Gyromite
…aka. Family Computer Robot: Gyro Set (Japan)
Information
You direct the Robotic Operating Buddy to pick up and move spinning gyros onto buttons in order to open red and blue doors on the game screen.
Game Modes
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Game A
Professor Hector has to collect all the dynamite in his lab before the timer runs out. ROB has to open the blue and red doors to let Hector through. Along the way, Hector must also avoid Smicks, who run around trying to bite him. You can drop Turnips to distract the Smicks.
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Game B
Professor Hector is sleepwalking through his lab, and you have to make sure he gets to the exit safely. You do not control Hector directly, so you must make sure he moves out of the way of danger. You get points depending on how long you stay alive in each stage.
Player Characters
Professor Hector
A mad scientist whose laboratory has been rigged with Dynamite. He will have to direct the Robotic Operating Buddy (R.O.B.) to open the red and blue gates in his laboratory in order to defuse it. In Game B he is sleepwalking through his lab and R.O.B. has to guide him to safety.
Professor Vector
In the 2 Player game, the second player takes turns as Professor Vector.
Enemies
Smick
A greedy little Bug that lives in the professor's laboratory. He loves to bite professors, but his favorite food is turnips. If you feed a Smick a turnip then it will leave the professor alone. You can defeat Smick by luring him into a gate and then closing it on him suddenly.
Items
Dynamite
There are 6 bundles of dynamite hidden in each stage and sometimes they are invisible. You have to collect all 6 in order to clear the stage.
Turnip
The Smick's favorite food. The professor can pick it up and drop it wherever he wants. If a Smick comes across the Turnip he will leave the professor alone while he eats it.
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