Excellent control and water effects that took five years to be bettered (by Nintendo GameCube's own Wave Race: Blue Storm) highlight this classic racing Pak for the N64. You'll feel the pounding and crashing of the waves as you accelerate into straightways, whip around buoys and fly off ramps. But don't race alone - challenge a friend in two-player mode! Wave Race 64's nine challenging courses are packed with marker buoys, ramps, mines, hairpin turns, sandbanks and more. As you proceed through Championship Mode's three difficulty levels, the courses get tougher and your rivals become more aggressive. Things start out easy in the tranquil lagoon of Dolphin Park. Soon you'll be battling the slanting light of Sunset Bay, racing through the fog banks of Drake Lake, skipping from wave-top to wave-top in the choppy Marine Fortress course and making a late-night run through the neon-lit Twilight City. Test yourself in Time Trial Mode, or, in Stunt Mode, master dazzling tricks while riding through red-and-white rings. You can do a handstand and roll, flip or helicopter your Jet Ski. If you're good enough, you'll even get to ride a dolphin. Wave Race 64 gives you a choice of four riders, each graded according to four capabilities: grip, handling, acceleration, top speed and collision stability. Plus, you can customise each rider's Jet Ski and even select how rough the waters are.

 

Also available on Virtual Console