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Post by mrmolecule on Mar 20, 2007 16:18:22 GMT -5
ROB was also sold seperately with Gyromite as a pack-in, right? When was this package made and when was it discontinued?
Furthermore, was Gyromite ever sold seperately? My cousin owns a copy of Gyromite, along with 40 other NES games, a N64, VB, SNES, NES 2, NES 1, a nearly complete collection of NP (ended 2002, however, I acquired about 70% of them) magazines, a 4 player adaptor, millions of manuals (not really), but no ROB. He plays Gyromite via controller. Did he pick up Gyromite used or as a standalone game?
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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 20, 2007 18:42:56 GMT -5
I think ROB was packed in with certain NES packs, and may have been packed in with Stack-Up. I don't think it was packed in with Gyromite.
But I may be wrong. I haven't looked that hard into it. I just know Stack-Up was the first ROB release in Japan.
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Post by Phil Bond on Mar 25, 2007 1:23:12 GMT -5
In Japan, R.O.B a.k.a. Famicom Robot was sold with Stack-Up, a.k.a. Robot Block. Gyromite, a.k.a. Robot Gyro was a seperate set. I do not know of any bundle with a control deck.
In North America, most R.O.B.'s still in existence were originally purchased with the N.E.S. Deluxe Set, which included Duck Hunt, Gyromite, and a control deck with two controllers. R.O.B. was also available sold seperately, but still with Gyromite. These two R.O.B. packages were available at the same time in 1985, the first year that the NES was on store shelves, then both were discontinued. Every American R.O.B. came with a copy of Gyromite, and every copy of Gyromite came with a R.O.B.
It breaks my heart when I see a stack of seven or so solitary Gyromite cartridges in a used game store, because they represent seven abandoned R.O.B.s, somewhere out there in the world.
Outside of Japan and North America, I don't know, but it's dramatically unlikely that a R.O.B. was ever sold anywhere in the world without a bundled game and accessories.
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Post by mrmolecule on Mar 25, 2007 14:39:37 GMT -5
Unless some crazed boozehound took it apart and has its broken pieces in a cardboard box somewhere.
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Post by Phil Bond on Mar 26, 2007 1:35:38 GMT -5
I didn't say they were all still intact. I just mean that they all existed at one point.
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Post by Wildcat on Mar 26, 2007 11:57:23 GMT -5
I'll have to check the ROB I purchased at a flea market. I didn't get a game with it, but I don't recall if the box said I got one or not. I'll get back to you.
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Post by Wildcat on Mar 29, 2007 13:15:50 GMT -5
Sorry to double post, but I did look at said ROB and mine came with no game at all. It said both were sold separately. It did come with some Gyros for Stack-Up, but the Gyromite parts weren't included with mine (so I'm assuming they were lost).
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Post by Phil Bond on Mar 29, 2007 15:23:46 GMT -5
Your random pile of flea market parts is meaningless. The issue in question refers to original packaging arrangements.
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Post by Wildcat on Mar 29, 2007 16:25:27 GMT -5
I'm referring to the official Nintendo box it came in, not the "meaningless' ROB parts that came within in. That's why I said in my previous posts "I don't recall if the BOX said I got one..." and "it said both were sold separately." Next time I suppose I'll put in that I got what I stated from the box. *shrugs*
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Post by Phil Bond on Mar 29, 2007 23:29:28 GMT -5
*sigh* Okay, if we have to discuss it... Sorry to double post, but I did look at said ROB and mine came with no game at all. It said both were sold separately. It did come with some Gyros for Stack-Up, but the Gyromite parts weren't included with mine (so I'm assuming they were lost). You say your ROB came with no game: which is insane, because you can't do anything with it without a game. Then, you say that it came with Gyros for Stack-Up, which is ridiculous, again, because you couldn't do anything with them without a game. Besides, Gyros are for Gyromite. Stack-Up is played with Blocks. You are self-contradictory and nonsensical, as though you don't comprehend the question we're trying to answer. The only thing you do convey clearly and successfully is that you want us to know you have a R.O.B. |
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Post by Wildcat on Mar 30, 2007 11:20:25 GMT -5
Look, for some reason you seem to have gotten your feathers ruffled by my posts, which I don't understand. I merely posted that the box my ROB came with states that both games that use ROB were sold separately. It's a controller-like device. NES controllers didn't come with games. You need them to play them, right? I don't see how selling ROB without a game is any different.
I don't know which parts go to what, sure, that is true and I won't argue that. However, my posts are far from nonsensical. If you're that hard-up to believe anything I'm saying, I'll take some pictures of the box to prove it. I know you wrote 90% or so of the ROB Wiki entry, but that doesn't mean there isn't a chance you might not know something.
And really, I could really care less about letting everyone know I have a ROB. All I was trying to do was contribute to the topic. My ROB came with no games, therefore there is a rather strong chance Gyromite was sold separately SINCE THE BOX SAYS IT WAS SOLD SEPARATELY. So I'm not babbling nonsense, I'm participating in the discussion Whiskers posted in the beginning of the thread.
If that bothers you this much to get antagonistic with me, then I won't touch any other posts with you involved. I certainly wasn't trying to cause problems, much less pick a fight with you. So let's knock off the "mightier than thou" attitude and try to get along, alright?
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Post by Phil Bond on Mar 30, 2007 14:32:40 GMT -5
Sorry I got aggressive. Too much communication with YouTube viewers and Wikipedia editors has made me intolerant of imperfection and uncertainty.
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Post by Wildcat on Mar 30, 2007 15:31:18 GMT -5
It's okay. No hard feelings, eh? ^_^
I can only imagine what stress Wiki editors can impose. I work at a newspaper and have a good idea of how it works, but I only have one editor. It'd be pretty crazy to have 100's, if not 1000's of people criticizing your work...especially one you're obviously passionate about.
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Post by Dasher Misire on Apr 2, 2007 18:23:35 GMT -5
*cracks knuckles for 64th post*
Famicom Robot came out in 1985 I believe. Either that or 1984. It was sold seperately than the two games, Robot Block and Robot Gyro. Over here, when Nintendo tried to pass the NES off as a toy and not a video game system, they included ROB the Robot to make it look like a neat little interactive toy. It was included with Gyromite, Stack Up sold seperately (both still being the same data as the Japanese one, just put in the NES game pak shell). If I read correctly in NP and online several times a while ago, when the NES was released internationally than just NYC in 1986 they focused more on Mario than ROB and perhaps it stopped being a bundled item.
But yes, Gyromite and ROB came with the NES for a while, then eventually the NES was bundled with SMB/Duck Hunt.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 2, 2007 18:31:44 GMT -5
It was 1985 across the board, I believe. Robot Block and Gyro Block (as well as the Famicom Robot) were also released in 1985.
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