Submission #3231: DennisBalow & ReneBalow's N64 Super Mario 74 "0 stars" in 03:58.283

Nintendo 64
0 stars
(Submitted: 0 stars)
(Submitted: Super Mario 64 (U) [!].ext USA)
mupen64-rr 8
14297
60
18127
Unknown
Hack Location
https://www.sm64romhacks.com/hacks/Super-Mario-74
Patch Label Name Version: 1.4 English

Patch File Name:
Super Mario 74 (V1.4) (Eglish) (SM64 Hack by Lugmillord).bps

Rom Name and Hash
Super Mario 64 (U) [!].z64
Super Mario 64 (USA)
SHA1:9BEF1128717F958171A4AFAC3ED78EE2BB4E86CE
MD5:20B854B239203BAF6C961B850A4A51A2

Movie Name:
Super Mario 74 0 Star TAS by DennisBalow and ReneBalow.m64

Emulator:
mupen64-rr-v8
Under Old Version on the page https://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/Mupen
Use this file:
http://files.tasvideos.org/emulatordownloads/mupen64-rr/Mupen64 v8 installer.zip

Emulator Settings:
Video Plugin: glN64 v0.4.1 
OR 
Jabo's Direct3d 1.6
Input Plugin: N-Rage's Direct-Input8 1.60 
Sound Plugin: zilmar's Audio Plugin
RSP Plugin: RSP emulation Plugin
			
Submitted by DennisBalow on 7/22/2011 4:35 PM
Submission Comments
We did here in the game Super Mario 74 a Rom Hack from Lugmillord a zero star run. That sense is here like in Super Mario 64 that you get Stars to defeat later the last bowser. The only differences is here that, that game have 151 stars instead of 120 stars.
We found here BLJ´s and Side BLJ´s the that game can beat with 0 stars, too. How in Super Mario 64.
The Back Long Jumps:
At start the Side BLJ at brigde help us to go thought the 10 stars door. That save a lot of time. Instead of get 10 stars.
The BLJ to the second Bowser Course (Bowser's Aquatic Castle) Is a very simple BLJ. With it was it possible to go thought the 50 star door. With a right angle was it possible to get a lot of speed. That save a lot frames at this point.
The BLJ to the 3rd and the last Bowser course was very useful. We have going the 2 oblique walls with a the (C up) and then slipped from the edge above. So we was in the location, to use this speed for going thought the last door.
Times of the Bowser Courses:
Bowser's Badlands-Battlefield (21"13) Bowser's Aquatic Castle (12"60) Bowser Crystal Palace (16"60)
We have also try the fastest way to the key doors. But it can be, that maybe other strategies save more time than the ones we use.

Baxter: Replaced the movie file at the author's request.

DarkKobold: Judging

DarkKobold: This hack has been fairly poorly received, and I have to agree. The layouts are uninspired, and there isn't much added to the game to set it apart from the standard SM64. A hack should really demonstrate something far and above what the standard game offers. Thus, I'm rejecting this for game choice, regardless of the optimization level.
FractalFusion: Re-rejected because it does not satisfy conditions for Vault (hacks not eligible).

CoolHandMike: Re-judging due to rule changes.
CoolHandMike: Triviality and Entertainment rules are no longer taken into account, and hacks like this are more acceptable now. Changed the goal to "0 stars" since there is a "151 star" tas already published. This hack is optimized well enough to be acceptable for its time in 2011. One Bowser fight takes noticeably a little longer than it could, but this is not enough to reject. Tricks and bugs found after the submission date are also not counted against older submissions.
Accepting to Standard with goal of "0 stars".
Good job!
fsvgm777: Processing. McBobX is handling the encodes for this one.
Last Edited by fsvgm777 on 12/21/2025 9:11 AM
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