Robot Block / Geimos / 10-Yard Fight retrospective: Block ’em sock ’em robots | NES Works Gaiden #36

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Well, I goofed on this episode—the production order list I work for ended up getting scrambled due a copy/paste error, and I accidentally covered Geimos and 10-Yard Fight out of sequence (they shipped right after Robot Gyro, not Robot Block). This means that 10-Yard Fight wasn't actually Irem's first Famicom! Since I was on the road when I realized this during final caption edits, I couldn't rework this episode. So please look forward to next episode, where I walk it back a bit. Overall, though, the details and sentiments here are otherwise correct—Robot Block is a waste, Geimos is interesting if derivative and shallow, and 10-Yard Fight's history largely holds true. Anyway.

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NES/Famicom footage captured from @analogueinc Nt Mini Noir. Video upscaled to 720 with @retrotink339 5X.



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