About Peg Drop

A tall field full of round pegs, some of them gold. Aim the launcher at the top and fire: the ball drops under gravity and rattles down through the pegs, bouncing off each one it meets. Every peg it touches lights up, and when the ball falls out of the bottom the lit pegs clear. Clear every gold peg within ten balls to win the board.

A dotted guide shows where the ball will go until it first touches something; after that it's up to the bounces. A purple bucket slides back and forth along the bottom, and a ball that drops into it comes straight back to you. Plain pegs are worth ten, gold ones a hundred, and every fifth peg a single shot lights raises what the rest are worth — so a ball that zigzags all the way down the board can score more than ten careful ones. Clear the board and every ball you have left adds a thousand.

Thirty levels grow from eight gold pegs to more than twenty, with big bumpers from level six; stars for clearing with balls to spare. The daily board is the same for everyone and ranked by score, and a shot still in the air when you leave plays out to its end.

Tips to win

• Use the guide to make your first touch a gold peg
• Shots down the middle of a crowd light the most pegs
• Watch the bucket: a ball that ends in it costs nothing
• Save a ball or two for gold pegs stranded near the edges