The game has six modes: Action, Action Pass It, Classic, Classic Pass It, Beat Bop and Beat Bop Pass It. During a level (except bonus rounds) the player can earn a life back if they smash another blue light after smashing an amber.

As the player passes the game to the next player, the game will play a short melody and then the intro beat will play again before the next command.

Zing It is a yo-yo-style audio game that, like Bop It, issues commands with which the player must comply. In 1998, Hasbro copyrighted its instructions for the Bop It Extreme, describing the underlying patents as " pending. You can play competitively against yourself or others, trying to complete as many moves as possible correctly when directed by Bop It! Each time you respond correctly, you'll hear another command, and they keep getting faster and faster.

My ds is 6 and he just finds it too hard so would have been very disappointing as a present for him.In the Classic mode, there are four rounds and each of the two has a different set of songs that the game switches between.

With its instructions copyrighted in 1999, the Top It is a kendama-style audio game developed by Parker Bros.

Partially reliant on the original Bop It 's 2000 patent, the Bop It Extreme 2 also relied on the newly issued 2001 patent describing the layout changes that had been adopted for use in the Bop It Extreme. My six year old finds them (we have a couple of variations) far too difficult and soon loses interest. In addition to these characters, Hasbro have released a Bop It Olaf and a Bop It Chewbacca [39] in 2019. This particular Bop It has a glitch on which if the player reaches a six-command pattern in the DJ Expert and Lights Only mode, the game will make the player fail.