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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

Like you, in Gyromite, you were kind of running through this maze and there were like pillars that you couldn't get past.

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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

But I can't find that anywhere else except for this one blog where this guy says it's true but I would love to hear from someone if they have inside verifiable knowledge of that.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

You had to get Rob to do it for you.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

And again, he would move so slowly.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

Come back.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

Get an eye exam and your glasses made in an hour or two.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

Oh, for sure.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

And then, yeah, he would have completed that and you could advance to the next column or whatever.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

George Lucas, just let us know.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

And I mean verifiable, not, that's what I heard.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

It was a great idea.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

It was a cool concept.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

I read the same blog.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

But it's just the execution was terrible.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

Exactly.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

I knew your nerd voice was going to come up in this episode.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

But he essentially just pushed the buttons on the Player 2 controller.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

Well, sure, of course.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

So if you got tired and frustrated of waiting for Rob, you could just push the buttons on the Player 2 controller yourself and play Gyromite that way.