Today’s game is Super Mario 64. I saw that there was a de-compilation in the same vein as SoH and Spaghetti Kart, and i believe it’s maybe even done by the same team, and i wanted too try it.
I turned on the original resolution, framerate, and everything to get as close as possible too the original hardware and played from there. Honestly playing this way made me nostalgic. My first exposure too Mario 64 was on the Wii VC, and too this day it’s one of my favorite ways to go back and replay it. Something about booting into it from the virtual console menu just feels so special.
All though this was running at i believe a lower resolution than the Wii VC, it still illicits similar memories. I think playing with a control with a similar form factor too the classic controller helped, but definitely the fuzziness helped too. On original hardware i always feel like TVs attempt to do weird things with the composite signal and it comes out looking funny.
I ended up going too Jolly Roger Bay and just chilling there for the day. I did the star in the cave and then chilled on the shore while i ran through some homework on Assembly. I’m not one for letting a game run in the background but the ambience it provided was something nice. I feel like i was back sitting on the living room floor again with the Wii running and trying too learn my multiplication tables and cursive.
I don’t think i’m going too pick this up in my currently playing right now, i know i have more than enough, but it was fun too revisit one of my favorite games of all time in a format that is nostalgic too me.
I played this on the N46 from 1996 and on. Finished it only as an adult and got the Easter egg on the outside of the castle. 😁
Looots of nostalgia from this!
I’ve never had the patience to get as far as the Easter Egg unfortunately. I’ve gotten pretty close though. It’s a fun time
It’s a true challenge, definitely! Trust, the Easter Egg itself isn’t worth the effort as much as the satisfaction of getting all the stars. 😅️ Maybe you already know what it is but I won’t spoil just in case.
If you want more SM64 there’s a world of mods for it. SimpleFlips, a former speedrunner now more general lets play streamer has been supporting that community for years with events and it’s resulted in tools and mods some of which are incredible. Lots are just more of the same, but then you have examples like BAZR which turn the game into a roguelike deck builder, and it works really well. Highly recommend
I’ve dabbled a little bit before with mods. Nothing impressive though. I’ve only ever really done chaos edition and Super Releasio 64, both of which irc I only got as far as the upper floor before quitting
Shoutouts to SimpleFlips
That poor Whomp was just doing his job.
