Drop Off

Drop Off

In-game screenshot
Developer(s) Data East
Publisher(s) Hudson Soft
Platform(s) TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console
Release date(s) 1989
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single player

Drop Off is a puzzle video game developed by Data East.

Summary

The game was originally released in 1989 for the PC Engine under the title Drop Rock Hora Hora, and subsequently saw a stateside release in 1990 for the TurboGrafx-16 console. It was released on the Virtual Console in North America on July 30, 2007 and in Japan on August 28, 2007.[1] It was released on the Virtual Console in Europe on August 3rd, 2007. The publisher was G-Mode, which currently owns the rights to the defunct Data East's games. The Virtual Console version has been delisted in early March 2012.

The game is a Breakout clone, where the player moves a paddle back and forth in order to destroy pieces of fruit.[2]

References

  1. "Virtual Console Titles" (HTML). Hudson Soft. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  2. "Drop Off review" (PHP). The Virtual Console Archive. Retrieved 2007-07-13.