Super Mario Kart - Two-Player Battle Mode (Actual SNES Capture)

This is a capture of me and a friend playing the battle mode in Super Mario Kart for the SNES. This is not an emulator and was not played on the Wii or Wii U Virtual Console. This footage was recorded directly from my Super Nintendo using an actual Super Mario Kart cartridge. I'm player one (Luigi) and Drew is player two (Toad).

When I first played Super Mario Kart around 1992 or 1993, I played battle mode at another kid's house and instantly got addicted to the game. I wanted to keep playing that mode for hours on end. It's basically what got me into the Mario Kart series to begin with.

Back in the mid/late '90s my friend Drew and I had our own Super Nintendos, as well as our own copies of Super Mario Kart, which we played all the time. Even when we owned the same games, Drew and I typically didn't play competitively against each other in multiplayer games because of how lopsided the results could be.

Super Mario Kart was a notable exception because Drew could put up some fierce competition, even in the racing. Drew always joked that he couldn't seem to beat me at any games except for this one. For some reason, he just always kicked my ass, especially in battle mode.

In this video we once again battled it out across all four of the battle mode courses. We then had a tie-breaking fifth match, but I won't spoil the ending. I think we played a little better this time.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official SNES S-video cable at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the SNES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

We're using standard SNES controllers.