Evan Ratliff

Well, notably robot because that's what all anyone cared about at first.

Yeah, for sure.

Like at CES, the NES system was sort of to the side and everyone was just trying to get their hands on Rob and play Gyromite, which I'm telling you, you got to just spend five minutes watching Rob play this game

Yes.

So how, though?

Which story is true?

Well, the story that I think is true is that they didn't want to invest, and they said that, you know, we're not going to throw our money at every little thing that comes along.

We want to be a little more discerning.

Yeah, that one hurts.

Because it shows the split screen of the TV screen of what's happening on the game, which really isn't much.

That hurts more than the other story.

The other version was that the people who could sign the contracts were out of town when George Lucas came by to offer them the franchise.

And then Rob just very slowly picking up these spindle tops and making them spin.

And now that I'm saying it out loud, yes, that's a ridiculously dumb story.

Yeah, and was it the Game Historian video that really kind of went into detail about how Rob played and setting up his accessories and everything?

Them actually turning down the Star Wars line is even better.

It's even sweeter.

Like, man, what were you guys thinking?

I watched a bunch of them, yeah.

But, I mean, there's lots of stories like that.