SM64 Master Quest 2: The Adventure Home (also known as Master Quest 2 for short) is a major ROM Hack made by Cavin856 and released on July 2020. It is the sequel of SM64 Master Quest, a low-effort object edit of the regular game, and the first ever installment of the series to introduce custom levels.
Following the first game, it is another "meme-filled hack with inside jokes and spunk". Master Quest 2 was developed over the course of 4 months, featuring 121 Stars, new levels with fairly low quality control and a vastly irregular difficulty curve. Simply put, as the creator quotes it:
"This hack is mostly idiotic and silly and has an extremely non-existent difficulty curve. Some levels can be super easy, followed by ones that are very difficult. [...] It is not designed to be good or quality. It's designed to exist and maybe give you a laugh. Don't expect serious or competent level design".
The hack was succeeded by Master Quest 2 Two: Best Buy Edition, the sequel and enhanced remaster of its predecessor, as they were both released on the same day in July 2020.
Levels[]
| Theme | Level | Name | Location | Stars | Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass | Course 1 | Land Without Had | Frontyard | 7 | ||
| Void | Course 2 | Had Without Land | A coin marks the entrance warp to this level. It is solely comprised of a bunch of objects from Rainbow Ride. | |||
| Retro | Course 4 | The Forest of Crappiness | Living Room | 3 Stars | This level is based on a unknown NES Zelda ROM Hack. | |
| Food | Course 5 | Bowl of Fruit | 5 | This level does not have a 100-coin star. It also mentions not having the final main star. | ||
| Retro | Course 3 | Ruto's Womb | Bedroom | 7 | 8 Stars | This level is based on a infamous thread about said dungeon concept from a cancelled Ocarina of Time ROM hack. It also has exactly 100 coins. |
| Abyss | Course 6 | More Fog Than The Fog | Bathroom | 14 Stars | ||
| Nightmare | Course 8 | Bikdip's Choice | This level is named after YouTuber and Let's Player, BikdipOnABus, star names are references linked to his videos. | |||
| Sky | Course 9 | Buzzy Bees Boregaard | Window | 7 | ||
| Course 7 | Problematic Parkour | Playroom | 27 Stars | The Vanish Cap course is inside this level. | ||
| Meme | Course 10 | A Bus | One of the stars is a reference to BikdipOnABus. | |||
| Course 11 | Potatocake Fillberbustering Station | Backyard | 7 | Key 2 | Entering this level requires exploiting the Backwards Long Jump (its entrance warp is behind the Overworld 2 door). | |
| Water | Course 12 | Water Level | This level has exactly 100 coins. | |||
| Dream | Course 13 | Cheesy Johnson Bennigan's | ||||
| Lava | Course 14 | Return of the Kaizo | Roof | 7 | A harder version of Land WIthout Had, but filled with lava. | |
| Meme | Course 15 | References Nobody Will Get | 81 Stars |
Secret Levels[]
| Theme | Level | Name | Location | Stars | Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert | Bowser 1 | Quicksand Canyon | Frontyard | --- | The first key boss fight accessible from the sand pit in the frontyard. | |
| Meme | Wing Cap | In My Spaghetti | Living Room | 1 | 3 Stars | |
| Metal Cap | In Mario's Mustache | Bathroom | 14 Stars | |||
| Slide | Suislide | Playroom | 3 | 27 Stars | ||
| Sky | Vanish Cap | This Wasn't Meant To Be | Problematic Parkour | Also known as Pain on Star Display. This level is the inverted version of Problematic Parkour. | ||
| Dungeon | Bowser 2 | Convoluted Castle | 2 | 48 Stars | This level contains the most hardest key boss fight of the hack. | |
| Meme | Penguin Problems | Backyard | 1 | Key 2 | ||
| Dungeon | Bowser 3 | Haunted Hallways | 4 | 81 Stars | The most hardest level of the hack. | |
| Desert | Secret | Quicksand Canyon? | Haunted Hallways | 1 | Supposedly, it is the extra boss fight unlockable at 120 stars. Due to technical difficulties to get it working, it got scrapped by leaving one free bonus star. |
Music[]
Levels excluded from the list don't play music (or have been corrupted as well).
| Used in | Track | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The Adventure Home | Thwomp Volcano | Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time |
| Land Without Had | World 3 | Super Bomberman |
| Had Without Land | ???[1] | ??? |
| The Forest of Crappiness | Dark World | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past |
| Ruto's Womb | House | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
| More Fog Than The Fog | Antic | Push-Over |
| Bikdip's Choice | Renon | Castlevania 64 |
| In Mario's Mustache | Merry-Go-Round | Super Mario 64 |
| Suislide | Stately Atmosphere | Clue |
| This Wasn't Meant To Be | Stone Tower Temple | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask |
| Problematic Parkour | Grass Land 4[2] | Kirby's Dream Land 3 |
| Potatocake Fillberbustering Station | Aqua Tunnel | Stunt Race FX |
| Water Level | Fossil Canyon[3] | Diddy Kong Racing |
| Cheesy Johnson Bennigan's | Dolphin Park | Wave Race 64 |
| Return of the Kaizo | Here Comes The Enemy! | Sailor Moon: Another Story |
| References Nobody Will Get | Ripple Field 1 | Kirby's Dream Land 3 |
| Convoluted Castle | Hot-Blooded Man (Gourmet Soup Castle: Part B) | Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon |
| Bowser's Haunted Hallways | In the Ocean (Sub Falcon) | Lufia & the Fortress of Doom |
| Boss Battle | Dangerous Dodagon (Angry Aztec - Boss) | Donkey Kong 64 |
| Bowser Battle | The Last Battle | Romancing SaGa 3 |
| Quicksand Canyon? | Silver Mt.[4] | Snowboard Kids |
Trivia[]
- Some doors can be skipped (or clipped) into due to faulty space, which can generate easier sequence breaks. For instance, the house doors in Overworlds 1 and 2 don't have a requirement. Cavin856 may or may not have made a mistake in programming the lock door function.
- Course 2 IS really a huge blank flat square and filled with nothing but items and objects from the regular game.
- Finishing the hack can be done with less than its intended star count.
- ↑ No idea what the song is from, but its in-game track title is called "Continue". Probably corrupted due to a bug for using multiple hacking tools.
- ↑ The in-game track title is called "K3-Number_10", but is corrupted when it is currently played in the level.
- ↑ The in-game track title is called "DKRlatin", but is corrupted when it is currently played in the level.
- ↑ The in-game track title is called "SBKSilverMtC", but is corrupted when it is currently played in the level.