Gyromite is a puzzle-platformer developed and published by Nintendo for the NES, an NES launch title and one of two games designed for the R.O.B. accessory. Players guide Professor Hector through booby-trapped labs to collect and defuse dynamite while avoiding creatures called Smicks — using R.O.B. (or a second controller) to raise and lower red and blue gates with spinning gyros.
How To Play Gyromite
Control
Action
D-Pad (Controller 1)
Move the professor; climb pipes
A Button (Controller 1)
Pick up and carry items (turnips, dynamite)
A Button (Controller 2 / R.O.B.)
Raise or lower the red pipes
B Button (Controller 2 / R.O.B.)
Raise or lower the blue pipes
Start
Start game / pause
About Gyromite
Release date
JP (as Robot Gyro): August 1985 · NA: October 18, 1985 · EU: September 1, 1986
Developer
Nintendo R&D1
Publisher
Nintendo
Platform
NES / Famicom
Genre
Puzzle-platformer
Series
Robot Series (with Stack-Up; uses the R.O.B. accessory)
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