Much better when connected to the mains electricity. My sister was taken to hospital after losing at a game of this.

I have this game but it's on Game Boy Advance.

I find this is a funny game to play when you have adults who have had a few drinks, way too funny!

There's a Spongebob version of this. I played it at a shindig last October. 2 of my little cousins shared the same birthday (That day, 1 was 1, and 1 was 8) and I played it. It was FUN!!!!

Milton Bradley's Operation game goes back to 1964, and was first introduced on ABC-TV's Saturday morning kids game show "Shenanigans," hosted by comedian Stubby Kaye (on 9/24/64). The game show was played on a life-size game board, with an Operation component within. Milton Bradley and Peter Paul candies were the only sponsors. Surgical probes were battery powered. A smaller version of the game still available today. Original 1964 cost was $7, gradually went up over the years.

Found a YouTube video of "Shenanigans" (the ultimate in 30-minute commercial) in which Stubby Kaye has a boy contestant play Operation...not the board game, but on a life-size dummy with the features of the home game. This aired on 10/2/65 over ABC. 39 episodes were filmed in all (26, season one; 13, season two). "Shenanigans" always trailed the rival networks' cartoon shows in the 10e/9c time slot. ABC replaced "Shenanigans" with reruns of the "Porky Pig" cartoon show in January, 1966. Time Bomb was another feature game on the show, a favorite of Kaye, and Kenny Williams, the announcer. Milton Bradley ruled back then.