MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Saw something strange on Starcade

> > Damn.I was hoping it was a undiscovered revision.OH well
>
> Just curious, to help those of us who don't really understand the world of arcade
> enthusiasts so well ... what would be the value of this undiscovered revision? Would
> you really be that excited about a version of Donkey Kong that had yellow for the
> high score text instead of red? Or was it that you'd have been hoping for some other
> differences in the revision that would be interesting? Even then, what would the
> value be? It's not like there is nostalgia to play again a revision of a game that
> you never would have played or seen before. If the timings or something had been
> slightly different, would it be that thrilling?
>
> I absolutely don't mean to belittle your interests or your enthusiasm; this is really
> meant as an honest question because I'd like to understand arcade history enthusiasts
> a little better. I read about the various obscure revisions of obscure games that are
> being discovered and talked about excitedly on the front page of mameworld.info all
> of the time, and aside from trying to infer what the excitement is about from all of
> the posts, I don't really know because I'm not part of that scene. Once again, not
> belittling it - just trying to understand better something that is a bit of a mystery
> to me. Thank you!

Are you saying if we were to discover a new revision it doesn't interest you. Look at it this way, If I were to discover a dinosaur bone in my backyard my reaction gonna be Wow a dinosaur bone .We could learn from this. Not, Another bone just throw it away. Same thing with this case. With me it's about why, was it a prototype ,A mistake, Why is that there? It's curiousity but also to preserve the understanding which is not fully understood. That's what keeps me going in the world of video gaming. These little surprises which are unexpected. Even if it turns out to be nothing.

I’m convinced Mario is a hobo.
He wakes up everyday in the same clothes, runs around in sewers, and collects coins for a living.
At the end of the day, he uses the coins to buy mushrooms