Hey all!

While trolling aimlessly through the ancient posts, I found some old claims to shortcuts near the game's release that have long been forgotten. After correcting the grammar/clarity of the posts, I figured they're worth a look once again 7 years later...

1. 12/7/2003, Dino Dino Jungle
Generic Greeting posts:
I've discovered a glitch in dino dino jungle. After you go over the bridge with the dino's head leaning over and come to the last hairpin turn before the finish line, there will be a wall with fencing at the bottom. You will notice that the fencing alternates between a section of wire mesh and a section of white/red chevron signs as it runs along the wall.

What you want to do is drive straight at the fencing and aim for the section of wire mesh that is 2nd from the left of the end of the fence (or 3rd section from left if you're counting the chevrons). you want to hit this particular section slightly left of center. You need to store up a mini turbo and release it just as you hit the fence. If you do it correctly you will go straight through the wall and into the black abyss on the other side. You will hover there for a while and eventually Lakitu will pick you up and place you down right on the finish line.

Unfortunately, this doesn't appear to work as a shortcut. If you go round the whole lap and then perform the glitch, it will put you down at the finish line but assume that you haven't done the rest of the lap so you have to go all the way round again!

I haven't experimented much with this yet so I suppose it's still possible that someone could discover a way of using this as a shortcut method.

2. 1/6/2004, Luigi Circuit:
Ace posts:
Credit goes to my housemate Phil Dixon for this one, he discovered you can complete a lap on Luigi Circuit without actually going all the way round.

You have to drive partway around, then mushroom into the wall. You then drive back to the start and is considered a lap. He did it a couple of times but couldn't work out a way to get a quicker lap using it.

3. 5/10/2004, Dino Dino Jungle:
Kiff posts:
At the end of the first main bridge just before entering the cavern with geysers, you have to fall on the right of the entrance of the cavern (with a blue booster) and if you're lucky, you'll fall somewhere in the cavern and Lakitu will put you near the start line. BUT THE LAP WILL NOT COUNT. If the lap would count, we will improve our time by 15 sec per lap.

4. 5/29/2004, Yoshi Circuit
This one is sorta unclear but might have potential. Here is the link to the original thread:
http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1085879129

5. 6/16/2004, Rainbow Road
John Five posts:
I was playing Vs. today and when I was right by the tube that shoots you up, my friend hit me with a star. I went flying like 10 feet forward, almost NW but past the tube on the outside. Lakitu then dropped me in front of the finish line and I passed it as if I finished the lap. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

lap doesn't count if you do the ddj jump. I tried that with action replay