• Doctor, the patient is here to see you

• Use all your skill and coordination to remove the patient's "ailments" with the tweezers

• If you successfully remove the ailment you collect the amount shown on your card

• The winner is the player with the most money after all the pieces have been removed

• Ailments include: Brain Freeze - an ice-cream cone located in the brain

• Without setting off the buzzer and making the patient's nose light up

• Writer's Cramp - a pencil in the forearm, Water on the Knee - a pail of water in the knee and tons more

Perform a successful operation and you earn money - make a mistake, and you set off an alarm! Cavity Sam's got butterflies in the stomach, spare ribs and writer's cramps! Remove these with the tweezers, but don't get caught by the buzzer. One or more players. Requires 2 "AA" batteries (not included).

Firstly, Gen Y parents... This is a game for 6 to 12 year olds. it's called "reading the front of the box before you buy".

Secondly, the pieces and the cavities that the pieces fit in are the EXACT same size, made of the EXACT same plastic, and is an EXACT duplicate of the game board I owned in the 70's, so stop your GEN Y whining!

The object of the game is to practice, have a steady hand and beat your opponent. It ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE EASY! Just like the Gen Y's offspring is being taught today - if it's too difficult, too scary, too loud, too ANYTHING, then it's just OK to throw it down and give up. What a wimpy generation we soon will have running this country in 25 to 30 years.

I had three kids, ages 6 to 12 over to our house and got out this game for them to play with. I helped the 6 year old some but all three ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! Obviously, they are the exception to the rule among the children being raised today...

Cavity Sam is the patient and you are pitted against your opponent with "doctor" cards that describe what part of the body to operate on and if successful, get paid. If your oppponent isn't successful, you get the next shot at the same body part but with a "specialist" card. Specialist, of course, get more money for operations than do doctors. If you touch the sides of the body cavity with the tweezers, Sam's nose lights up and a loud buzzer sounds. The person with the most money in completed operations wins!

This also teaches kids about body parts, reading, and to establish some great hand/eye coordination. Much more than, oh... let's say a Game Boy or an X Box would. Great family fun! Two "D" batteries not included...

Happy Playing!

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a classic fun game that any child can enjoy  Sep 15, 1999
This game is one of those classics you just have to have. It is great for boys and girls with a wide age range. It's good for manual dexterity and gets lots of laughs. Could be frustrating for the younger range, but you can just ignore the buzzer. The only drawback is that the pieces can get lost, otherwise we give it 2 thumbs up- (my kids ages 11,9,5 all enjoy it).

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updated classic is still fun  Jul 23, 2003 By audrey
Like a lot of people, I have fond memories of this classic game. Our cousins had it, and we were always excited when we visited them so we could play, but if we did anything to annoy them they wouldn't bring it out. Oh yes. Good times.

So we got the game out of nostalgia and we have enjoyed it. The pieces are all here -- wishbone, breadbasket, wrenched ankle, broken heart -- 12 in all. They are smaller than I remember, but that may or may not reflect reality. It runs on 2 D batteries, and when they run low the buzzer stops working. There's no on/off switch.

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Operation: Fun  Oct 05, 2001 By Amy B. Gilmore
My kids (ages 4 and 5) really loved this game. I purchased it for them because I remember playing it as a child and thought they would enjoy it. Something inside of me feels good when I see my kids playing these "classic" games. The pieces are small and not recommended for very small children. My daughters had trouble successfully reaching the object of the games which is pulling the game pieces from the patient without setting off the buzzer, but they didn't experience frustration with this because the buzzer was hilarious to them! They would have set it off on purpose anyway!

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Great FUN!!!  Dec 12, 2005 By G. Willey
I can't believe all the negative comments on here. First of all you don't get shocked, it's a vibrating game. NO SHOCK! I also agree with Sheila. People now-a-days expect everything to be easy, well this game is challaging, and it's fun. My kids 5 and 7 loved this game(as well as mom and dad). It is not an easy game so if that is what you're looking for play duck, duck, goose. This is a game that requires patience and a steady hand. My kids learned to slow down, life doesn't have to happen in a second (unless it's my five year old that is too young to play and he is just going in for the buzzer...haha). And by the way who said operating on someone was easy? If you can take the time to slow down and have a good laugh this is a GREAT game.

My kids are rough on games and we have had no problems with it. The only thing is the pieces are very small and easily lost so keep them in a baggie.

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