Thread: Hacking Super Mario 64 using covering spaces

Hacking Super Mario 64 using covering spaces (happel.ai)

HN 62 pts 10 comments by nill0 Mar 2, 2026 thread

Hacking Super Mario 64 using covering spaces (+ hyperbolic geometry) (happel.ai)

L 8 pts 4 comments by slot Mar 2, 2026 gamesmath Science / Math / Physics Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Hacking the Nintendo Game and Watch Super Mario Bros (youtube.com)

L 5 pts 0 comments by inactive-user Nov 19, 2020 hardwarereversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Recovering a Bizarre Super Mario 'B-side' With a Cassette Tape (youtu.be)

L 1 pts 0 comments by lorddimwit Jun 28, 2023 gameshistoricalreversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Hacking Super Mario So It's All One Long Level [video] (youtube.com)

HN 3 pts 0 comments by LaserDiscMan Sep 9, 2025 thread

Reprogramming Super Mario World from Inside The Game (hackaday.com)

L 9 pts 3 comments by pushcx Jul 21, 2015 gamesreversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

A half-adder in Super Mario Maker (youtube.com)

L 7 pts 0 comments by steveklabnik Oct 5, 2015 programmingvideo Programming (General)Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

John Romero shares 1990 PC Super Mario Bros. 3 demo vid (gamasutra.com)

L 3 pts 0 comments by pushcx Dec 16, 2015 games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

This video includes some tearing not present in the original demo becaues the framerates don't match up to the PC. The side-scrolling was a major technical achievement on PC.

How a game-playing robot coded “Super Mario Maker” onto an SNES—live on stage (arstechnica.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by pushcx Jan 12, 2016 gamesreversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Article, but the best part is the 21:44 recording.

Super Mario Bros. 3 "Total Control" in 08:16.23 (tasvideos.org)

L 2 pts 1 comments by JordiGH Jan 12, 2016 gamesprogramming Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

SNES Code Injection -- Flappy Bird in Super Mario World (youtube.com)

L 27 pts 2 comments by calvin Mar 28, 2016 assemblygamesreversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Wrong Warp (youtube.com)

L 10 pts 0 comments by pushcx Nov 26, 2016 gamesreversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Super Mario World Powerup Incrementation Explained (youtube.com)

L 3 pts 0 comments by michaelochurch Nov 26, 2016 assemblyreversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS thread

[Re]discovering/correcting a ThinkPad supervisor password crack (xiphmont.livejournal.com)

L 4 pts 0 comments by nyx Nov 27, 2016 security Security / Privacy thread

How a robot got Super Mario 64 and Portal “running” on an SNES (arstechnica.com)

L 12 pts 0 comments by seschwar Jan 17, 2017 gamesreversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

World Record Progression: Super Mario Bros 3 any% (youtube.com)

L 6 pts 1 comments by pushcx May 17, 2017 gameshistoricalvideo Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Jailbreaking Super Mario World to Install a Hex Editor & Mod Loader (youtube.com)

L 10 pts 0 comments by fs111 May 29, 2017 gameshardwarevideo Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

A Comprehensive Super Mario Bros. Disassembly (gist.github.com)

L 13 pts 0 comments by pushcx Oct 16, 2017 assemblygamesreversing Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

“Super Mario Brothers” is hard (2016) (news.mit.edu)

L 2 pts 0 comments by jakeaccino Nov 23, 2017 compscigames Programming Languages / CS Theory Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Deconstructing the water effect in Super Mario Sunshine (blog.mecheye.net)

L 14 pts 0 comments by soulcutter Mar 3, 2018 gamesgraphics Gaming / Retro Computing thread

4-2: The History of Super Mario Bros.' Most Infamous Level (youtube.com)

L 32 pts 1 comments by michaelochurch Mar 4, 2018 gamesvideo Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Rounding error in Wii VC allows for completion of Super Mario 64 with 0 A-presses (youtube.com)

~ 8 pts 8 comments by unknown Jun 18, 2018 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Super Mario creator warns gaming industry: Don't be too greedy (bloomberg.com)

~ 18 pts 2 comments by unknown Aug 23, 2018 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

World Record Progression: Super Mario Bros. 3 Warpless | Summoning Salt (youtube.com)

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SuperTuxKart, the open source Mario Kart clone, achieves beta status with network support (betanews.com)

L 10 pts 3 comments by Yogthos Jan 11, 2019 games Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Extended 1up Sound | Retro Game Mechanics Explained (youtube.com)

~ 7 pts 0 comments by unknown Apr 8, 2019 ~comp Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Super Mario Maker 2 Direct 5.15.2019 (youtube.com)

~ 13 pts 5 comments by unknown May 15, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

How Mario 64 was solved using parallel universes - Super Mario 64 tool-assisted speedrun explained (youtube.com)

~ 6 pts 0 comments by unknown Jun 25, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Super Mario Maker 2 review: Much more than a game design toolkit (polygon.com)

~ 8 pts 1 comments by unknown Jun 27, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Can someone explain the hype around Super Mario Maker 2?

~ 18 pts 15 comments by unknown Jun 30, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread