“Test your reflexes with this ball-rolling game”

It's amazing how the simple things can sometimes be the most enjoyable, and Drop Off is testament to that.

The game has nothing in the way of graphics or sound, or even color and yet it's virtually impossible to put down. Your mission in this one is to roll a ball down a series of platforms by dropping it through the hole in each one.

Sounds easy right? Well, it's not because the platforms are scrolling upwards all the time and if your ball gets caught on a platform when it reaches the top of the screen then it's game over for you. To make matters worse, the scrolling gets faster and faster th longer you keep going until you're pretty much just relying on luck and reflexes rather than any conscious skill.

At first I thought it was easy, and managed to rack up a whopping 100,000 points on my first go, but it then took me ages after this to replicate it. And that's the beauty of this game - you'll keep coming back time and again to try and conquer your own personal best and this becomes equally infuriating and mesmerizing.

The graphics are awful, there's no sound and nothing in the way of options, yet Drop Off will have you hooked for hours.

Languages:

English

OS requirements for Drop Off:

OS: Palm OS 5.0

Minimum requirements:

Java Websphere Environment

Pros

Original gameplay
Utterly addictive

Cons

Poor graphics
No game options

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From the publisher of Drop Off

Drop Off is a simple game designed to test your reflexes. The object of the game is to move the ball in order to make it fall through the lines. It proves to be a fun way to pass some time while you're out and about. The game runs on most MIDP 1.0 or higher and autosizes to any screen size.