Super Mario 64 - Reaching the Bowser Painting Glitch

This glitch allows you to get behind the trapdoor and reach the Bowser painting. This is a difficult glitch to pull off given the small space available for a backwards long jump (BLJ) and the precision needed to guide Mario through the castle interior.
-At the main lobby of the castle, enter the left door to the basement.
-Hold the control stick northeast as the door animation plays, and Mario will start running once the animation finishes. If you use a Nintendo 64 controller, there's a notch in the place where you should hold the control stick.
-Jump as soon as Mario lands on the stairs, and he should grab onto the floor inside the column in the main lobby that has coins on top of it.
-Backwards long jump into the inside corner of the column.
-To do this exploit, long jump as short as possible facing away from the inside corner, and immediately tilt the control stick towards the inside corner while tapping A rapidly.
-Stop tapping A and hold the control stick down and slightly move it around to navigate Mario to the entry area to send him behind the door with the momentum you built up. Try to avoid the door itself, as that will cause Mario to walk through it and enter the black room.
-The idea with holding the control stick is to keep it in the opposite direction you want Mario to move.
-You should still have momentum to keep moving, so press the left C button to move the camera while still holding down on the control stick. Your goal with this maneuver is to get Mario on the stairs in the middle of the room.
-Once Mario is on the stairs, continue holding the control stick down and move it slightly to the right, and jump to get Mario to slide up through the wall next to the 8-star door. He should continue down the hallway until he reaches the Bowser painting.
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[@AntonioDoukas]

I tried so hard to do this as a kid. Really wish someone would mod it so you could go into the painting for a devilish Bowser level

[@ripjaw1212-9]

someone modded it to have bowser’s domain

[@Sethycakes]

I've been subscribed to this channel since I was a kid, and even if the uploads are sporadic, I'm glad that this channel never truly dies

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah, i sub to him since 2017 or something...😅

[@PowerRedStar]

same

[@patworx1]

As a kid I tried to reach that painting, until I realized I wasn’t supposed to.

[@futal1000]

I used to think if I tried hard enough I could reach the painting and it would be secret shortcut to the bowser stage

[@TheGlazedDonut]

Hey! Good to see you back!

[@Arkonu]

Awwww.. nothing happened. I’m not surprised but I also don’t know what I was expecting.

[@RoseQuartz692]

what you mean

[@mr.trollge766]

⁠​⁠@@RoseQuartz692they weren’t surprised there wasn’t anything there and they don’t know why they expected anything to be there, considering the developers never thought about people getting past the trap door

[@ThreeSingleandco]

Return of the fish

[@FalconFlyer75]

Wow I’ve wondered for decades if it was possible to get past that wall

[@soaringstars314]

Welcome back!

[@justarandomperson647]

I was so afraid of this game as a kid

[@dea4407]

wait!! this glitch is used for the 0 star task!!

[@RoseQuartz692]

task? also for 1 star and 16 stars and also for the first star in 120 star

[@SilentVirus13]

hi

[@lilpinecone999]

YOURE BACK!!!!!!!

[@IvanFranco120]

Yes, an new upload! 😅

[@Darkking92200]

How to know this is bullshit: attempt the first blj, it just isn't possible.

[@UltraNurture]

Good to see you’re still around!