Softlock

A softlock occurs when the game is put into a state where, though it has not crashed or ceased functioning, there is no way to progress without resetting the console.

Known Softlocks

Repeatedly bonking within a glitchy wall^[1]
Getting stuck in some Black Room of Death or the Aquarium in the JRB room
Activating a death, star, sign text, or painting entrance cutscene at the same time as a specific type of star activation cutscene (mainly item box stars)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Being grabbed by Heave-Ho or Chuckya while releasing its clone or the clone of its anchor object ^[5]
Being grabbed by Chuckya while in Time Stop^[6]
Attempting to speak to a bob-omb buddy while in Time Stop
Being thrown by a Heave-Ho while underwater^[7]
Being grabbed by Chuckya the same frame he dies or being grabbed in midair and having Chuckya unload^[8]
Collecting a star in vertical wind ^[9]
Collecting a star in a situation where Mario repeatedly ledge grabs and is then pushed off the ledge into the ledge grab again
Activating a star in a PU^[10]
Talking to Yoshi while your lives counter is stuck (i.e. while having 1000 coins on the Japanese version)^[11]
Talking to Yoshi while Yoshi falls off the roof^[12]
Dying when Lakitu's textbox is triggered at the start of the game (this is exclusive to the Japanese 1.0 version).^[13]
Activating certain text boxes while the camera is stuck
Being thrown by Chuckya while holding a handsfree teleported bloated bob-omb^[14]
Going into a tornado while permanently squished^[15]
Being shell Mario in certain geometry^[16]

References

[1] "How to softlock SM64 101" by TimeTravelPenguin

[2] "WDW Death Star Softlock" by Nim

[3] "Sign Star Softlock" by bad_boot

[4] "SM64 - The Evil MIPS Softlock" by Ethan White

[5] "SM64 - Simultaneous Events Glitches" by pannenkoek2012

[6] "THI Timestop Demonstration" by Tyler Kehne

[7] "SM64 - Heave Ho Water Softlock" by Ethan White

[8] "SM64 - Simultaneous Events Glitches" by pannenkoek2012

[9] "SM64 - Power Star Clone" by pannenkoek2012

[10] "Spawning a 100 Coin Star in a PU" by UncommentatedPannen

[11] "Talking to Yoshi with Negative Lives" by UncommentatedPannen

[12] "SM64 - Yoshi Falls Off the Roof Glitch" by pannenkoek2012

[13] "Inverse Lakitu Skip" by bad_boot

[14] "SM64 - Hands Free Teleport Glitch" by pannenkoek2012

[15] "SM64 - Permanently Squished Glitch" by pannenkoek2012

[16] "Super Mario 64 - Shell Mario Glitch in Snowman's Land" by Tomatobird8

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