Gnip Gnop

Gnip Gnop (pronounced with hard Gs) is a two-player table-top game in which the players try to get all six balls to the opponent's side first. The game begins with three balls and three levers per sides. The levers are for shooting 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. The game is enclosed in clear plastic to keep the balls from flying out.

Gnip Gnop was designed by Marvin Glass and Associates for Parker Brothers. It was originally released in 1971.Fundex Games produces a slightly modified version of the game. Fundex filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2012.

The name is the backward spelling of "Ping-Pong," the common name for table tennis to which Parker Brothers also owns the rights.

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Gnop!

Gnop! is a freeware computer game created by Bungie. It was a simple Pong clone written and released nearly 20 years after the original. The name Gnop is Pong spelled backwards. The game was created by Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian in 1990, almost a year before Bungie's official incorporation, but bore the Bungie name on itself and was referred to as "Bungie's first game" in official Bungie materials. The game proved reasonably popular among Mac gamers because it was free and user-friendly. Seropian also sold the source code for the game for 15 US dollars.

Gnop! was later included in several compilations of early Bungie games, including the Marathon Trilogy Box Set and the Mac Action Sack.

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