Freeing Marty the Thwomp in Mario Kart 64

Original game : Mario Kart 64

Platform : N64

Author : triclon

Release date : 18 December 2021

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : O

Downloads : 518

ROM Information

Database match: Mario Kart 64 (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo 64 (v. 20210220-053642)
File/ROM SHA-1: 579C48E211AE952530FFC8738709F078D5DD215E
File/ROM CRC32: 434389C1

Hack description

In Mario Kart 64 there is a green thwomp mysteriously locked behind bars in Bowser's Castle. He has been unofficially named Marty and has been the subject to longstanding rumors that he can actually be unlocked as a playable character. Several hoax and April fools joke images and videos have popped up over the years supposedly showing the convoluted things you need to do on the track in Bowser's Castle to unlock Marty as a playable character. Well now you can finally race as him with this hack! The current version works only in Bowser's Castle for Player 1 but it works for all engine classes and in both Time Trial and VS. mode (so you can play your friends as Marty).

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/BLnP77-vTv0

Requires the expansion pak to run.

See the readme for more details.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
triclon	Hacking
micro500	Hacking	Helped out with the ASM

Reviews

Silly hack that accomplishes its aim	davidvkimball	2021-12-29	Version 1.0
I have indeed freed Marty the Thwomp. Note that if you're trying it on Project64 3X, you need to set the Recompiler to "Interpreter." This wasn't explained in the readme. I haven't tried this on my Everdrive64 X7 on console yet, though.

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