Reviews

As the name states it's a darts game from Led Zeppelin Games and features the late, great darting wee'un Jocky Wilson. This is the prequel to Jocky Wilson's Compendium of Darts which I bought many years ago and reviewed many more years ago.

It's a standard darts games with the usual rules of 501 down to zero and finishing on a double, 40 = double 20, 18 = double 9, you know the drill...well you probably don't but there it is anyway. The one bugging thing is the computer player is an absolute beast! I have just practically finished a match before this review and my opponent ripped me 3-0 and in one leg he left himself with 53 points after nine darts! A machine or what.

So basically it's not as enjoyable as other darts games because you practically have zero chance of winning but it's worth a look if you fancy a game with your mate...or yourself for that matter.

I do enjoy a good darts game, only this is not a good darts game by a long way. Moving the dart is very awkward and it's very tricky to hit a good shot, I get that 180 was too easy but this overcomplicates it so needlessly. The fact that it changes speed with each throw doesn't help one bit. As a result of this my opponent crushed me 3-0 and my game was over before it begun. The graphics aren't great either, the overhead shot of the opponent throwing is quite nice but the colourless board not so, especially with the white parts of the board resembling an electronic dartboard rather than a real one. The Around the Clock mode, which has you hit each number on the board in numerical order, was quite nice but it doesn't save the game being overly rubbish. Give me 180 over this any day.