Super Mario 64 DS Exposed

Bugs

The N64 version of Super Mario 64 had quite a few glitches and so does the DS version, some of which are specific to SM64 DS.

A silver star too much

If you use a code or edit the memory using the trainer toolkit so that the player has 5 silver stars and then you collect a silver star the number of silver stars doesn't increase. But the silver star remains above the player and strange things happen; you can't pause and all objects other than the player freeze-you can walk through many of the objects. Apparently, this can be done without using a cheat device.

Comparisons with the N64 version

The number of lives couldn't go over 100 in the N64 version (due to the game's coding rather than a hardware limit) but with SM64 DS they can go up to 127. But above that, if lives is 128 it appears as 08 and 255 shows as 35 lives.

Debug

As with other Nintendo games, SM64 DS has two test maps/rooms that can be accessed using an Action replay code. The first one has a number of Tox boxes and the other has many objects such as items boxes, the caps and Goombas. There is also various ramps and steps and some water; there is some Japanese text on some parts of the floor and numbers on the slopes which probably indicate how steep they are.

Memory Map

Number of yellow coins (8-bit?)

PAL UK 0209f358

Number of lives (8-bit?)

PAL UK 0209f2f4

Number of silver stars (8-bit?)

PAL UK 0209f310

Current health (16-bit?)

PAL UK 0211117c

Number of red coins (8-bit?)

PAL UK 0209f30c

Player select (8-bit?)

PAL UK 0209cae1

00=Mario

01=Luigi

02=Wario

03=Yoshi

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