This page details one or more prototype versions of Super Mario Kart.
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Multiple prototypes of Super Mario Kart were leaked alongside source code on July 24, 2020. They partially span almost the entire development cycle and show how often the game changed over time, but also how it shaped all later games in the series.
For even earlier uncompiled builds, see here.
| To do:
- Add full file paths for all the protos.
- Several more uncompiled builds can be found in other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/risc/mak, named kart-e.hex (7/3/92), kart-p.hex (8/6/92) and kart-j.hex (11/17/92). All three builds contain the debug menu.
- Get the Sha1sum hash for the kart-d.bin build (other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/risc/mak)
- There are internal tools, including a track converter program.
- Is it possible to reimplement the Debug Menu to builds without the Debug Menu by appending kart_02.rom at the end of the builds (and possibly with an extra patch)?
- Verify effects of SFX-Disk/SFX-DOS support, such as this branch of bsnes-plus (upload a proper release build of this bsnes-plus version if possible).
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Sub-Pages
| mkart Dated April 13, 1992. An early build featuring a third Choco Island track and elements seen in some prerelease videos and pictures (such as the early Donut Plains 1 track). |
| kart_* Dated May 18, 1992. The first build in English, and the first with Rainbow Road - which could've been much harder. |
| mario-kart-* Last modified July 14, 1992, but built sometime in May. It's very similar to kart_*, but more unstable and with minor changes in code. |
| mario-kart Last modified July 14, 1992, but built around the latter half of June. More things have been implemented, but the Nintendo polish is still missing. |
| kar4t Last modified July 14, 1992, but built around the latter half of June. Even more things have been finalized, plus there's a debug mode for Time Trial that's exclusive to this build. |
| kart Dated July 10, 1992. Even further along than kar4t. |
| kart-* Dated August 6, 1992. What seem to be internal testing builds from the last days of development. |
| Debugging Menus Many Debug Menus from various builds with a lot of features, including a track editor! |
Other Builds
Uncompiled Builds
Four prototypes that predate the mkart build, but only contain code data and lack any assets (tracks, graphics, music, etc.). As such, individual assets had to be inserted from the source files (with additional fixes if necessary) to make them work.
Info about these builds can be found on the Development page.
Final Debug Build
kart-d.bin is identical to the final Japanese build, but with the debug menu and commands implemented. Additionally, the win sequence after finishing a race can be skipped by pressing Start, pressing Select in a race will freeze the game, and there is one extra change in debug mode that allows to display entire track previews. This build was possibly used for capturing footage for medias such as magazines, promos, and the game's manual. (A small hex edit is required to make the debug menu accessible; see the Debugging Menus subpage for more info.)
Debug Controls
The debug commands found in the final game also work in the precompiled prototype builds. These can also be activated without Cheat codes by starting a race from the debug menu and pressing a certain button combination. The RAM viewer that crashes the final game at race start (Pro Action Replay code 7E1F0608) does not crash in builds that have the Debug Menu implemented like the May build (kart_*) and can accessed without Action Replay codes too.
Rom Info
Filename
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Path
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Date
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Sha1sum
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mkart.rom
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/util
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13 Apr 1992
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1863f951a0a5db07a3397106bd89d9f11acfe1a3
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rom1.DAT rom2.DAT rom3.DAT rom4.DAT
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/risc.lzh/rom
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13 Apr 1992
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kart_01.rom kart_02.rom
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/risc.lzh/mak/ other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/mak
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18 May 1992 05 Aug 1992
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d4f3a3944e600f4d4543ceca5d686b9b47c764ff aa2eebbec858e378c4726b5fd6ef9536036032ed
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kart.rom
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/risc.lzh/mak/
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10 Jul 1992
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aedec7fffaf14e5b983c39477251922f132a5adb
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mario-kart.bin
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/mak other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/mak
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14 Jul 1992
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99241cc8a2c78f59d78f916f3ce3f215ad991338
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kar4t.bin
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/mak other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/mak
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14 Jul 1992
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abbc7e553d530f2935fd895d4f688c8878dd0bd2
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mario-kart-01.bin mario-kart-02.bin
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/mak
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14 Jul 1992
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b2b754272d86e3f72355412d82d5d590a83b822b aa2eebbec858e378c4726b5fd6ef9536036032ed
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kart_01.rom kart_02.rom
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/mak
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06 Aug 1992
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kart-e.bin kart-j.bin kart-p.bin
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/mak
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06 Aug 1992
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76d56a41767625e6da1b8a9c8342f17aa9c1f7b0 179ced0c566a10a8d0c91bb282f3914b1bcf0806 27d9b4f30d39af75075691344b7bdeedbd32ac19
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kart-d.bin
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other.7z/NEWS.7z/テープリストア/NEWS_05/NEWS_05.tar/home/kimura/kart/risc/mak
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04 Sep 1992
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Mario Kart |
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See Also |
Donkey Kong • Game & Watch • Wario • Yoshi |