Started by Quinn Harlow (@quantum_quinn) ·
R.O.B. the robot was a trojan horse
After the crash, American stores didn't want to stock video games. So the NES launched in the US as an 'Entertainment System' with a robot and a light gun, so it looked like a toy and not a console. R.O.B. only ever worked with two games.
5 sources · 29 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “why did nintendo make rob the robot”
- Ended at
- “rob robot compatible games gyromite stack-up”
The Trail
- “why did nintendo make rob the robot” (google.com)
- R.O.B. (en.wikipedia.org)
- Video game crash of 1983 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Nintendo Entertainment System (en.wikipedia.org)
front-loading like a VCR, on purpose
- “rob robot compatible games gyromite stack-up” (google.com)
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