Gaming Archaeology: R.O.B. for NES

[mattafields]

how much did these cost and how much now ?

[BIONICBOI123]

highway R.O.Bbery

[teletran0x0]

Great video! Thanks.

[lilbeaveymac]

my mind has now stopped,nes is the most advanced gaming system ever,my ps3 cant move at all,its a rock basically.

[WeirdBrainGoo]

Omg that tune... THAT TUNE AT THE END OF THE VIDEO!!! GAHHH!!!! O.O

[johneymute]

does rob only sence white licht or can it sence all colors and move his arms in accordance to those colors onscreen????

[ShadowScorpios]

@SuperSureno13 that's highway robbery. A japanese version on ebay costs 300 dollars, while an american version with parts can go for 50 to 100 bucks

[Ryoku75]

@ShadowScorpios I just grabbed one for $26, including shipping.

[foodcrumbs]

i just see an virtual boy on the shelf in background at 00:31

[SuperSureno13]

i bought one with all the gyromite parts for 20$ works perfectly

[ShadowScorpios]

Wall-E can burn in hell! They should make wiiware games that need r.o.b., then resell him for a low price so people today can enjoy him in real life.

[photoshopluvr13]

He looks like WALL-E!!!!

[TKDGabriel]

He is cute as hell!! hahahahahaha

I WANT ONE!!

[TheSmashbros45]

@TKDGabriel my cousin said the same thing

[hypershadic2]

r.o.b is cool,man!!!!!!!

[ZonifiedPLUS]

I checked out Ebay just to see how much Stack Up was going for because I might get it.

Then I saw it was going for $500. Too rich for my blood!

[wiithepeople2]

It was called the F. C. R.

[Whitecroc]

He's so cute!

[KickingAssDaily]

If I was still a kid and seen this I would have shit myself seeing how awesome this is.

[krocialblack]

ROBs a cute little fella. =3

[TypicalJoe1900]

What are the first 14 seconds from?

[Corristo89]

37 people enjoy hearing ROBs noises

[KeithWasHere1]

Johnny fives retarded little brother lol

[ih8nubsathalo3]

I want to see rob (i know he can't) play Simon's quest... LOL

[bowserboy3]

that coloured round thingy is like the rob bls on mario kart ds

[BlueTiger368]

wow ultamate games in the past but with older graphics

[SSJSonicguy]

Lmfao at the end XD

[sparkster7744]

@SSJSonicguy

 6:37 xDDDDDDDD

[5tonyvvvv]

rob was a marketing scam 2 fuckin games..and it sucked,,u dont need rob

[XxDaRkPhAnTaSy]

has just bought 1 of these with a mint nes and the gyromite kit

[rvcblkdrgn]

I have a R.O.B. that powers on and moves when I power him on, but the LED light does not come on and it does not work properly because of this I am assuming. Does anyone know how to repair one?

[iTzBrOtHeRs]

you are nerf

[noizyme]

I loved all of the ideas of having robots do everything in the 80's. Reminds me of Maxx Steele.

[TheHackerExpertGamer]

I want to buy R.O.B. but he is expensive.

[luno44]

does it take C size batteries? all toys in the 80's took C

[LMTLF]

Phil Bond................ Caleb Goessling

[cashallen]

Dude R.O.B. is so sick by 1986 standards. For the win dude!!

[mussasy]

all really noising !!!!!!!!

[mechking4511]

i want rob for ds, like a little figure that reacts during certain games and controllable on a special function or something.

[vampov]

I want to make love to that thing

[HalSamuel]

Seriously, if Nintendo made a new R.O.B. for Wii, I'd buy it even if it was expensive.

[ilikepie442]

R.O.B. looks liek Johnny 5 from Short Circuit....then Wall-E

[Xyle911]

I want a r.o.b

[sugaclw]

thnx i now know wot he's 4

[boktor666]

wow dude, when i first saw rob appaer in Wario Ware Touched, and then in Mario Kart DS, i knew he was special. So i had to find out what it was, turns out to be a console accesoire, something i never thought. Rob Pwns in Mario Kart

[Burt521]

Wall-eeee

[ajax1099]

r.o.b is on super smash bro brawl!

[cordell1999]

@ajax1099 yep

[RayJones123456789]

Phil Bond's other account?

[faketrout]

@RayJones123456789 Phil Bond and I collaborated on this video and it was posted here before he had his own youtube account. I'm holding the camera and provided all the equip.

[RayJones123456789]

@faketrout Oh that explains thanks.

[5tonyvvvv]

@faketrout rob was a marketing scam 2 fuckin games..and it sucked,,u dont need rob..so slow!!!..lol

[cfire176]

robs smart

[bubbly196]

thanks for this video, my older brother had one of these back in the day but I never knew what it did… I probably made it all girly and used it as an E.T. while playing with my Barbie dolls =0P

[7013032]

R.O.B. is my favourite character in SSBB. I didn't know what R.O.B. is, but now i know.

[hateWinVista]

@7013032

Robotic Operating Buddy(The original name)

Family Computer Robot (For Japanese FamiCom.Aka FCR,sounds like fu*ker.)

or

Robot Of Boring

And it only WORKS for 2 GAMES.(759 NES games total with licensed and unlicensed.)

You spend 300 USD (Present price,cuz it's rare now.) or 60 USD (Past price.) on a piece of ... cool robot that only works for 2 GAMES and eats 4 AA batteries.

It's a really cool collection for NES fans,I guess AVGN has one.

[CartoonCollantes]

hahaha this is badass i want one! XD

[MoldyAngle]

@CartoonCollantes don't we all? :D

[V1cLMF]

@MoldyAngle I dont

[TheSquiglyProduction]

He gets powers on super smash bros. brawl

[TheBrandenwhitcomb]

better than irategamer



[Juicetinfeb]

when u turn on transcribe and when he says holy shit thats wrong it says pollution thats wrong XDD

[Ninjazap1]

It'd be so awesome if they did this for wii. Then they could make some good games with him.

[GrayWoIf]

I always thought that rob was just a random character that Nintendo invented for Mario Kart DS well at least the Mario Kart DS one is a lot faster than the real one :D

[kain1297]

i want a R.O.B accesory for wii

[Itsover90]

Wow. ROB is pretty awesome.

[Flash11I19]

He looks so cute <3

[tails230]

Interesting accessory.

Although he his credited for being slow, it's fascinating to see something like that for a NES.

[GodSlayerXIII]

i was 7 or 8 thats 20 years ago and i dont have any idea how this thing works,

so what i did is MOD the Spinner and use the Gyro as TOPS,

so i use our WOK or large frying pan...

YEY Spinning top battle~!!!!

[lordofthepies7]

it was a market gimik before nes came the video game buisness nearly went under they put him as a toy so the games will sell in the toy section in the stores.

[smileuronfire]

this is the most amazing thing ive ever seen!! i dont know how ive never heard of rob

[Dooku64]

Worst accessory ever!

[Rathemighty]

Cool!

[cYw1982]

i have one of this R.O.B...

anybody want him?

[juggler5]

@cYw1982 i am EXTREMELY interested. please give me more information!

[AerionOmega]

@cYw1982 i will take him, if u still have him, email me at aerionomega@yahoo.com or anyone who has vintage gaming gear for free. email me.

[DoctorTopper]

Looks actually quite fun, except for the stacking blocks game appears too complex for even me, so I doubt I would have the patience for it as a kid. I could hardly play Dr. Mario (Pac Attack & Bustamove were fine).

[Orrenn]

Man... I would have loved R.O.B. as a kid! Unfortunately, I didn't even know he existed until he appeared in Brawl, at which point I got curious and looked him up. I doubt I was the only one who had a funny look on his face when R.O.B. first appeared for battle in Brawl.

Incidentally, even though he's noisy, annoying, clunky, and only actually functions in two games... I still think he's so cool!

[bombkirby]

@Orrenn

I think most people found out about the lil dude in Mario Kart DS as he was a playable character. Plus Mario Kart DS was out way before that game.

[Orrenn]

@bombkirby I wouldn't know. I never played Mario Kart DS. I've always just stuck to consoles for my kart racing fun. So in my case at least, Brawl was the first time I had ever heard of R.O.B. And I doubt I'm the only one who skipped over Mario Kart DS to discover the character in Brawl.

[kamikaze9699]

My god, ROB would've made me want to strangle people as a kid- glad I was too poor to afford it LOL

[KIFulgore]

I think ROB would have been more useful if he transmitted data to the NES through a wire (to the controller socket) instead of performing physical actions. I'd bet his eyes are just like a couple Zapper lenses.

[doddsino]

I bought one of these the other day for $20, I'm only missing the red/blue tray.

[Dreamcastecuador]

Wow!

Muchas gracias por mostrar el funcionamiento de ROB ...!

Aunque nunca llego a mi pais me hubiera gustado tenerlo :D

[GrumpyPandaFilms]

So strange. I remember seeing one of these in a pawn shop ages ago, but I had no idea what it was. Thanks for the education.

[legofans452]

I wish I had one of these. It'd be sick if they made a newer version for the Wii.

[doddsino]

I was thinking the same thing

[r3ini]

R.O.B's one day will slave the human race, and take over the world!

[pannoni1]

One of the main draws during the early part of the NES era was this device (Mario wouldn't be important until sometime in 1987). Duck Hunt and Gyromite were the two original games to come with the NES.

[carlindo12]

waall e *--*

[sumaran72]

try buying r.o.b on amozon wow i should have kept mine when i had one,

[gpellis1]

i used to have the deluxe nes set. i had rob. im going to recollect this stuff. i miss the old days lol

[pipelayer77]

My brother will be listing a huge nes lot on ebay with rob a new nes, new nes game and system cleaner alot of nes games in the original packages with all there paper work around 30 games, he also has the game genie still new, the power pad his ebay id is just_fun_hobbies message him before he lists it to see it first. He is going to listed it tonight or tomorrow.

[8supernits]

i want one of these so bad :(

[legojunk96]

OMG i just bought one of these today!!! no nes though:(

[123456cephiro]

its cool and so complicated XD

[Theonegamefreak]

Need R.O.B. for Wii.

[awesomepeople100]

@Theonegamefreak thats exactly what i was thinking.

[JackBond1234]

@Theonegamefreak I see a Club Nintendo virtual remake.

[carmanino]

@Theonegamefreak they have that?

[Theonegamefreak]

@carmanino No, there is no ROB for the Wii.

[carmanino]

@Theonegamefreak would be a cool hack or just make it!

[Theonegamefreak]

@carmanino Agreed. 

[Loonmightthecoyote1]

@Theonegamefreak i thoght that to cuz it was the wii is how i fond out about it

[daggereye89]

wow... hope AVGN reviews rob some day...

[Theonegamefreak]

@daggereye89

AVGN: Boy, ROB brings back good memories, BUT WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING? THE CONTROLS ON THE GAME ARE SO BAD I'D RATHER FALL A STEAMING SHITPILE OF BULLSHIT, etc.

[clemenza1234]

@daggereye89 I'm pretty sure he's reviewing him for his 100th episode special. I can't wait!

....as for the robot, holy shit. I remember him being so cool.....but never understood why my cousins never wanted to play with him. My god......

[bo093]

@daggereye89 he just did.

[Blockization]

@daggereye89 He has!

[Ionic457]

@daggereye89 your wish is granted! his 100th episode he does ROB!!

[MrBumpits]

@daggereye89 Kinda cool how he did eh?

[Mr8bitgamer]

@daggereye89 he did!!

[TheRealGaucelm]

@daggereye89 He did.

[imadude98]

HELP!!!!! when i turn on my rob his lite does not lite up and he allways wants to turn his arms left!!! (pleas respon)

[imadude98]

oh wait never mind. he just has a lose cog or something that prevents him from going left...

[WeaviletheGreat123]

R.O.B

Robot Oogly Boogly

[colinroxanduknowit]

i have the ROB robot, with everything including the instructions, battery covers and game. Only thing i dont have any more which i know i did a couple years ago but when i was cleaning i VERY STUPIDLY threw out the gyro spinners :( Works great though other than those are missing

[MrNintendofan1985]

man ROB is so cool! and complicated...but oh so COOL!

[jjb1011jjb]

i got a rob when i recieved my nes free from a family on my street who were moving away and knew i was a game collector

[fishdude333]

i did the opposite!!! HAHA!!

jumps off cliff

[Neodudeman]

Build a fullsized rob, and he will brawl for you.

[kingryan30]

they should make 3d gyromite and stack up games and a new rob for wii

[c1rcu1tn3rd]

Hmm. A bit slower than the smash bros version, lol.

[kiba465]

i hate that they only did 2 games for him its kinda fun play with him xept hes so damn slow xD

[TarnDarkBlade72]

OMG thats so loud!

[onefineline]

can anyone explain to me what the point of using ROB while playing gyromite is? I still don't get it.

[Niggah15]

rob was meant as a 2nd player to play around with

basically an old form of Artificial intelligence

[t540c]

that prety cool

[ZangarAloesta]

remember this guy OMG, i still have him downstairs in my basement box of NES,

i would sit down for hours with him and my nes

but my god he is Cute,

I hope he's updated.

[8supernits]

man i am a collector and i soooooo want a rob but they dont sell them anymore except on ebay i wished i won the lottery for one

[BRAKESUK80]

hi

iv just got myself a rob but it hasnt got the stackchips and the arms that they have to be moved onto.were these included in the original rob package or were they sold seperately?some one please get back to me - thanks

[gmcnewlook]

it was a neat concept however like most of nintendos innovations they usually dont takeoff.

[unknownkiller00]

i think rob should be upgraded to the wii he is the hero of gaming without him videogames might not have bin here today

[bowgun84]

cool rob makes a cameo appearance in

f zero gx

[connorxx99]

i heard that there is a r.o.b that reacts to tv

[rebryant66]

R.O.B. came with my very first NES in 1985 when I was 18 years old. It was my second console my first was Atari. These days I'm playing Xbox 360. Wow how things have changed.

[check86]

When ROB is low on power he becomes self-aware.

[DeeperBlueX16]

looks like a piece of crap, but i got to say.

ROB looks cool.

[GamerWatcher]

Did you just contradict yourself? XD

[gapooooo]

can you still get r.o.b

[hilbilly4]

NO man R.O.B is a Collector Item now its old as hell but VERY Valuable

[AdrenalineAddict610]

Valuable? MAN I got a deal when I got it for $5!

[hilbilly4]

So we care if you got it for 5$ It costs more the a nickle bill still it's valuable

[WeirdCandycain]

ROB Is the best

[oreoheroe]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa godd

[Mr8bitgamer]

The R.O.B. is cool!!!

I don't have a R.O.B. because it's very hard to find one R.O.B. I looking on Ebay.

[METALMAN4Wii]

There on there but they can be very expensive. for one in good working condition with all it's parts !

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

Your ideal gamer is useless and a waste of time! Sure, experiencing old art is good, but it isn't necessary to having good taste in games and having the ability to analyze and judge the goodness of the games you play. Being a gamer is not about 'the classics', it's about the art.

[NikkiTreetail]

scince the gyros are realy heavy no wander they do so much damage in brawl

[fastlane250]

I have the tray for tghe controller with the red and blue buttons on it. It came in a box of nes stuff I got at an auction.

[KommissarSchneider]

=D nice

I want to have a R.O.B.!!!!

[Plan9wood]

Umm dude you where doing a fine video until you did the speed up part. I really don't know how the game works and right at the part where you could have explained you got all silent and then fast forwarded past it and I still know nothing. .................Fail

[EmperorChupacabra]

"Fail". You say that word with no regard for it's meaning, not to mention you use it in sentences incorrectly.

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

Dude, people use that word that way all the time. If enough people speak a certain way, that speech becomes valid.

[EmperorChupacabra]

That's a rather flawed logic...

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

How so? Language is defined by use, any other way destroys artistic language.

[EmperorChupacabra]

Well then, I guess English is fucked.

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

What do you mean? Please clarify.

[EmperorChupacabra]

Since chatspeak and 1337 are becoming more common, english is going to go down the tubes and people will have conversations consisting of "LOL" "ZOMG" "ROTFL" "haX0Rz" and other ridiculous words and phrases.

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

People already do have conversations like that. There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying those things.

[EmperorChupacabra]

It depends on who you say it around...

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

If saying those things is ever a problem it's the listener's fault.

[EmperorChupacabra]

Good point, but anymore no-one realizes that.

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

This video is showcasing the R. O. B., not explaining it.

[elcaballerosolitario]

were did u get him

[MNC122703]

what is the point of the spinner?? if he just droped the disk on the button will it not go if its not spinning

[faketrout]

its spins them like a top. if they were not spinning, they would fall down.

[SuperMikeXP]

It's amazing where nintendo back in the early 80's had some low class technical stuff, but they never cease tp amaze me when they pull out some great awsome stunts like rob, zapper, power glove, super scope and the wii.

If nintendo would just take some of the older players seriously and made some awsome games for us, I woudn't minf spending nearly 200 bucks on the wii, but 70% of the games aren't

cutting it these days.

Though I still am a nintendo fan all the way.

[TwilightArts]

That thing moves like a slug and is also slow as hell. However, awesome and innovative for its time. Have to get one someday.

[superpaIkiagalaxy]

were can i get one?

[HoodlandSk8tr]

Well most likely the only choice is eBay, I got a NES controller from there, they have everything for the NES pretty much, also the games are from $0.50 to $13.00 :^)

[bar9t]

dam that thing is loud..also..kinda slow

[MingtheCat1]

I wish I have R.O.B! D:

[Monkeycuteness56]

i hope they give rob his own game on the Wii!

[speedboosterinc]

They really should

[kuraimen]

Sony is apparently going to release a R.O.B-like thing for the PS3

[domsax01]

F*ing thieves.

[LuigiLuigi09876]

Microsoft is going to make a Wiimote like thing for the 360

[ivanquarman01]

rob can't get any better than what it already is

they should make a newer better version of rob for the wii