2.4M views · Dec 20, 2022 · 5:22:14 · 3 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2023–2024
A five-hour documentary history of the Super Mario 64 A button challenge, which aims to beat the game with as few A presses as possible. It covers the bugs and exploits discovered over the years.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as a deep-dive rabbit hole showing extraordinary knowledge of game internals.
“The amount of knowledge and abuse of bugs these guys are performing is insane.”HN comment, 2023
“The amount of knowledge and abuse of bugs these guys are performing is insane.”
Five-hour history of the A button challenge showing deep bug exploitation.
Complete History of the A Button Challenge this video It's over five hours long. I put it on in the background or to pass the time. The amount of knowledge and abuse of bugs these guys are performing is insane.
“Beat Mario64 without hitting the A-Button (5h22m long!)”
Long video about beating Mario 64 without the A button.
Langlangs program (The Dream: Riemann Hypothesis and F1 (RH Saga S1E1)) link History Dose (The Mongol vs. Order of Assassins War) link Beat Mario64 without hitting the A-Button (5h22m long!) this video
“Here's a 5h video with the history. Bismuth says the history video took roughly 1500-2000 hours.”
Five-hour history of the effort to beat Mario 64 with minimal A presses.
For over a decade, the author of this video has been leading an effort to complete Super Mario 64 with the smallest amount of A presses, often using extremely complex strategies. Here's a 5h video with the history. Bismuth says the history video took roughly 1500-2000 hours. this video
Example of players manipulating game code in complex ways.
> Games only hold a challenge until the game-writer's secrets are broken. Games ultimately are code themselves, and you can manipulate it to some extent, creating other infinitely complex interactions (source: advancements in speedrunning or various game challenges like the A press challenge [1]) [1] this video
“Though Bismuth does spend some time explaining why pannen took a break from making videos”
Corrects creator attribution and notes it explains pannenkoek's break from videos.
That was Bismuth, not pannenkoek2012 this video Though Bismuth does spend some time explaining why pannen took a break from making videos, which I'm very glad to see was temporary.
