Super Mario 64 Render96 Ray Tracing - Longplay

[@carl8703]

So basically: "what would happen if they used the graphics on the box art?"

[@SPD87327]

correction: "what would happen if they *could* use the graphics on the box art?" n64 was simply not powerful enough to have this good graphics sadly... BUT now we can enjoy box art gaming in 60fps RTX!!!

[@JonathanPerkins-wt8tf]

❤

[@bobbysworldofficial]

@@SPD87327 most autistic comment ever lmao obviously the n64 could not do this LOL

[@Mr6one8_]

😂😂😂 brilliant

[@magnawaves]

What a smart cookie, using his eyes like that!

[@BlueDude-cf9mk]

It's so graphically up to date yet still feels 100% like a 90's game. This is amazing

[@Supersmashbrosbrawlw]

I tried it a week ago and it looks way better playing it yourself instead of watching a video, truly amazing

[@bamboobridge-of8yd]

that's super outdated looking actually

[@911WASanINSIDEjob420]

@@bamboobridge-of8yd The art style is timeless. you just have bad taste

[@pedretejb2492]

Exactly... And best of all... There is no wokeness!!! Winner winner Chicken winner

[@Funkx2g]

This is sharper than damascus blades

[@Hydro66]

What people probably thought Mario 128 on the gamecube would look like

[@Jamesharveycomics]

This is what we thought Mario 64 would look like

[@mendronesg]

@@Jamesharveycomics No. This is what Mario 64 looked like for us at the time.

[@Jamesharveycomics]

@@mendronesg that's also true

[@derpaboopderp1286]

Tbf Mario Sunshine does kinda look like this

[@Rex-golf_player810]

​@@mendronesg something about that sounds so sweet

[@brightclouds98]

Only took nearly thirty years but finally the intended art style is playable and it’s beautiful

[@blu3260]

Not necessarily the intended art style, just the art style used for marketing. If they had the resources to render this, the game's models would still probably look a lot different and then the marketing team would go from there.

[@brightclouds98]

@@blu3260 yeah you’re probably right. Was there an alternative styling then that was different to the marketing?

[@Sieztt]

​@@brightclouds98Closest thing would be the DS version, which used a vastly different approach.

[@DJVox725]

Short story Nintendo wanted this as the final product but n64 had only 4mb ram and was pretty weak in general so they decide to do what came out

[@SalvadorButtersworth]

​@@DJVox725it was the most powerful console ever made, at the time. Even gaming PCs did not have any game like Super Mario 64. This game was the first game to have many features that are now standard in every game. Because Nintendo was busy inventing modern video games, and busy with the launch title for the launch of the most powerful console ever made, they didn't have time to fully optimize the code. As Kaze Emanuar proved, the N64 can run Super Mario 64 at twice the framrate, rendering 5 times as many triangles, compared to Nintendo's first attempt here on a new custom architecture. For a game like Resident Evil 2, the Playstation needed 2 CDs with 1.4gb of storage to run the game. N64 ran the same game with only 64mb of storage - and no loading time.

[@bobby4tw]

This is how I remember the game graphics in my memory. Looks great!

[@UltraWideGaming86]

Me2

[@tappertone678]

@@UltraWideGaming86 yeah same

[@michaelgrnfld1]

Y’all lyin LS! 😂 Ain’t no way you remember it with Tekken 3 graphics 🤣

[@rexbanner1560]

i was think the same thing!

[@hyperteleXii]

Might be something wrong with your memory...

[@ZillaSharkeh]

this will be super mario in 2013

[@phsr5_945]

Every Mario fan in 1996 be like l:

[@flashdr1ve]

super mario in real life

[@gabe5918]

@@flashdr1veSPAH

[@moritzzz1]

NINTENDO HIRE THIS MAN!!¡

[@TheyBenefit]

Is this a bot comment?

[@emiliod.galvan3385]

The models look almost exactly like the boxart! An actual remake of this game should look like this!

[@jockson7574]

Maybe in 2026

[@JBtheJMB84]

No, it needs to look as good as Super Mario Odyssey or better.

[@Rex-golf_player810]

​@@JBtheJMB84 well it depends on who they are making it for

[@yayayyaf]

This will be Mario in 1778

[@WRILLI4M]

The "Render96" in the title isn't for nothing, after all. This was the main goal in the first place.

[@meegel]

When we were kids this is what the game looked like

[@UltraWideGaming86]

Amen

[@lightest2385]

Facts!

[@TheGoaterGoat]

No it didn't

[@silveradoz4721]

@@TheGoaterGoat r/woosh

[@badiiin]

@@TheGoaterGoat in our minds, not literally.

[@BananaMana69]

That "let's a go" when you start the game is so crisp. As a kid I thought the compressed audio was him saying "Let's pickle"

[@CawkyDante]

You mean "The pickle" it sounded like some random guy saying it, not Mario back then, lol.

[@FierceDeityRick]

I always heard “Mexi-co!”

[@soulslur]

Same, pickle gang

[@heckensteiner4713]

My mom said I couldn't play this 28 years ago because the graphics weren't good enough and the box art was false advertising. Now I can finally play it! Thanks!

[@Samos900]

Your mom said that about a Mario game?

[@Stand4Righteousness]

Ur mom was moronic.... No offence

[@SuperSayajim]

​@@Samos900She for sure definitely did and it's definitely important that it actually happened

[@Paganichi]

@@Samos900he is just making stories up for attention

[@faridchible]

whoa she was right yet what an a hole you're mom was

[@alvarodiaz2722]

so many years i´ve been waiting for this moment, the day that finally i can see how really mario 64 has to look, like the original cover page of the box, this is beautiful

[@craftkiller9627]

Something seems off. I remember this game having a lot more frustration and failure.

[@SirMannyAngel]

Gotta love the detail... If you look at the upper left whenever Mario/Wario/Luigi take off their hat, you can see the change on each of the icon located next to the life counter. Sometimes it is the small details that count. A very well remake, indeed!!!!!

[@FAKEAXIS]

I recommend anyone to play at a lower res (480p or 240p), then do some crt upscaling with this mod. It absolutely blew me away.

[@mrraichu2161]

Using crt lines with the original resolution but keeping PT, the new texture and the model poligons... I have to try it ⭐

[@SweetTodd]

i wish 3d all stars was like this

[@Dairunt1]

Honestly even with a re-textured 64DS (and updated controls) I would have been fine. Specially considering we would have gotten the original SM64 on Switch Online eventually. I would have just named it "Super Mario All-Stars 2", with 64DS, Sunshine, Galaxy and Galaxy 2.

[@mendronesg]

maybe if people make enough of these mods Nintendo might start to see value in building a high end gaming console.

[@kronogatez5995]

@@mendronesgNintendo does not give a shit lol

[@jockson7574]

@@Dairunt1and no original mario 64. But I imagine next year they’ll rerelease 3d all stars with 3 more games added in being 64 ds, galaxy 2, and 3d land

[@BenjiH23]

Definitely, I was hoping for the 3D games with Odyssey graphics.

[@snake_et_queen]

My 7 years old brain actually thought the game looked like this in 1996.

[@LeSkateWA]

This looks incredible, this is what I expect a remaster to look like

[@rev2xs]

Incredible, really? That? Mate, you need your eyes examined. Looks good, yea, but just higher res and darker really. I mean, i dont think it was even worth the effort making it raytraced

[@jockson7574]

*remake

[@LeSkateWA]

@rev2xs yeah maybe not incredible but it looks good and stays true to the original. Thats probably all it needs really. Its way better than other attempts ive seen

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

@@rev2xs Your attitude sucks. You might wanna work on that or no-one will ever wanna spend time around you.

[@Rubycon99]

The ray tracing definitely completes the look. Previously when I've seen Render96 footage, it looked nice but not really "just like the promotional artwork." This really captures that wonderful shiny, plasticy 90's SGI look.

[@BreadSFM]

Amazing gameplay and very nice graphics, just like the renders on the box art Btw, I've watched you play, and I can tell that you have incredible skills in this game, the tricks and moves you do can be extremely difficult to pull off, so congrats to your skills dude :]

[@projectlongplay]

Thank you very much!

[@baltakatei]

51:36 Holy reflections, Batman!

[@TheHylianJuggalo]

now, someone needs to make a "Continuous Course" mod that makes the game play more like Banjo Kazooie (all the stars/missions are on the map and you can collect them all without leaving. Combine with this, gold.

[@an2thea514]

This exists both as a Replay Code and as a standalone mod.

[@comiumapedra5397]

​@@an2thea514name ?

[@WRILLI4M]

Well, Banjo-Kazooie wasn't a continuous course. Gruntilda's lair was a hub that connected all of the game's worlds. Ditto for Tooie.

[@sublime_tv]

To the Zoomers that don't understand the importance of this: It's not meant to by a 100% modern up-to-date graphical remake, but to remaster/recreation of what we saw on the box art/promo pieces, like from TV commercials during that era. It really needs to be stated that the background sprites, camera, physics, and even the text/boxes are all true to the original as well! There are some bugs with when songs/fanfare should play/stop, but otherwise perfect. Truly a remarkable masterpiece!

[@B-t2cz]

can't blame them for not understanding. It was before their time

[@heroijapa]

In the end, i cried... So many good memories, so much love for a old game, this is pure magic.

[@Nafebutuoy39]

I love how this retains the art style, even putting it closer to the art outside of the game and doesn't just look "ULTRA REALISTIC". Very nice to look at, also whoever voiced Wario did a good job lol.

[@sdgdhpmbp]

The Wario... Not terrible at all, very good in fact! But it feels like a weird combo of his Party voice clips in that voice pitch with Kart 64 lines. Either way, I'd take it. Whether it's up to the creator and/or voiceover choices for these lines, or how unfeasible it would've been to use Wario voice clips from any of the games, this is a good version.

[@kevatchiralzin3495]

I would love to see this on Banjo Kazooie

[@WRILLI4M]

Ocarina of Time as well.

[@LostSoulSilver]

It's been said before but... it's so unique to see a mod with an actual art direction

[@samuelbanya]

To be fair some of the player's tricks used throughout were impressive.

[@iLegionaire3755]

Disturbingly beautiful, and I am terrified Nintendo pulls the plug on this, they need to HIRE YOU NOW!!!

[@YN-im5qn]

Plot Twist : This is the real version we never had in a parallel universe, and the 1996 version was just a massive downgrade.

[@esmanmusic2204]

Bro! I’m not the only one thinking this because I swear in my distant memory this is the version I played in Sears as a kid.

[@thesexybatman263]

Damn those pesky cartridge space limitations.

[@Pharoah510]

Fingers crossed for nintendo releasing a remake that looks just like this for SM64’s 30th anniversary in 2026,with all of the added content from SM64DS🤞🤞

[@co-jt6gd]

Love that you added the Luigi and Wario mechanics from SM64DS here, too, even if they have different powers here.

[@CPUGaming]

The uploader didn't make this mod

[@co-jt6gd]

@@CPUGaming I know that…I was just hoping the mod creator would see my comment, whilst I simultaneously complemented the longplay.

[@aponiaintheflesh]

What SM64 would look like if it was a 360 launch title

[@Chris_Thorndyke]

Why is this so true

[@matul3808]

So the real question is HOW DO THE REST OF US enjoy this :( Love your guys work to! The game looks perfect !!!!

[@daviT_con_T]

If u get and answer, pleeease share thanx a lot

[@hdjoe22]

Look up render 96 Mario and the tutorial will pop up

[@chrisklecker]

This is how all remastered games should be doing.

[@jockson7574]

@@chrisklecker *remakes

[@chrisklecker]

@@jockson7574 I don't think you know the difference between a remake and a remastered. You see, when you remaster something it's taking the original and remastering the audio, the video to today's standards. Think of the Star Wars THX edition on VHS. They updated the sound. A remake is when you take the material, like the story, and change it up as if to update it to today's standards. Like The Thing or Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

[@jockson7574]

@@chrisklecker a remake is when they change the graphics and remix the music. A remaster is porting over the game and yes, increasing the audio quality.

[@Chris_Thorndyke]

@@jockson7574A remake changes gameplay and story while a remaster just enhances graphics and quality.

[@DamnZtar]

@@Chris_Thorndykehow about a reimagining?

[@NewCanadianTurtle]

Just wanted to let you know as a 90s kid, you're my new favourite channel. ❤

[@UltraWideGaming86]

You've got yourself a new subscriber, this is just great!

[@Gilbrod78]

Mario must have some kind of Sensory Processing Disorder that he can never stay still. Even not walking, he's bouncing in place. lol

[@Zixology]

Finished it off with a crisp, HD "So long, Gay Bowser"

[@pixipads]

i see no difference from this to my childhood memories. perfect as always.

[@opalbinia]

This is wonderful. Its amazing how just the higher framerate breathes new life into it, let alone all the other graphical changes.

[@525ibag]

The switch port we always wanted

[@zoe-janesutherland4359]

This is awesome!!! Great work everyone involved in this!! I wish every one of my favourite classic games from the 90s and early 2000s could be remastered like this.

[@ninja3212]

This feels a dream from a childhood night brought to life.

[@kirstydavidson-kolbe1233]

ive played render 96, it is amazing, it really brings back the 'Woah! Mario is 3d! hes also flying! and whooping bowsers a**!' but the only thing that kinda bugs me out is that peaches castle both outside and inside havent gotten a remodel, it would be amazing to see something like sm64 redrawn where the outside wourdl looks amazing, hope a future update covers this. Thanks alot to the render96 team and all their efforts! Made my inner child alot more happy!

[@Elykar]

Normally I dislike 3D Mario 'remasters' because they look so jarring but this is perfect.

[@kid_lucchese]

The crazy thing. This is actually what we thought the game looked like back then.

[@ImTheWarlock64]

This is how I feel this game in my mind when I was a kid.

[@spongebob03]

IDK if it’s the weed, nostalgia, or both. But I have tears in my eyes. So many memories. Including, getting a N64 and this game on Christmas. I played a lot of games back in the day. But revisiting Nintendo makes me FEEL more than the others.

[@claude-francoisbrassard8803]

You’re quite the proficient Mario 64 player, it’s really impressive to watch you play knowing what it takes to get this good. Great play-through, watched it with my SO this weekend and we really enjoyed it. 👍

[@projectlongplay]

Thank you very much!

[@blasphemous24]

How to play this version of SM 64? ​@@projectlongplay

[@asdrubalmendoza2165]

Los mejores momentos los pasé jugando este juego La mejor parte es la música del ending final Dónde te recuerdo todas las hazañas que hiciste en cada una de esas dimensiones que visitaste porque si no son mundos alternos son otras dimensiones alternativas que visita Mario para salvarla el poder de las estrellas fue tanto que literalmente invadió nuestro mundo si Bowser hubiera tenido más éxito con el poder de las mismas no sería capaz Mario ni nadie de vencerlo Me hiciste llorar hermano😊 Haces magia mi hermano

[@carlosguzman17]

Words can't express how bad I've always wanted this. I'm speechless

[@laser90]

Jolly Roger Bay looks absolutely breathtaking. This is beautiful

[@Gilgwathir]

It's a testament to the artstile that it matters very little how modern/good the graphics are. The most improvement is in the degree of detail where textures ord assest were replaced. Also props to the people who did this for preserving so much of the original feeling of the game. You are doing the work Nintendo should be doing. the most you'll probably ever going to get for your trouble from them is a lawsuit 😢

[@sandromarmelo3008]

This is most impressive. What a great job this is. Now do the same for Zelda, Banjo and Goldeneye and we are good 😅

[@leseanpayne2805]

Ok but imagine how good this would look in a CRT where everything is blurry so.the textures all match art style cause you can't see them

[@sublime_tv]

Ocarina of Time next? That would be amazing! Thank you to all the talent for this wonderful project!

[@JesterHavoc96]

Check out Ship of Harken (Ocharina of time PC Port).

[@xxlinkman456xx]

The fact that this masterpiece of a game hasn’t been remade officially by Nintendo is criminal

[@NVUSAttitude]

im so glad that the model wasnt workshopped to look modern or "sleek" ive ALWAYS wanted to know what the N64 era 3D render of him would play like. plus the Wario and Luigi 3D renders too? too perfect

[@juniorlibanio345]

Belo trabalho nossa ficou no capricho curti demais os efeitos de luz e sombra estão ótimos nem a própria Nintendo faria um serviço assim mas vocês são corajosos de usar um dos jogos dela e remasterizar tudo e postar no KZbin essa porcaria de empresa vai perseguir vcs desejo sorte.

[@mxlespxles]

What's funny is this is exactly how my young mind remembers this game looking

[@NewRetroLetsPlays]

You know a Super Mario 64 Drinking game where you take a shot every time Mario says "Here We Go" would be hilarious.

[@TheHylianJuggalo]

Do you want people to die???

[@Gilgwathir]

I love how the trees still rotate to show their "best side" to the camera, even tough they are fully 3D model now😂

[@adbahtiyar7789]

Mariooooo..This is amazing video..Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@NihsneKMtz]

Que hermoso que se ve, nada que ver a la N64 que todavía la tengo y andando con este juego. Lo que si noté es que la cara de Mario en el contador de vidas quedo pixelada en comparación con lo demás, esta genial, éxitos!

[@spongebob03]

This takes me back. I was looking at the snow level. All the little secrets. I used to know all of them. Now I’m looking like… “I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!”

[@kingkazma3246]

The pixelated life icon at the top left is bugging me out! Other than that! Awesome sauce! Love it!

[@smashbrospippop1931]

This is like what the game would look like from the box art in this era of technology

[@MERCHIODOS]

What people wanted Super Mario 64 in 3D All Star to look like

[@Th3Wick3dOn3YT]

Wow this looks Crazy good, Imagine a remaster with better camera controls. That's all this game needs. I always thought that Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time were both games way ahead of their time by like a decade ahead.

[@flashn00b]

Never thought we'd see a day where 90s CGI would be rendered in real-time. Maybe that should give ideas for people wanting to make the next hit boomer shooter: What if the pre-rendered cutscenes from those CD-ROM games were the actual in-game graphics?

[@gnbman]

It mostly looks great, but the automated lighting messes up the scenes from certain angles, like when Mario talks to King Bob-Omb, and they're both covered in heavy shadow. It's a problem many modern remakes and remasters have. And areas under ledges are pitch black.

[@turismofoegaming8806]

Damn, I gotta say this looks like an official remake for this game and looks amazing!!!! This game has always been such a legendary classic in my opinion, even though I pretty much suck at it and often get frustrated with it .. with Mario's butter feet that is.. But I still love the game because I was there when it came out and I just feel like it's a perfect package of nostalgia from 96 !

[@That_Masked_Boy]

0:05 ITS SYNCS, THE WINK SYNCSSS-

[@WewbaccaTheChookie]

4:48 Based 😂😂😂

[@Makons420]

that kick was personal

[@WewbaccaTheChookie]

@@Makons420 😂

[@MuffinMan0521]

So enjoyable watching this with nice graphics.

[@saulsadip]

It's like the artwork from the box or marketing just became playable, it's crazy.

[@nihalanth]

Can’t imagine how the game will look in another 30 years. Gunna be a real dude jumping around.

[@mikereyes2488]

This is how the game looked like to us as kids in the 90s on CRT TVs lol

[@windows98alpha35]

B33133 has ruined me. I'm constantly expecting spooky shit. LMAO

[@jeshufertv9324]

Me too, rom hacks Will be never be the same for me

[@LoveMyZJ]

So awesome! Banjo Kazooie would look sweet with an update like this

[@DiscepoloDiWaluigi]

The fact that even here Waluigi is excluded

[@Mattia_22]

Rightfully

[@gabe5918]

Rightfully

[@Altronix06]

Rightfully

[@JPGear]

Rightfully

[@GoosyTheMexicanGoose]

Leftfully

[@KibaMiyata]

I love the way Mario look like in the N64 boxart that version o Mario is my favorite

[@perguto]

Now I can finally play Mario 64 the way I remember it from my childhood!

[@bungieman2810]

Here before this gets struck with a cease and desist

[@Inmate288]

I swear Nintendo doesn't realize the money they could make by doing really simple things they refuse to do. Like a remastered Mario64 like this, many many people would buy it.

[@BornTroublesome]

Reminds me of When I first played SM64 on PC as a kid, it looked this real!

[@Jethorus]

watching this feels like what it felt like the first time playing this game

[@Danelon2006]

The best 3D game of Mario ever. I love this game...

[@eiscreme3116]

I'm so excited For the next updates The co pet for peach's secret slide looks amazing

[@Mister_Clean]

The skyboxes are so good! I thought this would look unnatural and artificial at first, but HD Mario 64 looks incredible. The effects aren't too extreme. They're perfect.

[@Pendragonthegreat]

wow the water levels look insane

[@kaosumaru]

When Mario said, "okie dokie," I felt that

[@glen366]

This is how i felt it looked in 1997 when i first played it

[@enyaratna]

Now the game looks like those CG-rendered art pieces from the 90s.

[@B-t2cz]

This is what the game looked like to me when I first played it back in 1996

[@RetroGamesCouple]

Awesome lights!! A big improvement!

[@kingofflames738]

This is what SM64DS looked like in my mind back in the day.

[@asnierkishcowboy]

Wooah! Great. Id love to see this for Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask.

[@slamacowsimon9320]

I can't wait for the mario after this, the games are just gonna get better!