/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3110951
I'll explain why I like them, but at the end of the day you either find them interesting or you don't.

>Preservation
Again, some people like preserving games, be they released, unreleased, finished, or unfinished. You either like that or you don't.

I personally find protos to be intriguing. The cartridges or discs themselves were often rougher and more personal than commercial releases, labeled by hand or with a bland, printed out label. It can be fun to see a cartridge that was likely used (or assembled) by the developers themselves or by someone else within the company when either making or promoting the game. It can also be fun to see new content in a favorite game, and similarly it can be interesting to finally play a version of a game that was previously only seen by the general public by way of grainy photos in magazines. I for one would love to play that version of Rockman 4 with the Sphinx robot.