It states on Wikipedia that every Gyromite cart was packaged with ROB.  Is that true?  I've seen normal boxes of this game on Ebay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromite

I believe it's the other way around. Every ROB was packaged with a Gyromite cart. The game was sold by itself as well such as this auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-NES-Video-Game-Gyromite-Complete-rare_W0QQitemZ200038353997QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4315QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The stand alone ROB did not come with a game. There are two versions of Gyromite. The regular version, and a big box version that came with some pieces for ROB.

Um...so that's:

Some ROBs came with Gyromite.
Some ROBs came without Gyromite.
Some Gyromites came with ROB.
Some Gyromites came without ROB.

:-?

Oh...and:

All Gyromites did not come with ROBs.
All ROBs did not come with Gyromites.

Quote:

Virtually every unaccessorized Gyromite cartridge represents a lonely R.O.B., out there in the world somewhere.

I thought that didn't sound right.

That was the same auction I was looking at, Hounder. :)

The big boxed gyro is kinda hard to get, you hardly see it complete. Stack Up is much easier to obtain.

but if some gyromyites just came in a normal box (with no extra stuff), then where were you supposed to get the gyromyte pieces from to use with ROB?

I always thought gyromite came in the following:

Deluxe Set with ROB (This was the regular box version)
By itself (This was the big box version)



The only reason I could think of that they might have offered a regular boxed version is for people who may have lost or broken their copies...

Wasn't the small box Gyromite included with the Deluxe set?  Early consoles had  boxes for the games that came with them...

Okay, the timing here is perfect:

Last night in Game History class, my instructor brought in his ROB like he said he would.  But he brought in the whole Deluxe Set box!! :o I was impressed as he still had the games in their original boxes! :o

The system even came with an extra 72 pin connector.  This was the first time I've ever seen a working ROB in action - & yeah, pretty lame, but still interesting.  Of course, people in the class were being idiots. >:(

wrote on 14. Nov 2006 at 16:12:

Of course, people in the class were being idiots. >:(

I can imagine. I think people are just taught to hate on things, doesn't matter if they're new or old, but it helps if it's something dated. I play my NES on the big screen in my store and about 1/4 of them respect and enjoy, 1/2 ignore and the last 1/4 wonder why I'm not playing a PS2 game; why I'd hook that antique up :)

Well if it helps, someone brought in a PS2 (with only a demo disk, I think) & people were hating on that.

this may sound dumb but, how do u play gyromite?  :-/  ive got a few copies but i cant figure it out

If you don't have a ROB (even if you do) plug in two controllers.  The first controls Dr. What'shisface & the second controls the gates.