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Back-N-Da Day!
I've been volunteering at a community center with children between the ages of 8 and 11. Well, spending time with these kids has taken me back to my childhood. I was amazed that double dutch, tag, marbles, etc. are still being played! Tell me GC members what were your favorite games to play before playstation and dreamcast!?!
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jacks
pick-up sticks dolls "teacher" http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif did anyone have a doll that was made out of a coke bottle and the hair was made from rope? Neither did I, but one of my older friends said they used have that. LOL |
Rock em Sock em Robots
Hot Wheels (I think our parents just kept the tracks around when they couldn't find a belt. I know some of y'all feel me) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif Electric football |
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http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif And doubledutch, tag, freeze-tag, hide and go seek, 1-2-3-4 Redlight!!, hot bread and butter, chicken fight. |
mother-may-i (i tried to teach my little cousins this game...what a mess!!!)
red rover duck-duck-goose hide-n-go-seek (or freak, depending on age and where you grew up) and we would race a lot |
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I loved to play:
steal the bacon duck-duck-goose freeze tag man-hunt redlight greenlight dungeons and dragons ------------------ |
i've never heard of "steal the bacon" but it sounds funny
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Freeze tag
Atari Nintendo B-B-Bridges (ouch) Kick ball Hand Ball Store Church (yes I played church) Talk show Lip sync double dutch |
Making mud pies...Playing with my Baby Alive...Hop Scotch and Hand games like
Tweet a lit a leet... |
Any form of tag (freeze, chain, or regular)
Double Dutch Hop Scotch Kick Ball Capture the Flag Red Light, Green Light Red Rover Mother May I Leapfrog Hand Games The Ultimate Childhood Love Connection: Dodge Ball (you know you always got hit by the boy who liked you) Played by Children Everywhere "That's My Car" |
"house" (complete w/ Easy-Bake oven)
hide and seek Barbie (black Barbie of course) tag 7up ding-dong ditch jacks simon says jump rope/ double dutch Nintendo (the ORIGINAL) Ahhhhh........the good ole days......(singing)"back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again....." |
Rock Teacher (you sit on the porch and the "teacher" has a rock in her hand and you have to guess which one. The one who guesses goes up a step. the person who makes it to the top becomes the teacher.
Atari-precursor to everything-remember it was just the two lines with a ball-like a tennis game. Double dutch- Irish was underhanded. Travel Tee and Out (jump rope game) |
Hopscotch(sp)?
Hide and Go Seek Jacks Scrabble Duck-Duck Goose Red light-Green Light Kick Ball etc., etc., etc. Gosh! This brings back so many memories. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif |
Yes! Yes! Yes! I am so feeling you on this! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif
Lovely: Atari-precursor to everything-remember it was just the two lines with a ball-like a tennis game. I think it was called pong or something like that. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Riley (edited July 07, 2001).] |
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Games that I would play before playstation or dreamcast (which I don't have) UNO Monopoly Barbie (back in the day) Anything on the computer Spades |
A Journey Down Memory Lane
That's my Car (still play it today by myself while driving) Dodgeball Kickball O-U-T Out, Freezetag Hairdresser Church (I know better know but we even use to pass out and act like someone was catching us) House Teacher Jump Rope (school) Hand Games (grown women still secretly play these games) Ms Mary Mack, I don't wanna go to Mexico Tweet a lil leet, Down by the bank Ms Suzy had a baby, I am a little church girl ------------------ 29 Jewels of N.V. # 1 Delta Delta Chapter |
I'm surprised no one mentioned some of these ones:
(Maybe they are too new school http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif) TV Tag Mug Hide-and-Go-Get Get the man with the ball(A lot more violent than it sounds) 60 seconds in Heaven HORSE Kickball This is bringing back some memories. I'm bout to go play 60 Minutes in heaven. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif BTW, Anyone ever play Sleepers? That is one I didn't play till I got to college. |
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Jem, the barbie with pink hair was my favorite. I had Jem pajamas and everything. I know I'm not the only one that would get cereal just for the prize. How about Cricket, the talking doll, she was like My Buddy and Kid Sister. And Kenya, she was a doll with magic lotion.
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marbles
Catch a girl and....her http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif |
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LOL!
I am seriously feeling this topic! I remember playing "hide and go seek" in 2 different age ranges. When we were very young (5-10), it was one game. When we got a bit older, (early-mid teens), it became something ALLLLLLL together different ... and ya'll know what I mean. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif On another note, my sisters used to play a game called "Chinese Jump-rope" ("jump in, jump out, jump side-to-side, jump on, jump out, jump in") with long strands of rubberbands. Any ladies feeling this or was it primarily a Chicago thing? ALSO - for the fellas - did anybody used to make "hot-rods" ... with wood, and buggy wheels? (I'm probably SERIOUSLY dating myself with THAT one!) Another one for the fellas ... "Strike-em-out" (Two people ... a ball, a bat, and a "strike-zone" box drawn on the wall.) For everybody: Dodge Ball/Bombardment Whew,I feel like an old man! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/redface.gif ------------------ IotaNet Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Eta Chapter, Spring, 1980 Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity Zeta Nu Chapter, Spring, 1979 [This message has been edited by IotaNet (edited July 14, 2001).] |
I don't have any sisters and the only female cousin that lived in BR is 11 years younger than me so I hung out with the fellas...
Dodge Ball Kick Ball Marbles Baseball It Touch Football (until the neighbor hood boys started to get out of line) |
Singing Erykah Badu's "Back in the day when things were cool..."
Man, this brings back some memories!
I used to play all the games, particularly: At Home: *Hide & Go Seek (we would hide on roof tops and in trees and stuff--the game took place across the entire block!!! :eek: ) *Hide & Go Seek in the Dark (played in the house w/out the lights on) *Freeze Tag *Double Dutch (remember "outdoors or indoors"?) *All the Hand Games *All the Command Games (Simon Says, Red Light Green Light) * Grocery Store (with my Play-Do, we would make food and stuff) *With my Barbies (make them go on dates with Ken, make them fight over Ken; man that used to be fun) *All the Card Games (UNO, Speed, Gold Fish, etc.) *That's My Car (I still do it now, too) At School: *Tetherball *Handball (that was MY GAME!!!) :) *Four Square *Hopscotch *All the Double Dutch games (including the Chinese One) *Flag Football *Racing *Edited for Spelling* |
Duck Duck Goose
Red Light Green Light Shoot the duck(roller rink days) Although spades is still played today my uncles started me early :D |
Kill the Man
Sideline Hit (street football but if they caught the ball by the grass median, you could blast the guy) |
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Hopscotch Barbie (I had her salon and all :rolleyes:) Teacher - I always had to be the teacher or in some directing role. JUmp Rope Mother May I Simon Says Red Light Green Light Red Rover WHOT (card game) Monopoly Numerous Hand Games Tumbling (I'm not sure how to describe - Involved spinning or something, on these metal bars) Dancing contests Being a kid was too much fun... |
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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.
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"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 |
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