Mario Builder 64

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Just a few days ago a huge Super Mario 64 Romhack / Mod was released: https://romhacking.com/hack/mario-builder-64 or alternative link: https://gamebanana.com/mods/514361 As usual, it’s a patch file that needs to be patched on top of original Super Mario 64 Rom for the Nintendo 64: https://www.romhacking.net/patch/

I’ve just tested it and runs great on RetroArch! This mod is impressive. It’s a level editor for Super Mario 64 in Super Mario 64 itself and reportedly runs on original hardware as well. The user interface is very simple, it has lot of stuff to add in the levels.

The only problem is, RetroArch or the core does not support SD cards to save level creations or load from others. They recommend a tool named Parallel Launcher, which runs ParallelN64 core from RetroArch, but I think without RetroArch. Here a few screenshots (made in RetroArch):

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Nintendo DMCA’d this Romhack on the original distribution page https://romhacking.com/hack/mario-builder-64 . Notice, this was not the Rom itself, it was a patch file like any other Romhack. But many Romhacks are on a gray area anyway. This comes at a surprise, because Nintendo didn’t care for most Romhacks (even Mario and Zelda games) since decades. No idea what happened here.

My first thought was, it might be an imposter doing DMCA, as anybody can do. Such things happened before too for other things on YouTube in example. But that is my personal speculation, it might be legit. So this message is a heads up in case you care and want to archive.

Edit: Forgot to add links (where its legal and available to obtain):

• original download page (showing unavailable content): https://romhacking.com/hack/mario-builder-64
• source code and release build available on Github (but only v1.0): https://github.com/rovertronic/Mario-Builder-64 and https://github.com/rovertronic/Mario-Builder-64/releases/tag/1.0
• version 1.1 and 1.0 of the patch file available at: https://gamebanana.com/mods/514361
• find custom levels at (I think you need Parallel Launcher tool): https://levelsharesquare.com/MB64/levels
• documentation: https://rentry.co/MB64-Setup-Guide