so far fully gone through the game three times and I'm still not bored! A sign of a truly great game.
what a day! i just dropped the motorbike from my father, and i destroyed a lot on it, but your videos will help me
This game was the first 64 i ever had and man is it as memorable as it is to me to you. A rare game if I ever saw one. Special shout out to the sound track!
Christmas of 1997, i got my N64 and it came with Diddy Kong Racing.
Been on of my fav games of all time ever since.
best Christmas Ever
Awesome game! Just finished playing it a couple hours ago!
An all time classic for sure!
I played this game at a very young age, I think 3. And I’ll never forget the sense of accomplishment when I beat the first boss. It was my dad, my sister, and I playing through adventure as Banjo since he was our favorite. And none of us could beat the first boss with Banjo so they gave up, but I decided to try it one more time as Diddy instead. His turning was more beginner friendly and I beat the boss my first try, I was so proud.
My all time favourite fun racing game . Leagues above Mario 64 . Brilliant characters , vehicles , animation and graphics plus a really good soundtrack . This game was played to death . Frosty village had the best theme tune ever .
I fell in love with this ode to n64 that was your channel, just to find out you havent uploaded for over a year.😢
Taking a break, perhaps longer than expected, but I’ll be back one day
@@n64glennplant cheers! I hope you are doing great. ✌
My sister got this game on her 7th birthday and we would play this game non-stop. I actually managed to unlock TT all those years ago and the dreaded "3rd lap curse" that my brother came up with, I would mess up just slightly on the 3rd lap in spaceport alpha or star city and would end up losing the race. The last time my family came together for Christmas I brought my n64 and we all played Diddy Kong racing just like kids again. This game means a lot to me.
thats an awesome memory, yeah the TT races were tough as hell in some cases especially the ones you mentioned
I loved playing this at my cousins house in our childhood! We would battle so much in the multiplayer and i would try to help her pass the story mode. I only ever first played it cuz she had the game and I didnt.. so much fun and memories..
Great video! I didn't play this game that much in the N64, but when I got it in the Nintendo DS I enjoy every second of it. Really it is an excellent game, very fun and challenging. Just love it.
Oh man go back and play the N64 version it’s way better 😍
The first time I laid hands upon the N64 controller, family trip to the city (for we were country folk) and they took me to Toys R Us. I was 8 years old and I saw DKR and its speed and colors on the kiosk. Magical!!
oh man I bet that was like an overload for a country boy :)
Love this game! I did love unlocking Drumbstick and I do prefer this over Mario Kart 64. Both are great, but this one is just pure charm/adventure! Good video!
One of my all time fav games fir sure
When I was a kid, I enjoyed this game, but don't remember it as one of my absolute favorites. I guess I always preferred Mario Kart 64 due to its superior multiplayer. I seem to recall getting frustrated with the difficulty of the single player challenges in DKR, too. Your review is encouraging me to give DKR another shot and see how I like it 20 years later.
its one of my go to games anytime I feel like having a blast
I remember I got this game as a gift and I wasn’t too sure about it. Turned out to be one of my favorite racing games ever. I personally liked this game more than Mario Kart.
never thought a 64 games nastalgia outside battle tanks or spacestation silicon valley would hit me feels so much my friend thought i was crazy cuz i thought this was so much better than mario kart
My dad loved this game, too - when he unlocked Drumstick we were all enthralled.
I played this game a lot as a kid, and it was so much fun exploring. Once it came to the silver coin and TT challenges, however, it lost me. Rote memorization on top of the chaos of racing became frustrating and tedious, so I never unlocked the space levels - but I never felt like I was missing part of the experience either!
WHAT A GAME! is the phrase for this one.. I remember first seeing it in a friends house.. the vivid colours, fast paced action and different vehicles the island, the different themed worlds...the music! what else can i say!!!... one of THE most beloved games of my early teens. I still love this game to this very day. Games were much simpler bk then and you got all of them when you bought them and they had to be good (no patches)... Great simple pure fun seasoned with lots of exploration discovery and reward are my feelings for this. The exciting capabilities of Nintendo's next-gen system combined with 90's Rare game making genius....you can't go wrong! INSANELY HARD at times but a diamond for any collection.
Amen to that edge! Send my regards to Christian!
I remember unlocking TT on this back in secondary school. I was one of the few people in my class that had the internet. So I had a lot of inside scoops about stuff.
I remember reading something on a site about someone unlocking Luigi as a playable character and changing the faces on the start screen of Super Mario 64. I had got really excited about this, and had misconstrued and delivered the information to my peers at school. Them trying to unlock the characters, and failing, led to me being called a liar and nothing I said being believed, even though I called out a lot of releases way ahead of time, gave a lot of tips and walkthroughs and unlocked a lot of hidden stuff in games. It was literally that one unlockable Luigi thing that got me branded as the boy who cried wolf.
Which was really hurtful, because when I did something rather difficult like unlocking TT, no one would believe me about it. Kids are ass holes.
I remember the stress of doing it. I had always loved using the turtle character, with the cheatcode that added voice lines instead of the horn, Blabbermouth I think it was? Yeah xD
But he was kind of.... not optimal for many races. He was more of a noob friendly character due to his -glue to the road- controls. He had I think the lowest top speed of any character. I just enjoyed using him. But I had to learn to use the other characters. I think I beat one level with Banjo, one level with the lizard guy (who I hated using) just because of their top speeds, and overall I used Diddy Kong the most as I found he was the most well rounded of all of the characters.
It was immensely difficult to defeat TT sometimes as he seemed to make zero mistakes, take all the shortcuts and hit every single boost. And no one believed me that I did it xD
It was worth it though because TT was overpowered as hell.
I 100% the game but the final Wizpig race almost killed me
yeah the second wizpig is hard as, took me a few attempts in the livestream also
I spent nearly a day doing that final race (I suck at racing games) and I still don't regret it.
I never played this in the 1990s, or later, as I focussed on other N64 games (plus other consoles). Today that ended and I started DKR for the first time. I'm an hour in and I can see this game is going to be addictive!
Interesting about the multiplayer as we always had more fun with it than Mario. Used to love a good battle on dark water beach and icicle pyramid. My greatest memory of the game actually. Adventure was definitely fun too.
Dark water beach is probably my fav offering
I own both Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing. Both are incredible games.