Super Mario 64 is still one of the most popular games Nintendo has ever made. Recently, the game also had a limited time re-release on the Nintendo Switch thanks to Super Mario 3D All-Stars, which bundled it along with Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy. While Super Mario 64 has been limited to Nintendo's consoles or emulation tools, a certain feature on Microsoft's Xbox consoles can now allow gamers to play this game on them.
This is thanks to the latest update for the Microsoft Edge browser, Microsoft's propreitary web browser on its consoles. This update allows for the support of Internet Browser games, such as the ever-popular Slither.io, GeoGuessr, and even other popular Flash-based games. This also includes a port of Super Mario 64, which is also available to play on a browser.
The first video detailing this was posted on YouTube by Raul Mtz, which showed off the Microsoft Edge browser running the browser version of Super Mario 64. This was followed up by the discovery of it being posted to Reddit with other gamers trying it out as well. Daniel Hollis, a writer at PureXbox, also testing it out, where he was able to obtain the first star in Bob-Bomb Battlefield in his playthrough of this version.
To play this version of the game in the Microsoft Edge browser, gamers need to update to the latest version of the console's software, and then enter the browser application. From there, they would enter the URL for the browser version of Super Mario 64, which is froggi.es/mario/. Players will then be prompted to switch to using the browser's controls, ie. keyboard, but players can easily use one of the Xbox's controllers for this game instead. After that, fans are free to enjoy all that Super Mario 64 has to offer in browser form.
As this update is for all versions of the Microsoft Edge browser, this does include the versions that come inside the xCloud and Google Stadia as well. As this is an older version of Microsoft Edge, there have been some noted performance hiccups reported by players, including Daniel Hollis. However, since a new Chromium built version of Microsoft Edge is being developed too, this might help improve the game's performance when that version releases onto consoles.
Source: PureXbox