The History of the A Button Challenge - Part 3: From Challenge to Science

Part 1: • How Gaming's Most Icon... - Part 2: • The History of the A B...
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Enemy luring
02:26 - Transport cloning
08:56 - A new collaborator
11:37 - A presses go below 100
17:04 - Small improvements
22:16 - Hands Free Holding
25:00 - TTC and Sliding speed
29:58 - Bowser in the Sky again
36:05 - Conclusion
Note 1: His first comment was in September 2013 and his first message to Pannenkoek was in January 2014, but his first proper contribution was only fully realized in April.
Note 2: Pannenkoek favoured convenience over optimizing for time. He raised the water so he could copy paste inputs, but he demonstrated in a later video that lowering the water instead is about 9 hours faster: • WDW Optimized Overflow...
Note 3: This isn't always strictly true while sliding because sliding speed is a vector calculated differently from normal speed, but it is true for the most part. More on that later.
Note 4: Because he's sliding, he has to make sure to hold the control stick back out to the left or forward. Keeping it to the right would make Mario turn into the platform and prevent him from falling off. This is why, while grinding itself is easy to achieve in real time, dive grinding is TAS only because the stick needs to be in different positions on every frame.
Note 5: Technically, the TTM secret slide and the SSL pyramid also have loading zones, but they have no grabbable objects nor interesting objects to clone.
Note 6: Blue Coin Clones • SM64 - Blue Coin Clones
Although the PU glitch was not yet understood at the time, this is nowhere near the first observation of it either. It dates back to 2005 or earlier.
Note 7: Specifically, walls are checked once every frame, but not every quarterstep. More on quartersteps in Part 4.
Note 8: There is an additional speed type used when flying or swimming that is a 3D vector.
Note 9: There are only two goombas in this trio because the third one is the Mystery Goomba: • SM64 - The Mystery Goomba
• SM64 - The Mystery Goo...
Note 10: The object slots shown here are a major simplification. In reality, these slots are shuffled almost every frame.
Note 11: This has since been found not to be true: edge grinding while holding an object can load up to 15 dust particles at once if done right. This is based off the information known at the time.
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[@Bismuth9]

Remember to check out Parts 1 and 2 if you haven't! Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp20YaOpp5yHnpY Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3acY4qXg6l6jK8

[@arock9529]

aaaaa cliffhanger

[@tafazziReadChannelDescription]

thank you so much for this amazing content

[@weshuckeba4090]

how many of these are there going to be

[@Bismuth9]

@@weshuckeba4090 Unsure yet, but at least 6

[@fixablecarlos6695]

@@Bismuth9 if you do 100 i'd watch'em all

[@ShaneZickmann]

Best line in the video: “this is usually done by repeatedly jumping but that’s not an option here. I’ll leave figuring out why as an exercise for the viewer”

[@vms8166]

Lol my thought process was like: “would it accidentally stop the whomp fight somehow and can never be finished, or would it destroy the box prematurely and make the trick useless while specifically in the whomp fight” until I figured it out and felt stupid 😂

[@ZachGatesHere]

Bismuth's amazingly dry delivery makes jokes like that beautiful

[@aj76257]

I felt like I was back in math class for a second until I realized that unlike then, the answer was so simple

[@Alexc99xd]

I once told Pannen that you could enter to the top of the painting on WDW by BLJing on the infinite staircase . I was dumb LOL

[@gabrielrochadasilva3183]

Not gonna lie, it took me a whole second to figure it out.

[@reddodeado301]

I love how Pannen ended up in a PU, but called it "some sort of limbo world". Then Tyler showed up.

[@G102Y5568]

That's like when the oddball science guy in a 90s movie shows up and says "actually, I believe I can answer that."

[@DanielVCOliveira]

He unlocked the multiverse by accident

[@TheThirdPrice]

Holy shit I didn't even realize this. That's some MCU level foreshadowing

[@8-bitsarda747]

so wait, he literally stumbled ass-backwards into a PU?

[@G102Y5568]

@@8-bitsarda747 Yup, he was using backwards longjumping to gain speed, he passed the threshold to cross into a PU. That's clearly what happened.

[@simon88397]

The History of the A Button Challenge - Part 4: Entering the multiverse

[@adrienbrody6778]

Part 5: destroying earth from its core

[@kayronavila6299]

Part 6: learning how to create a new reality

[@lukostello]

it really does feel like some sort of super hero assembly to defeat the A press villian.

[@MysteryGamingYoutube]

Multiverse of Madness

[@N12015]

Better known as parallel universes.

[@magneticflux-]

24:38 "Some sort of limbo world" Hmmm yes this is definitely a dead end and won't revolutionize the ABC in the future at all.

[@Lucashallal]

I’m surprised bismuth didn’t refer back to this in the PU explanation

[@Lucashallal]

Fun fact! Currently no abc strats use PU’s

[@Ara_Arasaka]

If that Pannenpaper joke is underappreciated in the comments, I just want to say that I appreciate the hell out of it. And never change.

[@webbowser8834]

It really was a great joke. I loved it.

[@Twisol]

I nearly choked on my spoon at that point XD

[@ToTheGAMES]

@@Twisol Bet your spoon needed a cig after that.

[@valerielopez7485]

@@ToTheGAMES 💀

[@TheAbsol7448]

I recognized the name was a joke, but I still thought it was some sort of clever friend. I still thought it was a real person.

[@Kosmicd12]

soo many things I'd seen before but never understood until now (enemies teleporting all around when you throw the clone especially). And of course some new things I hadn't seen before as well! The oscillating wet dry world is awesome

[@chrispy780]

This game is like a childhood friend like how can you explain 6 year old me that mario can go to parallel universe just so he can save half an A press and you can beat the game in 0 stars in 15 mins. Literally i would go ape shit

[@PatrickDavis28]

@@chrispy780 You can't beat it in 0 stars in 15 minutes... You can beat it in 6

[@chrispy780]

@@PatrickDavis28 o god i forgor

[@Missingnoleader]

And then Iwer Sonsch and Pannenkoek reduces the time to 14 minutes. The community is just incredible.

[@wileecoyotegenius5955]

I kinda wanna see someone make a Mario 64 ROMHack with that oscillating water level as a mechanic.

[@KazeN64]

TYLER ARC NEXT POG

[@joshuashoup4261]

I think if you're gonna make an appearance, it would be next episode too

[@mucuslime]

Tournament arc when

[@thetechnovoid]

YOOOOOOO

[@chinesemassproduction]

lol

[@luginess0]

POGGERS

[@wizdoodle]

I did not expect to get namedropped at 9:30 lmao That shook me to the core, middle school me contributed

[@Bismuth9]

You were credited along with Gaehne D. in the description of that A press save! I'm assuming you basically just helped testing angles and such to get the distance

[@wizdoodle]

@@Bismuth9 I'm not sure how it happened exactly but I did Mario Kart Wii TAS'ing back then and was just getting into some SM64 stuff. Was still primitive compared to now, but I remember suggesting using the double jump kick and then getting it a few days later in Mupen

[@SSM24_]

"First, one A press was saved using _black magic."_ Something about the way that was delivered makes it hilarious to me.

[@MarkusHobelsberger]

Well, black magic isn't out of the question when it comes to the ABC challenge.

[@patrickmorrey8722]

@@MarkusHobelsberger my thoughts exactly.

[@DeadCatX2]

18:22 Sliding the water level to the point where int16 wraps around... that *is* genius. Wow.

[@venorant-2322]

It truly is and that's why the title of this episode "from challenge to science" fits perfectly. They stopped seeing sm64 as a game and began to view it as a piece of software that should be studied and analysed.

[@aturchomicz821]

Yeah just wow, what a Science...

[@linkng7665]

Wait until you hear that float32 is, in one occasion, converted to int16 for collision detection. Spoiler: This will likely be explained in Part 4

[@JasminUwU]

@@linkng7665 ah yes, parallel universes. The craziest movement trick in gaming as a whole. I specified movement tricks because ACE still exists

[@l9m241]

I think Pannen just uploaded another video, that strat is now even more obsolete. It was 14 hours. Now that star can be done in 14 minutes!

[@avasam06]

It's a small detail for viewers, but the efforts put in that graph at the start and the cinematic free camera shots are well appreciated.

[@GGreenHeart]

I'm always so impressed by these. They both make everything so much easier to follow!

[@iluvcats2]

"He had to resort to something better - Setting Mario on fire."

[@PatriPastry]

Fucking 31:58 “thanks to a new development in Goomba Engineering” had me fuckin rolling. Goomba Engineering is probably the funniest concept I’ve got from this video

[@Zachruff]

pannenpaper has no right being that funny

[@-._-._.-_.-]

why do i know you although i never watched your content

[@ChickenNuggets-jf5uf]

@@-._-._.-_.- Blue shell challenge WR Progression I watched I few hours ago is how I know him.

[@fusionspace175]

Mario grabbing that flame and placing it at the top of the pole at 13:00 is basically Prometheus stealing fire from the gods.

[@Your_choise]

Lol

[@TylerKehne]

Camera work and editing in this video is next level. Love revisiting all the creativity from pannen & co. during this era! One thing I want to point out is, some stuff might look simple with the benefit of hindsight, but none of this is supposed to be possible. Each of the innovations pannen made required him to sink a large amount of time into a problem that was supposed to be unsolvable, with limited tools and a small chance of success. He could have given up at any time but he kept pushing forward and getting results. Also he didn't have the benefit of the vibrant TASing community we have now because it went mostly dormant after the 2012 120 stars TAS. In my opinion pannen kept it alive with his creativity and innovation. Props to Plush and Gaehne D too making clever cameos now and then.

[@mathphysicsnerd]

Hey Tyler. Can't wait to see the insanity you have cooking up for BitFS, I knew squish cancelling would become a useful strat from the day I saw Pannen's old video on it

[@MarioFanGamer659]

Speaking of innovations: Have you gotten the idea of parallal universes to explain the shenanigans at 24:37 or was that at somewhere else?

[@ChristopherMoom]

1:50 I like the idea of referring to every single object Pannenkoek owns as some sort of Pannen themed item, like calling Pannen's car the "Pannenmobile" This series on the A Button Challenge's history has been very enjoyable, I binge-watched Parts 1 through 3 within a day and loved the experience; I'm excited for the video on Parallel Universes, that discovery seems _slightly_ more popular than a lot of the other techniques used

[@ChristopherMoom]

Shoutouts to SimpleFlips at 0:29 by the way

[@radaf4429]

I'm pretty sure the pun is Pen and Paper

[@hoobidibahbidibah8119]

The pun made me audibly groan. T'was too powerful.

[@fledermaus7061]

You never disappoint me. You're truly in every comment section I look. (not really just often)

[@radiocaster2k]

pannenkoek is like the batman of SM64 pannenmannen

[@PapaFlammy69]

Outstanding content, as always

[@Charles_Reid]

Papa!!!

[@gobbleguk]

sup Math man

[@windowsvista2.041]

Flammy

[@ianmathwiz7]

Didn't expect to see Flammy here.

[@Buoy2]

father

[@Greennoob2]

can't wait to hear the summary of parallel universes. it's such a cool concept about collision and overflows. Plus the infamous watch for rolling rocks video with brilliant commentary. I love how well made it is

[@gavinbrown216]

I already saw hints to it with sliding speed and scuttle bug transportation

[@benzoic_honeycomb]

you mean a different summary than the one for the SM64 TAS video

[@stevenschiro1838]

I have watched the watch for rolling rocks video so many times. It’s what got me hooked on all his stuff. Not sure why he doesn’t commentate any more but just grateful for everything he has uploaded

[@zebefreod871]

@@stevenschiro1838 for what I know that video was made during a very bad time for pannen and caused him a lot of stress. It's said he's also a perfectionist and would self harm if things aren't good enough for him.

[@CntRational]

@@stevenschiro1838 Pannenkoek was going through a bad time, and it being so popular put a lot of pressure on him. It also exposed him to a lot of negative comments, and as you know, those have a bad habit of worming their way into your head.

[@GaehneD]

aah the good old memories of the beginnings and the foundation of the ABC-crew! im so damn hype for the next part, because this will be where the true madness beginns! ps: oh yeah, and of course thanks for mentioning me, im very honoured to be part of gaming history!

[@aughlnal7333]

32:45 goomba trio? I only see two? Where could this mysterious 3rd goomba be? Will the mystery goomba make an appearance in this series? All memes aside, I love this series. Can't wait for the craziness coming up next episode.

[@Alexc99xd]

I found pannen after reading an article on how to get the most impossible coin, the 3rd goomba trio. First video I watched from him

[@TheAbsol7448]

@@Alexc99xd That's exactly how I found him, too. My _parents_ found that article, oddly enough. And they showed it to me.

[@Jasocova]

bismuth: *ends his conclusion* me: YOU DID NOT ABSOLUTELY END THE VIDEO LIKE THAT

[@KinaliBZP]

I've only just started and the "Pannenpaper" joke already convinced me this is a gem of a video

[@basicmountaingriff]

I think one of the things that's so fascinating about this is, just imagine if you were mario. you start out just messing around reverse-engineering the physics of your world and then you increasingly discover how to hold clones of things, then throw hidden things you shouldn't be able to hold, then swim in the air by not looking at water a bunch, then hold things without holding them. it's so surreal. mario must feel so powerful

[@Lh0000]

Mario by this point is just some kind of godlike super human, who has gained forbidden knowledge from the realms beyond

[@ZergrushEddie]

Pannenkoek is to Bismuth what Matt Turk is to Summoning Salt

[@Hyperboid]

The end reminded me of this iconic quote: "Well, TJ 'Henry' Yoshi, hear me out."

[@GTAce99]

Amazing editor, explainer, gamer, musician, and comedian? This guy’s resume is fucking stacked.

[@onlypuppy7]

Wrong

[@NathanielBandy]

These have been very fun to watch thank you

[@RichConnerGMN]

is that n bandy

[@warpedmine9682]

Dam only 2 likes

[@redstowen]

Nb

[@redstowen]

NB!

[@ditchencatastrophic5951]

28:16 Gotta enjoy the timing on this one. It's the details like these that makes this series very enjoyable!

[@valerielopez7485]

I didnt notice that wow

[@miaspaghetti]

30:31 so I was playing animal crossing and I caught a sea bass, like usual. And as Bismuth says “This thing’s stupid” my fishing rod breaks. bruh

[@huhneat1076]

18:50 I feel like ABC is one of the only runs where you can say "This strategy shaves a few days off of the previous one" and people accept it

[@eggstatus5824]

11:29 I will never get tired of the fact that all of Bismuth's reactions like this always keep a professional tone

[@Deses]

I got chills down my spine when you said "Parallel Universes". I'm so ready for the next episode!

[@zeindelic7821]

SAAAME

[@MrDobleO]

30:15 "One A press was saved by using black magic" XD

[@joshjager5831]

I'm simultaneously excited that we get a part 4 to this fantastic series and dismayed that I'll have to wait for it to come out

[@DorkmasterFlek]

"Not complicated enough to make a fascinating two hour documentary about...oh of course it is." 🤣

[@bobstevenson3130]

Other people: "WhEn iS He GoInG tO TaLk AbOuT PaRaLlEl UnIvErSeS" Me: VERTICAL SPEED CONSERVATION WHEN???????

[@waffle9438]

This series is probably one of the most fascinating I've ever seen about video games. The amount of effort that Pannenkoek has put into this challenge is simply insane, and your narration makes it somehow understandable and thrilling to follow. Thank you for documenting such a crazy journey

[@KneadingHarbl]

God damn that cliffhanger at the end was perfect.

[@PatrickDavis28]

"Oh wait, you can just dive recover there? Well I guess that one slipped through the crack somehow" That, well, *cracked* me up.

[@digitalcircuit]

I didn't see anyone comment on this, so… 7:34 "But once the blood tribute has been paid, older broken clones that were productive…" I appreciate the humor throughout, and the smooth explanations, etc. Very well done! (If someone did comment this already, pardon. I wish KZbin had some form of comment searching since Ctrl+F doesn't work well with infinite loading.)

[@hoobidibahbidibah8119]

36:14 And thus, on this fated comment thread, two gods met and the rest, as they say, is history... I may have been one of the degenerates who hopped on the A-press train when the whole "Watch for Rolling Rocks" fiasco was being forced everywhere, but I've been genuinely interested in Pannen's endeavors and the rest of the community since. Seeing where it all began and how breaking Mario 64 has evolved has been incredibly eye opening. Thank you for making this documentary series.

[@thetechnovoid]

same!!

[@EebstertheGreat]

23:59 That exercise is a real doozy.

[@skii_mask_]

I think panen has spent more hours deconstructing this game than many devs did making it. EDIT: sell this as a feature-length documentary to Netflix.

[@Voidling242]

Brilliant

[@prexot2341]

Note on the graphics at 3:38, especially at 4:12 - in SM64, all hitboxes are cylinders, so they would look like rectangles when viewed from the side.

[@Bismuth9]

Yeah, that's true, I didn't think of that. But the visualization isn't meant to be to scale anyway so it's no big deal I guess. It might've looked confusing of those circles to suddenly be rectangles. I'll keep it in mind for any future hitbox shenanigans.

[@RandomDeathChild]

@@Bismuth9 instead of admitting to your mistake u r pulling arguments out your ass tp justify it. lmao just anorher ignorant content creator

[@Yggdracyril]

@@RandomDeathChild What are you talking? "Yeah, that's true, I didn't think of that."

[@beerat4405]

@@RandomDeathChild at least he can spell the word "to"

[@jongyon7192p]

@@RandomDeathChild Literally a Top-Tier sm64 TASer who gets rankings in TAS comps

[@Scribblersys]

17:26 Love how Pannenkoek posted a new video on his Uncommented channel with a faster strat than this literally yesterday

[@zaku28]

It was actually already reduced to 2 hours prior to that, there’s a link in that video for the outdated 2 hour strat

[@xdavidliu]

11:37: Wow I was pleasantly surprised when you started playing the Mario RPG music from the first level after Mario's house. Delightful.

[@NoriMori1992]

19:15 "For the very first time, the whole world could hear his voi-" *ad plays*

[@IngwiePhoenix]

Can we talk about the UBERsmooth transition at 19:25 - 19:26 ? :0 You even went from one version to another on the exact beat and timing. How cool is that! Been watching all the other parts as today is a very nyeh day for me. This was absolutely interesting and I loved it a lot. Thank you so much for all this informative content!

[@Darkytz]

I've made it a tradition to rewatch the whole series every time a new one comes out plus I end up watching all your old videos. Love everything you do and I have never even played super mario 64

[@hectorg5809]

I haven't played it in maybe 15 years but it's incredible what has been accomplished with this game

[@Darkytz]

@@hectorg5809 it is no longer the same game it once was

[@thekillerfroggy]

The WDW overflow strategy still saving time overall is so hilarious

[@IceBrys]

It's funny to me that in the sm64 community the term "parallel universes" comes with the same weight as marvel dropping the "avengers assemble" line

[@bestberry7332]

Average KZbinr: Give me some time for editing, I need to find some cool remixes for background music Bismuth: Give me a few weeks to compose and record some completely original Mario arrangements!

[@horizontal]

19:36 Look Gary, there I am! Great vid. Infornative and good humor throughout. Also that last line. Can’t help but imagine someone watching this without that context.

[@ronwapossibly]

"with the help of his buddy, Pannenpaper" I started choking holy shit

[@Bitlytic]

I absolutely love the subtle humor you do in these videos, like the ones at 10:21 and 23:55. Those comments were so nonchalant but made me laugh really hard

[@thepinkcoin1512]

i love the "Now that's a wet-dry world" line

[@TheMarioaddict]

24:35 "...a lot of the research still ended up in a dead end with nothing useful gained." how dare you

[@NicD]

This is one of my favorite series ever, and I'm so hyped for every episode that it takes priority over ANYTHING I'm watching. (Thank you for not interrupting Invincible, Brooklyn 99 and Arcane. You might still split up The Expanse.)

[@l9m241]

Man I remember watching all of pannen's videos about these techniques! It was just so cool seeing how all these glitches came together to accomplish a task. It's like a very intricate puzzle. And let's not forget Tyler Kehne, he truely is sidekick to this challenge!

[@someoneelse1534]

29:48 that poor spider never saw it coming.

[@maxswagger164]

Since my A button broke these videos are very useful .-.

[@Gintaras64]

Genius

[@Thucydides-of-Obcenities]

this series so far has been better than most television put out now and its legit just you explaining mario 64 speedrunning tricks in insane detail. The origins, the plot, the characters, the twists, I had no idea I would be so engaged.

[@Kierio04]

If you were as popular as summoningsalt I wouldn’t be surprised if all of KZbin got together to watch the premiere of the rolling rocks part. That being said, I think people are missing the point of the CURRENT part lol… The transport cloning and bowser in the sky explanations absolutely blew my mind here and I can’t understate my excitement for not just the soon to come parts but the parts near the end since those the parts in the server I’ve been able to be a part of seeing live!!

[@theemeraldweegee2503]

imagine stuff like this appearing in a social studies or science class in 2060 "Ok so who can tell me how to clone the dire dire docks star?... Nobody, well then make sure to study this because it will be on your test next week."

[@Alexc99xd]

11:54 mmm yeah I love your deadpan foreshadowings 23:58, 24:40 omg... You're the best

[@fozzie_79]

This is basically Pannenkoek: The Movie Also have to say the music is absolutely fantastic!

[@c.m.9369]

These videos are insanely well made! The editing, the use of pictures to explain difficult, technical concepts, the use of unconventional camera angles to show maps, etc... It's insane how good these videos are put together!

[@BAVBAVBAV]

19:25 This transition really shows how much love Bismuth puts into his videos. Great stuff

[@vuk6468]

It's amazing how people can dedicate so much time and effort to accomplish some random goal. I feel really inspired by Pannenkoek and this series of outstanding videos.

[@dafire9634]

"One A press was saved by using black magic" ah yes of course,my favourite

[@gubbothehuggo2771]

I love how Tyler didn't immediately elaborate how he saved the HMC entry A press and just waited for Pannen to reply.

[@postmeridiem05]

That cliffhanger.

[@eyesistorm]

1:50 made me laugh waaaay harder then it should have. I love the little bits of comedy sprinkled throughout this series.

[@hanthonyc]

I remember learning about the cloning glitch years ago reading the mario wiki as a kid, and being so interested in it. i never knew the actual mechanics behind it were so intuitive, though im assuming nobody else at the time knew either lmao. thank you for indulging 9 year old me!

[@arctisCircle]

That transition at 19:26 between the original track and your piano arrangement is SO smooth

[@fifdspence]

Love the reveal at the end!

[@Bismuth9]

nice vsc reveal at the end

[@1ted59]

@@Bismuth9 rofl

[@skivvy3565]

When pannen understood the intricate maths behind enemy coding it was game over for other challengers lmao

[@thag_simmons]

amazing video, and I gotta add that your piano pieces in the background are mesmerizing

[@linuxstreamer8910]

i must say i respect my fellow dutchman for the work that goes in to this

[@ruinenlust_]

It's always nice to see a Dutch person get some internet fame, as a Dutch guy myself.

[@warmCabin]

I actually have my bachelor's in Goomba Engineering (GE). Clone Sci. is the make or break course that separates the boys from the men.

[@derekconwaygd]

pannenpaper killed me. well played sir

[@Kraigon42]

My only complaint is that I'm watching these as they come out, so I'm always left wanting to watch the next one that hasn't come out yet.

[@staudinga]

Oh boy, time to feel that feeling again that only your and Summoning Salt's videos give me. edit: I also plan to watch this whole series together with friends once you've released everything; probably together with pannen's Watch for Rolling Rocks video.

[@staudinga]

@@TheRatsintheWalls oh yes, I watch that absolute legend too, but it's not quite the same feeling. Good in a different way.

[@scantyer]

I love the counter at the top left for some reason

[@antant6217]

i wish pannen didn't get so much meme hate over the phrase "half an a press" because he did so much for these types of challenge runs

[@JamesP7]

@@TheRatsintheWalls He didn’t get hate for it, he just became self conscious about his quotes becoming famous memes. That is one of the reasons he stopped making commented videos. (He made a lengthy google doc that said this.)

[@tttITA10]

The fact that this gigantic documentary has more views than the channel has subscribers, despite it being explicitly the third part of a huge series of equally gigantic documentaries, both bugs me and bogles me. This channel more than should be over one million subscribers by now.

[@joshuaevans4301]

"It doesn't really work... I just get stuck in some sort of limbo world" HOLY SHIT

[@SuperViperT302]

It's worth noting that when Pannen was doing the massive Goomba cloning for the A press saves in BitS, while he was able to avoid the crashes on emulator, those TASes would've crashed on console due to how the N64's Reality Co-Processor handles graphics. I'm not talented enough to explain this properly, so I'll pull it from Ukikipedia: "The main display list buffer has two sides, the left side holds F3D commands the game runs, and the right side holds allocated buffers for matrices. When an object's graphics are drawn, 16 bytes are used from the left side and 64 from the right side for each separate 3D model from the object. These two sides overlap when there are too many of these models on screen, leading to both sides being overwritten with garbage data and invalid F3D commands." So, when you see stuff like the random flashing colors or shadows turning into boxes like at 8:47 and 32:10, those are moments where the game would've crashed on N64. Though, in the case of the first example, the game would've crashed way, WAY before then since the star count in the HUD has already disappeared (which is another emulator quirk that isn't properly reflected on console). This wasn't properly understood at the time, and was only later understood when Pannen looked into it after discovering an emulator exclusive state he referred to as "Game Corruption", which he has a couple of videos of on his alternate channel.

[@fnamelname9077]

Why can I not tip you for this? These videos are superior to most of the educational programs I've ever seen. It's so much information, and no filler or dumb drama!

[@Bismuth9]

KZbin takes a pretty big (~30%) cut on tips, so I've been directing people towards Patreon (5%). Plus, I can give some benefits in return, like production updates and early access to music.

[@fnamelname9077]

@@Bismuth9 Ah I see!

[@MagikMKW]

9:40 YO me and Wizdoodle used to be MKWii TAS homies on Skype back in the day, that brings me back

[@tonyg_fgc8152]

Amazing writing, researching and presentation. You are incredibly good!

[@SomeGuy-ne3yl]

0:32 i hoped to see a "include me in the screencap" :D 1:53 is gold. i legitimately laughed.

[@uwu-ei6oc]

i cant belive how this people cracked the game open to the minimal detail, its like knowing the mechanics of the game in a molecular level lol

[@yoloboy7201]

32:44 When he said "That goomba trio" I immediately reminded me of the days of the Impossible goomba oml...

[@sleepi8454]

I love this series bruh. Please keep up the good work, I always get excited for these uploads. The A button, despite being such an arbitrary pointless activity, is vastly important to me. Your videos make me excited, havin me all like "oh man, I know what's gonna happen next, he's gonna talk about such and such!". Thanks so much to you, the a button community, and the mario 64 community as a whole. You guys are awesome.

[@beanlegion8529]

I like how we’re using goombas as blood sacrifices

[@grantforester1864]

Watching these videos just shows how the line between insane and genius is a circle

[@waffelzoplenty1893]

23:55 Ok, i'm not gonna lie I had to re-watch that one time for it to click...