Mario Kart Arcade GP DX is a Mario Kart game for arcade systems, developed by Namco Bandai Games in partnership with Nintendo. It is the tenth installment of the Mario Kart series, and is the sequel to Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, the second Mario Kart arcade game. Written by cartwheelcapture25@gmail.com Plot Summary Add Synopsis.

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With over 20 types of karts that can specifically trigger over 90 types of items, the racing possibilities of Mario Kart Arcade GP DX are endless and players will be coming back to play again and again. Weight: 500 lbs: Dimensions: 63 x 41 x 94 in: Reviews. There are no reviews yet.
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (JP) (also called MKAGPDX) is a racing game featuring Super Mario characters, released exclusively on the Arcade. It is the third game in the Mario Kart Arcade series, and the tenth title in the series overall, following Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2.

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Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
Developers: Bandai Namco, Xeen, Nintendo Publishers: Bandai Namco, Namco, Nintendo Platform: Arcade (Namco System ES3) Released in JP: July 25, 2013 Released in US: 2014 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Developers: Bandai Namco, Xeen, Nintendo
Publishers: Bandai Namco, Namco, Nintendo
Platform: Arcade (Namco System ES3)
Released in JP: July 25, 2013
Released in US: 2014

This game has unused areas.
This game has unused graphics.
This game has unused music.
This game has unused text.
This game has debugging material.
This game has regional differences.

To do:

Interesting executable strings (Rev 1.10), for example:
- JP notes in EXE.
More Regional differences.

The third Mario Kart Arcade GP game that ditches the other PAC-Man characters in favor of only including the Pac himself and removes Rainbow Cup, but adds characters with palette swaps, gliding, underwater, and Don-chan. Oh, and no more Mario Card!

2Developer leftovers
- 2.1Source files
3Unused Graphics
4Unused Tracks
5Removed Test Song
7Oddities

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Unused Text
Unused text and debug strings.

Developer leftovers

Source files

Autodesk models

Present in DataModel, DataSystemModel and DataModelmenueggslot, the files spe25_dekatibi_R.xsi and spe25_dekatibi_F.xsi were added in the 1.10 update.

Download Autodesk model sources from MKAGPDX

File:MKAGPDX_AutoDeskModelSRC.zip (12,483 KB) (info)

Bishamon effect solutions

Present in DataEffectsbmsln, are solutions for a portion of the models made from the Bishamon middleware used from Matchlock Corporation. They were made from 2012-2013.

Download Bishamon solutions from MKAGPDX

File:MKAGPDX_BishamonEffectsSRC.zip (152 KB) (info)

Maya collada

Present in DataEffectsmodel are a portion of raw collada files. Almost all of them were created by S_Ihara, likely Sayo Ihara, who is part of the visual effects team at Xeen Inc. in the credits. The source file exported is usually located in D:/MK3/EF/3D/maya/scenes/sozai.mb and related textures are in D:/MK3/EF/3D/maya/image/*, where star could be something like ef_3D_common_a01.dds or ef_3D_tornado.png. The only file that isn't created by that person is obj_warp02.dae where the author is not present in the file but the texture compilation location D:/users/imaki/projects/MK3/effects/model/ef_3D_warp02.dds suggests that Toshifumi Imaki who is also part of the same group from the same team made it.

Download Maya colladas from MKAGPDX

Uncompiled effect shaders

The base game and update(s) have uncompiled shader effect files Shift-JIS encoded in the directory DataSystemShader. Similar files are separated across them.

Download Uncompiled effect shader files MKAGPDX

File:MKAGPDX_UncompiledShadersSRC.zip (157 KB) (info)

Ruby scripts

To do:
Upload them, putting them here raw would just make the page bigger.

Present in DataEffectsshader are Ruby scripts for making the shaders.

Maya swatch file

Present in DataModelkartmariospe23.mayaSwatches is a single file titled mark_mario_col.dds.swatch, being a Maya swatch file that has no use by the game. It was created by imaki-toshifumi on I-0911, where I-0911 is likely the computer or workspace while imaki-toshifumi is likely Toshifumi Imaki, who takes part of the visual effects team at Xeen Inc. as seen in the credits of the game. The file was created on Monday August 18th at 20:12:45/8:12 PM in 2014.

Raw PNG textures

The Data/Effects/model directory has two modified source PNG files before converting to DDS, one (ef_3D_common_a01) also has a DDS file but the other (ef_3D_tornado) doesn't. The first doesn't have the fire particles.

Unused Graphics

Present in flash/data_jp/common_tex/tex/test.pac are test character icons of all the characters from the first release (Rosalina is there as well because her files are present in the first release) in dds format. The most notable difference is Pac-Man, as he uses his older model from GP1/2. In the final, he uses his appearance from Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. There's also smaller versions of the same icons.

flash/data_jp/test_data/test_datatex.pac contains two Mario icons (much like the ones in test.pac), and sprites for a test menu and two images of old cars in Japan, most likely at some kind of car show. They may have been used to test the camera.

flash/data_jp/select_00/select_00tex.pac has placeholder sprites for the class selection and other sorts. It reuses artwork from GP1/2, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Kart 7.

Present in flash/data_jp/common_tex/tex/chara_p00.pac, in the first release, are character select icons for Yellow Yoshi and Blue Yoshi. There may have been plans for more palette swap Yoshis as DLC, but got cut for unknown reasons. Only Red Yoshi and Black Yoshi were released. Red Yoshi's icon is present as well, but Black Yoshi's wasn't added yet. Yellow Yoshi's slot ID is 16 (0x10), and Blue Yoshi's is 18 (0x12).

Mario Kart Arcade Gp Dx Rom

Lakitu U-Turn Sign

Lakitu's object graphics have a U-turn sign, along with a specular map for it, for when the player goes backwards, but since the player can't go backwards, it goes unused. There's also no model for it. A glitch can be done to force the player to go backwards by disabling the warps at Peach Castle or Kingdom Way, but the sign doesn't attempt to appear either.

Grid test?

The texture and model directories in DataEffects have this file called test_01.dds, the base and update(s) of the game have this file.

Error popup textures

To do:
Upload them.

flash/data_jp/common_tex/tex/popup_error.pac has fully translated error message popup textures but unfortunately they went unused as the game pulls strings from the error list text file to display over the 'Call Attendant' message instead when an error occurs during bootup or gameplay.

Opening texture

flash/data_jp/common_tex/tex/opningtex.pac has one texture, only a 32x32 white square.

Unused Tracks

To do:
Find/create new videos of tracks.