System: Nintendo 64
Genre: Racing
Diddy Kong Racing came as a complete surprise to me, not only because Rare waited until near release to announce it but also because our mother randomly came back from the shops one day and announced she'd bought it for us for Christmas, with barely any prompting. Very impressive. I love the "racing adventure" idea, it works so well. Even the bosses are good if surprisingly hard. It's one of those primary coloured games that I absolutely love with my kind of hummable soundtrack too. Some of the characters in it are very strange, from a more innocent Conker, to the bug-eyed Timber and Bumber, to the weirdness of TT the playable stopwatch. Tiptup was always my favourite though.
