Super Mario 64 speedrunner Pannenkoek20012 is offering a cool $1,000 to anyone who can reproduce a glitch which has the potential to dramatically change future speedrunning attempts on the famous N64 platformer.
The glitch - which was spotted in the game's Tick Tock Clock level and allows the player to skip part of the level - was discovered entirely by accident by Twitch user DOTA_Teabag. You can see it in the video below.
Pannenkoek20012 hopes that if the glitch can be replicated and understood, it can be used on other levels and have an even bigger impact on the Mario 64 speedrunning scene.
If you think you can recreate the glitch, all you have to do is record your effort using the Mugen 64 emulator in a .m64 and .st file, and then share the results with Pannenkoek20012. You could be $1,000 richer for your trouble!
[source eurogamer.net]
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Interesting
@SHULZ21 Indeed.
I am going to be rich.
of all the things to spend $1k on, and he picks this?
Pannenkoek2012 didn't offer a bounty on the Invincible Goomba's head. He must REALLY want to know how this happened!
Well.
Now if I actually played this game. I would try this.
I would use the money to pay off my studies in a heartbeat.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore
@HollywoodHogan Yes. People driving in big cars, eating meat from humiliated animals and flying across the planet to lie on the beach are okay for you, despite that these things destroy our earth.
BUT somebody who spends 1000 Dollars on a harmless hobby is to much for you!?
@Topic: Mario speedrunning is a science. I find it very interesting.
@gaming_24_7
If you only played games 3_4, maybe you could donate the rest of your time helping to end the humiliation of animals and beach vacations
The speedrunning scene is incredibly large, especially for a game like Super Mario 64. With only a few minutes between a large majority of the speedrunners (those whose times I could find anyway) and with improvements only being in seconds, a glitch like this could easily break the SM64 meta. That's why there is the $1000 cash prize, because this is something that can and will probably change the community forever. Could he donate it? Yeah, but who's to say he doesn't already donate?
I'm looking forward to seeing if this glitch gets recreated, and kudos to whoever manages to do it.
Oh man, I want $1,000! Better get cracking...
@Gridatttack
A $1,000 to pay off your studies?! What university are you at?
The TAS / Speedrun community is really growing on me. Their dedication is really inspiring.
@KodyDawg so they can easily record it and share the code brah
@KodyDawg Have you watched the video? One can analyse the glitch in the data the emulator produces. How do you want to analyze a cartridge? ^^
Also, it's much easier to record it on an emulator (all you need is a program) than on the actual console (you need a hardware recording device).
@KodyDawg Glitches like this, after being found on an emulator, are often tried on the real game to sort of validate it. So I wouldn't be too worried if I were you.
@Franklin Of course, not to pay all of the total money involved.
But I would use the money to enroll in other courses (like online courses) so I can learn more.
And I'm not in the US. Universities tend to be cheap around here.
(anywhere from 55$ to 384$ monthly) But of course, the education quality cant be compared to the ones at the US or any 1st world country.
So not only are you illegally downloading an emulator, but your gonna get paid to do it, if you find the glitch.
The speedrun community does this quite often. The GoldenEye community have yearly bounties for certain levels or objectives, and if people can find a glitch or exploit for those things they can get a cash reward.
The big one is always one for control room to skip, or shorten, the protect section.
Anyway yeah, hopefully the big reward will encourage people to find out how to do it!
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