English Darts

A pub darts game of 301 or 501, counted up from zero, for up to seven players plus an optional computer player. Each player throws three darts a round. A dart sweeps up and down beside the oche; press the button to throw it at the board, a strip of 21 segments with 11 to 20 at the top, the bull worth 50 in the middle and the odd numbers 19 down to 1 below. A dart may land as a double or a triple. Your total must reach the game exactly: a dart that goes past it is BROKE, its points are taken back and the turn ends. A NEED figure shows what is left to score, and a box score follows every round. The first player to hit the total exactly wins.

Controls: The button throws. With one human player either controller throws; with two or more, odd-numbered players use controller 1 and even-numbered players controller 2. On the title, up and down choose a line, left and right or the button change it, and START GAME begins.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! No. 29, May 1986, page 60: original Commodore 64 program by Michael E. Townsend. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.