1. yes, but there is one way to get there in normal mode, which is be very lucky and get

in
this level2. true, i died there (fireball) after pushing all buttons and then you'll see
thisp.s. you see the white bomb there? that's the reason why i died to the fireball! it are actually two bombs which made me unable to throw any others without me noticing it. i spent too long trying to bomb the lower saw to get the hell out of the level and just when i found out and jumped over the saw the fireball stopped blinking

result: no n64 pad! shortly after that my computer fully crashed and haven't been able to play a normal non-lag game ever since

(please note that if i had lost a life on the level before on purpose i would also have gotten the n64 pad and you wouldn't have had this screenshot

)