Super Mario 76: Nightmare Edition is a harder version of Super Mario 76: Strange Adventure, made by NormalX71. It has 124 Stars and is widely considered to be the "quintessential example of how not to make an extreme hack".
At the time of release the creator claimed it was the hardest hack ever created, but this claim has been obsoleted by the release of Super Mario 64: The Black Virus in early 2020 by NormalX71.
This hack is harshly criticized for uncreative/unfair/repetitive gameplay with quicksand ledgegrab spam.
It stands out for having levels with an excessive amount of red coins. They are often placed very close to each other to inflate the coin count.
ISC is 124 Stars (100%). After months of having only the vanilla camera, NormalX71 released an official patch that added old parallel lakitu cam, conveniently during his own illegitimate playthrough of the game.
Name of level | Level(s) replaced | Number of Stars available | Number of red coins | Stars Required | N/8 difficulty (according to NormalX71) |
Hill of the Fire![]() |
Bob-omb Battlefield | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 Easy |
Sandy Soils![]() |
Whomp's Fortress | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 Easy |
Sandcube Ruins![]() |
Jolly Roger Bay | 7 | 15 | 1 | 4 Normal |
Colorless Cubes![]() |
Cool, Cool Mountain | 7 | 13 | 3 | 4 Normal |
Empty Towers![]() |
Big Boo's Haunt | 7 | 20 | 3 | 5 Hard |
Katastrophe Valley![]() |
Hazy Maze Cave | 7 | 35 | 8 | 7 Very Hard |
Sun Land![]() |
Lethal Lava Land | 7 | 21 | 8 | 3 Easy |
Yellow Factory Ruins![]() |
Shifting Sand Land | 7 | 15 | 8 | 5 Hard |
Turquo-Ice Land![]() |
Dire, Dire Docks | 7 | 41 | 30 | 8 Super Hard |
Night Metal Water Land![]() |
Snowman's Land | 7 | none | 30 | 6 Advanced Hard |
Dark Shadows![]() |
Wet-Dry World | 7 | 38 | 30 | 6 Advanced Hard |
Lost Dark World![]() |
Tall, Tall Mountain | 7 | 45 | 30 | 8 Super Hard |
Headache Desert![]() |
Tiny-Huge Island | 7 | 28 | 50 | 9 Extreme |
Transparent Obscure Ruins![]() |
Tick Tock Clock | 7 | 75 | 50 | 10 Extremely Hard |
Ultra Sky
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Rainbow Ride | 7 | 110 | 69 | 15 Impossible |
Sunken Swamp![]() |
Bowser in the Dark World | 6 | 20 | 0 | NormalX71 has not given ratings for non-main courses. |
Bowser's Death Desert![]() |
Bowser in the Fire Sea | 7 | none | 30 | |
Bowser World![]() |
Bowser in the Sky | 1 | none | 80 | |
The Black World of Pain![]() |
Vanish Cap Under the Moat | 5 | none | 50 |
Music[]
Song | Origin | Source |
---|---|---|
Title Theme (Ultimate Koopa Mix) | Super Mario 64 | Demo Screen |
File Select (Dire, Dire Docks Mix) | File Select | |
Title Theme (Koopa's Road Mix) | Star Select | |
Bob-Omb Battlefield (File Select Mix) | Hill of the Fire/Sun Land | |
Weapons Factory | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | Sandy Soils |
Lethal Lava Land (Koopa's Road Mix) | Super Mario 64 | Sandcube Ruins |
Hazy Maze Cave (Unused Instrument Mix) | Colorless Cubes | |
Haunted House | Empty Towers/Dark Shadows | |
Ultimate Koopa | Katastrophe Valley/Ultra Sky/Final Bowser Battle | |
Dire, Dire Docks (Slider Mix) | Yellow Factory Ruins | |
Bubblegloop Swamp | Banjo-Kazooie | Turquo-Ice Land |
Dire, Dire Docks (Looping Stairs Mix) | Super Mario 64 | Night Metal Water Land |
Stone Tower Temple | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Lost Dark World |
Gerudo Desert | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Headache Desert/Bowser's Death Desert |
Crocodile Cacophony | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | Transparent Obscure Ruins |
Title Theme (Star Catch Fanfare Mix) | Super Mario 64 | Outside the Castle |
Gruntilda’s Lair (Main) | Banjo-Kazooie | Inside the Castle |
A Popular Location | Touhou 13.5: Hopeless Masquerade | Castle 2nd Floor |
Slider | Super Mario 64 | The Black World of Pain |
Koopa's Road | Sunken Swamp/Bowser World | |
Bowser's Theme | First Bowser Battle | |
Come On! | Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | Second Bowser Battle/Whomp King Boss Battle |
Powerful Mario | Super Mario 64 | Wing Cap/Vanish Cap/Koopa Shell |
Metallic Mario | Metal Cap | |
Star Catch Fanfare (Koopa's Road Mix) | Star Catch Fanfare |