A strange cartridge reveals a development build of Super Mario 64. It seems to be from around the time of the personalization AI experiments, as the game seems to try to actively adapt to the owner's personality. Exploring eventually reveals a star count far above the final game's 120...
I wasn't the one who located this cartridge - but I had a big part in debugging it and activating the various hidden functions in the code. Unfortunately, the one who found the cartridge turned to be an utter asshole; the B3313 drama is explained in more detail here, with as little bias as possible. We split off from him eventually, and this results in 2 big competing versions - currently A2 Anniversary Edition and official 1.0.2, with A3 and 1.0.3 in development.
B3313 is a Super Mario 64 ROM hack exploring concepts from the beta builds, the SM64 iceberg, and several other related ideas. The internal plexus is ever expanding, players report getting hundreds of stars on their save data!
Below is a web patcher, where you can download the latest A2 and 1.0.2 releases. A2 Anniversary Edition is fully compatible with real N64 console, and will not crash on load on Mupen64Plus. 1.0.2 is Chris' separate continuation of the idea, including more content that makes for an alternative feel of the plexus. The web patcher also includes downloads for older B3313 versions, tweaked to make them function on more emulators and occasionally on real hardware; insert a Super Mario 64 (US) ROM into the following dialog to get yourself one of our B3313 ROMs! The raw .bps files are available here.
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NOT RECOMMENDED
To improve the experience, by default we serve versions with:
disabled RCVI hack (fixes N64 graphics)
fixed warping textures
N64 float crash fix in Mario's spawn state
collision stack corruption fix
The untweaked versions are available mainly for historical purposes.
It's different...
v1.0 uses Troll Engine, which already integrates the common tweaked fixes.
Tweaked in v1.0 means injecting Unabandoned's updated troll engine to:
tweak red star lore
fix various unintentional crashes and bugs
add other engine level improvements
These versions do NOT:
"fix" intentional (lore) crashes
move red stars to better locations
import any areas or add stars
Supports: .z64, .n64, .v64!
Depending on your chosen version and setup, there will be a little bit of an issue with the size of the ROM (96 MB):
Developed mainly by me, here is a new Unabandoned version: A2 Anniversary Edition! Releasing 1 year after the original got completed and approved on Romhacking.com, this version:
compresses the ROM to 48 MB, and applies code patches to make the game fully beatable on real hardware!
fixes non-painting warps
fixes various other issues, such as the grand star warp, PV balance, star animation, etc.
2024-06-04 20:24:46 UTC By: Chlorobyte
A couple minor tweaks
The web patcher has received an update to clarify what the tweaked versions mean (and to not recommend by default a fundamentally different experience for Chris' 1.0 release!)
Ignoring Chris' release would just be unnecessarily petty. Get into the new B3313 page to download the new release for yourself if you'd like another playthrough of pretty much the same game... the main noticeable differences are in the audio design, overall polish, and there is like, 1 new set of areas in the castle.
This is the case where you might want to enable the Use untweaked versions checkbox. I have applied the newest version of TrollEngine in the tweaked version, which fixes among other things:
the 'BOB crash'.
8 certain red stars counting as yellow stars. The red star unlock progression is more gradual like in Unabandoned.
A certain annoying asf boss' HP is reduced.
I should note that there was never any peace treaty between me and Chris (you would have known about it by now). The pain and anguish this fucker has caused us still lives on, and we will not forget until he settles with us properly. That includes a proper, public facing apology; recognizing the person who helped me out of dark times instead of treating her as nonexistent, an alt account.
2023-12-09 14:40:44 UTC By: Benedani
B3313 Jumpscare
Rest in peace, Paper Mario: Bowser is Back. You were... certainly something.
Taking its spot is the Super Mario 64 hack of which I had a major part in its development - B3313! Might as well:
have a public-facing B3313 stuff announcement channel;
With the new page also comes my final, official response to the B3313 drama bullshit that's been going on for a while now. It mainly exposes the horrible actions of the former lead developer, ChrisRLillo, while also providing the sources that I am way less guilty than they try to make it out to be.