Diddy Kong Racing was one of my favorite games as a kid. I remember the anxiety WizPig gave me when he was stomping up behind me on the first race. Lol

"I'm VERY excited for more" : blankest face ever. 100% thab, approved.

This is such a good series

I just realized, if Thab posts one of these videos each friday, so once a week, it's gonna be 394 weeks until all the N64 games will have been finished and turned into a video. At this pace, this is a journey that will last more than 7.5 YEARS. Incredible.

This game is so nostalgic.

This was one of the first games I bought in 1997 when I got the N64. I also had the player's guide and, watching this video, made me realize just how much tougher this game would have been without that. I don't know if I would have discovered some of the vital secrets like letting off the gas right before hitting a boost or the location of all the keys (which wasn't even shown in this review). It also told how to do a really tight turn (I think A, B, R, and a turn direction) which is absolutely vital on the silver coin races. Seeing him drive straight into the water after getting one of the silver coins made me wonder if he even knew about it because a tight turn can save you in those moments. I haven't played this game since the late 90s but hearing him say how difficult he found some of the courses (I remember Greenwood Village silver coin and Wizpig race 1 very vividly) validates my accomplishments as a 12-year-old beating this game 100%.

The multi-player levels were so much fun. I absolutely miss the hell outta this game

8:26 yes, it is a design choice, the mines he lays wouldn't do anything on a huge track if you get ahead of him. with laps they can still hit you a lap ahead

The music in Haunted Woods is the best music in any game ever IMHO.

I never could beat all the time trials to unlock TT. I did love using Drumstick the rooster though, unlocked much more easily by running over a frog that had a rooster comb. As for Wizpig, I found the first race super hard and the second almost trivial. With brake-turning the plane, steering was extremely accurate.

I think my favorite thing about this is seeing Thabeast in a different setting than Mario. It’s like watching Lebron play his favorite Winter Olympic events.

GET WRECKED WALRUS!! Haha nice man!

I remember as a kid I never beat wiz pig the first time, so when I revisited the games like 5 years ago I was throughly surprised to find out there was a 5th world, Amazing game! Nothing but Bangerz from Rare back then

I remember the rumors around the 101% completion of this game; they said that you could unlock a boss multiplayer mode where you selected your boss and raced, one of them was a Giant Donkey Kong.

As a kid, this game was interesting, infuriating, & satisfying. As racing games go, Diddy Kong Racing was the most fulfilling. This video was a trip. Loving the series.

To this day, this is still my all-time favorite racing game

Buckle up guys. I don’t think we all grasp just how long this series is going to be 😂

Man. A friend and I rented this one time from Blockbuster. The first hour we HATED it... But we rented it, so we kept playing for the whole weekend and ended up beating it. It was absolutely awesome and we loved it by the end! Fantastic game.

Man the plots for video games in the 90s were wild. They really said we're making the racing antagonist a giant pig wizard from outer space and just went with it. Legends

Really enjoying this series and love the review of the games. Really hope you keep up with this idea. These games bring back so many memories from my childhood, I remember when most of the n64 games came out if that explains how old I am lol, thanks for the nostalgia thab it very appreciated.

The second play through is mirrored but also a harder difficulty. I think that is how you truly defeat Wizpig!

Great Job Thab, I am one of your fans that mostly watches the endless runs. I have seen all of your different types of content, but ultimately veer off after a while. Its your MM2 endless where you shine the brightest. Saying all of that I can honestly say, this is the best content you have ever made. And I honestly feel like this deserves more views and likes from all, as this is really well made and creative. The short and concise format is wonderful and I hope for all the best. Keep it up Thab.

This is a fantastic series, not only are the videos edited in a way that makes things move along quickly and precisely, you are also a great commentator. You talk about things in an efficient manner while also adding enough of your own flair to keep things interesting and entertaining. Keep up the good work! :)

Love the reaction against the walrus race

I had this game as a kid! I was so proud When I unlocked T.T. and beat Wizpig. Honestly can't remember if I did the space levels. Keep up the great work, loving the commentary!

I can see this series exploding in popularity in the future, it will be an amazing accomplishment! Glad I found your channel.

Loving this format! Can’t wait to see more games

This reminded me that i really miss playing Chocobo racing

I would recommend putting “review” or “analysis” so something in the title. I thought this would be a play through and didn’t know this video was this awesome style! Really love to hear your opinion on the games! I loved this game so much as a kid! This content is a nice change of pace from your other videos I’m a huge fan and can’t wait for more videos like this great job

Look at those polygons, the water, the animation, the textures! DKR is a dead example of late-N64 greatness. That being said, this game had a lot of heart, too - in the wacky story, expressive characters, incredible music and funny script. 10/10 game

Yessss so excited this series is just beginning.

I played this game a lot as a kid. You were right about the waterfall entrance being confusing and trying to beat that darn Wizpig is tough. I don't recall if I ever beat him the second time. That's was back when most people didn't think to look up tutorials online. I mostly played multiplayer, though.

This is an excellent series. Really fascinating to watch and a bit of nostalgia. Great commentary which brings the game to life. Thank you!

I love this goal! Hope you keep making these KZfaq summary videos, as thats the only way for me to watch them. Cant wait to see what struggles you overcome and what games you will hate and love.

the soundtrack of this game is absolutely amazing

Such a good series. Can't wait to watch the Conker's Bad Fur Day, TLOZ: Ocarina of Time and Majora Mask, Pokemon Snap and Stadium, Mario Party and Rouge Squadron vids.

Love this series. It also made me more interested in following the live streams. Looking forward to the next games!

This series is truly outstanding! When I saw the length of this video I felt a moment of disappointment, expecting that it would be a zoomed-out analysis and would brush over the gameplay. To my pleasant surprise this couldn't be further from the truth. I absolutely love the style of going level by level and giving attention exactly where it is needed just going by your natural reaction to the game. I'm so happy this series is happening and excited to see what comes next!

Dang man, I had almost completely forgotten about this game. We had it when I was a kid, I'm pretty sure it was one of our first games for the N64. (Not super surprising, it was one of the earlier games after all) And yeah... I remember my brother also struggling for ages trying to find the world and raging about them hiding it behind the waterfall :D

Wow holy shit dude. You just unlocked a deep memory of me hitting that exact same palm tree and losing to the dino boss. Just found your series - love it... will be watching more!

This is my favourite series on youtube at the moment! Love these videos. Nostalgia central.

Another awesome video. Looking forward to Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and Pilotwings.

YES! I had been waiting for part 2. Love the series!

Great video Beast, much nostalgia for DKR here too. I like how you've added the stream reactions. Not sure I ever did beat WizPig...that space world doesn't look familiar...

Really liking this series, looking forwards to the next one!

Awww yeah!! DKR is one of my favorite N64 games ever! Funny story - I was watching my brother struggle to try to beat Wizpig the second time, in space, I must have watched him fail it dozens of times, that I beat it on my first attempt at it, I was so familiar with the run!

God rare and Nintendo had SUCH a good thing in the 90s, every game was so good. Too bad they’ve done nothing close since

You are an amazing content creator and I will forever be watching and rooting for your success. This series is fun so far and will be a joy to watch.

Two DK games in a row to start the challenge. Love it.

I love this game. And I am loving your channel, just discovered it and watched 3 videos today. There are certain favorites of mine where I can't wait til you get to them on the randomizer.

I'm really interested in seeing you complete this series!! It's a great concept and idea. One thing I'd like to see is maybe a solid game play section or two so we can be in the experience of beating the game with you here on KZfaq!!!

Diddy Kong Racing was one of the first games I ever owned a players guide for. Despite being only like 5 years old, I still know most of the secrets and unlockable characters. Such a fantastic game

This game deserves a sequel. What is Nintendo doing?!

9:03 The reason kids got it was they played around and had fun rather than just trying to win. I remember so many times I'd just go in on 2 player and play hide and seek with my friends. There isn't a spot we werent familiar with after the first couple days in the lobby.

Greenwhich village was the reason for MANY crying fits as a kid. That silver coin stuff was no joke

Me and a good friend used to play this game all the time. Knew every shortcut there was by the end and we were both really good and really competitive with it. Miss those days and I miss my friend. RIP Ben Thomas, miss you buddy

I love your videos buddy, thank you for this. Its exactly what i've always wanted with a youtube channel that covers Nintendo 64 games.

The reason Nintendo didn't put up much of a fight to keep Rare is because the people they believed were the most responsible for Rare's success had all left the company by 2002. Combine this with the retirement of Rare's founders (Tim and Chris Stamper) Nintendo chose to sell high on their investment, sensing an impending decline. But what a magical run Rare had with Nintendo! Easily one of the strongest partnerships in the gaming era with many memorable and high-quality games :)

My brothers and I still get together every once in a while and play this thoroughly. There is also another secret character the Rooster that you can unlock. I kind of forgot how but I think maybe its winning all of the Grand Prix Trophy Races in each world (pre space), then there will be a frog with a little rooster head that you can squish in the main courtyard (near Pig Head). The Rooster drives like Vin Diesel out of F&F. This one is an absolute gem.

This is fantastic. I really look forward to the series' continuation.

I love this new series. Cant wait to see the next one!

This game was the centerpiece to my best Christmas ever as a kid. God bless you Diddy Kong ❤🤟

"Get wrecked walrus. You hacker" I laughed so hard. Love this it brings me back to sweeter times

HOLD THE PHONE! I was totally waiting for you to enter the secret where you have to replay ALL the levels again but backwards and they are EVEN HARDER! *shrug* guess it might have been extra on top of the story.

really love this concept. new sub! I cant wait till you play Jet Force Gemini, easily the most criminally underrated game in the history of games

Love this game, I wish they would remake it for Switch or something

So good! Lucked out so far on the games! Can't wait to see you play some real gems

awsome series!!! Instant like for every video of that!!

Me, my brother, sister, and some friends played this awesome game so much back in the day. I got it when it first launched. Don't remember if we 100% it, It's been many years since I last played, we definitely tried to. As soon as he mentioned Greenwood village traumatic memories I must have blocked out came flooding back lol. Silver coins, and I think that second quest mirror thing is also "expert" difficulty. Idk it's been so long

music of diddy kong racing is just amazing - i got chills everytime i hear it its amazing

Love this series and love the format thab!

He rages like Kip from Napoleon dynamite. Awesome videos man I love the nostalgia.

I wish I saw these videos when they were first released because I would have loved to support you on this journey. I enjoy it so much and I'm so glad that you continued baking them

I love this review! Exactly like you said I didn't find the last world behind the waterfall and just quit lol

Great video!! Can’t wait to see a whole video on Tonic Trouble aha

At some point in the game, there will be a frog with a Roosters Comb and Wattle in the main area, if you run it over, you'll unlock the secret character "Drumstick".

Great series! Love the random aspect of it

Fun fact: The hint to increase your boost panel strength to green will only show up, when you have subtitles enabled, which are off by default in the European version. And apparently without the trick you can only win the race with Banjo or Drumstick, even when reaching perfectly, as the others are simply too slow without it

T.T. the unlockable racer is insane, above average in every stat. Acceleration, handling and top speed. Using him is a cheat code. Using him against your friends is akin to picking Oddjob in Goldeneye. People stop wanting to play with you.

Enjoying this series! Thing about the Second Adventure: It's not just the same game but backwards. All the tracks are backwards, but the silver coins are *much* harder in the second adventure.

I think something that is interesting about this game compared to Mario Kart is that it has some different variety in terms of flying, etc. That was something that stood out to me when I played this game years ago. While it definintely felt like Mario Kart, it also felt unique.

I got my N64 in college and this and Mario 64 were my first two games. I love them both so much. Totally agree about the winter levels in DKR. The colored lighting and music are perfect.

DKR is the best N64 game imo. Never beat it as a kid, but as an adult I did go back and 100%ed it 😁

Way to rate this so high, I agree completely with the enjoyment, I remember enjoying this as much as donkey Kong 64 100% completion! Thank you for the reminder of great memories ☺️

I really respect your endeavour of beating every game fair and square! I wish I got the patience for doing the same. :D

You, my sir, are doing God's work. I could never beat this game when it came out.

great video, I loved this game so much on N64. Can't wait to see more of these. Rogue Squadron please.

Haha.. thanks ..... what... Goemon! I can't wait to see you do that one I loved that game. I remember playing through it a few times while having a saving issue so I'd have to beat the game all in one sitting. Alright.. DKR was another gem. I liked it more than Mario Kart just because of the boss races. I remember it taking forever to beat Whiz Pig in the first race so I was so upset knowing you had to race him again while he rode a rocket. 🤣

Mannn I'd spend hours as a kid just flying around the hub world making up different scenarios haha. Great game.

As a kid, me and the kid whose family owned the cartridge would fight over who got to be Timber since we were both obsessed with cats (usually, he'd be Timber). Whoever didn't get to be Timber would be Conker and smaller kids would sometimes play Pipsy or Tiptup. Nobody ever played Bumper.

So glad I stumbled upon this in the algorithm. Super cool concept for a series

Adventure 2 is actually even more difficult than you stated. I don't recall if the levels are mirrored but the CONTROLS are. In the lobby area they aren't but in the actual races the controls are reversed, for all races, silver coin races, boss races, wizpig, everything. It's incredibly difficult.

This game is basically: 1. Fun 2. You get to wizpig and stop playing

I like this series Thab! Great videos too!

My favorite new series! Please keep doing them!

This is class. Gonna watch them all

This is my fave game! I’m stuck on certain silver coin ones… :( and I have no idea where the keys are… thank you for sharing… I had no idea this game was so involved!

The reaction to beating the Walrus. Priceless. haha 7:40

Love Diddy Kong racing! Isn't there another wizpig race in space where he's on a rocket? That race is absolutely insane.

It’s criminal that we never got a sequel to this game!