Super Mario 64 is an action/platform game for the Nintendo 64 released in 1996. Mario's first game on the N64 and his first 3D game, it is praised for its transition from 2D to 3D and is considered one of the best 3D platformers ever made.
When Bowser steals all the power stars and Princess Peach, Mario must go though the castle and collect the missing stars and save the princess.

After being extremely disappointed with the Kaze Emanuar version of this port, which was barely playable, Nintendo 64 Wizard set out on a mission to create a Star Road port for real Nintendo 64 hardware that not only ran at an acceptable speed throughout the entire game, but also did not gain its framerate boost from decreasing the game's graphical quality by doing certain things the Kaze Emanuar version did, such as limiting the draw distance or shrinking the display window, and instead focus on optimizing the code.

The mod still does not run at a consistent 30 fps, but it at least runs fast enough by Nintendo 64 platformer standards to the point where it feels like an actual game and not just a proof of concept.

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Patch Instructions:
-Apply this patch directly to the Super Mario Star Road.ppf file
-Next simply change the resulting patch extension from .ppf to .bps
-Then apply the .bps patch to your Super Mario 64 ROM.

Database match: Super Mario 64 (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo 64 (v. 20210220-053642)
File/ROM SHA-1: 9BEF1128717F958171A4AFAC3ED78EE2BB4E86CE
File/ROM CRC32: 3CE60709

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