While it might seem improvable, this secret has been in game since day one and has gone completely unnoticed for nearly 30 years. This is until now, when Kaze Emanuar, a dedicated content creator who has basically made it his mission to dissect Super Mario 64 like a digital archaeologist, discovered it. He has spent years pushing the game to its limits and has even revealed how certain parts of it work on a programming level, and his hard work has paid off and has finally revealed the last secret contained in the game, a bizarre hidden sound effect that no one had ever heard before, and for good reason.
The new Super Mario 64 discovery that is making the delight of fans all over the world
When one thinks about gaming, usually one of the more modern and splashy games comes to mind, especially if you are into the sport (or hobby) and have a preference for a type of video game, but it is a universal truth that Super Mario is up there in popularity, and very few people have not heard of the game or would be upset to have to play a round, especially if it is one of the classic setups like Super Mario 64.
This version has been around since 1996 and has become some what of a cult classic, with many people not just addicted to the game, but also eager to discover all of its nooks, cranny’s, glitches, and Easter eggs that the developers put in there to entice those serious fans. Between casual gamers and those obsessed wit the games, everything should have been discovered by now, after all there are forums, subreddits, and many blogs dedicated to the game that should have barred all of its secrets, but there was a small piece of the puzzle remaining, and it has just seen the light.
The only way to hear this mystery sound is to leave the game running nonstop for 14 months. This is not something the general public was ever going to do, as almost everyone dips in and out of games, when life gets busy or they just run out of battery. But Kaze Emanuar managed to do the almost impossible task of keeping the game on for more than a year, with no restarting, no switching games and no power outages that disconnect the console. Just Mario on the screen.
It is only after this amount of time that the sound is triggered thanks to a built-in timer function tucked away in the game’s code. Since this feat is almost impossible to accomplish, it is unlikely that even the developers that put it in thought that it would ever surface. After all, when it was created, the game was not played in the same way that we play now.
Back in the late ’90s, turning off your console at the end of the day was just part of playing, as consoles took way to much power to run to just leave them on, and tuning them off guaranteed the save point in case the lights went out or there was a problem. Also, cartridges were swapped in and out constantly, and most players were not yet thinking about long-term runtime like today, as video games were not a sport and would not become one for years to come.
But discoveries like these are fun, and they show that there are still wonders to discover even in games that we think we know backwards and forwards, it triggers our nostalgia in an unprecedented way and reminds us of a simpler time.