SM64: Beyond the Cursed Mirror

SM64: Beyond the Cursed Mirror is a ROM hack created by rovertronic, featuring a strong narrative and a wide range of custom mechanics and cutscenes.

This hack contains 120 Stars, including 80 Power Stars and 40 "Cosmic Seeds", the latter of which is often awarded for completing a particularly difficult mission, such as defeating one of this hack's many custom bosses.

Plot[]

“Greetings SuperStar, Did you know that your nemesis hid in the decrepit castle all this time? It appears he fosters his strength in a hidden compartment behind one cursed mirror. I implore you to defeat him, once and for all – for the sake of the kingdom. -Yours truly, The Showrunner”
Via RHDC

This hack takes place a significant amount of time after the events of Super Mario 64. Mario receives a cryptic letter containing the above message, which serves as an invitation to star in a live-action show. However, the deeper Mario ventures into the world of the Showrunner, he becomes caught up in the ongoing interstellar battle to appease the "Parasite Moon".

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Gameplay Mechanics[]

Health
Mario's health is now represented by a horizontal red bar in the lower left corner of the screen. This bar is segmented to represent individual hit points; it does not change colour depending on Mario's health like it does in vanilla SM64. The number of hit points Mario has can increase by levelling him up. The maximum number of hit points Mario can have is 20.

Mana
This function displays as a horizontal blue bar below the health bar, and is upgraded each time Mario levels up. Mana points are used up when a special ability takes effect, particularly a badge. The maximum number of mana points Mario can have is 20.

Wallet
Coins that are collected in courses and levels will be transferred to a separate Castle account after obtaining a Star. Many courses will also allow Mario to transfer any coins he has collected in the course to his Castle account without leaving the area, by finding a Moneybag and talking to it. Coins are used in the overworld for many actions, including levelling Mario up, purchasing badges, and buying access to minigames. Initially, the maximum amount of coins Mario can keep in his Castle account isn't much, but for each wallet upgrade he finds, the maximum number of coins he can hold in his Castle account increases by 50. The fully upgraded wallet will hold up to 700 coins.

Badges
Badges are a type of item that can be equipped to Mario. There are a total of 24 unique badges Mario can collect, with each one having its own different effect on some aspect of the gameplay. The maximum number of badges Mario can equip at once increases as Mario levels up; the maximum number of badges Mario can equip is 6.
Read more on badges: SM64: Beyond the Cursed Mirror/Badges

Inertia
"Inertia" refers to the physics of vanilla Super Mario 64 being expanded upon, by allowing Mario to more accurately acquire momentum from moving objects. While SM64 only contains inertia for certain objects pushing Mario upwards, this hack has a more complete set of inertia physics.

Levelling
Mario now has a set of stats that can be altered through "levelling up", or through other actions, such as wearing certain badges. The only stats visible to the player are health and mana, but other stats can be changed as well, such as Mario's speed, or the amount of gravity he's experiencing. When Mario levels up, his health and mana will permanently increase by one point, and he will gain the ability to wear one more badge at a time. Levelling up will cost Mario a certain amount of coins and require a certain number of Power Stars to be obtained; the maximum level he can reach is level 8.

New Game+
(v1.3+ only) After completing the game, the player can choose to start a new file as a New Game+. This will randomly shuffle around things such as costume/wallet locations, badge merchants, and the order of courses. It also introduces positive and negative rules (more information needed).

Collectibles[]

Name	Description	Image
Yellow Coin	Worth 1 coin, and can be used to collect the 100 Coin Star, or heal Mario. Coins collected in courses can be used in the overworld; to transfer coins to Mario's wallet in the overworld, he either needs to exit the course succesfully (as in, collect a Star/Cosmic Seed), or use one of the Wallet NPCs found in some levels to directly transfer the coins without leaving the level.
Red Coin (Pink Coin on Agamemnon)	Worth 2 coins and you must collect 8 of them to collect a Star (or Cosmic Seed if you are on Agamemnon)
Green Coin	Worth 3 coins.
Blue Coin	Worth 5 coins.
1-Up Mushroom	Recovers a portion of health.
Wallet Upgrade	Increase your Castle wallet's maximum capacity by 50, and awards Mario with 50 coins.
Costume Token	Unlocks a new costume for Mario. Each costume token corresponds to a specific outfit, rather than unlocking one by random.
Rings	Go through these 5 rings to get a Star.
Music Box	Used to put the pig to sleep in Lonely Floating Farm.
Dragon Coin	Can only be collected while riding Yoshi (exclusive to Jurassic Savanna).
Ghost Goblet	The "Treasure lost at sea" in The Phantom Strider, sought after by Captain Boo.
Cheese	You must collect these to get a Star for Act 1 of Immense Residence.
Sock	In the Bedroom in Immense Residence.
Cursed Key	Required in order to collect one of the Stars in Retroland.
Power Star	Allows you to access more areas.
Cosmic Seed	A powerful object resembling a metallic Power Star. They become collectable to Mario by pressing the Black Switch.
Telescope Lens	Given by Bowser after breaking the Black Box in Bowser on the Highway. Required to access the Second Overworld.
Key	Located in Blueberg, this key is needed to access the Sinful Starfair.

Courses[]

Most of these areas can be randomized in New Game+.

Area ID	Name	No. of Stars	No. of Cosmic Seeds	Requirement(s)	Notes
C1	Red-Hot Reservoir	6	1	None
C2	Lonely Floating Farm			1 Star
C3	Jurassic Savanna			2 Stars
C4	The Phantom Strider			8 Stars
C5	Virtuaplex			B1 completion	This level is heavly based off of BONEWORKS
C6	Cowboy Canyon			Telescope Lens
C7	Immense Residence
C8	Retroland				Can be accessed via the NES on a table in Immense Residence
C9	Thwomp Towers			30 Stars	A remake of the Thwomp Towers from SM64 Interstellar
C10	Blueberg			30 Stars	Can be accessed in the Castle in Thwomp Towers The Quiz can be entered in Blueberg's government building (you must defeat the Whomp King in Thwomp Towers first).
C11	Sinful Starfair	7	0	Key from Blueberg
C12	Orchestral Keys	0	7	Collect 50 Stars and 6 Cosmic Seeds after defeating the Showrunner	A corrupt version of Mario on the Orchestral Keys with Cosmic Quicksand and a Radio Tower Laser
C13	Hushed Haven
C14	The Final Empire				This course consists of Hellion Park, a Highcane Forest, Blackstone Mountain and Tall, Tall Towers. The tide of Cosmic Quicksand Changes every few missions.
C15	Trials of Terminus			20 Cosmic Seeds	You must complete 3 out of the 6 Trials in order to fight the Final Boss

Secret Levels[]

Randomized in New Game+

Area ID	Name	No. of Stars	Requirements	Image	Notes
SC1	Shell Sewers	1	2 Stars		Contains the Yellow Switch, which unlocks the Koopa shell
WC	Lost City	1	Defeat the Thwomp King		Contains the Purple Switch which unlocks the Rocket Boots and Wings, located in Thwomp Towers

Boss Levels[]

Randomized in New Game+

Area ID	Name	No. of Stars	No. of Cosmic Seeds	Unlocking Requirements	Image	Notes
B1	Bowser on the Highway	2	1	10 Stars/1 Cosmic Seed for Shortcut
B2	Showdown with the Showrunner	1	1	Key from Blueberg		Located in Sinful Starfair

Overworld[]

Area ID	Name	Unlocking Requirements	Notes
OW0	Princess Peach's Castle	Default	Skipped when picking New Game+
OW1	The Showrunner's Studio	After clearing the Tutorial (default when starting New Game+)
OW2	Second Overworld	Use the Telescope Lens on the telescope in the Showrunner's Studio
OW3	Surface of Agamemnon	Collect 50 Stars and 6 Cosmic Seeds after defeating the Showrunner	Can be accessed from the Sinful Starfair

Supporting Characters[]

These characters will support Mario on his quest.

Name	Location	Description	Image
Shernlings	Tutorial	The Showrunner's assistants who explain the game's mechanics.
The Showrunner	Tutorial/Bowser on the Highway/Virtuaplex/Blueberg	The minor antagonist of the game.
Employees	Showrunner's Studio/Second Overworld	Minions of the Showrunner that can be encountered throughout the overworld. Two of them own shops.
Moneybags	Courses	Deposits coins into your Castle Wallet.
Bully Salesman	Red-Hot Reservoir	Owns the Badge Shop in Red-Hot Reservoir.
Farmer	Lonely Floating Farm	Owns the Lonely Floating Farm.	Not Seen
Horse	Lonely Floating Farm	Helps Mario collect the rings in Lonely Floating Farm.
Yoshi	Jurassic Savanna	Will help Mario move about and collect Dragon Coins.
Moleman	Jurassic Savanna	The villagers of Jurassic Savanna
Pirate Boo	The Phantom Strider	The minions of Captain Boo. One of them owns a Badge Shop.
Captain Boo	The Phantom Strider	The captain of The Phantom Strider
Bowser	Bowser on the Highway	Apparently an unwilling participant in the Showrunner's fiasco.
Null Men	Virtuaplex	Polygon-like citizens of the Virtuaplex.
Cobi	Cowboy Canyon	Lawmen of Cowboy Canyon.
Oomfie Mice	Immense Residence	Club members of Immense Residence.
Bit Toad	Retroland	8-Bit Toads in Retroland.
Thwomp Gatekeeper	Thwomp Towers	The knights of Thwomp Towers.
Koopa the Quick	Thwomp Towers	He has since retired from racing and now owns the Badge Shop in Thwomp Towers.
Thwomp King	Thwomp Towers	Leader of the Thwomps; will tell you about the Queen being under the influence of a Cosmic Seed.
Thwomp Queen	Thwomp Towers	Mario must free her from the influence of the Cosmic Seed.
Robozo	Blueberg	The robots that run Blueberg.
Reggie	Blueberg	Nothing special about him, just the third contestant of the Quiz.
Koopa Troopas	Sinful Starfair	Residents and tourists or Sinful Starfair.
The Four Sisters	Sinful Starfair	Three of their names are Juri, Aoi and Furi.
Corrupted Boom Mates	Orchestral Keys	Boom Mates from Mario on the Orchestral Keys, but corrupted.
Hushed Angels	Hushed Haven	The angels of Hushed Haven.
Landfolk Demons	The Final Empire	The Landfolk of Hellion Park, against the Seafolk.
Seafolk Demons	The Final Empire	The Seafolk of the empire, against the Landfolk.
Badge Shop Monitors	Agamemnon	These contain all the badge shops in the game.
???	Showrunner's Studio	Will sell you Burden Badges.

Powerups[]

There are the powerups that can Mario can use throughout the game:

Name	Description	Image
Pipebar	Can attack enemies at a distance and slide down ropes/ziplines.
Koopa Shell	Surf on water/lava or climb up steep slopes.
Yoshi	Flutters in the air; can stand on spikes.
Bullet Bill Mask	Hover over large gaps .
Rocket Boots & Wings	Triple-jump or dive to start flight and hold B to Rocket Upward. The Rocket Boots were mostly taken from SM64: Interstellar but the use was different. (link)
Vanetal Cap	A combination of the Metal Cap and Vanish Cap (Makes Mario bounce on lava and phase through thin walls)

Enemies[]

Name	Introduction Course	Description	Notes
Amp	Lonely Floating Farm	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.
Swoop	Cowboy Canyon	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.
Bit Bill	Retroland	Similar behavior to Bullet Bills.
Bit Piranha Plants	Retroland	Pops out of pipes; hurts by touching Mario.
Bit Thwomp	Retroland	Similar behavior to a regular Thwomp.
Bob-Omb	The Phantom Strider	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.
Boo	The Phantom Strider	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.
Bully	Red-Hot Reservoir	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.
Chicken	Lonely Floating Farm	Will throw eggs and divebomb the player.
Chuckya	Virtuaplex	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.
Cobi	Cowboy Canyon	Can shoot 6 bullets before they need to reload.
Cosmic Bills	Bowser on the Highway	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.
Cosmic Phantasm	Blueberg	Mimics Mario with jump attacks and fireballs.	Initially shown in the intro cutscene, these mirror images of mario later present as a tangible enemy.
Crablet	Virtuaplex	Latch onto Mario and drain his health.	Taken straight from BONEWORKS
Edward	Edward Survival	They can multiply and hurt Mario by touching him.
Fire Bro.	Blueberg	Summons and throws fire to burn Mario.
Fire Rex	Jurassic Savanna	Same as a regular Rex, but spews fire.
Goomba	Lonely Floating Farm	Same behavior from vanilla SM64.	Some of these can be in bubbles you must pop first in order to attack them
Hammer Bro.	Red-Hot Reservoir	Will throw hammers at you and hop around.
Hoopster	Retroland	Hogs the vines and hurts to touch.
Mimic Star	Red-Hot Reservoir	Acts very similar to Fly Guy's.
Monty Mole	Lonely Floating Farm	Same behavior from vanilla SM64.
Motos	Blueberg	They spew waves of blue fire.
Mousetrap	Immense Residence	Will activate and close on Mario.
Mr. I	The Phantom Strider	Same behavior from vanilla SM64.
Phanto	Retroland	Will chase Mario after you steal his key .
Pig	Lonely Floating Farm	Use the music box to put it to sleep.
Piranha Plant	Lonely Floating Farm	Same behavior from the vanilla SM64.
Poodoo Boo	Bowser on the Highway	Can jump out of lava to burn Mario.
Pokey	Jurassic Savanna	Same behavior from vanilla SM64.
Rex	Jurassic Savanna	These act similiarly to Goombas, but take 2 hits to defeat
Slobs	Shell Sewers	Will hop around to attack you.
Snufit	Immense Residence	Same behavior from vanilla SM64.
Spiked Bomp	Thwomp Towers	Similar to Bomps, but they can now hurt you from the side
Spork	Immense Residence	Will slap you away .
Thwomp	Thwomp Towers	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.
TV Head/Bird Monitor	Hushed Haven	Shoots out Cosmic Seed shards and flies around.
Whomp	Thwomp Towers	Same behaviour as in vanilla SM64.

Bosses[]

Name	Location	Description
Urbowser	Bowser on the Highway	Press on several TNT triggers to drown Urbowser in the lava.
The Executive	Virtuaplex	Bust all 4 pipes connecting to him, while also avoiding Cosmic Missiles and the Showrunner.
King Bully	Red-Hot Reservoir	Knock King Bully into the lava until as many times as needed for its HP to run out.
Hog	Lonely Floating Farm	Have the Hog hit all targets to win.
The Death Pokey	Jurassic Savanna	Lure it into the Anti-Death Pokey landmines.
The Shadow Strider	The Phantom Strider	Shoot the Pirate Boos to damage the ship.
Cosmic Cobi	Cowboy Canyon	Chase the Bandit down the train until the meter depletes.
Vacuum Cleaner	Immense Residence	Grab the Cosmic Seed while avoiding the Vacuum.
Bit-Sized Bowser	Retroland	Lure Bowser into the lava pit below.
Thwomp King	Thwomp Towers	Have the Thwomp King stomp onto the grate 4 times. This boss was also in SM64 Interstellar, but the design was different. (link)
Whomp King	Thwomp Towers	Groundpound the Whomp 3 times while flying.
Thwomp Queen	Thwomp Towers	Groundpound the Queen 3 times.
Working Class Whomp	Blueberg(Quiz)	Defeat the Whomp while Avoiding the Cosmic Phantasms during the quiz.
Brandon August "Henry" Showrunner	Showdown with the Showrunner	Deflect the Cosmic Orb back at him 3 times to defeat him.
Temple Guardian	The Final Empire	Punch the eye of each hand 3 times while avoiding spews of fires.
Palamedes/Heart of Agamemnon	Trials of Terminus	Use the Rocket Boots and Wings to fly into the heart to damage it 3 times. After each hit you much survive 3 bosses. Urbowser after the first hit, a Cosmic Seed Version of The Executive after the Second, and the Cosmic Seed Version of the Showrunner after the final hit. Once you survived each of the bosses attack you must break a TV-Static like Square to do damage. Once this is done, your reward is the final Cosmic Seed.
Sign Monster	Sign Game	You must avoid this creature while collecting red coins. Originally from BOARD.

Switches[]

Name	Location	Description
Yellow Switch	Shell Sewers	Unlocks the Koopa Shell
Black Switch	Virtuaplex	Unseals all Pandora's Boxes (Black Boxes) which summons the Cosmic Seed bosses
Purple Switch	Lost City	Unlocks The Rocket Boots and Wings
Cyan Switch	Blueberg	Unlocks the Vanetal Cap (combination of Vanish and Metal Cap)

Costumes[]

These Costumes can be found throughout the world. (Randomized with New Game+)

Costume	Location	Reference
Mario	Available at the start	Standard Mario
Luigi	The Showrunner's Studio's changing room	Mario's little brother, Luigi
Fire Mario	Red-Hot Reservoir	Mario with the Fire Flower Power-Up, from the Super Mario franchise
Wario	Lonely Floating Farm's Silo Slide	Mario's opposite, Wario
MOCAP Mario	Virtuaplex	Based off of Arthur Ford from BONEWORKS
Undead Pirate	The Phantom Strider
Butler Mario	Immense Residence	Colors of a butler, also based off of Mario from the Shining Stars Series by pieordie1
Retro Mario	Retroland	Mario's appearance from the original Super Mario Bros.
Thwompio	Thwomp Towers	Based off of Thwompio from Thwompio 64
Glitchy	Blueberg	Based off the YouTuber, SMG4
Darius	Lonely Floating Farm	An OC made by Rovert that starred in Rovert's other hack; Darius the Mailman
Disco Mario	Blueberg's Quiz Area	Constantly shifts colours
Builder Mario	Sinful Starfair	Based off of Builder Mario from the Super Mario Maker games
Showrunner	Sinful Starfair	Based off of the Showrunner
Cosmic Phantasm	Showdown with the Showrunner	Based off the Cosmic Phantasm enemies

Minigames[]

Cheats[]

These can be use after 100% Completion.

Cheat Name	Function
Infinite HP	You'll never run out of health
Infinite Mana	You'll never run out of Mana
Moon Jump	You can jump infinitely
Always have Vanetal Cap	Vanetal Cap is always active
Always have the Rockets Boots equipped	Rocket Boots & Wings are always active regardless of fuel
Low Gravity	Low gravity/moon gravity is in effect everywhere
Equip Unlimited Badges	Lets you equip unlimited badges
D-Pad Up Debug	Allows you to hover in midair and move around with the D-Pad