I had a similar problem. ordered super mario 64, went to play the game, it started just fine, went through the intro and as soon as I entered the castle, black screen. no matter what I did, cleaned out the console and the cartridge. everytime, same spot crashed. so I investigated. I opened up the game cartridge, and there was a game chip with a copyright 2023 printed on the chip. super mario 64 was released in 1995-96? I was furious. be on the lookout for bootleg 64 games.