180 (video game)

1986 video game November 2017 180 180 game cover.jpg Mastertronic Jeremy NelsonSte Pickford David Whittaker 1986: Atari 8-bit, Spectrum, CPC, C641987: MSX1988: Amiga Sports Single-player, multiplayer Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum 180 is a darts video game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and Atari 8-bit computers in 1986 and MSX in 1987. It was later converted to the Commodore Amiga and published under the title World Darts. Gameplay The player competes in 501 darts against other darts players waiting in a championship tournament with normal darts rules applying, subtracting your score from 501 to zero whilst finishing on a double. Beginning at the quarter-finals, the player must win a best of three match to advance through the tournament. Win another match in the semi-final stage to advance to the final and face the World Champion Jammy Jim. In the final match however, the player needs to win just one leg against him to win the tournament. Players can also compete against another human player or play Round the Clock, throwing darts around the dartboard from 20 to 1 within a time limit. Opponents thumb|left|ZX Spectrum screenshot There are a total of eight computer-controlled opponents in the game. Before the start of the match, the computer randomly selects an opponent, though Jammy Jim can only be played in the final. The opponents are Del Boy Desmond Sure Shot Sidney, Devious Dave, Limp Wrist Larry, Beer Belly Bill, Mega Mick, Tactical Tel, and Jammy Jim. Reception Your Sinclair MegagameGame review, Your Sinclair issue 13, January 1987, page 47 At the time of its release, ratings for the game were favourable.October 2017 The Spectrum version got a 72% rating from Crash magazine who labelled it as "the best darts game ever".180 Crash https://archive.org/details/Crash_Magazine_035/page/36/mode/1up December 1986 35 36 The Commodore 64 version received a 70% rating from ZZAP! magazine.October 2017 The Amstrad version got a rating of 67% from Amstrad Action.October 2017 The game was reviewed in Sinclair User, which rated the game 5 out of 5, stating "Darts ought to be boring and tedious, but with 180 it has been made funny, exciting and very impressive, a closet hit."Taylor Graham 180 Sinclair User https://archive.org/details/SinclairUser033Dec84/SinclairUser/SinclairUser057-Dec86/page/n86/mode/1up December 1986 57 87 The game was reviewed in Your Sinclair, which rated the game 9 out of 10, stating "In its presentation, 180 does veer toward the macho, crafty cockney Bristow school of darts rather than that of Gentleman John Lowe, but otherwise there's little to quibble about - a winner across the board!"Robson Rick 180 Your Sinclair https://archive.org/details/Your_Sinclair_013/page/n48/mode/1up January 1987 13 47 The game was reviewed in ACE, stating "The definitive computer darts game. If you must play arrows on your micro then this is the one to get."180 ACE https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-pdfs/AcePdf010/page/81/mode/1up July 1988 10 81 Commodore User reviewed the Amiga version, released as World Darts, concluding that "although it doesn't fully live up to its predecessor, it's an enjoyable game in its own right and worth a look, if only for the appallingly bad artwork on the packaging."Whitta Gary August 1988 World Darts https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-59/page/n49/mode/2up Commodore User 50–51 References External links 0000015 180 9 180 Category:1986 video games Category:Amstrad CPC games Category:Atari 8-bit computer games Category:Commodore 64 games Category:Darts video games Category:Mastertronic games Category:MSX games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom Category:ZX Spectrum games