Although, it is possible to collect two or three stars before leaving.

It would have been cool if collecting stars didn’t kick you out but, instead, players would have to exit levels manually. It’s probably our biggest gripe with the mod. With the exception of the one hundred coin stars, if one player collects a star, both players are kicked out of the level in typical Mario 64 fashion. However, whenever the game does load a new area, both players will be warped there. Each player can freely roam around the levels and do not have to stick together. Both characters can perform the exact same moves, they control their own cameras, they share coins, have their own lives, and lives are reset whenever the game loads a new area. Player one is Mario and player two is Luigi. We played the modified or patched ROM using the Project 64 emulator. It’s a two player modification where one player is Mario and the other is Luigi and both players can roam around independently and complete levels together. Well we recently discovered another multiplayer mod called Super Mario 64 Splitscreen. We’ve played through a specific multiplayer mod a couple of times and while it was fun, it needed work but it showed that Mario 64 could make an excellent cooperative experience. There are numerous Mario 64 mods out there and we’re always keeping our eyes peeled for new ones because we’ll use any excuse to replay through the game. It offers an amount of freedom that you just don’t see in a lot of platformers even today, at least in my opinion.

Sure, the visuals and camera show their age but the gameplay is still solid. It’s one of the greatest 3D platformers ever made in my opinion. Super Mario 64 is a game I could play all day every day.

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