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Hands Down
by Ideal
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This memory was added on: June 10,2006
We had this game when we were kids - and yes, it was the coolest game ever! We never had any problems understanding the rules - it wasn't that complicated I don't think. Anyway, this game was long ago forgotten about until I found a vintage game at a yard sale today and just had to buy it to show my kids. Only problem is that the instructions aren't in the box, so I've joined the ranks of "those who never quite knew how to play" lol - maybe I'll check with my sister if she remembers the rules. It is always such fun to take a trip down memory lane.... :o)
Janice
1958
bohojo1-stuff@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 8,2006
hands down. Does any one know how to play??? I think this game would be a lot more fun if we actually knew the rules! ha ha ha Does it even come with instructions? I found it in the basement. It's like 10 years old.
This memory was added on: May 27,2006
I have fond memories of this game from when I was a child...loved the game! I guess when you are young it is a blast! It seems a little silly now that I am an adult...although what a classic game. I found it at the Goodwill store for 88 cents intact except for the instructions - so excited to find it and for the price! Thank you for posting the instructions!
Betty
1957
This memory was added on: April 13,2006
I brought my old game home with me last year and play it every once in a while with my friends. It's still fun! As for the rules, you just deal 4 cards and take turns drawing cards until someone has a match. When they do, they put their hand on the slap-o-matic. The person who had the match draws a card from the last person to hit the slap-o-matic. You avoid the joker and try to pass it on to someone else. My joker is bent and barely held together, probably from my friends not wanting to get this card!
Dale
1958
dray6603@aol.com
This memory was added on: April 12,2006
someone put the directions on this site if u have them .would be apprecciated by all
paul noah
10/01/72
gowiinfaster@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 18,2006
People are asking how it was played--I know it came with a card deck, and it seems that somehow you'd draw cards, perhaps like "Go Fish", trying to get pairs...and every now and then, you'd get a "Hands Down" card and that's when everyone was supposed to hit the game piece, and whoever's "hand" got there first won it?? Something close to this.
Kent
1963
This memory was added on: February 10,2006
I know I played this game but I cant remember the point of it just alot of slapping. Does anyone remember the object?
dafuzzie
1964
This memory was added on: November 13,2005
Hi
My sister and I had this game, many hours of fun with it, but does anyone remember the Archies, jug head and the gang? Sue
Sue
1962
sujkling1@aol.com
This memory was added on: August 7,2005
Loved this game with my siblings. Have played it for hours with my own children. No matter how many times you've played it, you still get flustered and y ou still laugh.
PJ Hedrick
1961
pjeanhedrick@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 20,2005
My Grandmother bought one of these games for my older sister; I happend to find it yesterday. We never knew how to play it, and there is no instruction manual. I want to play it with my 4 year old...does anyone know how the game is to be played?
rodrick
1973
rdewberry@aerotek.com
This memory was added on: March 7,2005
Me and my sister got one for Christmas one year we played with it to death, it was so much fun that when I was grown and had my child I wanted to share that fun with him so found one at Toys R Us the little s*** hates games so needless to say havent played it much, maybe when he has kids they will play with me.
Bev
1960
bevice2002@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: January 16,2005
We got this for Christmas about a hundred years ago. It looked so cooool on the comercials! I remember my brother in law reading the directions and they called it the "slam-0-matic". I still giggle about that...ah the good old days!
Sandy
1961
simpler-times@msn.com
This memory was added on: November 18,2004
I am with Karen, this was a stupid game!
Lill
1963
This memory was added on: October 24,2004
Mark and I got one of these for Christmas in the late 60's or early 70's. We played this one alot together and with neighbors. No doubt about it, this was one of the most exciting games e had then. I was bad to make a fake move to make Mark slap the hand.
Don
1956
ugfromdennis@webtv.net
This memory was added on: August 31,2004
The first game my brothers, my oldest sister, and I got for Christmas. My uncle was trying to teach us to play, and it wasn't my turn yet... I kept saying, I have it I have it!!
Debbie
1960
dju4him@cox.net
This memory was added on: July 7,2004
Hi, I had this game and played it with my parents since I was an only child.
Dan
1957
Bartstarrr@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 27,2004
Man, what a bunch of cynics. :)
This was one of our favorites as kids. And we never had trouble understanding how to play it! My daughter has had one for years now and we still love to get it out and play. Even my husband enjoys it.
But her grandmothers never have quite understood it. I think it's b/c they're always busy talking and don't pay attention to the game???????
independencedaybaby
1961
pjh0704@cs.com
This memory was added on: February 24,2004
Another mindless wonder by Ideal. Did anyone actually figure out how this game was suppose to be played? I can still remember the commercials for the game, and they made it look like it was the coolest game to play since battling tops. I remember wanting it so bad that I bugged my parents for months before getting it for Christmas. Played it a couple of times and got tired of it real quick. It sat around in the closet along with Milton Bradley's Don't Spill The Beans Game collecting dust. Too bad I didn't keep it, I could have sold it to some mindless wonder on ebay and made a fortune.
Bill
1962
This memory was added on: December 20,2003
I think this is a classic "no one ever really knows how to play it game."
1965
This memory was added on: November 28,2003
My grandmother used to love to play games with us, but our favorite by far was Hands Down. She never completely understood the rules to the game and her reaction time was so much slower than ours, we knew we always had a better chance of winning! She was a good sport about it, and even years later we would laugh with her about how she could never get it!
Wendy
1956
This memory was added on: November 20,2003
This game was one of my sister and I's favorites. Last year I bought it for my kids and they keep wanting to play it.
Denise
1960
dlharry@certainty.net
This memory was added on: July 28,2003
I remember when I was a child. My friends got sent home because everybody playing the game when they went to slap there persective hand. One of my friends missed and hit my cousin. Who had a bad temper he went bolistic and starting slapping everybody ! (It's a good thing we were not playing lawn darts ! ) It was a cool game but not to be played if your spastic cousin is visiting .
Bill
1964
billyre@earthlink,net
This memory was added on: July 8,2003
i found my fathers hands down when I was a child.. it has been through 2 generations, yet still NOONE knows how to play... just SLAP silly. i do remember being amused for 10 mins though!
bex
1981
bex@yada-yada.com
This memory was added on: June 6,2003
We had the game but I never knew how to play. I just slapped the hands.
Neal
1961
This memory was added on: June 4,2003
I hated this game..i wanted it until i actually got it..yuck
karen
1969
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