Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Donkey Kong 64 has a lot of glitches, this is far from a secret. But all of the glitches in Donkey Kong 64 have a whole story to tell on how they work, what they can do and their limitations.
Main Menu Mode is no exception to this. How does it work? What can you do with this ability? What can't you do? And how can you cheat the system to do the things which the game says you can't do?
Donkey Kong 64 has a lot of glitches, this is far from a secret. But all of the glitches in Donkey Kong 64 have a whole story to tell on how they work, what they can do and their limitations.
Main Menu Mode is no exception to this. How does it work? What can you do with this ability? What can't you do? And how can you cheat the system to do the things which the game says you can't do?
![K Rool in 12:10 [Former N64 World Record] | Donkey Kong 64](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WXa-LFfKjeM/mqdefault.jpg "K Rool in 12:10 [Former N64 World Record] | Donkey Kong 64
EDIT: Beaten 07-MAR-2020 by TJ who got a 12:09
Did some practice for the upcoming 1545 Restricted Any% relay race (for which DK64s role is No Levels Early) which included me doing one K Rool to just derust more (I did a few the day prior to gauge where my skill was right now). This is the result.
12:09 is definitely possible, but like before, Im no longer going for PB attempts in K Rool. Any time I do it, itll be either during runs or in practice, and Im only doing RTA for occasional races.
Splits: https://splits.io/3fzw
Full Time: 12:10.318
DK Phase: (2:19.247) 2:19.247
Diddy Phase: (1:19.151) 3:38.399
Lanky Phase: (1:57.225) 5:35.624
Tiny Phase: (4:37.351) 10:12.975
Chunky Phase: (1:57.342) 12:10.318")
![101% in 6:32:39 [Part 2] | Donkey Kong 64](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XpdQ9EFC0Ys/mqdefault.jpg "101% in 6:32:39 [Part 2] | Donkey Kong 64
Split into 3 parts because stream issues.
Really solid end, but poor mid-game")
![[TAS (Outdated)] Earthworm Jim 3D Any% in 2:19.867 by theballaam96](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zi1y3HR3Gac/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS (Outdated)] Earthworm Jim 3D Any% in 2:19.867 by theballaam96
New TAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdCpz_XXEqU
RTA Timing (File Select - Final Marble): 2:19.867
TAS Timing (Power On - Final Input): 2:45.367
This is a TAS of the new Any% category for Earthworm Jim 3D. This category uses a series of precise jumps to get out of bounds to skip directly to the final boss (Earthworm Kim). This skip was discovered a couple days ago.
Earthworm Kim Early Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq_1DaZJHts
After performing this trick, its just a matter of fighting Earthworm Kim. With this, its just a case of good routing to ensure that obtain Ego Boosts (Temporary speed boosts) as much as you can without having to go out of your way too much, on top of collecting marbles efficiently.
Emulation with this game isnt 100% accurate to the N64 version, and behaves more like the PC release, so theres also that.
.bk2 file: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZQgb5Kw-a1ZJUXoi28-s3d1b0EYe0Ba_
Core Type: Pure Interpreter
Rsp Plugin: Hle
Active Video Plugin: Glide64
Shoutouts to Isotarge for his work on ScriptHawk (A lua script for the emulator BizHawk), specifically making it easy to create new modules for new games.
https://github.com/Isotarge/ScriptHawk
(Earthworm Jim 3D isnt in yet, I need to work on fixing one or two things first before I submit it)
Making of the TAS: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/209358124")
![[Theoretical] Credits Early with L to Levitate | Earthworm Jim 3D Glitch](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_F8q5Q_IHCw/mqdefault.jpg "[Theoretical] Credits Early with L to Levitate | Earthworm Jim 3D Glitch
Edit: NOW POSSIBLE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHnW2V7I1GI&feature=youtu.be
The memes that happen whilst writing ScriptHawk modules..
By using L to Levitate, you can hit the trigger for the credits within the first minute of gameplay (This works at any point). Earthworm Jim 3D seems like a rather solid game in terms of physics and collisions, so this doesnt seem like itll be a thing for RTA anytime soon.
Making this public for any EJ3D runners / glitch hunters to see whether they can get anything working.
Specifics
- Trigger is around y=137
- Floor of the brain is y=40.1
- Top of the computer is y=80.02 (If you could get ontop of here, you could at least do Earthworm Kim Early)")
