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==The 999 coin limit== | ==The 999 coin limit== | ||
The limit is intentionally put in by the programmers to prevent the game to count up coins greater than 999: | The limit is intentionally put in by the programmers to prevent the game to count up coins greater than 999: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="c"> | |||
if (gMarioState->numCoins > 999) { | |||
gMarioState->numCoins = 999; | |||
} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
When Mario reaches the 999 coin limit, the coins are no longer counted and collecting a coin only makes noise if the value of the global timer is odd. | When Mario reaches the 999 coin limit, the coins are no longer counted and collecting a coin only makes noise if the value of the global timer is odd. | ||
==The 255 coin limit== | ==The 255 coin limit== | ||
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In the Japanese version, there is no coin limit within the courses. When the coin counter reaches a value of 1,000, the game runs a few lines of code wherein there is a typo: | In the Japanese version, there is no coin limit within the courses. When the coin counter reaches a value of 1,000, the game runs a few lines of code wherein there is a typo: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="c" highlight="2"> | |||
if (gMarioState->numCoins > 999) { | |||
gMarioState->numLives = (s8) 999; //! Wrong variable | |||
} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
This should be the following: | This should be the following: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="c" highlight="2"> | |||
if (gMarioState->numCoins > 999) { | |||
gMarioState->numCoins = 999; | |||
} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Because the lives counter is a signed short, the value of 999 overflows to -25. This is displayed in the HUD as "M25". (The "M" presumably means "minus".) | Because the lives counter is a signed short, the value of 999 overflows to -25. This is displayed in the HUD as "M25". (The "M" presumably means "minus".) | ||