Most of the game's sound effects came from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! including the pre-race countdown timer to commence racing. Pac-Man, and Blinky for a total of eleven. The game features all eight playable characters from Mario Kart 64, as well as guest characters Pac-Man, Ms. Unique to this game is a lock-on feature for the items.Īlso unique to this game is a temporary shield that is produced while powersliding which protects players from items thrown at them by the other racers. Mario Kart Arcade GP features items new and old. When a player hits one of the item boxes scattered throughout the tracks, the player is given one of the three selected items chosen at the start of a race. After finishing all four races from each stage, a 'challenge game' comes up, in which the player is required to complete a certain task each of them requires the player to drive to a goal under a certain amount of time while under a certain condition, such as driving backwards through a field of banana peels.
After a track is completed, the player must insert additional credits to continue the game, even if first place is achieved. The cups are Mario Cup, Wario Cup, Pac-Man Cup, DK Cup, Bowser Cup, and the unlockable Rainbow Cup.
There are a total of six cups, with four tracks in each, totalling twenty-four.
