10 Obscure Video Game Secrets That Took Years To Discover
5. The Impossible Coin - Mario 64
One of gaming's classics, Mario 64 still has copious amounts of secrets that are still being discovered today. The speedrunning community for this game is always finding out tricks that allow you to exploit the game and do incredible things with the world.
However, for an incredibly long time, players were all stumped by the impossible coin.
On Tiny-Huge Island, there was a coin that was buried underground and was deemed impossible to get. Only after eighteen years of trying someone managed to nab it. During a tool-assisted run, YouTuber pannenkoek2012 got it, but through incredible difficulty.
It is still up in the air as to whether or not it is collectable via traditional means and with tool-assist, however the fact that after eighteen years the coin was finally collected it is genuinely incredible.