Serene Fusion is a major ROM hack created by aglab2 and made in collaboration with the SM64 ROM hack Community for the Fangame Marathon 2022 Special Event. This hack is initially dubbed Project 74 as a remaster of Lugmillord's Super Mario 74, which contains a couple levels from the original hack with newer gimmicks and redesigns. It features a total of 80 Stars and over 8 levels; additionally, original level content is included as main and secret stages alike.
Levels[]
| Name | Creator | Stars | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Abyss | Arthurtilly | 7 | Based on the same course of the same name. (Course 3) |
| Molten Treasure Chest | BroDute | Based on the same course of the same name. (Course 13) | |
| Flower Fields | Arthurtilly | Based on Flowery Gardens. (Course 9) | |
| Haunted Factory | TheGael95 | Based on the same course of the same name. (Course 5) | |
| Abandoned Catacombs | scuttlebug_raiser | 7 | |
| Honeyhive Falls | usernamesarespiders | Inspired by Honeyhive Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy. | |
| Dead Space Base | Luigiman04 | Mario's clothes will turn blue, enabling low gravity as he leaves the base. | |
| Time Travel Ruins | Rovert | Pressing L the button controls time between the present and the future. |
Secret Courses[]
| Name | Creator | Stars | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dice Fortress | Arthurtilly | 1 | Originally course 1 by the same name. This stage uses save pads which reloads a 10-second countdown; pressing the L button anywhere resets Mario's position from the save pad. Additionally, the Wing, Metal and Vanish Cap switches are all housed in this stage. |
| Predestined Fate | Mushie64 | Originally the Vanish Cap course (Dust-Switch of Identity). This stage uses gravity control as inspiration from VVVVVV. | |
| Sandy Hill Slide | BroDute | ||
| Palace of Earth Spirits | sm64pie | 2 | This stage is a reference to the Touhou game series, notably Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism. |
| Dual Rush | Reonu | 1 | Based on Reonu's Duality Mario Jam hack: Dual Adventure; the stage gradually switches between playing as Mario and Luigi. |
| Grain Silo Ruins | DNVIC | This stage focuses on a puzzle by navigating through a vertical maze. Pressing the L button will display a map. | |
| Flipnote Studio | axollyon | This stage focuses on drawing a Star on the Nintendo DS screen by pressing the L button while using Mario's moves. | |
| Ancient Gear Tower | Zenon_DestX | 1 | |
| Ashellerated Automata | LinCrash | This stage takes place in the first and second half of the Tall Tall Mountain slide, it uses autoscrolling gimmicks in interaction with the Koopa shell. | |
| Golf Sphere | SEGA aglab2 |
1 | Based on a minigame developed by SEGA. As a reference to the sphere levels, this stage focuses on rotating the level and drop Mario down straight to the Star. |
| Slip on a Banana Peel | Dan-GPTV | This stage is about watching a cutscene than play the level. This is a direct reference of Dan's troll hack called Duddy's Piano World: The Con-troll-er. | |
| Stargazed Medley | aglab2 BroDute |
7 | This stage is a runthrough of subareas based on the Star Revenge series. Pressing the L button randomizes objects and hazards' position. |
Miscellaneous[]
| Area | Creator | Stars | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overworld | aglab2 | 2 | The more Stars are collected in the main courses, the more the area will expand by unlocking the next levels. The first Star is above the entrance of Azure Abyss, requiring the Wing Cap, and a Toad located on top of Abandoned Catacombs holds the second Star. |
| Triarc Castle | Arthurtilly | 1 | Only accessible upon flying with the Wing Cap from the overworld. This area requires clearing at least one Star in every level in order to obtain the key to unlock Bowser's Diorama Fortress. Red coins are spread around the area. |
| Bowser's Diorama Fortress | aglab2 Arthurtilly Mushie64 TheGael95 |
The Bowser stage only accessible after collecting the key in Triarc Castle. This stage is an inspiration of the Bowser stages from Super Mario 74. To enter the fight, the player must search for 3 pieces from the biomes and climb atop the fortress. Each of the 3 biomes holds a set of 2 red coins. |
Music[]
Music ports are composed by aglab2, TheGael95, scuttlebug_raiser, sm64pie, DNVIC, Dan-GPTV, mosky2000, Pablo's Corner and cpuHacka101.
| Track | Song | Source |
|---|---|---|
| File Select | Sweet Punch (Hedgehog Hammer) | Sonic Adventure |
| Star Select | Time Gear | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Darkness / Sky |
| Overworld | Darkice Mines (Night) | Star Fox Adventures |
| Azure Abyss | Windy and Ripply (Emerald Coast) | Sonic Adventure |
| Dice Fortress | Lineland Road | Super Paper Mario |
| Predestined Fate | Predestined Fate | VVVVVV |
| Molten Treasure Chest | Mt. Red: A Symbol of Thrill (Red Mountain) | Sonic Adventure |
| Wing Cap | Tornado Scramble (Sky Chase) | |
| Flower Fields | Field of Hopes and Dreams | Deltarune |
| Help the Koopa | Yakety Sax | Boots Randolph |
| Sandy Hill Slide | Faded Hills (Green Hill) | Sonic Forces |
| Palace of Earth Spirits | Heartfelt Fancy | Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism |
| Haunted Factory | Bowser's Castle ~ Second Time | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
| Vanish Cap | Graveyard | Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins |
| Abandoned Catacombs | Dracula's Tears | Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow |
| Dual Rush | Keys the Ruin (Pyramid Cave) | Sonic Adventure 2 |
| Flipnote Studio | Tutorial | Pac-Pix |
| Ancient Gear Tower | Demon Castle Top Floor (Abridged) | Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow |
| Ashellerated Automata | Sea Bottom Segue | Sonic Lost World |
| Grain Silo Ruins | Where Dost Thou Hail | The Elder Scrolls I: Arena |
| At the End of Time | Chrono Trigger | |
| Triarc Castle | PSYNCIN' IN THE CURTaiN (Falco's Somnium) | AI: The Somnium Files |
| Promise (Reprise) | Silent Hill 2 | |
| Alone In The Town | ||
| Sadness | Sonic Adventure | |
| Honeyhive Falls | Honeyhive Galaxy | Super Mario Galaxy |
| Dead Space Base | Outer Space | Super Paper Mario |
| Time Travel Ruins (Present) Time Travel Ruins (Future) |
On To Grasstown | Cave Story |
| Golf Sphere | Stone Tower Temple | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask |
| Slip on a Banana Peel | In The Fields | The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks |
| Stargazed Medley | Sky High Zone | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) |
| Pyramid Park | Mario Party 7 | |
| Darkness Imminent | Crash: Mind Over Mutant | |
| Ruins | mosky2000 | |
| Intruder Alert | Team Fortress 2 | |
| Bowser's Castle | Mario Kart 64 | |
| Fires of Hokkai | Touhou 12: Undefined Fantastic Object | |
| Bowser's Diorama Fortress | Darkice Mines (Underground Remix) | Star Fox Adventures |
| Bowser Fight (First Half) | Egg Dragoon Mk. II (Phase 1) | Sonic Forces |
| Bowser Fight (Second Half) | Egg Dragoon Mk. II (Phase 2) | |
| Ending Credits | Realm Overworld | The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks |
| Unbound | Sonic Adventure | |
| Course Clear | ??? | ??? |
Trivia[]
- Skipping the cave in Azure Abyss will trigger a troll face hologram, preventing the player to collect the Star.
- In Molten Treasure Chest, for "Gold Bars Adventure", if the player picks the wrong Star, a voiceover will spell out "SKILL ISSUE".
- The spinning fish from 7TV known as "Joel" makes a cameo appearance in Haunted Factory.
- In "Slip on a Banana Peel", the cutscene can be skipped by pressing Z, A and B in the right order.
- During the credits, it is possible to rotate the Golf Sphere for a brief moment, as well as switching time in Time Travel Ruins.
- In addition of Time Travel Ruins' time control, it is possible to glitch the game during the Star cutscene.
- In Triarc Castle, if the player waits long enough before collecting the key, the area will be in all colors. However, returning to the area will set the colors back to grey.
- The flame avoidance in the Bowser fight is a nod to Another Boss Battle Test, which is also a reference to the avoidance fan-games.
Gallery[]
First overworld
Second overworld
