In addition to the Western ROB unit, Nintendo also released a Japanese equivalent for the Famicom a few months prior, named the Family Computer Robot. It's the same device but with a different ...

It was made to play Nintendo with you. In Japan, apparently, it was the Family Computer Robot. We suppose ROB isn’t a very Japanese name. The robot was in response to the video game market crash ...

including the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System that revitalized a dying game console industry, a Rob Robot store display, the famous Nintendo World Championship gold cartridge, and some of the ...