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It should be also noted that the inner working of Super Mario 64 is already extremely well known due to numerous TAS attempts, so I found this manual decompilation hardly surprising. A recent video [1] detailing the "one-key" TAS [2] is mind-blowing.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjge1bVobN0

[2] http://tasvideos.org/3264M.html

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Also worth noting here is pannenkoek2012: https://www.youtube.com/user/pannenkoek2012 https://www.youtube.com/user/pannenkeok2012

His explanations are mind-blowing as well and fun to watch :)

Update: He has a (long!) Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannenkoek2012

The really mind-blowing thing here is how the real name of a guy with the handle 'pannenkoek2012' can be 'Scott Buchanan'.

Why?

Why? Everyone loves pancakes

Oddly enough, "pannekoek" makes me think of the political philosopher (of whom I'm a fan), though this is likely on account of me not speaking Dutch.

It just means "pancake".

A pannenkoek is not a pancake. A pannenkoek more closely resembles a thicker crepe.

It's also worth pointing to Kaze's videos for what dedication can bring even without the original source code. You'll find among other things recreations of later Mario games, or even games like Portal (and mechanics!) implemented in SM64. https://youtube.com/user/KazeBG0/videos

His wiki: https://mario64hacks.fandom.com/wiki/Kaze_Emanuar

Kaze Emanuar is part of the team that produced this decompilation.

I went to college with him, and I genuinely had no idea that it was him until several years afterwards. I definitely wish I had realized back when I had the chance to pick his brain about this sort of thing!

That video was way more complex and interesting than I thought it would be.

This is a good way to turn kids into hackers!

That has just broke me. Thanks :)

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