By following a series of commands issued through voice recordings produced by a speaker by the toy, which has multiple inputs including pressable buttons, pull handles, twisting cranks, spinnable wheels, flickable switches, the player progresses and the pace of the game increases.

Based on concepts originally patented by Dan Klitsner,[3][4] Bop It was licensed to Hasbro[5][6] and further developed there by a number of designers including Bob Welch.

[9] Other studies have shown that it is the Bop It's ability to mimic engagement in social behavior that has led to its commercial successes.

With all models by KID Group, the team have managed to find voice actors to record the voice for the most popular languages in the world such as French, German, Italian, Latin American Spanish, European Spanish, Danish and Portuguese.

[12] In 1998, Hasbro copyrighted its instructions for the Bop It Extreme, describing the underlying patents as "pending."

Volume controls were added, and the method of score reporting was changed to using plain English.

[23] This member of the Bop It line has three game modes: Solo, Pass It and One-on-One and has 15 levels of difficulty.

[25] Hasbro also added a multi-player game called "Party" where all the Bop It commands are replaced with body parts like "foot", "hip", and "arm".

[25] After securing the copyrights to the instructions in 2009,[28] Hasbro made announcements regarding the newest member of the Bop It game line, entitled Bop-It!

[31] In early 2013, the Tetris Company signed a deal with Hasbro to make Tetris-themed games with their brands.

[citation needed] A special Silver edition was also released in late 2013 only in the United States.

[35] It uses the three basic commands Bop It, Twist It and Pull It and it has two game modes: Solo and Pass It.

On June 23, 2020, Hasbro announced a new Bop It Yoda (The Child) based on The Mandalorian TV show.

On June 29, 2022, a video on YouTube by Lucky Penny Shop was released, along with an article from another sourced about a Bop It shaped like Darth Vader with the voice of Emperor Palpatine calling the commands.

In January 2016, a YouTube channel called KidToyTesters released a video of a working prototype of the game.

These actions include Whip It, Drink It, Selfie It, Comb It, Answer It, Saw It, Hammer It, Cradle It, Sing It and Golf It.

[citation needed] The game is the first and only Bop It to have a motion detector that detects when to change the batteries.

was presented at the 2022 IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Florida,[43] developed by Sega Amusements International.

[46][47] Mini versions of several Bop It models have also been released throughout the duration of the series to be used as keychain carabiners and pens.

This game is substantially similar to the "Beat Bop (with musical commands)" mode, except that the "Pass It!"

[54] The popularity of the Bop It line encouraged Hasbro to release a number of sister products.

Zing It is a yo-yo-style audio game that, like Bop It, issues commands with which the player must comply.

Like the two Bop It Extreme games, Zing It has a maximum score of 250 and is announced by a horn, followed by a crowd clapping.

[15] With its instructions copyrighted in 1999, the Top It is a kendama-style audio game developed by Parker Bros. (under Hasbro) that also issues commands which a player must respond to with the appropriate action.

[55] The Torx is an audio game developed by Big Monster Toys under Hasbro that was released in 2000.

[56] The game has two twistable circles and two bendable arms that can bend in different angles 90 degrees.

Every 15 points, the game will announce "Torx Challenge" and give the player a sequence of commands to memorize.

The challenge mode is similar to the one in Top It and Zing It and the player must start the sequence after Torx says "Ready, go!".

[citation needed] Groove It is an audio game made by Hasbro whose instructions have been copyrighted in 2003.

As the game progresses, it issues eight new moves: "the chop", "the zip", "the flow", "the car wash", "the rock 'n' roll", "the kung fu", "the swirl" and "the hip hop".