SM64 - Stomp on the Thwomp - 6x A Presses (Commentated) [OUTDATED]

[@felineki]

Thanks to these videos, the File Select Theme has been firmly established as the "Physics Lecture Theme" in my brain.

[@PC_Simo]

@felineki Same here, bro.

[@PLSLetMeUseEmax64OnANewChannel]

same

[@DeepDiveDevin]

If this man doesn't unlock Luigi in this game, nobody will.

[@chriskanemeier]

He already has! Check his mystery goomba video

[@DeepDiveDevin]

We know, it was still cool

[@obsidianblock1490]

hes gonna unlock waluigi if he beats the whole game in TWENTY A PRESSES and im sure he will find a way to

[@miningtrout2868]

+GuardiMan Is Your Guardian there's only 1 a press needed in the entire game now and that's in Bowser and the fire sea. Unles you're talking about a full 120 star route.

[@obsidianblock1490]

Mining Trout yep

[@vanilla8956]

Take a step back and think about how you created remote C4 in Mario 64

[@danielwoods8263]

OMG I am the 64th like!

[@TheFatPunisher]

I saw this video like when it first came out and thought it was a troll video with intentionally complex steps. then a year later I'm a fan and realize that it was serious.

[@dmas7749]

Heh. I think that's why I like these videos. Some of the steps are so complicated and severe that it sounds like it is one. And then you realize it's not and your mind blows so hard it goes into a parallel universe.

[@uniquehandleohsocool]

D MAS My mind jumped 4 PUs after watching this

[@dmas7749]

Sir Musty Ah, really? Mine jumped 10. -yea I'm still trying to recover from being QPU misaligned-

[@uniquehandleohsocool]

D MAS i was misaligned last week, it was a pain to fix it back

[@dmas7749]

Sir Musty I know. IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL YOU GET YOURSELF MISALIGNED. DAMMIT!

[@ChocolateMilkMage]

I had an instant release watching this.

[@Thecolorgreen]

(There's currently no situation where releasing is useful)

[@xenosonic9x414]

Magearna Here, I'm explaining, para- I'm using a trick called Scuttlebug Transportation, and ya see, there's currently no cases where that's useful or important. The scuttlebug's radius isn't a spheephs, but a sus. It's worth noting that I only activate the scuttlebug while I'm not activating the scuttlebug so the scuttlebug will always lunge toward the scuttlebug. So to get that speed, we're gunna use a trick called an A press, and here's how it works. You probably know that there are some slopes in the game. If the wall isn't the wall, then we end up sliding down into the water. *obnoxious voice* PARALLEL UNIVERSES

[@pinapljuice731]

ChocolateMilkMage instant releasio 64

[@MariaNicolae]

Hey I know who your profile pic is. TOUHOU FANS UNITE!

[@powerONdelta]

I did a blj

[@eltiolavara9]

i like how you pronounce bob-omb BABÁM

[@forgado7396]

i pronounce it (BOB-om)

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

+MrMarioPlayThru Same.

[@june9914]

He sounds like Carykh

[@igorbarbosa24anosmelhoridade]

it is so annoying

[@31redorange08]

Any source to back this up, Roger? Can't find anything official on that.

[@PikaFanboy]

Your voice is so smooth. It has a calming effect, no matter how crazy what you're saying is.

[@pote2frouifruite81]

Rejnka tru

[@stas2x]

your commentary has 64 likes, I just can't like it one more time

[@nathanalexandre137]

Rejnka by "no matter how crazy what you're saying is"you mean... *LET'S TALK ABOUT PARALLEL UNIVERSES*

[@Beamo1080]

If you beat the game without pressing A, you unlock Luigi.

[@gazmd]

Beamo1080 No you dont

[@jan050375]

you must be fun at parties

[@olddrunkbastard1825]

Gary ya u do my brother did it

[@ehhh9426]

My uncle works at Nintendo and he can confirm.

[@thelegendarysupersquid7556]

I have a friend who did it, you wouldn't know him though.

[@epimorphism]

You should do more of these commentary videos, they are very well made and interesting to watch.

[@blinkingberry9591]

No, he shouldn't. They are well made regardless of the commentary.

[@sightseeing7993]

@@blinkingberry9591 m8 they're better with it.

[@HoroJoga]

@@blinkingberry9591 why do i have the feeling you're gatekeeping his videos because you feel that the commented ones are seem as a 'meme' to a lot of people?

[@antt2228]

@@HoroJoga Pannen hates doing the commentated videos. Check UncommentedPannen's faq.

[@tl1882]

@@herr_crustovsky hes back

[@complexpower]

I normally never sign in on youtube but I just had to do it to like this video. Despite knowing nothing about SM64, I found this easy to follow and very interesting. Great explanations.

[@pannenkoek2012]

Nice! I tried to explain it such that you wouldn't need prior knowledge to follow along, so I'm glad it worked :)

[@AnonsFactory]

now you're thinking with portals

[@emilydioptase]

Now you're thinking with the Scuttlebug's home.

[@Dexuz]

But first we need to talk about parallel universes.

[@yellmo1488]

If we are QPU aligned, TG """"""""""""Henry"""""""""""" Yoshi should update his home to the death barrier.

[@SmashSSL]

A weighted cube is a weighted cube. U cant say its a companion cube.

[@blankthehedgehog6279]

SAAAANNNNEEESSSS

[@WillClayYoung]

I wish doctors could fix my instant release glitch ;(

[@linkthepringlesman3951]

Just don't dive grab and stay away from walls, you should be fine.

[@diribigal]

Thanks for taking these early steps to what was just verified for Stomp on the Thwomp

[@dashielleheidt7223]

Some questions (as this is a very interesting topic matter to me): How and why do you know all of this about the inner-workings behind Super Mario 64? Is there any documentation on it? How did your obsession with exploiting the glitches of SM64 start? How do you know what exactly to do at a given moment and for how long? Can this be achieved on actual hardware, or just through emulation? Last question (sorry I have so much of them): What drives your patience? Go to the Secret Aquarium in 0x A presses took over a day to complete.

[@chlorobyte]

+Dashiel Heidt 1. He finds the glitches out with his friends (and maybe some on the internet). I don't know if there is any documentation on it though. 2. He was cloning coins to get a 255 coins score in the possible worlds. 3. He knows the glitches. If you mean for like WHEN he has to do it, what frame, he's TASing this, that means he's replaying the thing a lot of times. 4. It could be, if one was skilled enough. In fact, ALL the glitches could probably be done, other than the ones with PUs, because they crash the game on a real N64. 5. I don't know. Even I am surprised on how he has quite the patience to do stuff. I guess he REALLY likes doing this stuff

[@korrenkid]

+Dashiel Heidt Let me give some deeper answers: 1. Mario64 community is one of the largest speedrunning communitys (according to speedrun.com even the second largest right after Ocarina of Time). They discovered A LOT already (way before ABC became a thing). Rest is basically a lot of testing, random encounters and reverse engineering. There is a lot of documentation on pannnenkoeks second channel (pannenkeok2012 , yea he just switched 2 letters lol). There are also the channels of other ABC Crew members like Tyler Kehne . 2. He started with 255 coins videos, according to him its like "a completely new game in my favorite game". You should also keep in mind that pannenkeok is not the only guy doing this, there is the whole "ABC Crew". 3. You'll have to have an Idea of what you want to achieve, then think about how you could achieve that with the things you have. If you know how stuff works, you also know how long you have to do something (or you just try it out, savestates and TAS tools are your friend). 4. So far, everything except the Aquarium 0x A entrance could be achieved on console, assuming you have frameperfect skills lol. Aquarium entrance will crash on console, because we can't fix camera in the PU. Works on Virtual Console though. 5. Motivation lol. Pedro for example (know him IRL, got me into Mario64) is a motivation BEAST. If he starts a game, he'll probably spend the next 3 days playing it without any sleep and have 1000 hours in 4 months later. As for Secret Aquarium: You can assume that he actually used Fast-Forward, I really doubt he sit there for 25 hours xD. Hope I was able to give you some insight.

[@dashielleheidt7223]

+korrenkid Thanks for the insight!!

[@dashielleheidt7223]

+Benedani Thanks!

[@pannenkoek2012]

(1) A lot of it is from experimental observation, though recently I've gotten Tyler Kehne to investigate the code behind certain mechanics to help me out. (2) I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I wanted to get the max possible coin scores in each of the courses, which involved exploiting several infinite coin glitches. From there I learned a lot of glitches and studied them to figure out how they worked. Later I realized I could use my glitch knowledge to much improve the current records for the A button challenge, and so I set to work on that. And now, I find/study glitches in order to save even more A presses. (3) I'm not sure I understand? What to do at a given moment? Like what videos to make? Or like what move to make Mario do during a TAS? (4) It should be able to be done on actual hardware. The only exception to that is strats that make use of PU movement without fixing the camera. (5) My perfectionism drives my patience. I won't rest until every A press that can be saved has been saved. :)

[@alexanderm5728]

"[OUTDATED]" It's so damn satisfying.

[@2maxime0]

Why tho ?

[@drakez341]

@@2maxime0 bcuz they found something better than this

[@2maxime0]

@@drakez341 Oh okay !

[@diribigal]

And it's now completely outdated.

[@digdug1489]

"And by diving into the wall, I drop the Ba-Bomb." *airhorns go off* HE DROPPED THE BA-BA-BA-BOOMMMBBB

[@NexSicarius]

"...because a sphere's cross-section gets smaller as you move away from its equator." It blew my mind how simply you stated that one fact (the rest of the video was just too much to comprehend in one go, of course).

[@ronamadeo]

You commentary videos are fantastic. It's great for those of us that follow closely, and explaining things like this will widen the audience for all these crazy glitches. Please do more.

[@topsyturvy1097]

Pannen sadly won't be doing any commentated videos in the forseeable future due to the toll it takes on his mental state

[@haronka]

@@topsyturvy1097 you mean it is because the TJ meme?

[@topsyturvy1097]

@@haronka no???? He stopped making commentated videos because he mentally cannot do it. Go read his FAQ.

[@alaraplatt8104]

the best part of this video is if you follow the link to the not outdated version, it's also outdated. and the video that one links to is also outdated. incredible progress

[@diribigal]

And now even the recent one from like a couple months ago is outdated

[@PlushSM64]

I can't believe you actually found the pedro spot lmao

[@notplush1906]

+Plush You find something funny, punk?

[@PlushSM64]

+Not Plush Who are youuuu lmao

[@pedroviktor5496]

+Plush He is not Plush :)

[@chlorobyte]

+Plush he's not plush..... is he wool?

[@MarioGalaxy2003]

Nah... **feels Not Plush** he's FELT

[@arriba_teruel]

It's mindblowing that right now stomp on the twhomp is just x1 A press

[@gobbleguk]

It’s probably about to be 0xA once they complete the WIP TAS

[@S0larisPrime]

As of today, 0xA

[@brianpso]

This is the best thing I could've watched on this last day of 2015. You literally ended the year with a BANG, lol sorry.

[@PhoenixWrong_]

You have to have been a developer for this game. This is an insane amount of knowledge.

[@ydoomenaud]

+Phoenix Wright we would also have accepted 'virgin.'

[@HollyQualia]

+ydoomenaud ur right, every single game developer is a virgin, especially those that feed their wife/husband and/or their children... total virgins.

[@robin6709]

+ydoomenaud edgy af

[@PhoenixWrong_]

ydoomenaud *HOLD IT!* And just what makes you say that witness?

[@Noxian16]

+ydoomenaud What the fuck exactly is wrong with being a virgin?

[@philhutchinson5885]

"Unfortunately our angle doesn't let us get onto the thwomp" he says. GJ finding an improvement.

[@DoctorCyan]

Oh wow... going 0x made this look like child's play!

[@justice2969]

Well Damn man. I started watching your videos yesterday lol. But seriously, you are so dedicated to this game I instantly became a fan. I actually learned a lot from the 255 coins limit video and the science of cloning one. Keep it up dude!

[@WhimsyHeath]

I really want to see the full TAS fully commentated with these explanations. It would be beautiful.

[@dmas7749]

That would take FOREVER. But I'd still watch it, gah, damn you pannenkoek2012 and your absurdly detailed descriptions of parallel universes, cloning, and A presses I'm lazy enough to do stuff as it is.

[@WhimsyHeath]

D MAS I know, I really shouldn't be demanding anything of him considering just how much work he puts in.

[@dmas7749]

WhimsyHeath Can't really say I blame you. But he probably wouldn't do it until the remaining A presses is like 5 or less. I have that problem of being needlessly perfectionistic myself.

[@thedyno900]

it could be possible of he uploaded it in parts. Just 1 big video of like 20-30 hours or something would gain alot less revenue then multiples.

[@eebilu]

I, like many people here, started watching you with your Watch For Rolling Rocks video and enjoyed it for the memes. But the more I watch your videos the more I genuinely find myself becoming more curious about this game! Every little trick you discover is so entertaining to watch and I hope you keep making more videos despite the viral popularity you unwittingly got from people making memes of your rolling rocks video. Keep it up!

[@heave-ho6864]

Current A Press Count for All Main and Secret Courses (Including A Presses Required to Reach and/or Enter): 0 A Presses Required: Bomb-Omb Battlefield; Whomp's Fortress; Cool, Cool Mountain; Dire, Dire Docks; Tall, Tall Mountain; Snowman's Land; Wet-Dry World; Tower of the Wing Cap; Cavern of the Metal Cap; Vanish Cap Under the Moat; All Toad Stars; All MIPS Stars; Bowser in the Dark World; Bowser in the Sky 1 A Press Required: Lethal Lava Land; Hazy Maze Cave; Rainbow Ride; Castle Secret Slide; Secret Aquarium; Bowser in the Fire Sea 2 A Presses Required: Shifting Sand Land; Tiny-Huge Island 3 A Presses Required: Jolly Roger Bay; Big Boo's Haunt, Wing Mario Over the Rainbow 17 A Presses Required: Tick-Tock Clock Total: 36 A Presses

[@Ajm573]

+Heave-Ho There's actually 32. Due to Skettlebug malnipulation

[@heave-ho6864]

***** Not official yet. The Google Doc still says 36, so there's still 36.

[@animowany111]

+Shannon Ney This isn't doable on console, so it might not count. There's no way to stop the camera from going into the PUs, which crashes.

[@ZaWarubro]

+animowany111 snapping or changing the camera angle as soon as Mario starts blasting in the PUs seems to stop the cart crash. Or that's what I've come to understand from another video.

[@heave-ho6864]

Za Warubro "snapping or changing the camera angle" Um, was "locking the camera in place with R" what you were looking for there?

[@AmishParadise27]

This is why Super Mario 64 is my favourite game. I keep learning new things about it all the time.

[@GraniteValleyDave]

What a great star. And great video editing, you must have spent quite a while making this video, thanks!

[@EVPointMaster]

Today it almost hurts reading "in 6 A presses"

[@guitarnoob1997]

Pedro spots should be called Schrödinger spot

[@moshilover1100]

A quantum superspot

[@blunderbus2695]

Mario is both in the air and on the ground, and we don't know which one it is until he moves away from the spot.

[@mdudegamer]

Knowing about HOLPs makes some of your other videos make more sense. You explain this stuff really well.

[@benjaminwaltman6841]

When your teacher thinks your frustrated by her class, by you're actually just strategically building up speed for 12 hours

[@WhatAreYouBuyen]

I bet you could have fun exploiting gravity physics in Mario Galaxy!

[@LoganDark4357]

The mystical Pannenkoek2012, whose natural habitat is that of SM64. He won't go anywhere else.

[@HeyKevinYT]

Even crossing parallel universes with a massive negative speed won't get us to mario galaxy

[@computercat8694]

You have to use positive speed or else you'll get stuck in SMW.

[@vinegar...]

ComputerCat but not too much or you'll end up in DK64, or even worse, Kirby Super Star: Gourmet Race

[@meta04]

Or in Mario Kart 64.

[@nekrocity]

5:41 I love how the camera takes half a second like "I guess I gotta follow him up there" There's something very entertaining in seeing how the engine of the game reacts to your glitch magic. Kudos to you and Tyler!

[@SkankingKyle]

this is what we call a pedro spot, and it's pretty powerful

[@dmas7749]

even though this video is outdated it's nice to come back to and see how this star has evolved again

[@Fireblaze3127]

Your diagrams are so well made

[@chriskanemeier]

I'll be honest, I don't speedrun SM64 and probably never will, but the amount of in-depth analysis you provide really is quite interesting even to an outsider like myself.

[@kitster900]

"It disappears and doesn't move at all" this is relatable somehow

[@KyletheReflectionist]

So what happens if you stay in a pedro spot for 416 years?

[@weegeetime6494]

The game will crash.

[@alol1551]

Maybe an overflow in the vertical speed variable.

[@minerva7386]

you build up some speed

[@tavoh3200]

You'd break out of the Pedro Spot the first day passes

[@cosmicjenny4508]

+Kyle Ruggieri Maybe you'll cook a soap cake for 9 years...

[@Deltani007]

You are the proffessor of SM64! Somebody give him a medal or something !

[@izPhil]

I really love that you not only did commentary for the video but explained in depth everything that you were doing. I love learning all the different ways people 'break' games. Please make more, I'll keep watching!

[@abcdefghilihgfedcba]

Nice video. Really liked the explanation of the collision detection. Has Tyler not figured out why you can both double jump and groundpound, though? Also, why is it a double jump and not a single or triple?

[@NIMPAK1]

+ALAKTORN Mario can do a double jump even if you don't press A to jump so long as you time the double jump after landing from a drop.

[@abcdefghilihgfedcba]

***** Oh, I see.

[@gwennorthcutt421]

ive heard of the HOLP in passing but never the pedro spots. very nice demonstration and explanation of these concepts (the last leap was really fun). i love seeing the concepts i learn in programming classes coming to life in game exploits and challenges, and how much goes into the backstage of a game.

[@Cardmaster12]

as a kid I never knew the hat in hand glitch was so useful, I always thought it was aesthetic

[@OblivionWalkerVerified]

+Shavery me too

[@DiegoG2004]

I don't care if it's outdated, it's always great to listen you talk about things in Super Mario 64

[@Minty_Meeo]

I really enjoyed the commentary on this. It reminds me of the reason I subscribed to you in the first place. You explained things like the mystery goomba pretty thoroughly for someone completely unfamiliar with SM64 glitches like me. It still blows me away that your mystery goomba was on Yahoo! News at one point.

[@makutamiserix5612]

Rebel: Your highness, this file was just received. A lot of people died to get it to us. What is it? Leia: It's HOLP.

[@pikminman13]

To think this entire route is absolutely pointless now.

[@saihanmarshall5287]

How come?

[@PC_Simo]

@Saihan Marshall Since it’s outdated, meaning there’s a better alternative that saves more A presses.

[@mattbowlin4708]

Absolutely love these videos. It's so fun to watch a master of SM64 absolutely tear the game up. You've brought one random gamer lots of joys with your skill, and I absolutely love hearing you commentate these (personally makes it easier for me to understand). Keep on keeping on. :)

[@15098D]

This video helped me pass a test in physics

[@rebecca7981]

Congrats on the 0 A press!

[@sinistar3198]

Do more of these. I love the explanations.

[@EstebanGaeteFlores]

You are amazing, now I feel like I want every video with comments lol

[@hps362]

Duuude remember when it was 6 a presses and now it's 1? Duuude that's crazy. That's the kind of progress I love to see in society

[@lavara9music]

now it's 0 lol

[@Creeperbot9000]

Just when I was thinking I was good at video games...

[@the0mini0prutt]

Wow, this was very well explained. Thank you for making these videos :)

[@KaiWolfPaquin]

Man, every single video I watch blows my mind. Great job!

[@nuzzbentley1869]

I have no idea why I find these videos so interesting XD

[@TheAuraSquad1]

Commentary was great it actually helped me understand what was going on

[@Henrix1998]

This is probably the only video or site that tells why it is called pedro spot. Glad I finally found it

[@ryanrising2237]

Look, description, I get that it’s in fewer A presses, but I don’t think it’s a better version of this video. The commentary makes this one a much more enjoyable experience.

[@Sypaka]

Man, I love your commentaries. **complicated stuff easy explained**

[@syok1107]

Holy smokes... Peach better be fuckin' worth it.

[@yugureyt]

These videos are your utmost highest quality. Still, whether you commentate or not, your stuff is still generally amazing overall.

[@kippen9486]

Yay you are back

[@syndere6755]

Its taken me this long to figure out that the HOLP doesn’t update with HiH because there's already something in Mario's hands visually, so it just doesn't show, and therefore update.

[@astrophysicsperson528]

A Presses are now cut in half!

[@yaysin]

actual legend

[@alexa9433]

Now 2x A presses. Absolutely crazy

[@ianmathwiz7]

Now 0xA 🥳

[@asliuf]

this is so incredible! no idea how on earth you guys figure this stuff out! thanks for posting :)

[@cronos00092]

Really enjoyed this, you should continue looking for all the mysteries in SM64!

[@antunnel]

thanks for doing commentated videos, they are good

[@dtracers]

In our 4th stop on down from 9 to zero we get a super rare video! Its commented! and even with all the commentary it is not nearly as long as the final video. Also other unique things about this level: Its on static! And not on random setting. What a twist that we only go on this detour for a short while.

[@tsguyoldchannel2691]

Oh, how things have changed.

[@weegeetime6494]

Next video, "Bowser in the Fire Sea, -1x A presses". Calling it right now.

[@anomalocarislover7254]

I wish.

[@fabiandriessen2579]

Look how far the ABC team has come, this monster of a star is now 0x A presses

[@TheHemphogChronic]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, Thanks for finally doing some audio commentary bro. Much easier to watch. You a boss. Much love.

[@ARandomSpace]

I prefer uncommented videos.

[@ASMRBrazil]

I know this seems crazy but this gives me ASMR like hell. Your voice is very relaxing and the amount of details in the videos are great! (I know shit about videogames, so it's even better haha)

[@paraquemolestarseenp]

i love your commentated videos, man, hope you keep em coming

[@turkeysamwich00]

I know there's probably not an official way to say bob-omb. But I usually put the emphasis on the first syllable and honestly hearing him say buh-BOMB is driving me fucking crazy

[@MonJilley]

Yay another koek video!!! I love your stuff, I'm so glad to see you back.

[@corican]

Incredibly interesting. Please do more like this. Even for the much more 'mundane' tricks you use. They fascinate us regular people.

[@Dekusian]

Really interesting video, and super well explained! Great work, man. Looking forward to more of your SM64 videos.

[@19seb85]

You're back! And with commentaries too! YAY! The video was really awesome :)

[@laydvk2429]

I'm not sure but seeing this video makes me feel weird, like I just wanna lie down and try to do not cry, then just cry a lot (this happens after a revelation of supreme knowledge). By the other hand, really good video! Go ahead! I think I love you already.

[@that1juicebox941]

When the video that took you ages to commentate becomes outdated.

[@UChS4Dq15wHu8vkvWsaLzvPg]

Help I'm stuck in a loop of clicking the "Click here to watch the uncommentated version" button and the "Click here to watch the commentated version" and I can't escape

[@UChS4Dq15wHu8vkvWsaLzvPg]

The annotation fills the entire screen lol

[@iProgramInCpp]

0:05 So today, I'll be explaining exactly what's going on in this video. You may notice that I don't even start out in Tick Tock Clock.

[@OvermasterP]

Love the commentation!! Thank you and keep it up please!

[@SudoBurger]

Bowser: "I have an army..." Pannenkoek2012: "I have a HOLP."

[@cryptologicalMystic]

Man, I just love to watch people absolutely eff up games like this.

[@user-fu4cv2zl4m]

just took a nap listening to two of pannen's video. man this guy is great.

[@jimgorlett4269]

An A press is an A press. You can't have 6.

[@iwersonsch5131]

5:45 Awesome video. A lot of useful glitches explained correctly and up to date, and in a way that is very feasible for nerds to understand.

[@origamiscienceguy6658]

Savage

[@valyri]

literally mind blown in the first 15 seconds how the hell does he do it

[@cirlu_bd]

I love the way you pronounce bob-omb

[@Lugmillord]

Pedro spot... another neat term for SM64 science! :D When Mario reaches a critical speed to break through the wall, it actually reminds me of quantum tunneling. ...just in a deterministic fashion. Great video! I hope, you'll figure out the 1000$-glitch eventually! (that's like the millenium problem of SM64!)

[@PetoriousBIG]

can I call you doctor mario