What is Donkey Kong 64's most hidden collectable?

Donkey Kong 64 already was seen as a game with a huge amount of collectables, but after the discovery of a new rainbow coin in 2017, the community wondered what else was lurking inside the game. Let's explore this idea.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction
0:46 - Defining a collectable
1:23 - Test Room Balloon
2:32 - Chunky Galleon Out-of-Bounds Coins
3:14 - Diddy's Mountain Coloured Banana
3:37 - Tiny's 5-Door-Ship Coloured Banana
3:55 - DK's Japes Out-of-Bounds Coloured Banana
4:39 - Hidden Caves Beetle Race Golden Banana
5:47 - No Logo Stealthy Snoop Golden Bananas
7:33 - Conclusion

[megselv]

I think the most hidden collectible (except glitches, hacks etc) is the bananas hidden in a coffin in creepy castle, that only opens if you solve a puzzle the WRONG way. The puzzle itself is easy, and rewards you with a golden banana. There is absolutely no way I would think of deliberately inputing the wrong solution, after I received the major prize. I remember I tried to find these bananas, scouting the WHOLE map. Eventually, I had to google it.

[horhaythedragon]

Actually me and my grandma found the out of bounds beta Angry Aztec map back in 2003, but I'm glad to see somebody else finally found it!

[rayvenkman]

Chucky’s coins being out of bounds might have been a programming error that they didn’t fix in time.

[matthew]

It is hilarious to me to imagine how many random kids found this coin by playing moronically decades ago but it just was not information that could pass around.

[DaRiddler]

6:25
If Creepy Castle has Normal Difficulty Beaver Bother, I shudder to even think about what Hard Difficulty Beaver Bother would look like.

[enzuronyx]

7:00 / 7:13 / 8:18
Those shots of the hidden no logo Stealthy Snoop banana look so ominous.
It's like that thing is laughing maniacally atop that dark tower, knowing we can't get it without a hacking device of some sort(at least as far as anyone knows), complete with static noises made by the enemies in the minigame itself and a 70 second timer adding even more pressure.
Quite a fitting atmosphere for that golden banana, even if it wasn't intentional.

[Nickzstuff]

I think the most hidden collectible are the friends we made along the way

[justinianthegreat]

I actually knew about that rainbow coin. Found it by mistake and didn't even know that it was unknown to the gaming world. Of course, I've been playing it since 2000 and I didn't have internet access at my home until 2015, so I wouldn't have known what was known and unknown on the internet at the time.

[strikermodel]

I haven't heard pokemon snap music in so long. It gave me chills. Thank you for reminding me of this.

[Gruntilda-Winkybunion]

im so glad that you love this game! i love it too

[Fobb]

I appreciate the use of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger music!

[TheDylanJoyce]

I found the 203rd Banana but it froze my game…

[WestefordVT]

Childhood me feels robbed of that hidden rainbow coin discovery at the start of the video. Since...I distinctly remember finding that one, but never knowing that it was unknown to the rest of the world. lol

[RondoOfBloodX]

There’s a door in the second cave area of Angry Aztec that can’t be opened so it’s possible that there was gonna be more to the level originally.

[eedomNation]

I see Chunky watched pannenkoek's SM64 cloning tutorial.

[brycedaugherty]

I found that rainbow coin as a kid. It is a really long story and kinda silly but i never imagined that the speedrun community wouldn't know about it. I'm pretty sure I've never found anything else in this video but i haven't seen it

[HereticYoshi]

I wonder if those out-of-bounds Colored Bananas were there just so they could be placed within the actual boundaries of the level (during development, that is) and weren't removed after placement was finished.

[creador]

In fungi forest donkey has 5 bananas (without blueprint)

[professorchunky]

If that beta Aztec map is so far out of bounds in Stealthy Snoop that there’s no known way to get there, may I ask how you found out it’s there? Just a curious question! :)
I loved this video.

[kingchris]

I would LOVE to see the 2 Golden Bananas being collected! I’m not good in the hacking scene, I only use cheat codes, not making them.