Crash

A Freeze or Hardlock is the event of Super Mario 64 becoming permanently freezed and Irresponsive to the player commands or actions, forcing the player to reset the console/emulator.

Known causes of the game Freezing or Corrupting

• Exceed the objects limit in the course (freezes the game)
• Too many objects at once on the screen (freezes and also corrupts the game)
• Getting a 100-coin star at the same time as breaking a Star Block (freezes the game)
• Trying to enter a Course with the game corrupted (freezes the game)
• Sending the camera into a PU on the console version (freezes the game)
• Tilting the game cartridge (may freeze and corrupt under certain conditions and/or actions)