Mark's Video Games Tips
Super Mario 64 How to Get the Stars
Course 1
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Location: Main floor of castle, left side, upstairs, blank star on the door. (Picture of bomb guys)Description: Mountain level with 2 pink bomb guys at the start and an air-island. (Big bomb guy at the top of the mountain)
Star 1: Climb to the top of the mountain and beat the bomb boss. (Get behind him, pick him up and throw him onto the ground 3 times)
Star 2: Beat the turtle in a race from the beginning of the stage to the top of the mountain.
Star 3: In the yellow box on the air-island.
Star 4: Get all 8 red coins.
Star 5: Fly through the 5 rings of gold coins in the air and get the 5 center gold coins. (Use the cannon on the air-island)
Star 6: Butt-slam the wooden post that the chomp monster is attached to 3 times and he will open the gate.
Star 7: Get 100 Coins.
Course 2
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Location: Main floor of castle, right side, star with a 1 in it on the door.
(Picture of castle tower)
Description: Castle level with a plant monster nearby your starting point.
(Big stone guy at the top of the level)
Star 1: Climb to the top of the mountain and beat the stone boss. (Stand in front of him, he try to fall on you... move out of the way, jump on his back, and butt-slam him... repeat 3 times)
Star 2: At the top of the mountain in the tower. (Use the owl in the tree where you start, or just climb all the way there)
Star 3: Launch yourself out of the cannon to the platform underneath the flagpole. Climb down the pole to get the star.
Star 4: Get all 8 red coins.
Star 5: In a cage in the air. (Use the owl in the tree where you start, or use the cannon to launch yourself into it)
Star 6: Launch yourself out of the cannon at the corners of the brick walls that are closest to you. (The corners will break off... the one on the right has the star)
Star 7: Get 100 Coins.
Course 3
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Location: Main floor of castle, right side, up the stairs star with a 3 in it
on the door. (Picture of underwater sea)
Description: Water level with the pirate ship down below that you can raise
up...
Star 1: Wait until the giant eel swims out of the ship... swim into the ship where he was and unlock the 4 chests. (The order is: Chest farthest from you, chest on your right, chest closest to you, and chest on your left)
Star 2: Swim next to the giant eel again... He will swim out... The star is on his tail.
Star 3: Swim through the tunnel near the ship. You will surface in a cave. Unlock the 4 chests. (The order is: Chest farthest from you, chest on your left, chest on your right, chest closest to you)
Star 4: Get all 8 red coins.
Star 5: Launch yourself out of the cannon onto the leftmost spike that extends out of the water. (You have to hit the top of the spike, or mario will slide down) Then climb to the top of the spike and jump onto the ledge with the star.
Star 6: You need the green ! block for this star... Hit the green block and jump off the ledge into the water... run to the star in the bubbles.
Star 7: Get 100 Coins.
Course 4
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Location: Main floor of castle, left side, star with a 3 in it on the door.
(Picture of snow and snowman)
Description: Snowy level with the penguins and the snowball man.
Star 1: Climb onto the house where you start, go down the chimney and finish the race. (There is a shortcut on the right wall when it curves upward... just hug the right wall when you see it)
Star 2: Take the baby penguin that you see when you start down to the mama penguin.
Star 3: Go down the chimney again, and beat the penguin in a race to the end. (You can't use the shortcut here)
Star 4: Get all 8 red coins.
Star 5: Talk to the snowball at the TOP of the mountain... beat it down in a race and stand next to the snowball face. The rolling snowball will run into the snowball face and create a snowman... Talk to him for the star.
Star 6: Launch yourself out of the cannon at the tree. Follow the path and climb up to the star. (This can be done using the jump-off-the-wall technique)
Star 7: Get 100 Coins.
Course 5
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Location: Main floor of castle, open either of the 2 doors with no stars on
them. Go down the hall where you see the big ghost. Go into the garden and
hit the large ghost. (Small cage dropped by the ghost)
Description: Large ghost mansion with many rooms and a shed outside.
Star 1: Kill enough small ghosts to make the large ghost appear outside in front of the mansion... then kill the large ghost.
Star 2: In the spinning wheel at the bottom of the outside house, kill small ghosts until a large ghost appears... then kill the large ghost.
Star 3: Upstairs, in the room where the small books fly out at you, there are 3 books sticking out. Hit them in this order: Book on the top, book on the right, book on the left.
Star 4: Get all 8 red coins.
Star 5: Upstairs in the room on the far right, there is a platform you can stand on... Look up... you will see a platform up high that you need to jump to. (This can be done using the jump-off-the-wall technique) Go through the double doors near the blue star box in the ground, and beat the ghost outside. The star will appear on the roof. (To get the star, you can jump to either of the flat side ledges, then jump to the center ledge with the star... it's not incredibly easy)
Star 6: Get the blue ! box, then quickly go up to where the blue star box in the ground is (from Star 5), instead of going outside, go through the ghost picture on the wall, and beat an eyeball for the star.
Star 7: Get 100 Coins.
See where all the stars are in courses 6-9
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