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Original Bop-it

Release Year

1996, 2002

Manufacturer

Hasbro

Creator

Dan Klitsner

The Original Bop-it was the first ever Bop-it game made by Hasbro. It was made in 1996. It consisted of three commands. The high score system consists of a twist sound and bangs and you can also change the modes by pulling it before starting a game. A cymbal crash means Vox Bop, a high pitched ratchet means Beat Bop, which plays the sounds but is also Pass It mode at the same time. A downwards whistle means Solo Bop. The gameplay, industrial design, sound effects and voice were all designed by Bob Welch based on Dan Klitsner’s original concept. Several sound effects including the scream and the drumroll were taken from sound effect CD's that Bob used at Parker Brothers in the 90's.

A version of Bop It was re-released in 2000. This version had a distorted speaker resulting in crackling sounds in the audio. However, some units that were sold in the US later before the game was discontinued fixed the speaker problem. This re-release looks identical to the original, and it speeds up a lot faster. It was re-released again in 2002 but this version has a similar look to the Bop It Extreme 2 and it also has the changed shapes from that game and is slightly lower pitch. However, all Bop It game units were manufacturered to have different settings on the clock speed resistor resulting at random pitches on each unit. This has also been the same thing for newer Bop It's but Bop It Tetris and Bop It Maker all had the same pitch. The original Bop it made a comeback for it's 25th anniversary since Hasbro and Super Impulse have made a new deal to make the world's smallest Bop It. It was released as a pocket version using the original design similar to the Bop It pen and keychain version.

Music[]

The music starts in a slow beat, but the beat gets faster once the commands start getting said. The music is drum beats alone and a low pitched synthesizer melody that plays a tune for Pass It and a victory tune on either scoring 100 or 200 points. On the 1999 release of the OG Bop It, the game will sound the victory celebration on a score between 100-199. The synthesizer melody is a gret indicator if the batteries are running low.

Commands[]

• Twist it
• Pull it
• Bop it
• Pass It

Since the Original only had room for 5.8 seconds of sound in its chip, there was no room for comments in this Bop It. Comments started with the Bop It Extreme.

References[]

Used in the Cody Ko music video "Bop It"

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