
The worlds are opened up by collecting balloons, except for Future Fun Land, which is a hidden world reached by accomplishing several secret objectives. Players begin on Timber's Island, which consists of five interconnected worlds Dino Domain, Snowflake Mountain, Sherbet Island, Dragon Forest, and Future Fun Land. In 'Adventure Mode', players control the racer of their choice to progress through the story. If a racer gets hit, two bananas will be deducted. A maximum of ten bananas will improve the speed, but can also be obtained to prevent other players from gaining speed.

Additionally, racetracks contain non-regenerating bananas that add to speed when they are picked up. A total of two upgrades are available for each balloon. If multiple balloons of the same colour are picked up, the power-up will be upgraded to a more powerful version. Red balloons grant missiles to attack racers ahead, blue balloons grant a speed boost, yellow balloons grant shields to protect the player from attacks, green balloons grant deployable traps to delay other racers, and rainbow balloons grant a magnet ability that brings the player closer to the nearest racer. There are five different types of balloons: red, blue, green, yellow, and rainbow. Each racetrack has a set of boosters known as 'zippers' that temporarily boost the player's speed, as well as featuring regenerating balloons of various colours that provide power-ups. The aeroplane is designed to access aerial areas it is good at acceleration and manoeuvring however, it has the slowest speed. The hovercraft is designed for both sand and water areas, but lacks in acceleration and manoeuvrability. The car is an all-round vehicle however, it is the slowest on surfaces such as sand and water. In Diddy Kong Racing, players can choose one of ten characters, who have access to three different vehicles: car, hovercraft and aeroplane. Diddy Kong Racing features five worlds with four racetracks each, and the ability to drive a car, hovercraft, or pilot an aeroplane. The player can take control of any of the featured characters throughout the game. The game is set on Timber's Island and revolves around Diddy Kong and his friends' attempt to defeat the intergalactic antagonist, a wizarding pig named Wizpig, through winning a series of races. ĭiddy Kong Racing is a 1997 racing video game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. Lee Schuneman, Chris Stamper, Robert Harrison.

Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version.
