Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Super Mario World (SNES) with cheats and unlockables.
Unlockables
Classic Music
In the “Special Zone”, wait about 5 minutes and listen to the music. It should start playing variations of the original Mario Bros. song!
Extra Lives – First Ghost House
In the first ghost house, fly up to the upper left corner. You will see a ledge. Run to the right and you will fall. Ghosts will try to hurt you but keep on going. At the end of the ledge, you will fall and there will be four extra guys. You will have to hit the boxes to get them. Go through the door. There will be a Moon (3 lives.) After you beat it there will be a level above the ghost house. Go to it. In it, there are five boxes. The two left ones contain flowers. The two right ones contain feathers. The middle one has Yoshi. If you already have Yoshi then it will be an extra life. To exit, run off the screen.
Extra Lives – Forest of Illusion 1
For a total of fourteen lives do this. Go to Forest of Illusions 1 and get to the halfway mark and then keep going until you see a box with changing powerups. Now wait until you see a feather in the box.
Then hit it and it should change into a star. If you get the star, run and kill all the creatures that come out of the yellow blocks until you start getting lives. The turtles and other guys are worth one life and the wigglers are worth two lives. You can get 99 lives much faster this way.
Extra Lives – Vanilla Secret 2
Enter Vanilla Secret 2 and get to the halfway mark without killing any Koopa Troopers or the green jumping guys. Keep on going until you reach a pit with a lot of spinny orange guys. There will be yellow blocks right above the pit. Hit the blocks until you get a silver “P” switch.
Carry this switch a little past the halfway mark until you reach two pipes with red guys jumping out of them. Put down the “P” switch, step on it, and run back to the start of the level. While you’re running there will be a lot of silver coins on the way. Get all the silver coins you can and you will gain 50+ lives!
Important: Be sure not to kill the Koopa Troopers (or the green jumping guys) on the way to the “P” switch, those guys turn into the coins that give you lives.
Extra Lives – Yoshi’s Island 1
Get a cape and go to Yoshi’s Island 1. There is an area with one Rex on the hill and three more below it. After killing them all, fly up and you’ll find a Moon worth 3 lives sitting in the clouds.
Replay Castles
To replay any castle or fortress you’ve completed, hold L + R when entering.
Unlimited Lives
Go to the “Top Secret” level. Then, get the Yoshi from the block in the middle. Then, leave the stage. Finally, keep going in and out of the stage, getting the middle block every time. A 1up should keep coming out of it.
Unlock the Star Roads
Star Road 1:
- Beat Donut Plains 1 the special way by getting the key.
- There is now a spot in the water. Beat it by getting the key.
- Then you go down to a Ghost House.
- Proceed to first door. Go left until you find a P.
- Take P back to door standing in mid air.
- Don’t enter door! Rather, jump up to the middle block above door. A bean stalk will come out.
- Follow bean stalk up to ledge.
- Cross ledge to blue door – hurry because the door will disappear soon.
- Enter blue door and defeat Big Boo to get to Star Road.
Star Road 2:
- Beat Vanilla Dome 1 by using the key.
- Vanilla Secret 1 will appear – follow it.
- Make your way up until coming to a spring pod.
- Take spring pod to blue blocks. These are special blocks and must be filled in first. Put spring pad on the blue blocks.
- Jump up – there will be a green pipe on your left.
- Enter pipe and proceed to finish line. Your Star Road will appear.
Star Road 3:
- Proceed to Forest of Illusion 1 and beat it using the key.
- Proceed to the fortress and beat it.
Star Road 4:
- Find the Cheesecake Bridge’s secret exit.
- Beat the water stage that appears.
- The Star Road will appear on a nearby island.
Star Road 5:
- Find the secret exit in Valley of Bowser 4.
- A pathway will open up to the Star Road.
Star Road 6:
- Find the secret exit in Star World 5.
- A secret Star Road will open up, revealing 8 special levels.
Warp to Bowser Castle
On the last Star Road, press B. This will put you in the Valley of Bowser without beating Castle #7.
Cheats
The game is fun by itself, but cheating makes it better. Always be sure to input codes with a Game Genie. All the below codes are compatible with most emulators.
Note: before entering cheats, be aware that altering the game can cause random freezing and several other glitches.
| Effect | Code |
|---|---|
| 1 Berry for Yoshi to Hatch a Mushroom | DFE3-D7A0 |
| 2 Berries for Yoshi to Hatch a Cloud | DBE3-DF00 |
| Any Yoshi Has Wings and Flies Without Shell | DDE0-07A0 |
| Blue Shell Is Unlimited Flying Time For Green Yoshi | C2EC-0700 |
| Collect Any Yoshi Coin for Yoshi’s Wings | B9E5-A4AD F8E5-A7DD |
| Every Dragon Coin is an Extra Life | D2E5-A7AD |
| Extra Life at 5 Coins | D964-A7D7 D967-AFA7 |
| Extra Life at 10 Coins | DC64-A7D7 DC67-AFA7 |
| Extra Life at 20 Coins | F064-A7D7 F067-AFA7 |
| Extra Life at 50 Coins | 7464-A7D7 7467-AFA7 |
| Extra Life for Every Coin (Including Yoshi Coins) | DD64-A7D7 DD67-AFA7 |
| Funky Mario | CBB7-6D67 DEB7-6DA7 3CB7-6FD7 69B7-6F07 |
| Green Blocks Activated | B286-07E9 |
| Hold down B to float around | EE2C-AF6F |
| Hold down B to float around (alternate) | DD2C-AF6F |
| If You Die With Yoshi You Can Continue With Him | 62C2-DF0D |
| Invincibility (almost all the time) | DD32-6DAD |
| Items Don’t Fall Out Of “Bonus Items” Box When Hot | 6DEE-14DF D4EE-140F |
| Jump (Low) | D02C-AF6F |
| Jump (Mega) | DF2C-AF6F |
| Jump (Super) | D42C-AF6F |
| Kick An Empty Turtle Shell for 4000 Points | 62C0-AFA1 |
| Little Yoshi Eats 1 Enemy To Become Big | DFCE-64A0 |
| Little Yoshi Eats 2 Enemies To Become Big | D4CE-64A0 |
| Little Yoshi Eats 3 Enemies To Become Big | D7CE-64A0 |
| Mario Floats After Jumping Until You Let Go Of A | DD2C-AF6F |
| Mario Is Black | 9E32-6DAD |
| Nighttime | 0DED-AFDF |
| No Enemies | 3E32-6DAD |
| No Longer Need To Stomp 8 Enemies Consecutively For 1-Up | C23B-AF07 |
| Power-Up Select | EDA5-0F6F |
| Restart at Halfway Point on Death | 6267-AF97 |
| Shoot Fireballs Straight | DDEA-6F07 DDB2-AFD8 |
| Skip Worlds | EECD-AF6F |
| Start as Super Mario | 31B7-6F07 |
| Start as Cape Mario | CBB7-6D67 D4B7-6DA7 3CB7-6FD7 69B7-6F07 |
| Start as Fire Mario | CBB7-6D67 D7B7-6DA7 3CB7-6FD7 69B7-6F07 |
| Start with 15 Lives | D3B4-6F07 |
| Start with 25 Lives | F6B4-6F07 |
| Start with 50 Lives | 7FB4-6F07 |
| Start with 99 Lives | 14B4-6F07 |
| Stay as Super Mario, Cape Mario, or Fire Mario When Hit | CBED-6DDF |
| Swim In Every Level | CBEA-6DAD |
| Unlimited Lives | C222-D4DD |
| Unlimited Time | C264-64D7 |
| Warp To Star World From Yoshi’s House | EDB7-0FBD |
| Yoshi Generates Unlimited Items Post Pick-Up | 82E9-64A0 82E2-04D0 |
| Yoshi Is Invincible | 89E4-AFD9 89C6-D4DB |
Super Mario World is a platform game developed by Nintendo and initially released in 1990 for SNES.