Electronic Darts- All Good Except “Beep, You Lose”
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I mean, it’s humiliating enough to be consistently beaten by the youngest son, but at least he’s somewhat gracious about it. The board just beeps and announces that it has won yet again.
I was skeptical of how well it would work. The board is full of little holes, and the tip of a dart must enter a hole in order to stick. But for some reason the darts do just that about as often as sharpened darts stick in a wooden board. It’s a little safer than brass darts. The darts are still sharp enough that someone could get hurt if directly hit with one, so use the same general precautions as with any dartboard.
There are supposedly 65 games that it’s programmed to play and score. Some of them are variations of the same game, or designed for teams. Truly different games are 301, Cricket, Scram, Count Up, Round the Clock, Killer, Double Down, All Fives, Shanghai, Golf, Football, Bowling, Baseball, Steeplechase, Shove a Penny, Nine Dart Century, and Green vs Red.
The only thing that is bothersome about the electronic scoring is that if someone accidentally goes out of turn the machine can’t deal with it, and you pretty much have to start that game over, or figure out where everyone was and finish scoring that game by hand.
It’s also tricky to get it programmed for the game you want...just a bunch of scrolling through options, but once you learn which are your favorite games it gets easier. We keep the book nearby though. There are too many letter-number sequences to remember if you don’t play often.
There are five skill levels if you chose to play against the computer.
Most games can be played with up to 4 players, but for team play it can score for four 2-person teams (8 players).
It comes with 6 darts, extra “feathers” (plastic) and a package of tips. The tips can get bent or even broken. More spare parts can be ordered from Regent-Halex
We’ve had it for 3 years, and it only gets occasional use, but so far everything has worked fine. I’m sure this isn’t a board for real dart pros... but for quality adult family play it has served us very well.
Three AA batteries are required, and an optional AC adapter is available. The board must be mounted properly on a stud, since it is fairly heavy. If you buy this at Christmas, or some holiday, plan ahead if you want to be able to unwrap it, throw it on the wall and play.
I got a real deal on this board, since I just looked them up on line and have learned that the current model of this is retailing for $80, with a sale price of $50.
Update on July 08, 2009 13:39
OK, It actually says "Beep, WINNER!" I guess it just feels like it's always telling me "you lose."
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I like the fact that this has other games to play! I would probably get frustrated with all of them because I just can't get those things to stick on the board! Once again, I love the details that you write!!!!!!
I have never seen one of these but it does sound like fun. You done a great job describing both good and bad features I too wouldnt like to be told again and again that the dartboard won because I am sure I never would.
sharky I'm buying this for my boys. I love your description of the way this works and the fact it has oodles of other game options. I can send them over to our seperate garage cum playroom and tell them to go burn off some energy:)
I recently just started playing darts and I've enjoyed it a lot! I've played the game "301" before and that is one of my favorites. I can't even imagine there are 62 different dart games! I'd really like to get one of these for my apartment but I'm afraid of the surrounding wall as I'm not too good! :o)
Sounds very interesting. Oh, I love a good bargain. it certainly is great price. Thanks for sharing all the detailed information.
This dartbopard system sounds like a blast and for the price and the number of games an amazing value! I love it!
This sounds pretty neat,something worth investing in for the kids for sure.
Wow, 65 different games!! And the board keeps the score for you - that's the best thing of all, at least it is for me, I hate keeping scores! :)
Looks like a really cool board even if it does win all the time.
I don't think I could deal with a bragging dart board either! I hope it doesn't play victory music along with it's smug voice... ;-)
We have a dart board similar to this and it is a lot of fun. I agree, "You Lose" would be annoying. Ours says "winner" which I must admit I enjoy hearing lol.
The scoring problem sounds a bit annoying, but I think it would be fun to try an electronic board. The "Beep, you lose" would drive me nuts though! :)