Wacky Wire

Growing up I spent way too much time in amusement parks, carnivals, arcades, etc... I loved and still love playing games that give me tickets or stuffed animals. At one time I was mastering and beating games that were giving out huge stuffed animals (or lots of smaller ones) that I was able to then turn around, sell them and make some extra money. I wasn't able to retire obviously, but my passes to these amusement parks were paid for and every family member, girlfriend, friend, etc... had every stuffed animal or redemption prize they could want.

Wacky Wire was one of the first major games I learned. When I say major I mean that winning this game back in the day usually meant winning a stuffed animal the size of an adult. The huge snake I use as a target in my Nerf videos I won for $2.00 at wacky wire. I haven't played wacky wire and lost in probably 10 years.

That's Wacky Wire. Basically you take the stick with the circle in the middle and navigate the circle around the wire all the way to the bottom without touching. The wire will be spinning counterclockwise as you try to do this. Sounds easy and it really is until you get to the bottom.

I think it's easier to explain with a visual aid. If you have a pen, pencil, stick, etc... at your desk grab it. Now hold it with both hands, holding it on each end. Now imagine there's a circle in the middle of your pen and you are maneuvering it down the wire. Got it? This should be fairly easy, but it is new so there's a chance you may hit the wire the first couple of times. No problem. A couple of bucks for a lifetime of stuffed animals. Just do your best to keep the wire in middle of that circle as you go down.

Notice how when you are going down your hands are on the left and right side of the game. This is key to learning the trick at the bottom. Now if you keep your hands in that position it's almost impossible to win this game. You're gonna just chase the wire around and around and most likely your left had will hit the bottom of the game board and you will hit the wire.

See the part of the wire at the bottom where it kinda bends in like an elbow? When you get to the bottom, be patient and wait for that elbow to face you. When it does move your left hand to the north side or back of the game. If you are still holding your pen then you will notice that moving your left hand to the back causes your right hand to move to the front. That's perfect! So instead of your hands being to the left and right (or east and west) of the game at the bottom they need to be at the back and front (or north and south).

With your left hand back your right hand is now in position to smoothly follow the wire around the bottom and into the elbow for the win!

Here's a video of it being done by DarthWill. I should of had him exaggerate the trick at the bottom. It's easier if you exaggerate it anyways, but he's been winning this game for years with me so he barely has to change his hand movement. Also, the slower the rotation, the easier it is to get away with not changing your hand position. This one was moving very slow.