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This is a list of glitches in the game ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. For glitches found exclusively in the remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', see [[List of Super Mario 64 DS glitches|List of ''Super Mario 64 DS'' glitches]].

==Graphical==

==={{conjecturaltext|Angled Dive}}===

When Mario enters the water, the angle Mario was facing before entering is preserved in a datum, therefore, when the player jumps and lands on dry land, the next dive Mario performs will start with this angle. A few frames afterward, the angle will fix itself and the dive will be completed correctly. Several things "reset" the angle, including grabbing a ledge, shooting from a cannon, changing areas and jumping while facing a slope. This glitch does not affect the dive itself, just the animation.

==={{conjecturaltext|[[Boo]] glitch}}===

[[File:SM64 Booback.png|Boo facing away from Mario.|left|thumb|100px]]

[[File:SM64 Booback2.png|thumb|The glitch.|100px]]

In order to see this, the player must have around 12 stars so the [[Boo]], who leads to the back courtyard, appears in the hallway. The player must go into the hall, and then go to the room where the painting to [[Whomp's Fortress]] is. Then, the player must walk to the left side of the room and exit and head to where the Boo is. It should be facing backwards, and the player must chase it out of the room and to the back garden. The player must then go to the castle basement and then back to the Boo's hallway. He will be facing the normal way. The player needs to go to the Whomp's Fortress room again and move to the left. Partway there, the Boo will laugh. The player has to walk out of the room and into the courtyard hallway. The [[Boo]] should have disappeared. Then, the player must go to the door that leads to the courtyard and position Mario so he looks to the right in camera center mode. Behind the door, a Boo should be floating in the middle of nowhere.

In [[Tall, Tall Mountain]], it's possible to perform a glitch that over time reduces [[Fly Guy]]'s size. After a while, his size will become negative values which will result in his body enlarging and becoming inside-out.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHd8TSf2tds YouTube video of Shrinking Fly Guy glitch]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Frozen Head}}===

[[File:SM64 Frozen Head.png|thumb|150px|left|Glitch in action.]]After defeating [[Bowser]] in the [[Bowser in the Dark World|Dark World]] or [[Bowser in the Fire Sea|Fire Sea]], he will spin around and spawn a key. In the original Japanese version, if the player runs to where the key will land, presses {{button|n64|cup}}, and looks somewhere, Mario will keep looking that way during the key collection cutscene.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve07BT9ADrg YouTube video of frozen head]</ref> This glitch also shows that Bowser was once supposed to drop a star rather than a key.

==={{conjecturaltext|Health Meter Glitch}}===

This glitch can be done in some levels with bottomless pits, namely [[Hazy Maze Cave]], [[Rainbow Ride]], [[Bowser in the Dark World]], and [[Bowser in the Sky]]. Mario should have his health down, and then fall down a pit. Afterwards, Mario's health starts at the level he had when he fell into the pit but it then instantly depletes to one while it is playing the 'recovering health after dying in a course' animation. It seems the programmers forgot to set health to one as soon as Mario spawns from the hole entrance of the course.

==={{conjecturaltext|Invisible [[Bowser]] glitch}}===

[[File:SM64 Invisible Bowser.png|thumb|100px|Mario grabbing Invisible Bowser's tail.]]

[[File:SM64 Invisible Bowser 2.png|thumb|left|100px|Bowser is defeated while invisible.]]

This glitch can only be achieved in [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]. To activate this glitch, with precise timing the player must grab Bowser's tail just as he is teleporting. This will cause him to be invisible through the entire battle. Note that he will continue to attack normally even while he is in this condition. Also, Mario will not be hurt if he makes any form of contact with him. The glitch can be undone if Bowser teleports again or if he is thrown off the edge.<ref name="Bowser glithes">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYJRRP5fhY YouTube video of several Bowser glitches]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Invisible Mario}}===

To do this glitch Mario must perform the [[#Portable Chuckya|Portable Chuckya]] glitch. When Mario is grabbed by the submerged [[Chuckya]] he will be able to swim around (invisible) before he is thrown. The Chuckya will then teleport Mario into its arms and throw Mario. If Mario can swim around and grab Chuckya while he is invisible Mario will now be invisible for an indefinite amount of time. Mario must not jump on a sloped surface while near the Chuckya or the glitch will end. While invisible Mario will sometimes behave differently with entities. Standing on a platform that tilts, for instance, will adjust itself as if it was being pushed down by Mario standing at the position of the Chuckya that was holding him.<ref name="chuckya"/>

==={{conjecturaltext|Magic [[Ground Pound]]}}===

When Mario does a ground pound after performing a Side [[Somersault]], Mario will turn around one hundred eighty degrees instantly in midair. It appears that the game programs Mario do to this turn after a set amount of time but when Mario switches his animation from a somersault to a ground pound the game ignores it and still flips Mario.

==={{conjecturaltext|Random Hidden Door}}===

[[File:HiddenDoor.png|thumb|100px|The first hidden door.]][[File:HiddenDoor 2.png|thumb|left|100px|The second hidden door.]] If Mario stands near the left edge of the platform with Star Door to the endless stairs, and the player uses the first person view, they can flip the angle to left until they see a lone door at the black background.

On the stairs leading to the second floor of the castle, if the player goes to the left and uses first person view to look left and up, they can see two lone star doors in the black background.

Another Hidden door is found by doing half the Boo Glitch (only until Boo laugh doing this glitch), The player then has to stay on the left of the painting. For the player does not have to give zoom in Mario. The player should leave the camera on the right, and they will see the door in solitary black room next to the room.

==={{conjecturaltext|Random Secret Cloud}}===

[[File:SM64 Hidden Cloud.png|100px|The hidden cloud.|thumb|left]]In the mirror room, the reflection of Lakitu's cloud is in fact an object. However, it does disappear when Mario goes out of the room. There are several places where Mario can press {{button|n64|cup}} and tilt the camera so he can see it, including any corner that is right next to the door of the room.

This glitch occurs in [[Lethal Lava Land]]. Mario should be on a shell for this to work. If the game is in fixed camera mode, and the camera is fixed at a spot where Mr. I can be seen, but will be off screen if Mario moves. If the Mr. I is killed, but the player moves Mario so the fixed camera cannot show the death animation, the eye of the Mr. I will hover around Mario for small amount of time and will move in various ways.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGP6vFHMHxE YouTube video of Mr. I glitch]</ref>

==Camera==

===={{conjecturaltext|Door Camera glitch}}====

[[File:SM64 Cameraglitch.png|thumb|100px|The camera glitch.]]

Mario must go through any castle door that is not on the first floor, and then go through that door again, but then go straight back through the door. The camera will then be stuck on the opposite side of the door.

===={{conjecturaltext|Gormless Lakitu in Bob-omb Battlefield}}====

This glitch can be done Bob-omb Battlefield. Head over to the seesaw in the middle of the course. Switch to Lakitu Cam. Start from the bottom left side. Do a wall jump so that Mario passes over the bridge to the other side. The camera will clip through the floor and will now focus from underneath Mario.

===={{conjecturaltext|Gormless Lakitu in Dire, Dire Docks}}====

This glitch can be done in [[Dire, Dire Docks]] and it involves the camera. Set it to Lakitu Cam. Head over to the top of the water in the first area. Swim over to the wall directly above the passage that leads to the the second area. Mario should still be swimming at the surface. When Mario touches the wall the camera will move out of bounds for absolutely no reason. When Mario stops touching the wall the camera will return to normal.

===={{conjecturaltext|Invisible Cannon}}====

To do this glitch the player must enter a cannon and press {{button|n64|A}} on the first frame of the cannon viewfinder. The viewfinder will not show up and the camera will pan out of the cannon as if Mario was standing in that spot and reveal that the cannon is invisible and Mario is nowhere to be seen. The camera can be controlled and rotated around. This glitch ends when the cannon is used.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Slecuy_kA YouTube video of cannon camera glitch]</ref>

This glitch works on every red coin star in the game, excepting the one in [[Big Boo's Haunt]]. It can be done in every course in the game, excepting the [[Princess's Secret Slide]]. The glitch is that after pausing the game while certain stars appear, the camera does a mysterious pan-in effect while on the pause screen.

===={{conjecturaltext|Star/Death Camera glitch}}====

If the platform under Mario moves during his star collection or death animation, the camera will not catch up. For example, Mario losing all his health on the rotating platform of [[Lethal Lava Land]], collecting the 100 [[coin]]s star (or a cloned star) on a [[Donut Lift]] in [[Rainbow Ride]], or collecting a star on a Magic Carpet.

===={{conjecturaltext|[[Wing Cap]] Camera Glitch}}====

To do this glitch grab a [[Wing Cap]]. Mario should do a [[Triple Jump]] and hit a fence just as he is about to fly. If it works Mario will be moving on the ground with the camera somewhat closer to Mario and moving around smoothly. Every movement by Mario is followed closely by the camera. The C Buttons only move the camera temporarily. Several things undo this glitch, which are: getting knocked back, using a cannon, flying and landing, getting thrown, riding a shell, burning, getting squished while standing still, swimming, tornadoes, and leaving the course.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqQQxL6W8s YouTube video of Wing Cap Camera glitch]</ref>

==Audio==

==={{conjecturaltext|[[Big Boo's Haunt]] Music Cut-out}}===

There is a glitch that can be done in Big Boo's Haunt which stops the regular background music from playing. This does not stop the outside background sound (which is permanent). Only sound effects will play. The player must choose a star other than the first, and defeat [[Big Boo]] in Merry-Go-Round, but not collect the star. Instead the player needs to leave, collect a [[Vanish Cap]] and activate the 100 coins star. After the Vanish Cap ends, the player should collect the star. If done correctly, the background music will not play.

==={{conjecturaltext|Infinite Cap Music}}===

This glitch does not work in the original Japanese version. In order to activate this glitch, the player must select the [[Bob-omb Battlefield#Star 2: Footrace with Koopa the Quick|second mission]] in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and talk to [[Koopa the Quick]] while wearing the [[Wing Cap]]. While racing him up the mountain, the player must use a small alcove to teleport higher up the mountain, the Wing Cap will be gone, after which they must reach the flag at the top of the mountain and wait for Koopa the Quick to appear. After talking to Koopa the Quick, the Wing Cap background music will be playing. To end the glitch, the player must collect another Wing Cap; when this one runs out, the background music will end normally.

The player can also perform this glitch by talking to [[King Bob-omb]] while wearing the Wing Cap, and then quickly teleport at the alcove near the king.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0QhDJ_SCDs YouTube video of Infinite cap music glitch]</ref>

In both [[Bowser in the Sky]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7pSWGRD9Rk YouTube video of Japanese BitS Audio glitch]</ref> and [[Shifting Sand Land]]'s pyramid<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7BPNgxAZYQ YouTube video of Japanese SSL Audio glitch]</ref>, it is possible for the music to cut-out due to multiple glitches. While this glitch is in effect, any attempt to leave the course will freeze the game. For Bowser in the Sky, just entering the stage the wrong way can cut-out the music. For the pyramid, collecting the fifth secret in an odd way will sometimes cut-out the music.

==={{conjecturaltext|[[Koopa the Quick]] Warp Music Glitch}}===

This glitch works only in the Japanese version. In [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], if Mario travels through a warp after starting a Koopa the Quick race the "Slider" music will be replaced with the "Super Mario 64 Main Theme" music. This glitch was fixed in all other versions.

==={{conjecturaltext|[[Koopa Shell]] Music Glitch}}===

The player can go to any course with a Koopa or an [[Exclamation Block|! Block]] with a Koopa Shell. If the player times it so that Mario runs towards the shell and ducks right when he touches it but doesn't start riding it, the music in the level should replay from the beginning as if the player rid the shell and ducked, but the shell doesn't break.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoUmwFR987U YouTube video of Koopa Shell music glitch]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Loud [[Ukiki]]}}===

In Tall, Tall Mountain, even if the player is very far away from Ukiki, they can still hear him as if they were right next to him.

==={{conjecturaltext|Xylophone Music}}===

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If the player pulls the controller a tab (making sure that the controller is not fully out), Mario will start shimmying if the player hits {{button|n64|A}} to jump, but the overworld music will skip. The player must then hit the {{button|n64|Z}} button to crouch. The music will make an xylophone sound but the game will eventually freeze. This glitch is rare as if the player pulls the controller out of the N64, the "No controller" sign will just appear.{{refneeded}}

==={{conjecturaltext|Yahoo Pause Sound Glitch}}===

If the game is paused just after Mario starts making the Yahoo noise (from Long Jumping or Triple Jumping) it will change in pitch to lower or higher than the normal sound.

==Freezing==

==={{conjecturaltext|Chuckya and Heave-Ho animation glitches}}===

*Mario can throw [[Chuckya]] off a cliff that leads to water. Mario should then be grabbed by the Chuckya midair and near the water. When the Chuckya lands in the water it will explode into coins and Mario will be stuck plodding in the air.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bnZjOj9MO0 YouTube video of Chuckya game freeze]</ref>

*After a [[Heave-Ho]] is cloned, Mario should hold the clone of the Heave-Ho and get grabbed by the Heave-Ho it is cloning. Mario will be stuck in place (the Heave-Ho can still push Mario around). <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ftlxUkQTw YouTube video of glitches from cloning in Wet-Dry World]</ref> <ref name="chuckya">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea6d9oaHOBA YouTube video of Chuckya glitches]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEUQ16_Un28 YouTube video of Heave-Ho glitches]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Crash in [[Big Boo's Haunt]]}}===

There is a corner of Big Boo's Haunt that crashes the game when Mario touches it. The corner is located through the rightmost door on the first floor. The player should head past the window with light shining through it (with a [[Boo]]) and stand on the tiny ledge located to the left. Then, he should press the {{button|n64|A}} button and move Mario slightly backwards with {{button|n64|Stickdown}}. After Mario falls for a little bit press {{button|n64|Stickup}} forwards and push the {{button|n64|B}} button to kick for some horizontal movement. If performed correctly, Mario will freeze in the air. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjXxkwR6MxU YouTube video of BBH Crash]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Dead Mario Freeze}}===

[[File:Zombie Freeze.gif|thumb|120px|The glitch in action.]]To execute this glitch, the player should be in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] then do the "[[#Zombie Mario|Zombie Mario]]" method by using a cannon while under the effects of a [[Wing Cap]]. Then, the player should fly to the floating island, and Ground Pound the [[! Block]] star. When done correctly, Mario will lose all his HP, but he will also freeze and cannot move or lose a life. To end this glitch, the player can reset or turn off the N64 system.<ref name="YouTube video of Several Death glitches">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNJCJaIGX5E YouTube video of several death glitches]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Double Star Freeze}}===

If Mario grabs a 100 coin star and is in the air while at the same time he opens a ! Block star block, and if the animations of the two stars play while Mario grabs one of them, the game freezes because it doesn't know which star Mario is supposed to get.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrSyQqTfNOI YouTube video of double star freeze]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Hanging Mario Freeze}}===

If Mario is pushed backwards off a ceiling he is hanging on before it can complete the grabbing animation the game will freeze. This can be accomplished using a bloated [[Bob-omb]] or a cork box. In the case of the cork box it must be placed in a way that will push him off. In the case of the [[Bob-omb]] it must be pushing Mario backwards.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2nUiG4OB0c&list=UUqSQVU53jtrLGI8ifZzzkcA YouTube video of Cork Box freeze method]</ref> <ref name="simultaneous">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgL7FYF22w YouTube video of simultaneous event glitches]</ref>

This glitch occurs in [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. The rocks that the [[Monty Moles]] throw, if they go off the edge of the cliff, will not despawn, due to a developer oversight. If there are too many of them (It will take about 200 of them to crash the game), they will fill all the object slots, and the game will freeze. This is similar to how the game handles the teleportation clones of Mario's Hat. As stated by Scott B. alias pannenkoek2012 on Youtube, "''... the game will eventually crash due to a continuously accumulating supply of pebbles. Pebbles deactivate when they are more than 4000 units away from Mario. Hence, a deactivated pebble won't hit the ground and unload, but instead just remain invisible and unmoving in midair. So by having monty moles continually throw pebbles off the edge, the pebbles will keep loading into object slots but never unload. Since the game only has 240 object slots, eventually all the slots become occupied and the game crashes."''

<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPzVVAYKoqE]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Monty Mole Freeze 2: [[Bob-omb]] Sniper}}===

This glitch occurs when a Monty Mole is killed with a Bob-omb thrown at a distance. Because the game can't find the hole that Monty Mole will appear in next, it will freeze. According to Tyler Kehne, "''When a mole is KO'd, the game runs a function to determine which hole the mole should go to next. The function cycles through all the holes to see which ones are eligible candidates, and then selects one of those at random. But if none of the holes are eligible, the function will return null. Throwing the bob-omb at the mole allows the mole to be KO'd at a distance, something the programmers hadn't accounted for. Thus, Mario is too far away from all the holes for any of them to be eligible, and so null is returned, causing the game crash. TL;DR Long range mole KO's crash the game.''"

<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DERow1hFa-0 YouTube video of Monty Mole Freeze in TTM]</ref>

<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4AQ9AmWa9s A better video of the Monty Mole Freeze, the cause of the glitch was discovered 7 years later]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Monty Mole Freeze 3: The Mole-tergheist}}===

The Monty Moles in the game start out invisible and in a predetermined location. There are actually only one or two of them, but they switch places. But attacking the unloaded Monty Mole will freeze the game. To do this in [[Hazy Maze Cave]] requires a Backwards Long Jump to get through the wall blocking the star that one would normally need to go through the maze to get. Go down the elevator, go straight out the door, go left and take the first right turn. Stand in the gas just off the platform with the blue coin switch on it. Move around, and Mario will receive knockback. Attack the source, and the game will freeze. As stated by Scott B. alias "pannenkoek2012" on Youtube:

"''... there are actually only a few monty moles that teleport between holes to give the illusion of many moles. When you first start a course, the monty moles aren't fully initialized yet - instead, they're invisible and positioned at a non-hole location. Once Mario gets within 1500 units of a hole, the monty mole snaps to that hole, becomes visible, and acts as normal. However, if you manage to get to the uninitialized monty mole without first initializing it, then you can interact with it. Touching it incurs knockback to Mario. However, trying to kill it will result in a game crash.''

''In HMC, the uninitialized monty mole is located near the center of the maze, and there's only one route that can be taken to get to it without first initializing it. In TTM, the uninitialized monty moles are located at the origin of the course laterally and at the height of the death barrier. It's possible to reach this position without dying using a 100 coin star.''"

==={{conjecturaltext|The Entrance to Vanish Cap Under the Moat Freeze}}===

If the player tries to move the camera around (in Lakitu Mode) just after entering the Vanish Cap Switch level while the screen is black, the game may freeze.  

This glitch works in the North American Version.

==={{conjecturaltext|Cartridge Tilting}} glitches===

This infamous series of glitches can only be done in the original N64 release. It is impossible to execute them in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' as a DS card cannot be tilted and in any [[Virtual Console]] port as they are obtained by digital download.

===={{conjecturaltext|Flip'd-up [[Mario]] 1}}====

If the player tilts the N64 cartridge itself just a tad bit from the left, Mario's limbs disappear and reappear, and his body will flip horizontally, but he can still be controlled. The music will also become heavily corrupted, increasing in pitch drastically and emitting a strange, indescribable sound. If the player puts the cartridge back in place, Mario will be back to normal but the overworld music will skip. Sound effects from the games will be heavily corrupted, making a loud crackling and distorted noise. Entering any doors, grabbing any caps from [[! Blocks]] (unless if the player first grabs it before tilting the cartridge) or levels like that will freeze the game.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS11HnEB9T0 YouTube video of flip'd-up Mario 1]</ref>

This is a common occurrence in Nintendo 64 games and is often manipulated in sequence breaks. It can disable Mario's clipping with certain characters and objects, allowing him to pass through them, as well. However, Mario still cannot pass through walls or doors.

===={{conjecturaltext|Flip'd-up Mario 2}}====

If the player goes to [[Hazy Maze Cave]], he or she must go to the area with [[Dorrie]], grab a Metal Cap, go under water, and tilt the cartridge. Mario's limbs will be disfigured, but he won't go through objects. After the cartridge is tilted, the level will turn into a bottomless pit filled with water. Because Mario has a Metal Cap, he will only head straight down. Going too deep will make the game lag for some reason, and going even further will make Mario fall through another pit, but he won't die. Mario will keep on falling until the player resets or turns off the N64 system or until the game eventually freezes. If the player presses any other button, the game will lag a greater amount until the lagging freezes the game. Attempting to put the cartridge back in place will either freeze the game, do nothing, or possibly make the level normal again.{{refneeded}}

===={{conjecturaltext|Flip'd-up Mario 3}}====

Mario must go to a Battlefield and grab a wing cap. If the cartridge is tilted, Mario will be the same as Flip'd-up Mario 1, only he will have the wing cap. Normally tilting the cartridge then grabbing the wing cap would freeze the game, but doing that in the opposite order won't freeze the game.

The player should go inside a cannon and shoot Mario into the air. His limbs will disappear, but he is not sinking. The player must now put the cartridge in the correct position.

The game already has a hard time playing the music, so when putting the cartridge in position, a sound can be heard. Once the wing cap vanishes, the game will play the Battlefield music correctly. Battling a boss will cause the game to freeze.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iP3VFz7tD8 YouTube video of flip'd-up Mario 3]</ref>

===={{conjecturaltext|Flip'd-up Mario 4}}====

The player must go to Whomp's Fortress and go in the cannon. The player must then tilt the cartridge and fire Mario. He will disappear and will appear when he hits the ground only he will be the same like Flip'd-up Mario 1 and the player must grab a tree. Mario will disappear and the player must hit an enemy. The overworld music and the ground will become glitched.  

When Mario gets thrown out of the painting, the player must then put the cartridge back in place and enter the painting again and tilt the cartridge again. Mario will be the same as Flip'd-up Mario 1 but his head is gone and try to avoid enemies because hitting an enemy will crash the game. This is where the actual glitch is performed. If Mario hits an enemy while the player puts the cartridge back in place, the whole game will become blurred and the game will crash, playing an ear-splitting screech.{{refneeded}}

===={{conjecturaltext|Flip'd-up Mario 5}}====

If the player tilts the cartridge when the player quits the game and goes to the start screen (or simply when turning on the game), Mario's head will appear severely stretched and disfigured and will disappear and reappear. If the player grabs Mario's face, the game will crash.{{refneeded}}

==={{conjecturaltext|Mario lying on the floor}}===

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This glitch requires two ROM versions of the game (the American and European version). The player needs 120 stars to reach the roof of the castle (or use [[#Climb The Castle without 120 Stars|Climb The Castle without 120 Stars]]). When on the roof, grab the Wing Cap and go to the left of Princess Peach's image. After passing 5/2, Mario will lie on the roof (looking like Flip'd up Mario 1; when jumping, Mario will disappear for 1 second). It will last until the N64 is turned off. This glitch is impossible in any port or remake.

==Physics==

==={{conjecturaltext|[[1-Up Mushroom]] Circles [[Mario]]}}===

[[File:SM64 Chasing1Up.gif|thumb|left|100px|The [[1-Up Mushroom]] chasing [[Mario]].]]

When the player activates a homing 1-Up, if the player presses {{button|n64|Z}}, the mushroom will fly in circles above Mario's head. This glitch wasn't fixed in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|Nintendo DS remake]].

This glitch is difficult and tricky. The player must go to [[Hazy Maze Cave]], in the falling rocks area, the player must enter the elevator room from the underground plaza area. The player must then do a Side [[Somersault]] and wall kick off the wall to the right of the door. If done correctly, Mario will be sent to the underground lake with [[Dorrie]]. Most of the time when the player does this glitch, they will instead fall in the bottomless pit and lose a life.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbI9Ti-gg9E YouTube video of A shortcut to the cavern]</ref>

It's possible to stand under the elevator that connects the red coins area and the bottomless pit area and start pushing the wall. If done correctly, the force of the elevator coming down will push Mario through the wall and into the cavern. Also, if the player stands on the platform above the pit with the [[! Block]], he can do a Triple jump over it and skip to cavern directly.

==={{conjecturaltext|Black Room of Death}}===

This glitched area is actually a small space (which is shown when Mario opens the door) behind all doors that warps Mario somewhere else. The player is normally not supposed to be able to enter it, but [[Mario]] can discover them by performing glitches and becoming accidentally trapped within the small space.

However some of them are inescapable, and requires resetting the console to escape.

====Gallery====

File:SM64 BRoD1.png|Mario outside the castle. <br> (BRoD #1)

File:SM64 BRoD3.png|Mario under the stairs. <br> (BRoD #2)

File:SM64 BRoD4.png|Mario over the basement door. (BRoD #3)

File:SM64 BRoD6.png|Near the moat. <br> (BRoD #4)*

File:SM64 BRoD8.png|Mario over the Courtyard door. <br> (BRoD #5)*

File:SM64 BRoD9.png|The other side.

==={{conjecturaltext|Brutal Death}}===

[[File:SM64 Brutal Death.gif|thumb|120px|Performing the glitch.]]If the player goes to [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]], he or she must go to the area with the two moving platforms. Next the player must jump into the [[Lava]] when the platform is moving towards [[Mario]] so he moves to be under the base of the platform. If timed correctly, the platform will crush Mario while he is still on Lava. This will cause an instant crushed kill. However, if Mario landed very close to the platform, Mario will be [[#Crushed without Damage|crushed without damage]]. This glitch is tricky, as most executions of this glitch will end with Mario losing health triggering his normal death animation. Or even, Triggering his normal death animation on the lava itself as if he was standing on ground.

==={{conjecturaltext|Changing Deaths}}===

This glitch will happen when Mario loses all his health in an area and his dying animation occurs in another area. It is possible to perform these glitches in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]].

===={{conjecturaltext|Burn 'n Drown}}====

[[File:SM64 Burn n' Drown glitch.gif|thumb|left|120px|Mario performing the glitch.]]The player must go to [[Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] and long-jump over the slide. Mario will lose half of his health. The player must wait for the Vanish Cap power to dissipate and then let a [[Kuromame]] burn Mario. Mario will have two wedges of health. The player must let the Kuromame burn Mario again and then fall off the ledge. Mario will lose his life and will teleported to the lake. Mario will then drown and lose a life.

===={{conjecturaltext|Death teleporting}}====

[[File:Death teleporting.png|thumb|Mario landing with no health.]]

Another example of the glitch which is a lot harder than the above methods. The player must deplete Mario's health to two wedges and enter the Tower of the Wing Cap. The player should fly until the Wing Cap effect starts to wear out, the player should aim to fall on the ledge, lose the remaining health and then fall to the sky. The player will be teleported to the castle. As soon as he lands, he dies.

Another way to do it is to also deplete Mario's health to two wedges. Then while in a course, the player must fall from a height (must not be very high) while not moving the control stick. During the time Mario loses health before the animation, the player can pause the game and exit the course. The player has few frames to pause the game after Mario's health is fully depleted.

===={{conjecturaltext|Lethal Lava Land Death}}====

The player must go to the basement and deplete Mario's lives with the fire torches. When Mario is down to his last two wedges, the player must go near the fire torch near the [[Lethal Lava Land]] painting and then jump at the fire torch and then run into the painting before the lives are depleted. As soon as Mario lands at Lethal Lava Land, he dies.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTzQEI2ArYc YouTube video of Lethal Lava Land death]</ref>

===={{conjecturaltext|Snufit 'n Drown}}====

This is another example which is even harder than the above methods. The player must deplete Mario's health by two wedges. The player must then go to [[Hazy Maze Cave]] and go to Cavern of the Metal Cap and obtain a Metal Cap. He must then make a [[Snufit]] chase him (most of the time, Snufits can't chase Mario). He must then long jump to the box. The player must make sure the Snufit is still chasing him. The player must then jump when the Snufit hits him. Mario will fall into the behind of the waterfall and will be teleported the front and then dies as soon as his hits the lake.{{refneeded}}

==={{conjecturaltext|Crazy Sliding}}===

The player must have about 50 stars and go to the endless stairs. The player must then perform the "Reverse Long Jump" glitch but when Mario starts zooming up the stairs, rotate the control stick, Mario will started sliding on his feet, rather fast. Sometimes this glitch can make Mario get to a "Black Room of Death".{{refneeded}}

==={{conjecturaltext|Crushing Log}}===

[[File:SM64 Logstuck.png|thumb|right|100px|The Crushing Log glitch in action]]

Mario must go to [[Lethal Lava Land]], grab a [[Green Shell]] and ride it to the log near the caged area. The player has to jump on the log and make it move. The player must charge at the log while it is still moving towards Mario. When Mario touches the log, he will lose the [[Green Shell]] like he usually does, but the log will still be moving and crush Mario. He will be dead, but he will still be sitting on lava.

==={{conjecturaltext|Grinding}}===

If Mario is positioned in a way that he as far on an edge as possible and on an angle almost parallel to the ledge. Moving forward will make Mario constantly switch between a falling state and an on-ground state. During that the screen will shake. If the player presses {{button|n64|a}}, Mario should automatically perform a [[Double Jump]].

==={{conjecturaltext|Invisible Walls}}===

[[File:SM64 InvisibleWall.gif|thumb|One of the Invisible Walls.]]

In some places in the game (due to the way the engine works) there are some obviously unintended invisible walls created by one of two things: left during early in development but neglected to be removed and others caused by the rendering of two planes in close proximity.

*At the sides of a pendulum in [[Tick Tock Clock]].<ref name=TTCglitches/>

==={{conjecturaltext|Loading Area Glitch}}===

[[File:SM64 Loadingarea.png|thumb|left|120px|Mario with a [[Red Coin]] in his hands]]

:Also see: [[#Cloning|Cloning]]

A loading area is a part of courses which splits one area into two without it being obvious to the player. However, if the player manages to get through this area with an item, it may change to everything the game data has. Only few items can be really placed in the level, most of them just disappear. This glitch can be done in [[Wet-Dry World]]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRXwqikVAec YouTube video of "Loading Area Glitch" in Dire, Dire Docks]</ref> and [[Dire, Dire Docks]]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM_CAc86IpA YouTube video of "Loading Area Glitch" in Wet-Dry World]</ref>. The [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] slide has a loading area too, but there are no grabbable items on it.

==={{conjecturaltext|No Speed Cap Glitches}}===

All of these glitches involve Mario being able to increase in velocity without a speed limit, due to certain actions such as backwards movement and wall jumping lacking a speed cap. The reason Mario can pass through walls while doing these glitches has to do with a float point error, where Mario's next position according to his velocity is calculated to be past the wall.

[[File:BowserBossGlitch64.jpg|thumb|left|Mostly thanks to Backwards Long Jumping, Mario beats the game without 70 Power Stars.]]

[[File:SM64 Notendless.png|thumb|Mario atop the Endless Stairs with 16 Power Stars, thanks to a backwards Long Jump.]]

The player must go to any set of long stairs, then face the stairs and turn around, so Mario is facing away from the stairs. Now, the player performs a long jump. As soon as Mario jumps, they must hold backwards on the control stick. After they land, the player should rapidly tap the {{button|n64|A}} button and after a while, Mario should start zooming backwards at very high speeds, usually going through walls and doors.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHvXUeisefw YouTube video showing how to Backwards Long Jump]</ref> This is most famously used to get to the top of the Endless Stairs in [[Princess Peach's Castle]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEBxIH08Fpo YouTube video of Backwards Long Jump]</ref> Normally, the game can register how fast Mario can normally move, and teleport Mario to a lower section before he can reach the top of the stairs. This prevents him from accessing the door without the required 70 Power Stars. However when the Backwards Long Jump is performed, Mario can build up a lot of backwards velocity, and the game does not teleport Mario properly because he reached the top too quickly. This is also the way Mario can go through walls. This glitch can do a lot of things. It can make the player complete the game with no stars and can access the "Black Room of Death".

This glitch also works with elevators and similar platforms. The player executes the glitch in the same way, but if they stop tapping {{button|n64|A}} while the wall is still behind Mario, he starts to run backwards very fast as soon as the player holds the control stick in a different direction. If the player doesn't stop tapping {{button|n64|A}} and has reached the top, Mario will teleport somewhere behind him (depending on what speed he gained while jumping onto the platform).

This glitch was fixed in the Japanese Shindou edition re-release, as Mario's speed is capped when moving backwards. The glitch was also fixed in [[Super Mario 64 DS|the DS remake]] as if when Mario attempts a backwards long jump, the camera will go behind Mario, making him do a normal long jump.

===={{conjecturaltext|Hyperspeed Wall-Kicking}}====

When Mario is in the state of moving after doing a wall jump there is no speed cap. Mario gains speed every time he bounces off the wall if the move was executed perfectly (frame-perfect. This can be used to produce results similar to the Backwards Long Jump glitch, but is impossible to execute without tool-assistance.<ref>bobmario's video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlh0CA_aBwQ</ref>

===={{conjecturaltext|Hyperspeed Walking}}====

There are certain spots in the world of Super Mario 64 where the Mario's backwards speed will increase without limit just by standing in that place. These spots work in a very similar way to the Backwards Long Jump. The most common spots are:

*In the castle grounds next to the waterfall where the water and the wall touch on the left side. <ref>Plush's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljsnQqVuPCY YouTube video of Castle Grounds Speed Sliding Spot</ref>

*In [[Whomp's Fortress]] the corner next to the cannon and the brick wall in the pool of water.<ref>Tomatobird8's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ZTAm4ogMQ YouTube video of WF Speed Sliding Spot</ref>

It seems these spots work because the game is putting Mario in a sliding position (and thus the game increases Mario's backwards velocity) but Mario is in the water and thus (see Conservation of Velocity) he is unaffected by land velocity. This glitch works in the Shindou Edition.

==={{conjecturaltext|Other Way to Enter Light}}===

[[File:SM64_EnterLightGlitch.gif|thumb|120px|Mario performing the glitch.]]

First, the player must have at least ten stars. Mario must go in the lobby. He should stand directly behind the carpet in the lobby and look up. Next, he should go on the carpet and quickly zoom in. If the player did it correctly, Mario will enter [[Tower of the Wing Cap]] before he looks up.

See the glitch Climb Slippery Slopes 3, listed below. Perform it on a platform that will tip over on the side Mario is standing on (the one in [[Big Boo's Haunt]] will not work). The platform will be rotated in the direction based on the side Mario is standing on and it can be rotated more than 90 degrees if Mario stands on the respective side of the top and narrow side. If the platform is rotated more than 260 degrees it will reset as soon as Mario is not standing on it. No platform can be rotated more than 270 degrees, because past that point, the whole platform is on the opposite side of Mario, and thus Mario has nowhere to stand to tilt it in the right direction. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZnrKNHiRto YouTube video of Seesaw Glitch Part One]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PERrt2171s YouTube video of Seesaw Glitch Part Two]</ref>

This glitch only works on the Japanese version. If Mario exits a level while standing on a falling bridge block when he returns to the castle he will clip through the first thing he stands on. In this case, the player falls in front of the basement door.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX0WYWNvZlQ YouTube video of Pass Though the Ground glitch]</ref>

The Spawning Point is one of the many objects that are found within the game, with [[Mario]] ''himself being an object''. However, Mario cannot interact with the spawner under normal circumstances, as it is intangible. Only through the aid of a glitch can a spawn point be interacted with. The function of a spawning point, e.g. the spawning point of coins, is to spawn an object when Mario is near enough for an object to load. On the opposite side of the coin, if Mario moves ''away'' from the spawning point, the coins will disappear. The spawning point also loads the objects all at once rather than one at a time as Mario approaches the spawning point and whatever objects it is supposed to be loading. The number of objects that appear is determined by how far away or near Mario is to the spawning point, and if the spawning point detects that Mario is in range of it, it emits signals to the game to make the coins or whatever object appear.

However, there are special kinds of coins that are ''not'' in dominion of a spawning point; for instance, there are groups of coins known as singletons and the coins that are within an enemy's body, such as a [[Goomba]] or [[Bob-omb]].

The spawning point has another function: the ability to prevent objects from respawning. For example, if Mario grabs a coin from within the spawning point's radius, the coin collected notifies the loading point that it has been so, thus if Mario moves away from the spawning point and returns, the spawning point will not reload the coin as it remembers the coin in question being collected. However, through means of a glitch, this can be prevented.

However, there are some objects that ''do'' respawn, such as the stone bridges in [[Whomp's Fortress]]. Normally, when Mario runs across the bridge, the stone platforms fall down and plummet to the ground, breaking upon impact. They respawn seconds later for Mario to sprint across them again<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG2scmSIjJg Spawning Point Clone]</ref>

====If Cloning is performed====

If Mario has a fake object in hand, he can clone a coin from the spawning point. If Mario lets go of the clone, and collects it, he can collect the copied coin. After that, Mario can move away from the spawning point's radius and return to find all 8 coins intact. The reason for that phenomenon is that the real coin had been moved to where the clone coin was placed and after Mario collected the clone, it did not send a signal for the loading point to not respawn the coin. Therefore, when Mario returns to the spawning point, the real coin will reappear as if it never was collected. However, platforms that are cloned in this way cannot be climbed. The reason for that phenomenon is because the false platform does not retain the same properties the real one had.

But, special groups of coins known as singletons and coins within enemies ''do not'' respawn in this way because there is no spawning point for them to do so.

If Mario clones a fake spawning point, these thing will happen depending on when Mario lets go. If Mario were to let go of the spawning point when the coins are invisible, the coins in question would never appear as the spawner cannot send the proper signals for the coins to appear. However, if Mario lets go while the coins are in plain sight, the coins will not unload no matter how far away Mario moves from the point, as the spawner cannot send out the signals for the coins to disappear. If Mario collects the coins, the coins will attempt to notify the point that they have been collected, however, the copied spawning point will not receive these signals. Thus, when Mario leaves the loading point and returns, he can recollect the coins as the spawner has no memory of them being collected.

==={{conjecturaltext|Stuck in the Air}}===

[[File:StuckAir.png|left|thumb|120px|The glitch in action.]]On the [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] level, if the player heads to the area near the wooden lift, where the red coin is found, and does a [[Long Jump]] towards the island with a [[Bob-omb Buddy]] on it, landing at the edge of the island (as if to grab onto the edge), [[Mario]] will teleport and appear to be stuck in snow, but he will be floating in air. Once Mario frees himself, he will fall and lose a life, as if he had fallen off the edge.

==={{conjecturaltext|Stuck Sliding Spot}}===

In some courses there are certain locations where Mario can get stuck in a sliding or diving position and unable to exit the course through the pause menu. Most of these spots are also inescapable by normal means also.

*In [[Hazy Maze Cave]] between the abandoned mine wire door and the land in front of the Purple ! Switch. Requires precision placement. <ref name="stuck">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG74FANhpLI YouTube video of several Stuck spots]</ref>

*In [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] behind the log and on the waterfall.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djTuqK2VtYo YouTube video of waterfall stuck sliding spot]</ref>

*In [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]] between the pole and the side of the suspending hexagon facing toward the start (requiring knockback). While climbing the pole, the player need to press {{button|n64|A}} followed by {{button|n64|B}}. <ref name="stuck"/>

*In the first room of the castle at the edge of the ceiling (where it is angled downward and inward)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMMJHPwbWU YouTube video of Stuck in ceiling glitch]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhX-q8MQ3ro YouTube video of stuck in ceiling glitch variant]</ref>

*In Bowser in the Sky, At the vertical slope, with perfect movement, it is possible to get stuck in the corner of the slope.<ref name="stuck"/>

*In [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], Mario can get stuck in the corner of most hills.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8pEMackSuc YouTube video of Bob-omb Battlefield stuck glitch]</ref>

*In [[Whomp's Fortress]], between the wall and the left breakable wall.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsyEGZ2J2FY YouTube video of Whomp's Fortress stuck glitch]</ref>

*Near [[Klepto]] in [[Shifting Sand Land]] between two inward and downward facing planes.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQwaWqz7grY YouTube video of Shifting Sand Land Stuck glitch]</ref>

*Near the end of [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]], by diving towards the corner at where the green funnel and the last platform touch.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFDzlUID2E8 YouTube video of Bowser in the Fire Sea Stuck glitch]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|Stuck to the [[Lava]]}}===

[[file:SM64 Stucklava.png|thumb|100px|The glitch in action.]]

[[Mario]] must go to [[Lethal Lava Land]] for this glitch to work. Once here, the player must dive underneath one of the many floating platforms near the volcano. This may take a few tries to do correctly. If done right, Mario will touch the [[lava]], but will be stuck to it instead of jumping up after being burned. This will instantly deplete his [[Health Meter]] and cause him to lose a life. When stuck to the lava, the sounds Mario makes are slightly distorted, this is because of lacking of invincibility after taking lava damage, Mario will repeatly take damage and "replaying" his voice of getting burned rapidly.

==={{conjecturaltext|Unreachable 100-[[Coin]] Star}}===

[[File:UngetableStar.png|thumb|left|Unreachable Star]]In [[Dire, Dire Docks]] The player must have finished [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]] to find the moving poles instead of Bowser's Ship, The player must collect 99/98 coins and then go to the highest red coin near the [[Blue Coin Block]]. If Mario collects the coin from the the top, the star will appear but it will be on the top of the metal bars, and will be unreachable. The same applies if the player collected the red coin in [[Big Boo's Haunt]] first floor above one of the book shelves.

==={{conjecturaltext|Wall Clipping}}===

All of these glitches allow Mario to pass through walls.

====Without holding grabbable objects====

====={{conjecturaltext|[[Ground Pound]] Clip}}=====

When Mario ground pounds, the game keeps him in place for a trice and nothing can move him for this duration, followed by slamming down. This can used to clip through many platforms, including:

*A [[Whomp]] or [[Whomp King]] as it falls (ground pound is not even needed to clip, a simple jump will work too)

*An elevator that is not very thick.

*An elevator that moves fast downwards.

*An elevator that moves extremely fast upwards. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwwAemsbYQ YouTube video of Whomp ground pound clip]</ref>

There are certain walls in the game that Mario can clip in a particular way that involves Mario grabbing onto a ledge. These are:

*In the castle upstairs spiral staircase, running to the pole on the left wall, and then jumping twice will make Mario go through the room and onto the stairs.

*On the basement stairs, if the player aims a double jump correctly to the right side, Mario will grab a ledge and pulls himself up, and the player will be trapped in another [[#Black Room of Death|Black Room of Death]].

*By standing under and jumping at the part of the first bridge of [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] that is closest to the start of the level. Mario will clip through the bridge.

====={{conjecturaltext|Go Through the Roof Glitch}}=====

The player must first have all 120 Power Stars collected, and be outside the castle. The player will have to use the [[cannon]] near the castle's moat to shoot Mario up on top of the castle's roof, where he must locate the [[Wing Cap]]. Mario must use it to fly back to the cannon and then shoot himself back out of it again, this time aiming towards the flagpole at the top of the castle's tower. If done correctly, the targeting reticule of the cannon should be able to go no higher when aimed upwards. Once launched, the player will have to steer Mario towards the second rooftop area on the side of the tower with the window. Mario must run into the middle part of the wall here, and then jump when he hits the wall (while simultaneously holding the control stick forward). This may take a while, but Mario should eventually go through the wall of the tower and end up behind the castle's front doors in a [[#Black Room of Death|Black Room of Death]]. There is a glitch similar to this one in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]].

====={{conjecturaltext|Regular Wall Phasing-Through}}=====

Some walls in Mario 64, while not the type that were never intended to be encountered (but intended to be seen) as seen by how they do not even have collision data programmed (like the castle spires) or were intended to be encountered and intended to be passed through (like the castle paintings), are nevertheless able to be clipped through by various methods. The ones listed here are meant to be simple examples not facilitated by the use of the Backwards Long Jump or other complicated methods listed heretofore, but methods exclusive to themselves.

*In [[Whomp's Fortress]] above and to the right of the cannon (between the flagpole and the "wrong" breakable wall) there is a spot where Mario can clip through the wall. This method of clipping does not require the crate.

*In [[Whomp's Fortress]] if Mario long jumps to the right of the second [[Piranha Plant]] in a way that Mario slams into the fence and the ground and in the right direction, Mario can pass through the wall.

*At the start of [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] by long jumping into the mountain (At the spot where it is jutting out slightly).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5aVrZEN_d4 YouTube video of TTM Wall Clip near start]</ref>

*By jumping into the ledge located just below the platform with a [[Ukiki]] that steals Mario's Hat.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4OkJJvxWyE YouTube video of TTM Wall Clip near Ukiki]</ref>

* In [[Whomp's Fortress]], if Mario uses the cannon and aims him at a fence, when Mario is shot out, when he hits the fence, he will go directly through it,rather than colliding with it.

*In [[Snowman's Land]], at the igloo, by standing at the wall directly opposite the entrance and pressing the {{button|n64|A}} button then the {{button|n64|B}} button (Mario will kick against the wall). Mario can enter the igloo in this manner.

*In [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], by pushing into the spot where the wall and the gate touch on the left side while it is closed.

*In [[Jolly Roger Bay]], above the entrance to the cave, by a rock. The wall can be clipped through if the player is swimming with full speed, pressing {{button|n64|B}} at the correct time also will let the player clip through the wall into the cave.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh-ZqFT7cGY YouTube video of Jolly Roger Bay wall clip]</ref>

All of these glitches involve Mario being pushed through a wall using either the hitbox of an object, or the backward force from throwing heavy objects.

====={{conjecturaltext|[[Chuckya]] Clip}}=====

When Mario is held by a Chuckya, the Chuckya can move Mario slightly while ignoring collision before Mario is thrown. Since Chuckyas have such poor collision detection themselves Mario can lure the Chuckya to a wall and the Chuckya will get partially inside the wall. If Mario is thrown in the direction of the wall(the direction Mario gets thrown is random) the Chuckya will be able to clip Mario through walls. There is a different glitch that has similar results. Have Mario grab a Chuckya. Put Mario's back to the wall and throw the Chuckya. Mario will be able to clip through the wall. This method does not work on all walls.

====={{conjecturaltext|Cork Box Clip}}=====

[[file:sM64 WFswim.png|thumb|right|120px|A result of this glitch being done in [[Whomp's Fortress]].]]

Through use of a cork box Mario is able to clip through walls. Place the Cork Box next to the wall. Mario should then ground pound between the box and the wall. If this works Mario will be pushed through the wall. There is a different glitch that produces the same results. Mario should grab a cork box. The player should now position Mario so he is pressing his back against the wall. Let go of the cork box with {{button|n64|B}}. On some walls, Mario will get pushed through the wall after doing this. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIpw46fUj24 YouTube video of Cork Box Clip method two]</ref>

In [[Cool, Cool, Mountain]] both the big penguin and the small penguin can be used to clip through a wall. Through use of luring the big penguin to stand next to the cabin by picking up the small penguin, Mario can clip through the cabin by jumping in between. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D8Fx4B2-28 YouTube video of large Penguin Wall Glitch]</ref> A small penguin can be used to clip through a wall at the start of [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] by jumping at the peak of the mountain between the penguin and the wall. This glitch can be used to avoid getting the two coins inside the chimney of the cabin. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPMiF4RMGzM YouTube video of small Penguin Wall Clip]</ref>

==={{conjecturaltext|[[Wing Cap]] Momentum Memory}}===

When Mario touches the ground after a Wing Cap the game does not reset the variables affecting the direction Mario was turning towards. This means that if the player holds {{button|n64|Stickright}} or {{button|n64|Stickleft}} on the Control stick just before Mario touches the ground and then does a [[Triple Jump]] (with the same Wing Cap) Mario will suddenly jerk towards the direction the player was previously facing.

==={{conjecturaltext|Zombie [[Mario]]}}===

[[File:SM64 Zombiedoor.png|left|thumb|120px|[[Mario]] entering a door with his [[Health Meter]] fully depleted.]]

[[File:SM64 Zombiemarioglitch.png|thumb|[[Wing Mario]] flying with no sections of health remaining.]]

This glitch can be done in any level that has a [[Cannon]] or [[Bob-omb]]s, but is easiest to do in the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] level. First, the player must forcibly reduce [[Mario]]'s [[Health Meter]] to one or two sections by running into enemies. After this has been accomplished, the player must quickly grab a Bob-omb and then run in front of a cannon, so that Mario's back is facing the cannon. If done correctly, the Bob-omb will explode, and Mario will fall backwards into the cannon, losing the remaining two sections of his Health Meter in the process.<ref name="Several glitches using Bob-ombs"></ref> Mario will not die, however, and the player will then be able to aim the cannon and shoot him out of it. In addition, if the player collects a [[Wing Cap]] before doing this, they will be able to control [[Wing Mario]] regularly after firing him out of the cannon, despite having no health remaining. Flying into any coins will not refill [[Mario|Mario's]] Health Meter. It is not until the player touches back down on the ground again (or the Wing Cap runs out) that Mario will lose a life.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K6OLQDiDtg YouTube video of Zombie Mario glitch]</ref>

This phenomenon will also occur if Mario falls in front of a door in [[Princess Peach's Castle]] with only two sections of health left. When this happens, the remaining two sections will be lost, causing Mario to enter the door, but then lose a life when he is at the end. This glitch was fixed in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]] as if the player depletes Mario's lives and goes into the cannon after depleting the last one, he will just die in the cannon.

There is another method that is more difficult than the previously mentioned methods in both preparation and execution. In order to perform this, the player must have all 120 Stars collected (to unlock the cannon in front of the castle). Then, the player has to deplete Mario's health by at least half. Then, he or she must use the cannon to access the castle roof. The player then must acquire the Wing Cap there and fly down to the cannon again. Here, the player has to aim the cannon as high as possible at the castle tower. If done correctly, Mario will be standing on the sloped roofing under the tip of the tower (a platform that is not normally accessible in the game). Upon reaching this section of the tower, there are eight walls placed in octagonal fashion. The player should go for the wall that is facing in the direction of the waterfall to the left of the castle. This certain wall shares the same properties of the brick pillars in [[Shifting Sand Land]], allowing Mario to climb the wall by simply running over it. This will lead Mario to the very tip of the castle tower.

This is obviously the most difficult part of the glitch. The player has to aim Mario towards the cannon, and run towards that direction. If executed properly, Mario will strangely slide down the wall, and the sloped roofing below him will ricochet him airborne at a very low trajectory, covering a large amount of distance in the way.

This is where the actual glitch is performed. The player should steer Mario so that he lands right in front of the cannon. Mario will hit the ground, lose all health, and the momentum should cause him to tumble into the cannon. After successfully performing this, Mario will be in the cannon, despite being technically "dead"(hence the term "zombie Mario"). Like mentioned before, if Mario still has the Wing Cap, then he will be able to fly in midair regularly until he makes any contact with the ground.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8wd08VCzbE YouTube video of the second way to perform the Zombie Mario glitch.]</ref>

It should be noted, that if the player aims Mario at a tree or pole, then Mario will instantly let go and lose a life.

==={{conjecturaltext|Baby Penguin Chimney Glitch}}===

[[File:Floating Baby Benguin glitch.PNG|thumb|left|Floating Penguin]]

In [[Cool, Cool Mountain]], the player should go pick up the baby penguin at the start of the level above the cabin. Instead of taking it to its mother, drop it down the chimney of said cabin with {{button|n64|z}} or {{button|n64|b}}. The little penguin will stand on an invisible boundary within the chimney. The player cannot grab the penguin again in this state, as Mario would enter the slide area with the [[Big Penguin]] if he were to enter the chimney. Leaving the area by way of the bridge warp and then returning will reset the baby penguin's position.

==Scripting==

==={{conjecturaltext|100-[[Coin]] Star Glitch}}===

In several levels that have endless holes, including [[Tiny-Huge Island]], [[Tick Tock Clock]], [[Whomp's Fortress]], [[Rainbow Ride]], [[Cool, Cool Mountain]], [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] and [[Hazy Maze Cave]], if Mario collects his 100th coin directly above a bottomless pit, a Star will magically appear as usual, but if Mario collects the Star, he will immediately fall straight down and he does his victory dance while suspended in the air and then he falls in the endless pit and loses a life, and the high score will not be saved. However, the star still counts toward the total.  

Another way to do this glitch in [[Dire, Dire Docks]]. The player must do the [[#Unreachable 100-Coin Star|Unreachable 100-Coin Star]] but instead collect the coin from the bottom, the player should now collect the star while still hanging on the poll. Mario will be suddenly teleported to the bottom of the lake, and will do his default victory animation as if he was standing on solid land.

==={{conjecturaltext|Beat [[Koopa the Quick]] in Zero Seconds}}===

[[File:Koopazeroglitch.png|thumb|Mario on the goal flag with zero seconds.]]

To beat Koopa the Quick in zero seconds, the player must get the [[Wing Cap]] in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and triple jump right in front of Koopa the Quick, but not too close, then [[Ground Pound]] into the first cannon and blast to the floating island. They must then Ground Pound again into another cannon and blast to the goal flag on the top of the mountain. Koopa the Quick will talk to Mario from the race's starting point once he lands, though he is very far away. Then, the timer begins as usual and ends at zero seconds, as Mario has already reached the flag. However, Koopa the Quick never gets up there, so the [[Power Star]] can't be obtained in this way. If Mario goes back to the start, Koopa the Quick will be still in place but he will be invisible. Mario can't talk to him when he is invisible.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YomqK4meqQs YouTube video of Beating Koopa the Quick in zero Seconds glitch]</ref>  

This glitch can be done too in [[Tiny-Huge Island]], but is a lot harder. The player should defeat the small Koopa on the sand surface and leave the shell, the player then must triple jump right in front of Koopa the Quick, but not too close, and aim to land on the shell. The player must then ride to the goal pole. Koopa the Quick will talk to Mario at the finish pole but the timer will stop at zero seconds. Once again, if Mario goes back to where Koopa the Quick is, he is there but is invisible.

==={{conjecturaltext|[[Bob-omb]] Through the Bars}}===

In [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], the player must be near the Bob-Omb that is near the bars, then, dive and catch it, going in the bars' direction. When Mario hits the wall, the Bob-Omb will slide to the other side of the bars.<ref name="Several glitches using Bob-ombs">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpiTPtZ4Fxg YouTube video of several glitches using Bob-ombs]</ref>

If Mario is using a shell on the water and gets eaten by a Boss Bass, the shell will stay suspended in the air.