OMG, I'm surprised no one mentioned Four Square. Person in A-Square called the rules of play which included:

Decent game
Decent servebacks
Pitty-pats
Around the World
Tea Parties between Square A and Square (B,C, or D)

Oh, but sometimes the game got rough and dirty with such rules as....

Babies
Cornercuts
Shoeshines
and the ever-dreaded SKYSCRAPERS!

The folk in my neighborhood revolutionized Four Square and made it a sho-'nuff SPORT. Ah, those were the days.

This thread is bringing back memories :)

When I was little, we played...

Hopscotch
Command games (Simon Says, Mother May I, Red Light Green Light)
Suicide (we were not allowed to play ball games at school, but we did anyway :p )
Rattlesnake
Tag and freeze-tag
Follow the Leader (the leader was invariably the head of the big clique in my class :rolleyes: )
Word games like One Potato, Two Potato (sometimes used to figure out who would be "it" for tag, sometimes played for its own sake)

Now I feel old... :p

ok, I am such a jem fan that i : 1) got the tape of the movie from half.com and 2) found a website that has all the songs from the show on it, and downloaded them onto my computer.. lol

I played everything but double dutch..
*yes, I am too black..lol*

Man kids should play games like these still instead of video games all the dang on time.

"House"
Jacks
Marbles
Paper Dolls and my favorite...
"Mud Pies"

What about:
*"I Declare War" - I was the Camden City Champion!

*Anybody remember drill team steps like:
Hollywood, Humpty-Dump, Spell Mississippi, La-Tee-Tee
~or was that just in my hood?

*Doorbell Dixie