User blog comment:Random-storykeeper/Pit of Concerns: Decompilation/@comment-1455034-20140408030756/@comment-1455034-20140411033939

Oops, I was partially wrong. In Go Go UFO, it serves no purpose, but for Dirk Valentine, it was likely created for a purpose. The presence of a pound symbol likely confirms this, as no other Nitrome game has a pound symbol character in it.