[Epilepsy Warning] Choco Mountain: The History of Mario Kart 64's Most Infamous Track
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a gripping entry point into speedrunning and as a model of a well-made history video.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2018 to 2018.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec msla · 2018-09 · on “'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 world record”
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 them some pathos: [this video]
Strong rec nayuki · 2018-10 · on “Mario Kart Wii: The History of the Ultra Shortcut [video]”
Along the same topic, this YouTuber made a fantastic video explaining the Mario Kart 64 Choco Mountain shortcut: [this video]
Recommends mcast · 2018-08 · on “Ask HN: What are some niche communities you enjoy?”
I didn't realize I cared about speed-running until I saw this YouTube video from Summoning Salt about N64's Mario Kart level: [this video]