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| publisher = [[Parker Brothers]] 1971-, [[Fundex Games]] 2005-

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'''Gnip Gnop''' (pronounced with hard G's, as in Swedish ''gnista'') is a two-player plastic table-top game, consisting of a sides- and top-transparent rectangular enclosure containing six plastic balls. The enclosure is bisected into two chambers or zones by a similarly transparent barrier having three holes slightly larger than the balls. At each end of the unit a player uses any of a row of three hinged paddles to shoot the balls up a slightly inclined plane through the holes into the opposing player's zone. The game begins with three balls on each side. The object is to win the game by rapidly shooting the balls until the moment all six balls end up in the other player's zone simultaneously.

Gnip Gnop was designed and named by [[Joseph M. Burck]]<ref>US Patent 4,191,374</ref> of [[Marvin Glass and Associates]] for [[Parker Brothers]].<ref name="bb100204"/> It was originally released in 1971.<ref name="ct711130"/> [[Fundex Games]] later produced a slightly modified version of the game.<ref name="is060314"/><ref name="demfun"/>

'''Gnip Gnop''' is a two-player table-top game in which the players try get all 6 balls on to the opponent's side first.

The name is the backward spelling of "[[Ping-Pong]]", the common name for [[table tennis]].

Each side has three levers that can shoot the balls to the other side. Between the two sides is a plastic barrier with the holes slightly larger than the balls. There are three pink balls and three green balls.

==References==

The name is derived from [[ping pong]] spelled backwards.

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<ref name="demfun">{{cite press release |url=http://demo.fundexgames.com/pressreleases.php?year=2005&pressId=32 |publisher=[[Fundex Games]] |title=Fundex Games has it all and more! |access-date=2009-08-21 |archive-date=2011-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711054013/http://demo.fundexgames.com/pressreleases.php?year=2005&pressId=32 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="ct711130">{{cite news |first=Joan |last=Beck |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |title=A Game Way to Become President |page=B3 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/597921002.html?dids=597921002:597921002&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131165834/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/597921002.html?dids=597921002:597921002&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |date=November 30, 1971 |accessdate=October 5, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="is060314">{{cite news |first=Josh |last=Duke |work=[[Indianapolis Star]] |title=Game company makes move to a new headquarters |page=W1 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/indystar/access/1771692251.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131191737/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/indystar/access/1771692251.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |date=March 14, 2006 |accessdate=October 5, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="bb100204">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Frauenfelder |authorlink=Mark Frauenfelder |work=[[Boing Boing]] |title=Book review: The Art of Ditko |url=http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/book-review-the-art.html |date=February 4, 2010 |accessdate=October 5, 2012}}</ref>

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==External links==

* [httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX2bqI--c-k Gnip GnipGnop ad from 1970s] on [[YouTube]]

[[Category:Parker Brothers games]]

[[Category:Children's board games]]

[[Category:Board games introduced in 1971]]

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