180 (video game)
{{Short description|1986 video game}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = 180
|image = 180 game cover.jpg
|developer =
|publisher = Mastertronic
|artist = Jeremy Nelson
Ste Pickford
|composer = David Whittaker
|engine =
|released = 1986: Atari 8-bit, Spectrum, CPC, C64
1987: MSX
|genre = Sports
|modes = 1-2 players
|platforms = 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.
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=
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
{{Video game reviews
| award1Pub = Your Sinclair
| award1 = MegagameGame review, Your Sinclair issue 13, January 1987, page 47
}}
At the time of its release, ratings for the game were favourable.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} The Spectrum version got a 72% rating from Crash magazine who labelled it as "the best darts game ever".{{cite journal | title=Issue No. 35 December 1986 | journal=Crash |url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/35/index.htm | date=December 1986 | issue=35 | page=36}} The Commodore 64 version received a 70% rating from ZZAP! magazine.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} The Amstrad version got a rating of 67% from Amstrad Action.{{citation needed|date=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."{{cite journal | last= Taylor | first= Graham | title=Issue No. 57 December 1986 | journal=Sinclair User |url=https://www.sinclairuser.com/057/index.htm | date=December 1986 | issue=57 | page=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!"{{cite journal | last= Robson | first= Rick | title=Issue No. 13 January 1987 | journal=Your Sinclair |url=https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-13 | date=January 1987 | issue=13 | page=[https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-13/page/n48 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."{{cite journal | title=Issue No. 10 July 1988 | journal=ACE |url=https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue10Jul88 | date=July 1988 | issue=10 | page=[https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue10Jul88/page/n80 81]}}
Reviews
- BiT #37 - 1994/Oct (Slovak){{Cite journal |date=October 1994 |title=Darts 180 |url=https://archive.org/details/bit-sk/Bit_1994-10/page/n35/mode/2up |journal=BiT |pages=37}}
- MicroHobby #111 - 1987/Jan (Spanish){{Cite journal |title=180 |url=https://archive.org/details/microhobby-magazine-111.pdf/page/n19/mode/2up |journal=Microhobby |issue=111 |pages=19}}
- Popular Computing Weekly v.5 #44 - 1986/Oct/30 special "week#5"{{Cite journal |date=30 October 1986 |title=180 |url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-10-30/page/n32/mode/2up |journal=Popular Computing Weekly |volume=5 |issue=44 |pages=33}}
- Your Computer v.6 #12 - 1986/Dec{{Cite journal |date=December 1986 |title=180 |url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-10-30/page/n32/mode/2up |journal=Your Computer |volume=6 |issue=12 |pages=48}}
- ZX Computing #34 - 1987/Feb{{Cite journal |date=February 1987 |title=180 |url=https://archive.org/details/zxcomputing-magazine-1987-02/page/n38/mode/2up |journal=ZX Computing |pages=38}}
References
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External links
- {{WoS game|id=0000015|name=180}}
- {{Lemon64 game|id=9|name=180}}
- {{atarimania|id=15}}
Category:Atari 8-bit computer games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games