Operation is a battery-operated physical skill game that tests the hand-eye coordination of the player and fine motor skills. This game prototype was discovered in 1964 by John Spinello, an industrial design student from the University of Illinois at the time, who sold his rights to a game for Milton Bradley for $ 500 and a promise of work after graduation. Originally produced by Milton Bradley in 1965, Operation is currently made by Hasbro, with an estimated $ 40 million worth of franchises.
This game is a variant of the ancient electrification wire circle game popular in the night market in the United States. It consists of an "operating table", a lithography with a comic resemblance of a patient (nicknamed "Cavity Sam") with a big red light bulb for his nose. On the surface there are a number of openings, which reveal holes full of fictitious and funny plastic-made diseases. Common gameplay requires players to remove this plastic disease with a pair of tweezers without touching the edge of the cavity hole.
Video Operation (game)
Gameplay
Operations includes two sets of cards: Specialist Card is distributed evenly among the players at the beginning of the game.
In the US and Australian versions, players take turns taking Card card, which offers cash payments to remove any particular disease, using a pair of tweezers connected to the wire to the board. Successfully removing the illness is rewarded according to the dollar amount shown on the card. However, if the tweezers touch the opening metal edges during the effort (thus closing the circuit), the buzzer sounds, Sam's nose turns red, and the player loses his turn. The player who holds the Specialist card for the card then tries, gets double the cost if he succeeds.
Since there will be times when a player drawing a certain Doctor card also has a matching Specialist card, the player can deliberately undermine the first attempt to try a second experiment for a multiple value.
This game can be difficult, because of the form of plastic disease and the fact the opening is barely larger than the pieces themselves.
- Adam Apple : an apple in the throat ($ 100). "Adam's apple" is an everyday term that refers to the thyroid cartilage around the larynx that becomes more visually visible during puberty.
- Broken Heart : shape the heart with a gap through it on the right side of the chest ($ 100). The phrase "heartbreak" refers to an emotional feeling in which a person is very sad for reasons such as breaking up with a romantic partner.
- Crumpled Ankle : wrench on right ankle ($ 100). "Wet ankle" is an alternative term for a sprained ankle.
- Butterflies in the Stomach : Large butterflies in the middle of the torso ($ 100). The name comes from feeling in the stomach when nervous, excited or scared.
- Seribu Lima : two ribs together into one part ($ 150). "Spare Ribs" is a piece of meat or dish prepared from the piece.
- Water on Knee : one bucket of water on the knee ($ 150). Colloquialism for fluid accumulation around the knee joint.
- Funny Bones : cartoon-style bones ($ 200). The reference to the everyday names of the ulnar nerve which itself is regarded as a play on the anatomical name for the upper arm bone (humerus).
- Charley Horse : a small horse leaning near the hip joint ($ 200). A "charley horse" is a sudden spasm in the legs or feet that can be cured by massaging or stretching.
- Writer's Cramp : pencil on the forearm ($ 200). A "writer's cramp", which is a curable pain in the wrist by resting it.
- Ankle Bones Connected to Knee Bone : Rubber bands should be stretched between two pegs on the left ankle and knee. This is the only non-plastic part in the game and the only card that requires players to enter rather than delete something ($ 200). This name is taken from the African American "Dem Bones" spiritual.
- Wish Bone : a wishbone similar to a chicken located on the left side of the chest ($ 300). A "wish bone" is the everyday name for Furcula which is a bone found in birds and some other animals. Traditionally, chicken furcula can be used by two people to make the desire to compete.
- Bread Bucket : a piece of bread, with a small notch taken from the top to hold ($ 1,000). The word "breadbasket" is a slang language for the stomach.
- Brain Freeze : ice cream cone located in the brain ($ 600). Referring to the experience of "brain freezing", the headache feels after eating frozen desserts and ice drinks too quickly.
"Brain Freeze" was added in 2004, when Milton Bradley gave fans the opportunity to select new songs to be added to their original game the year before. Voters are given three choices and can vote through the company's official website or by phone to get a $ 5,000 shopping opportunity. The winning part beats the tennis elbow and the stomach grows.
Maps Operation (game)
Other versions
The children's play show on Saturday 1964-1965 in the morning Shenanigans has a three-dimensional live opera game, as one of its challenges.
In addition to the traditional board version of the game, Milton Bradley also produced a handheld version that has a screen on Sam's stomach.
It also has PC games produced in 1998.
In 2001, a brain surgery version was released, requiring the player to pull pieces off Cavity Sam's horrible head, within 15 seconds. Sam's nose lights up after time runs out.
In May 2004, the Shrek version of the game was released.
2005 saw the release of the Simpsons version of the game, featuring Homer Simpson speaking operated by doctors Julius Hibbert and Nick Riviera of the Television Series. In-game items include Bowler's Thumb , Foot in Mouth , and Rubber Neck . When a player misses, Homer shouts or says one of his typical lines is like "D'oh! Or" This is not good! ".
In December 2006, the Spider-Man version was released in which players operate on the Marvel superhero.
In early 2007, a version of SpongeBob SquarePants was introduced, featuring game pieces like "shoehorn" and "Krabby Patty's fun center." The SpongeBob SquarePants version was re-released in 2014.
Then in 2007, Hasbro released a different version of the original game called the OPERATION Rescue Kit where participants played four different timed games with three skill levels. Each skill level reduces the amount of initial time. Cavity Sam has a heart monitor in this version, and players can pump oxygen into it to get more time.
In early 2008, Hasbro featured another super Marvel hero when releasing an Incredible Hulk game edition to promote the Incredible Hulk feature film from Comic Books. In 2010, Hasbro also released an Iron Man version of the game to promote Iron Man 2 .
In August 2008, Hasbro released a version of "Silly Skill Game" featuring 13 different sound effects for each different section. Here the winner of the game is the player who managed to get rid of most parts.
The Doctor Who version of the game was released in the United Kingdom, where players had to "operate" a Dalek.
In 2010, Hasbro released a version of Toy Story 3 featuring Buzz Lightyear as a patient. This follows the release of the feature film Toy Story 3 to the cinema. Other Pixar films were promoted in 2011, when Hasbro made Car 2 editions including Mater tow trucks. USAopoly released the Family Guy version of the game featuring Peter Griffin as a patient. USAopoly also released the game version of The Nightmare Before Christmas (featuring Oogie Boogie as a patient) and Rudolph's version of The Red Nosed Reindeer of the game (featuring Abominable Snow Monster as patient, with Bumble roar and Rudolph's nose illuminating when the player touch side).
At the Game Game Night show held by Todd Newton, a segment called Operation Relay was played, in which two families competed one after the other. Family members take turns pulling pieces from the oversized operations scoreboard, and then run through obstacles to finally place them in a container at the end of the course. If a player fails to pull a piece without touching a side, or knock it over an obstacle course, they must move to the back of the line, and turn the next person. Each section is worth a certain number of points, and any team that gets the highest score when the time expires wins. Also at the event is Operation Sam Dunk, where families play a skee ball to collect the most points possible. Each family gets two turns and the team with the highest score wins the game. For the third season of the event, Operation was introduced, where one family can win money to shop by issuing pieces to get up to four scrolls and then play the skee ball in the same way as in Operation Sam Dunk.
In 2013 Hasbro introduced Doc McStuffins and the Despicable Me 2 version of the game. The version of Despicable Me 3 came out in 2017.
The Star Wars version came out in 2011 featuring R2D2, with the updated released in 2015 featuring BB8 to promote The Force Awakens .
References
External links
- Operation on BoardGameGeek
- Operation Homepage in Hasbro
- The giant version of the game
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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