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[Fermbiz]

This makes my boner pop.

 

[MrBadger]

I'm starting to think this guy's trapped on a desert island with only Super Mario 64 to entertain him

 

[Gavin Darklighter]

Super Mario 64 is the gift that keeps on giving

 

[MCN]

What higher Mario 64 studies authority can you possibly be imagining that could even award Pannekoek that PhD?

Miyamoto himself.

 

[Par Score]

The question I'm left with, and which I was sure the video was gonna answer, is where the physics would take the bowling balls if they rolled the other way.

If they follow a novel and interesting path through the level that way then it lends a lot of credence to the Slope X theory, if not then it's more dubious.

 

[SpiceMelange]

I bet if he gathers enough speed with his QPU thing he can grab the coin on the same frame the coin loads into memory before the failsafe kicks in next frame and unloads it.

 

[Hasney]

I bet if he gathers enough speed with his QPU thing he can grab the coin on the same frame the coin loads into memory before the failsafe kicks in next frame and unloads it.

No, he even tried teleporting onto it. It registers the unload before the Mario collision.

 

[brawly]

Miyamoto exposed.

 

[OneLessIcon]

Awesome video. Pour one out for coin #5.
Makes me want to play M64 again.

 

[Dr. Buni]

Nice video.

 

[Kor of Memory]

I'm telling you right now. That coin spawner was put into place during a build and subsequently starting causing compile errors. Except no one knew what was causing the error.

I'll be you anything that Spawn a coin X times and then despawn the coin was put in after that coin spawner was put into place.

They couldn't find the coin spawner that was causing the problem, so they wrote a bit of code to prevent the game from crashing.

 

[E-Cat]

This appeals greatly to both my INTJ and Asperger's sensibilities.

 

[Zedox]

Godlike deductive reasoning. Are we sure he isn't Sherlock Holmes?

 

[Fugu]

Finally, this image is explained.

 

[belteshazzar]

Finally, this image is explained.

This is amazing. This should've been the real manual in the game.

 

[Fugu]

This is amazing. This should've been the real manual in the game.

I've had this kicking around on my computer because I thought it was some kind of surreal joke. I had absolutely no idea that it was based on real stuff until today.

 

[Joeku]

Finally, this image is explained.

Wait. What the heck is this and where is it from?

 

[Odrion]

I wish he still voice commentated his videos, he has a nice Bob Rossesque voice and the contrast between that and the stuff he said about parallel universes and ect. was transcendent.

 

[Fugu]

Wait. What the heck is this and where is it from?

This is a fake version of the manual designed to incorporate what's taught in this video.

 

[MrSaturn99]

Finally, this image is explained.

Ha!

 

[Jackano]

Miyamoto himself.

Not Miyamoto but whoever was the main programmer. Except when you see this new impossible coin, the guy wasn't likely aware of this change/or he hasn't though or paid attention to the 4 coins series.

My point is, they couldn't be that short on time to not change the coin spammer position. So even the lead programmer didn't knew about this.
So Pannekoek IMO has surpassed anyone who have worked on the game.

 

[Myriadis]

The question I'm left with, and which I was sure the video was gonna answer, is where the physics would take the bowling balls if they rolled the other way.

If they follow a novel and interesting path through the level that way then it lends a lot of credence to the Slope X theory, if not then it's more dubious.

Their path is actually hardcoded; it just looks like there are some physics going on. If you would move them down the right slope and after that let it run its course it would simply move straight and pretty much nothing else.

 

[Zyrox]

This guy probably knows more about SM64 than the actual developers.

 

[wild wild rice]

There is so much we take for granted when playing a video game.

 

[Auto-Reply]

Wait. What the heck is this and where is it from?

His 0.5 A Presses Video spawned a ton of memes for a short time.

 

[RoyalFool]

It's nuts to think that he's problem spent more time pulling apart the game than the world builders probably had putting it together, with it being a rushed launch title and all.

I still feel a bit sad every-time I play it knowing the stress of getting it done on time, and the complexity of breaking new ground, made the lead programmer leave the videogame business. I guess Mario 64 makes one hell of a magnum opus.

 

[*Splinter]

Found his channels recently and absolutely love these videos. The level of detail he goes into would make anything interesting.

Hell I've watched an 8 minute video on blinking animations in a 20 year old game I've barely played.

 

[RoyalFool]

I've barely played.

 

[*Splinter]

I... I never had an N64, ok?

Don't worry, I've gotten all 120 stars at least once.

 

[Omega Kirby]

Game is literally unplayable now

 

[Luigi87]

Pannekoek's videos never fail to impress.

 

[Coreda]

Finally, this image is explained.

This is gold

 

[Conkerkid11]

that is an insanely long video to explain something that isn't that complicated. cool nonetheless.

And here I am left wondering what the remaining 6 minutes could possibly be about, considering the whole thing's solved less than 3 minutes into the video.

Also curious about why they wouldn't have just made any coins spawning beneath terrain appear above it using the same math that locates its distance away from the terrain, but I guess it doesn't really matter.

 

[Pancake Mix]

Wouldn't this extra coin have been noticed years ago in Toad's Tool 64? Even if it wasn't visible in gameplay, someone was bound to figure out that map had an extra coin.

http://qubedstudios.rustedlogic.net/ToadsTool64.htm

 

[?oe?oe]

I wonder how this will effect Switch sales.