Sitting in my living room is Nintendo's Robotic Operating Buddy, who has not touched an NES controller in years. My curiousity piqued as to what R.O.B. mods were done, I didn't find much at all, so ...

A fan of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter R.O.B. has succeeded in getting a real-life R.O.B. toy to control its in-game likeness. It's an impressive display that speaks to the missed potential of ...

More than 30 years ago, Nintendo’s R.O.B graced toy shelves, helping usher in an age of video games that is here to stay. For the few of us lucky to own one of these relics, we’ll find that R.O.B’s ...

R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy), a Nintendo accessory from the 1980s that a Best Buy employee risked his job to save, has earned its place in Best Buy lore. The employee had posted his story on ...

To help sell people on its new console after the 1983 video game crash, Nintendo branded the NES as a complete “Entertainment System”, which included a robotic accessory that could play along with ...

Nintendo’s R.O.B. might have been a really crappy peripheral, but without it we wouldn’t have Rock Band or Guitar Hero – we might not even have Nintendo, or gaming as we know it at all. Twenty-five ...

Too busy playing video games to have a social life? No worries. In 1985, Nintendo introduced R.O.B. — otherwise known as the Robotic Operating Buddy. It was made to play Nintendo with you. In Japan, ...