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Gyromite 5 Screw NES is the five-screw cartridge of Nintendo’s 1985 Robot Series game for R.O.B. Help Professor Hector collect dynamite, with R.O.B. or a second controller working the pillars. You get the loose cartridge only, no R.O.B., gyros, box or manual. Ships within 2 business days.
| Platform | NES |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Condition | Loose Cartridge |
| Availability | In stock |
Gyromite 5 Screw NES is the five-screw cartridge of Gyromite, one of the two games in Nintendo's Robot Series for R.O.B. It arrived in October 1985 as part of the NES Deluxe Set. This listing is the loose cartridge only, with no box, manual, R.O.B. or gyros.
Gyromite and Stack-Up are the only two games published for R.O.B., the Robotic Operating Buddy designed by Gunpei Yokoi. Gyromite was packed in the Deluxe Set with the Control Deck, R.O.B., the Zapper and Duck Hunt. That set launched in the New York test market in October 1985.
You guide Professor Hector, who must collect dynamite before time runs out. He cannot jump, so he can only grab dynamite by dropping down onto it. Dinosaur-like creatures called Smicks block his path. Hector can also pick up radishes, which attract the Smicks when he drops them.
R.O.B. works with two heavy spinning tops called gyros. He sets them on red and blue buttons that press the A and B buttons of the second controller, and that raises or lowers the colored pillars. In Game A you press START before each command. In Game B you do not. A Direct mode lets you practice with R.O.B. without playing the game.
Because R.O.B. only presses A and B on the second controller, the same pillars can be toggled by tapping A and B on a standard controller. So you can play this Gyromite R.O.B. cart with two controllers if you do not own the robot. On the shell: early NES cartridges used five screws and later ones three. Check the photos to see this Gyromite 5 screw cartridge before you buy.
Browse all NES games. Our standard Gyromite listing does not specify a shell type. The other Robot Series game is Stack Up, and you can find the robot itself as ROB The Robot. Read about R.O.B. and Gyromite on Wikipedia.
Do I need R.O.B. to play Gyromite?
No. The pillars respond to A and B on the second controller, so a standard controller can do R.O.B.'s job.
Are R.O.B. or the gyros included?
No. You get the loose cartridge only.
How was Gyromite first sold?
It came in the Deluxe Set with the Control Deck, R.O.B., the Zapper and Duck Hunt, which launched in October 1985.
What makes this listing different from your other Gyromite?
This one is the five-screw cartridge shell. The photos show the exact cart.
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