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The electric buzz wire game was invented by Robert (Bob) Scrimshaw in Yorkshire in 1953. Bob was an electrician for RAF ground crew during WWII repairing planes, and was known as a very skilled electronic engineer. In 1953 Bob’s close friend John Waddington asked Bob if he could make a game for his garden party, and Bob created and brought ...
Wireball is a street game related to baseball, usually formed as a pick-up game, in urban areas of the United States. The equipment consists of a pimple or pensie pinkie ball and a convenient place in a street or driveway where an electric power line or group of power lines bisect horizontally. The rules come from baseball and are modified to ...
Operation is a battery-operated game of physical skill that tests players' hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.The game's prototype was invented in 1964 by University of Illinois industrial-design student John Spinello, who sold his rights to renowned toy designer Marvin Glass for $500 and the promise of a job upon graduation, which was not fulfilled. [1]
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While they do so, their partner must hold up a metal loop so that it does not touch the surrounding buzz wire. Each time the loop touches the buzz wire, the team member stacking the blocks gets electrocuted. If the stacking team member is unable to withstand the electric shocks, they can unplug the buzz wire to forfeit the challenge.
The title translates to Ucchannanchan's Flaming Challenger: Irritating Electric Stick. The game features six increasingly difficult wire mazes which the player has to guide a stick through without touching the walls. The player is awarded crowns from bronze to platinum depending on how fast they can beat each stage.
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EM games typically combined mechanical engineering technology with various electrical components, such as motors, switches, resistors, solenoids, relays, bells, buzzers and electric lights. [1] EM games lie somewhere in the middle between fully electronic games and mechanical games. EM games have a number of different genres/categories.