What are Test Modes?
What are Test Modes?
A ‘Test Mode’ is a secret mode that is implemented into every electronic device that allows manufacturers to test the device’s functionality and sounds programmed in. For Bop It games, this can include the actions of the game, all sounds and audio voice clips put into the sound chip, lights, and some even have sensor testing. Often before you can access the sound test, you will hear a loud beep with a high frequency. That’s called a sine wave, and that tests the speaker.
When going into a Test Mode of a Bop It, you must either hold a certain combination of actions or buttons, then press in the RESET button, or remove a battery while holding actions and then reinserting the battery. Every Bop It has what’s known as a ‘Revision Number’, which is used by manufacturers if a version of Bop It had a revision with some fixes, such as a better speaker, or a very slight change in the programming.
In the Test Modes, there are many different Bop It units that have different pitches when their audio is played. These are determined by a component in the game’s circuit board called a ‘crystal oscillator’. This is typically a capsule-shaped metal piece on the circuit board. The pitches in Bop It units are determined by the size in frequency (using Hertz as a unit of measurement), where the sine wave speaker beep will either be higher or lower, depending on the frequency that was set by the crystal oscillator. The higher the frequency is in Hertz, the higher the pitch will be. Most Bop It units have an average frequency of about 1000 Hz. Newer versions of Bop It! (2009 and later) will have what’s called an RC oscillator, which is built into a microcontroller hidden under black epoxy on the unit’s main circuit board. You can find out information about the crystal oscillator from two videos on the Bop Diva YouTube channel if you click here and here, and the RC oscillator and the Bop It circuitry by clicking here.
If you want to see every English Bop It Test Mode being played from the longest one to the shortest, click here.
But, for now, if you would like to know the Revision Numbers for each Bop It, some of which are the same version but different revisions, depending on the unit, you can check the list below. The Revision Numbers will be listed in numerical order, from the lowest number to the highest.
In this list, I am including the Revision Numbers for all verified Bop It revisions, so there are plenty of Bop It versions listed here that I do not personally own.
The Bop It units listed in black are English versions that have been confirmed and verified using official units.
The Bop It units listed in red are foreign / international versions.
The Bop It units listed in blue do not have confirmed Revision Numbers. however, based on my testing, I am almost certain these are the Revision Numbers they would have had if they were officially assigned.
1 - Bop It! Button (Retail Edition) (2023)
(Mexico, Alto Puntuación) 1 - Bop It! Micro Series (Latin American Spanish) (1.0 version)
1.36 - Bop It! (2016)
1.7 - Bop It! Bounce (initial release)
1.8 - Bop It! Bounce (later releases)
2 - Simon Challenge (German Bop It Extreme 2)
2 - Simon Challenge (Dutch Bop It Extreme 2)
2 - Bop It Extreme 2 (Italian)
(Italian, Punteggio) 2 - Bop It! (2013) (Italian)
(Score) 2 - Bop It! Olaf
(Score) 2 - Bop It! (2019) (French)
2 (Netherlands) - Bop It! Beats (Dutch)
(Finland) 2 - Bop It! (2016) (Finnish)
2 - Bop It Extreme Game Pen
2 - Bop It Extreme Keychain (2003)
(Owwhhh!) 2 - Bop It! Stitch (Latin American Spanish)
(G2796 US) 2 - Bop It! Hulk
(G2799 US) 2 - Bop It! Buzz Lightyear
3 - Bop It! Button (Bonus Edition) (both color variants) (2022)
(Score) 3 - Bop It! BB-8 (2.0 version)
(Latin America) 3 - Bop It! (2016) (Latin American Spanish)
(Spanish, Puntuación) 3 - Bop It! Micro Series (European Spanish)
(Canada, Score) 3 - Bop It! XT (French)
(France) 3 - Bop It! Beats (French)
(Bop It Tetris Netherlands Version) 3 - Bop It! Tetris (Dutch)
(F9570 US) 3 - Bop It! Optimus Prime
(Refresh Germany) 3 - Bop It! (2019) (German) (4.0 version)
3 - Bop It Download
(Poland) 3 - Bop It! (2016) (Polish)
(Spanish, Puntuación) 3 - Bop It! (2013) (European Spanish)
(Extreme 5T) 3 - World’s Smallest Bop It! Extreme
(Refresh Spain) 3 - Bop It! (2019) (European Spanish)
(Denmark) 3 - Bop It! (2016) (Danish)
(Portuguese, Pontuação) 3 - Bop It! (2009) (Brazilian Portuguese)
(Norway) 3 - Bop It! (2016) (Norwegian)
(G3173 US) 3 - Bop It! Lamar Jackson
(G3175 US) 3 - Bop It! CeeDee Lamb
(G3176 US) 3 - Bop It! Justin Jefferson
(G3177 US) 3 - Bop It! Saquon Barkley
4 - Bop It Extreme 2 (French)
4 - Bop It! Smash (Latin American Spanish)
(Score) 4 - Bop It! BB-8 (1.0 version)
(Score) 4 - Bop It! Minion
(Score) 4 - Bop It!: Carabiner Edition
(Score) 4 - Bop It! (2019) (1.0 version)
(Score) 4 - Bop It! (2019) (German) (1.0 version)
(Bop It Tetris French Version) 4 - Bop It! Tetris (French)
(Refresh US) 4 - Bop It! (2019) (3.0 & 5.0 versions)
(Refresh US) 4 - World’s Smallest Bop It! (1.0 version)
(XT Second Mask) 4 - Bop It! Extreme (2022)
(French) 4 - Bop It! Smash (French)
(French) 4 - Bop It! (2016) (French)
(German, Score) 4 - Bop It! XT (German)
4 - Bop It! Stitch
(Spain) 4 - Bop It! (2016) (European Spanish)
(Bop It Tetris German Version) 4 - Bop It! Tetris (German)
(Sweden) 4 - Bop It! (2016) (Swedish)
(G3172 US) 4 - Bop It! Josh Allen
(G3174 US) 4 - Bop It! Patrick Mahomes
(G0611 French) 4 - Bop It! Stitch (French)
(Score) 5 - Bop It! (2019) (2.0 version)
(Refresh US) 5 - Bop It! (2019) (4.0 version)
(Refresh US) 5 - World’s Smallest Bop It! (2.0 version)
(Alto Puntuación) 5 - Bop It! (2009) (Latin American Spanish)
(Refresh Lat. Am.) 5 - Bop It! (2019) (Latin American Spanish) (3.0 version)
5 - Bop It Keychain (2000)
(G3430 US) 5 - Bop It! Bluey
(Bop It Tetris Mexico Version) 6 - Bop It! Tetris (Latin American Spanish)
(Score) 6 - Bop It! (2013) (German)
6 - Bratz Bop It
(Spider-Man US) 6 - Bop It! Spider-Man
(Micro US) 6 - Bop It! Micro Series (2.0 version)
(Micro MX) 6 - Bop It! Micro Series (Latin American Spanish) (2.0 version)
(Score) 6 - Bop It! (2019) (Latin American Spanish) (1.0 & 2.0 versions)
(France, Score) 6 - Bop It! Micro Series (French)
(Japan, Tokuten) 6 - Bop It! (2009) (Japanese)
(Bop It!) 6A - Bop It! Baby Yoda
(Brazil) 6 - Bop It! Smash (Brazilian Portuguese)
(Score) 6 - Bop It! (2009) (German)
(Micro ES) 6 - Bop It! Micro Series (European Spanish) (2.0 version)
6 - Bop It! XT: Carabiner Edition
(Spanish, Alto Puntuación) 6 - Bop It! Minion (Latin American Spanish)
Z6 - Bop It! Stitch (German)
(Mexico) 7 - Bop It! XT (Latin American Spanish)
(Portuguese, Pontuação) 7 - Bop It! (2009) (European Portuguese)
(F8159 US) 7 - Bop It! Leonardo
(Score) 7 - Bop It! BB-8 (3.0 version)
(Refresh Brazil) 7 - Bop It! (2019) (Brazilian Portuguese)
7 - Bop It Keychain (2004)
(Score) 8 - Bop It Blast
(Score) 8 - Bop It! Chewie (1.0 version)
(France, Score) 8 - Bop It! (2013) (French)
8 - Bop It Extreme 2 Keychain
(Score) 9 - Bop It! Groot
(Bop It!) 10 - Bop It! Darth Vader
(Spain) 10 - Bop It! Beats (European Spanish)
(Refresh Canada) 10 - Bop It! (2019) (French) (3.0 version)
10 - Bop It (2002)
10 - Bop It Pen (2006)
(Score) 11 - Bop It! R2-D2 (1.0 version)
(Germany) 11 - Bop It! (2016) (German)
(Score) 11 - Bop It! Chewie (2.0 version)
11 - Bop It! Jump Mat
12 - Bop It Extreme 2
15 - Bop It (1997)
(Score) 16 - Bop It! R2-D2 (2.0 version)
(Score) 19 - Bop It! (2009) (initial release)
(Score) 20 - Bop It! (2009) (later releases)
(Score) 23 - Bop It! Micro Series (1.0 version)
(US) 24 - Bop It! Smash
(Bop It! Tetris US Version) 24 - Bop It! Tetris
(Score) 28 - Bop It! XT
31 - Bop It! Maker
32 - Bop It! Beats
32 - Bop It! Freestyle (German Bop It! Maker)
32 - Bop It! Maker (Latin American Spanish)
32 - Bop It! Maker (European Spanish)
64 - Bop It Extreme (1999)
64 - Bop It Extreme Keychain (2000)