SM64 - The 255 Coin Limit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video, I explain everything there is to know about the 255 coin limit and the 999 coin limit. Within a course, your coin score can go up to 999 and will then stop. But when it saves, it will only save the lower 8 bits of your coin score, and so the coin score that gets saved is your coin score within the course modulo 256. Consequently, the maximum coin score that can be saved is 255.
I then go through the courses and explain what the maximum coin score would be within each of them.
At the end, I show a glitch I found that works as follows: if you clone a bob-omb and release it as the bob-omb is exploding, the bob-omb will walk around in an enlarged state.
The annoying part about this for Pannen is that every time he exits a course, his TH-cam name gets changed to "pannenkoek220".
Well, assuming the pannenkoek trinary name limit only saves 4 trits, He has a maximum saved trinary name value of 80 (Shout out to PC Simo). Assuming he wants to come back and do his next video with his original name we can calculate how many times he would need to exit a course for pannenkoek2012 to bring us another video. If only we had the number for the amount he already has exited a course ,we could approximate the next time he would become pannenkoek2012 again. naturally this wouldn't take very long but i guess the reason for his delay is that his whole name:pannenkoek2012 is a part of an even bigger 29 cypher name value system. TLDR: He might be trapped in Pannenkoek Limbo!
@@empyreum6869 I don't know which is better, this, or the original comment.
I don't really get it, could you explain it to me?
@@NOT_A_ROBOT using the formula: (Within course coin score) mod (256)= (quotient) R (savedcoin score)
2012 / 256 = 7 R 220
@@armitx9 oh thanks lol now I get it
this guy has a Ph.D in Super Mario 64
Simple only has a BsC
Horváth Áron simpleflips has a gbj in super Mario 64
actually a computer science degree from UPenn, an elite school
The sad thing is thats true
@@melon5031 "sad"
It started raining outside while I was watching this, making me wonder how many slots the raindrops use until I came to my senses.
I remember playing gmod for a really long time and when I looked outside my first thought was "wow that's a pretty realistic skybox"
Gamesux the devs must've worked hard on it
It would depend on the intensity of the rain. I’d say about 30 on average, but *DEFINITELY* not more than 240.
@@niilyx_ shame the players ruin it with the stuff they made
@@BlueAizu_ what if so many important objects are always loaded in, but occasionally, for just you, they unload? It would explain how sometimes only you can feel it raining outside, or it's raining with no clouds.
Pannen putting a Bob-omb in a very specific and seemingly random location: _It's a surprise tool that will help us later._
mickey mouse clubhouse reference
A SM64 TASer just taught me more about Modulo arithmetic than Khan Academy did.
Kek
*taser*
_haha_
@@thischannelwillbedeletedve460 _haha_
@@thischannelwillbedeletedve460 >This channel will be deleted very soon
>1 year ago
dont do Khan Academy dirty like that haha
I always had trouble understanding binary and modulo, so ironically, in the most unlikely place I could have ever imagined, THIS was the place where I finally understood it properly. Thank you.
+numgun I am in exactly the same boat - i came for mario and i ended up finally understanding binary. Amazing
I learned binary better by starting to count on my fingers using it, but honestly I just viewed modulo as the number looping, like Pac Man going off the side of the screen. But this guy explains it a lot better.
Somehow. Like could you imagine learning how to break the real world like this? You'd be a fucking wizard.
For me, I never even got taught modulo, in school; and, as for binary, I really doubt my middle school teacher understood it, herself. Her explanation was literally: ”In the binary system, 0 represents 0, and 1 represents all the other numbers.” 🤯.
@@Cloudchaser_K *_*”Kalevala”_** intensifies.**
Why did I just watch a 30 minute video on coin limits? And why was it so good?
because it was interesting and involved programming and good visuals with a tas
I don't think that could have been said any better
Because of opinions? That's like asking why you like or dislike...anything, really.
Nathan Thames ih0.redbubble.net/image.218547600.2032/flat,800x800,075,f.jpg
Adamk Kampen To answer both of those we need to talk about DeFacto speed, TJ """""""""""""""Henry"""""""""""""""" Yoshi. IM DA BEST!
In this episode, Pancake man explains how 0 is bigger than 0
Wow,I thought NAN wasn't NAN
Wow i thought 9 + 10 = 19 (kill me)
Of course it is! As long as you approach it from the correct direction, of course
@@nil86593 years late, but nan actually isnt equal to nan!
Well, 2x > x; so, letting x = 0, we get: (2*0 > 0) ∧ (2*0 = 0) -> (0 > 0).
Holy bonkers. I just saw the entirety of the 4 hour Invisible wall video yesterday, my first pannen video. Today I click this video in my recommended without realizing it's 9 YEARS OLD until I'm a minute in.
This is insanity, what an absolutely gem
I've been working with computers and programming for going on 8 years now and I can say, without a hint of hyperbole, that you are a better teacher for how and why the Modulus operator works and is so commonly used in programming than ANY of the college professors I've had. Bravo, sir.
Now what if I told you that X mod 256 is just X AND 255?
@@williamdrum9899 That is actually true 😮🤯👍🏻.
I never truly understood what 8-bit/16-bit meant until now. Good explanation.
*YOU TRICKED ME INTO LEARNING ABOUT MATH!*
...Isn't that a good thing?
+perfectparadox D:
+Jumbo101 nooo
Same here, now I know what mod notation is. I can feel my college education fading away
+dandeentremont Nobody said there will be math!
13:54 Ah yes, the famous saying:
"You can take a shell out of water, but you can't make it fake."
Can take a shell but can't send it to hell, banning your one currency source after you broke the economy
Pannenkoek = Dutch Pancake
EST. 2010
"With low prices, it's a steal!"
"Let me go grab you a menu, sir."
"I think we're ready for the bill"
"Oh, shoot, I left my money in the other bag!"
Considering the puns, I wanna go to that restaurant.
Same
Same 😅.
The last pun will probably kill someone
Same
Same
I came here from the Onion A.V. Club article, and I have to say, this is the greatest TH-cam video I have ever seen. As a game design student, I can tell you that if anybody did for one of my games what you have done for this game, I would weep with joy.
***** aww, thanks! :D
@@pannenkoek2012 :)
Dude. I came for video game bullshit and learned about how to read binary. You should be a teacher, that was such a thorough explanation.
Good job, keep making vids!
:3
Pannenkoek2012 just explained the binary system better, than my former middle school teacher (”In the binary system, 0 represents 0, and 1 represents all the other numbers.”. Like, seriously; *_WTF?!_* 🤯). 😳
@@PC_Simo oh my god that is so wrong it HURT
@@RichConnerGMN Yes! My thoughts, exactly. 😖
This video has the single best explanation of the binary system. I showed this to my AP computer science teacher and he loved it.
This video taught me modular arithmetic, binary, and memory storage. This brings back so many good memories. I respect the switch to Uncommentated videos, but man do I miss these.
Have you seen the invisible walls video yet
@@nicreven Yes! It was very good as always :) -- Happy to see he's back at it
At 999
Pannenkoek: The coins literally DO NOTHING.
HP: Am I a joke to you?
Pannenkoek used to have an annotation there making precisely the correction you raise. Then TH-cam did TH-cam things and removed the annotation forever.
@@underrated1524 thank you youtube
@Underrated1 Me: ”What did the annotations ever do to You(Tube)?”
Annotations did not work on mobile.
@@Jake28 NOT!
And they said that video games just rot your brain...
Alex R. QPU MISALIGNMENTS
correction: they said tv rot brain (true) and video games activate brain (true)
Omfg he took the screenshot of his comment exactly 999 seconds after he posted it. Or he has some amazing as photoshop skills
@@apolloandwarrior_3229 Or inspect element.
well there is no scientific evidence that they rot your brain, heck there's evidence it's actually the opposite th-cam.com/video/FktsFcooIG8/w-d-xo.html
show that video to anybody who claims that this ignorance is real
I love these videos. They are brutally dissecting SM64, and spills polygon blood all over the floor, because this is no autopsy, the game is still very much alive. The shallow arteries and veins in the throat area are still carrying blood, pumped by a heart that transforms the oxygen that the lungs are refining from yellow, red and blue coins. Thus, when the scalpel carves into the soft, slightly pixelated skin, the red liquids come gushing out in a pulsating manner, because there is no death. There is only the green mushrooms.
The videos are also very well explained, which is always a welcome thing.
Kaera Neko An a press is an a press
Kyogre Rules Now, that's just wrong.
Kyogre Rules Explain yourself, so I may indulge in your witty remark.
Kaera Neko To answer that we need to talk about DeFacto speed.
Jack Sullivan Is there a convenient video on the subject?
Well, this clears up 2 things for me: why you could only have 256 colors max in older games, and why if someone has hacked their HP in Dark Souls to be infinite and then they get knocked off a ledge, 65535 is the number shown as how much damage they took. Colors used to only be stored in 8 bits, and the value for your HP in Dark Souls is stored in 16 bits. Huh.
??? i dont even understand what that means
@@indigopikmin4303 don't*
@@indigopikmin4303 I**
@@indigopikmin4303 8 bits means 256 possible values (INCLUDING ZERO) 16 bits means 65536 possible values (also including zero)
Remember, if a computer EVER gives you a seemingly strange and arbitrary value, compare it to a power of 2. Chances are you'll quickly understand what's going on if you do.
I'll be completely honest. I think this video is what sparked my interest in Computer Science when I was a kid. I'm getting close to graduating high school now and I just wanna write a personal lil thank you note to Pannen for influencing the start of my journey into adulthood
I remember watching this video as a high school student. Now I'm about to graduate with a masters degree, not in comp sci but still a STEM field with some coding/scripting needed. Crazy how random YT videos can spark an interest in you.
22:20 Here, we observe a bored god playing with a bob-omb in an attempt to collect even more coins. Given enough attention, you can hear the developers begging for mercy.
I feel like I'm at a 1996 Nintendo meeting and you're presenting your coin limit project. Great Video!
koonhen xie Thanks! Do I get an A? :D
pannenkoek2012 No you get a Z (it's before A if you said the alphabet then you restart see: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY|ZA|BCD...
This went from SM64 to a binary math problem...I already knew this but for some reason I continued watching
I've learned more about math in this video than I have in 12 years. Jesus.
Start paying attention in School then.
These SM64 explanation videos never cease to be interesting. It doesn't matter how many years old they are, they're still fascinating.
For my 18th birthday, instead of 18 candles on my cake, I had the number "256" on my cake because it's my favorite number.
I have no regrets.
KilobyteCobra
Screw that.
U can make a extreme hard math question which the answer is 18 or 256
Using the binary code(2) to do it
Or other maths ways
why not 10010
Mine is 4794967296
Happy 0th(256th) Birthday!
You could have decorated the number ”256”, with 18 candles.
That "blue thing" was Mario's model, its memory corruption so the model went crazy.
no, that's the hud
@@hunter082706 Didn't see the freeze frame issue
Pannenkoek, You are a great man, Teaching math and computer science through Mario 64. :)
I thought Pannekoek was food.
"Math time with Pannenkeok"
MarioStar Maths Segment
1002 > 999, therefore: coins = 999
@@mariostar13 You don't understand. He spelled His Name wrong
@@brxnni Exactly 🎯!
I just watched a thirty minute video on coin limits in a video game... I think i need to rethink my life. On the other hand, this was a very interesting and well done video!
The amount of effort that went into this video was immense. It deserves 100 million views.
*Me watching the video*
So that's why they only go up to 255 coins.
*Title is resolved*
*IS ONLY A QUARTER OF THE WAY THROUGH THE VIDEO*
* Accidentally finds out how to make words bold *
William1234567890123 Cook *TransRaises a scuttlebug due to TJ "Henry" Yoshi being QPU Misaligned*
WeeW
William1234567890123 Cook *TJ "Henry" yoshi*
But you gotta watch the whole thing to hear his voice.
And the file select theme.
this guy took a lot of his time to make this video, and famous youtubers just play like a 2 min game and get like a million views. LIKE WTF DUDE!
Brian A cause they're more well known
singingsun04 ik but i find it stupid
The reason is because his videos are similar to your teacher giving you a lecture about math.
STBill -- But more interesting xD
I wish my teachers had lectured about math with the use of my coin score in SM64...
You may already know this, but if you get 1000 coins in the Japanese version of the game, it sets your _lives_ to 999. Because the lives counter is signed, you end up with _negative_ 25 lives, displayed as "M25".
SirLemons44 Oh, I know it all too well. :)
pannenkoek2012 Can you make a video about it?
Skrubwrecker1337 One day I plan to make a video containing many various tidbits about the game, and it will be included in that.
I love youtube for stuff like this, started speedrunning sm64 and then this got recommended. You also really explain it so it’s easy to understand. Great work🗿
0:09 the bullet bill said ''i think were all ready for the BILL''
why did i laugh so hard at this
That's a bomb
we're*
you forgot the question mark
@@JorgetePanete You mean an apostrophe
@@samelsby3333 He forgot both...
Wait, did no one else get the other puns? Klepto says it's a STEAL, chuckya goes GRAB the menu and the money bag left his MONEY in another BAG
I love your voice. It's soothing and just sounds like a guy that would make a nice friend.
You're really good at explaining things. That was the best and most understandable explanation of binary ive seen
Nicely done. That was very educational. I saw that the video was 30 minutes and thought i would never watch the whole thing, but i did and was entertained the whole time. I applaud you, sir👏👏👏
The media: if you play video games you'll turn into a brainless violent beast!
This guy: *are you sure about that*
"...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part." - Pannkoek2012
""...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part." - Pannkoek2012" - Philip Stout
"""...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part" -Pannenkoek2012"...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part" - Philip Stout" -Mateus Vitor
""""...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part." - Pannkoek2012" - Philip Stout" - Mateus Vitor
@@theHatted """"...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part" -Pannenkoek2012"...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part" - Philip Stout" -Mateus Vitor"-Just a kid with a hat
"@Just a kid with a hat """"...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part" -Pannenkoek2012"...the shaft, which is the black cylindrical part" - Philip Stout" -Mateus Vitor"-Just a kid with a hat" - GET ON THE TRIKE!
I can't believe I learned how binary numbers work from a video about a Mario game. Ain't the world just full of surprises ?
Props for this video, man. You obviously put a lot of work and patience into making it. Thanks for sharing!
I learned more about binary and modulo from this video that I did in 2 years of Computer Science. Bravo, DutchPancake. Bravo.
8:00
Pannenkoek2012: To understand the 255 coin limit we need to...
Me: talk about parallel universes?
*The Ancient One: You're about, 2 years too early.*
To answer that, we need to talk about *Parallel Universes*
1. collect 256 coins,
2. complete the course
3. repeat for infinite sense of achievement
Underrated comment 👍🏻.
Underrated reply 👍🏻👍🏻.
Infinite sense of pride and accomplishment
That binary explanation..made way too much sense. Oh my god.
+Benjamin Faure (BoxWeasel) 11111111 is equal to 255, the last 8-bit number.
+Axyl Fredrick
That's why the maximum amount of rupees in the original Zelda was 255.
Koek would make a great teacher.
IcariW He is maths teacher.
+Macintosh Quadra 900 Yes, it does, just as much as decimal does as a matter of fact; you're just more used to the former. If you really still can't understand it even after hearing Pannen's explanation, then I don't know what to tell you, dude.
Here's another example that'll hopefully make things a bit clearer:
In decimal, 1234 = (1*(10^3)) + (2*(10^2)) + (3*(10^1)) + (4*(10^0)); or, 1000 + 200 + 30 + 4 = 1234.
In binary, 1111 = (1*2^3) + (1*2^2) + (1*2^1) + (1*2^0); or, 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15.
Did that help?
Who needs school when you have this guy.
Wow, this was some mind blowing shit, who knew my childhood game was this damn complicated?
me
Oh, and I was the 9th like.
"It overwrites my old score of zero, with a new zero"
My grades in a nutshell
@@potatobearsmo Bruh.
Your visuals can teach more than just understanding Mario. Someone could repurpose it solely to teach people how programming works in general. This is amazing!
After all these years I get my question answered. Thanks Pannenkoek!
the base number explanation was better than what i got in university. you should become a professor!
fun fact: he is an assistant to a professor i believe.
Joey Bonzo Isn't he also Borp's brother?
My Name Is Ryan yea
Madao Joestar sum it up short, 256 possibilities in a byte so 255 is the max since the coins use bytes
My Name Is Ryan is borp the super smash Bros. Melee player
these fucking videos are so entertaining
why
Seriously, I found myself at 3:XX asking: (oh god... it's awesome, but wo wants to watch that for 30 minutes)
And now, 30 minutes later... xD
because just you,me, and the repliers here we want to learn glitches and some people look at us like dumbasses and say we have no friends. to that I say those people can fuck off. what they want their favorite game series to be like sonic boom?
+glitch hunter just like*
It has to be charming voice.
because they give you the illusion that you're smart
Jolly Roger Bay only has 104 coins? Hot damn, 100 coin stars are harder than I expected
if you miss one blue coin you need to restart
@@floppa_gamer1111 Exactly 🎯!
I actually never got the 100 coins star of that course, it's impossible
My record is so close, why can't you give me the star at 50 coins?!
I can't believe Pannen's explanation of modulo operations was more straighforward than my college math professor's
i love how this gives off the same vibe as an algebra tutorial, makes me feel like I'm learning something useful
Wow, that was theorically explained in so many ways, I even wouldn't figured this out by myself since I got the game on 2007. Guess this makes you the grand researcher of this game. Great job!
We need some more of your discoveries to be shared!
I've had this game since its release and I still never knew!
Wow. Your voice is so calming and beautiful, and this video makes me feel less depressed, and even happy. Immediately subscribing.
VulpesVulpes42 Oh thank you! Like most people, I don't enjoy the sound of my own voice, but I'm glad to know others do!
pannenkoek2012
I hate my own voice. That's why I'm gonna upload vids without my voice in the future.
VulpesVulpes42 Then other people will unsub you "NOO YOU HAD GOOD VOICE!"
benedanika Will, I've actually gained a few subs.
VulpesVulpes42 I see you have a few subs, but I have more... lets be friends? (lol low sub party)
"What do you do for a living?"
"I dissect a game from 20+ years ago."
"....Neat."
From making a half hour video about the coin counter to making a nearly 4 hour video about invisible walls, you really came a *long* way!
22:19 BOB-OMB VOLLEYING???? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS
Hi sanic
Sanic yeth is a better meme than u
SuperNuclearBoss1337 Games, Vlogs and ShoutOuts how could I be so easily defeateeeeed
+Sanic white streak, speeds by. yeth.
Benjamin Williams Damn... Not here...
I learned more from this video than i ever did in math class from high school
This is one of best TH-cam videos ever made.
I understood much (if not most) of this, but I got so deeply involved in the coin limits for each course that I *forgot* what I was even watching in the first place until the final table! xD
why is this getting recommended to me in 2023
2024 too
@@Tomerocheme to
Also as well
No idea, but I ain’t complainin’!
Because Super Mario 64 is almost a 30 year old game that is still popular today and more and more people are making their own versions of the game.
999 Seconds ago. 255 Likes.
Inspect Element lol
I was just petting my Litten when I found this
231 dislikes
Miriya Dekker :3 ?
we're almost at 255 likes on this comment
This actually helps me understand computer science and programming logic. As a newbie to code, these videos are really cool
that is not naruto from naruto what da hell
@@Josuh what a prankster that guy
This was extremely educational! I might even get my teacher to show it to my class some day(even though half of them will be like "who's mario?")
3:07 pannenkoek spelled his name wrong. Pannen is secretly in a pu waiting for someone to notice
Ironically, Pannenkeok2012 was the name of his alt prior to the name change to UncommentatedPannen.
I noticed 😅.
@@AnonyMorshu True 😅. I don’t get the irony, though.
I was literally just thinking about this video when TH-cam recommended it to me, so thanks TH-cam algorithm. Also I kinda wanna have a save file in this game with 120 stars and 0 coins on every course where it's possible.
6 years later and that final tick tock clone is still the sickest thing i’ve ever seen
Amazingly well thought out way of explaining it! ^-^
UltraJordanGaming Thank you!
pannenkoek2012 :)
Big Boo's haunt has the same number of coins as number of Pokémon in the first generation. Coincidence? Probably.
Hehe, COINcidence.
That's not a pun.
Szymon Bartosiewicz
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from "the 255 coin guy" to the "a press" guy, we bring you dutch pancakes, stretching boundaries and embroidering countless exploits into the most revolutionary 3d platformers of all time, because completing the whole game with 0 stars apparently wasn't enough.
You had to spend all that time cloning, and you decided to spend extra time putting the coins in neat grids or fancy patterns like on the boat.
*This is why I watch your videos, you explain all this insane stuff, and in the actual visuals it's just you like "well, I'm on no time limit, time to mess around."*
This guy went through puberty in reverse
Your voice is extremely soothing
The Japanese version goes beyond 999 in the counter, to 1023 at the least, and 65,536 at the most
QuarioQuario54321 yes because of a glitch it goes to 65,000 ish because of the hex dec so you can make multiple coin stars but this is irrevivant because faster glitches have been found
Vivi23 Blue23 It's actually signed so the counter will go to -32768 once you get your 32768th coin. The number displayed will not change then. You cannot use this to get 121 stars by collecting 65,636 coins.
1024 is 2^10. Why would you store a 10 bit number?
Doesn't the lifes go -25 when you do that
I can't believe I've been watching you for 9 years now.
TH-cam Algorithm: Here’s some random video you won’t like
Also TH-cam Algorithm: Here’s an 8 year old banger of a video to watch at 3am giving an in-depth explanation of why you can’t collect more than 255 coins in super mario 64
Great video essay before they became a thing!
This video was so well produced I feel like I learned a lot. Great content!
finding out this video was uploaded over 8 years ago makes me feel old. well, it still holds up in the entertainment department at the very least lol
Important object: hey I finished my application
Manager: oh it's full... Hey! Unimportant object! Your fired!
Unimportant object: ugh fine
Reggie's Nephew = Important
Bill Trinen = Unimportant
Reggie: "Oh, hey, Bill! You're fired."
(Your comment reminded me of that video.)
Most of us are _probably_ more accustomed to the decimal system? Pancake man, my respect for you increases without bounds.
A better way to define binary: the number will first start off as all zeroes, and if you were to add 1 in decimal, the binary digit on the far right will be set to 1. If another decimal 1 was added, it wouldn't set the last digit to 2, but it would set it to 0, and set the digit to the left of it to 1. To clarify, another 1 will set the number to 11. If another 1 was added, there would be no zeroes to change to 1 (if there was 2 bits so far), so it would change to 3 bits, set the leftmost digit to 1, and set the rest to 0. For example, 1=1 2=10 3=11 4=100 5=101 6=110 7=111 8=1000 etc.
Teachers could use these videos to trick kids into learning *MATH!*
NEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRDDD!!!!!!
...this was legitimately fascinating.
"Here's a data table" is my favorite phrase.
It has the same energy as “this is a bucket” from that TF2 video
Literally a better explanation of binary / modulo than my electrical engineering intro courses. My prof in them wasn't even bad. Wtf
You're a born teacher. The way you explain things is very good.
I just learned the decimal system AGAIN.
nice video anyways
The attention to detail in your videos is exquisite.
>255 thumbs up/999 seconds ago
I could never find a video on it, but I remember Cosmo posting a video about bypassing a blocked door in Ganon's castle in OoT by entering a room over and over. It reloaded glowing objects at the top of the room which are not deleted unless you leave the entire castle. Eventually, the game removes barriers due to lack of memory, allowing you to continue.
tenchimuyo69 th-cam.com/video/G6kisFXue7A/w-d-xo.html
This video deserves WAY more likes tbh. SO much effort was put into this
I learned what a modulo was thanks to this video. And I learned the binary system, very cool pannen.
"you see, we can calculate the coin score that gets saved. imagine the coin score as a bus stop..."
"the bus travels on a route that is a complete loop. there are only 256 bus stops on the route, numbered 0 through 255. imagine your coins all get on the bus at stop 0, and the bus drops 1 coin off at each stop"
oh god