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How did this one come about? Well, Sinclair Randomseek presented me Tank Trax, which I had already reviewed, but I then noticed that it was released in a two-pack compilation with a game called Bullseye, which I had also reviewed already. However, as it turns out, that Bullseye was not the same one I reviewed previously, oh no, this was another game entirely, well not entirely because Bullseye was based on the darts based quiz show of the same name and this is darts as well but I mean it's a different Bullseye, or rather it's not even Bullseye. This was a darts game called Darts re-released under the name Bullseye, and I haven't reviewed it yet so here we are. This I believe was the very first darts game on the Spectrum and as I've said before here, I like a good darts game, I'm no expert or avid fan but I know the basics enough to enjoy a good darts game like 180, the best darts game bar none. This isn't anywhere near as good, as you'd expect. There are five games to play, Doubles, which is actually the standard game of darts with the option to start on a double as well as finish, Cricket, Killer, Round the Board, and Noughts and Crosses?! How is that going to work on a dartboard? There are also three ways to throw a dart, the first way to type out your intended target for your dart, which is a bit misleading since it says to type out commands such as S3 for single 3, D8 for double 8 but when you do type in something like T20 it crashes. Instead you press either T, D or S and then enter the number. It confused the hell out of me at first before I released what I was doing wrong. You can also throw the dart by using the cursor keys and pressing T to throw, which is slow, or by selecting the height and angle, which is complex. Whatever you choose though, everything is luck based, but I suppose that stops it being too easy so fair enough. And how does Noughts and Crosses play? Exactly like the game does but you have to hit the right doubles to get a mark, so it's essentially 0 and X mixed with Bingo. It's not a terrible game but it definitely will not hold your interest for long. Thankfully things got better for darts fans later on but this was not a good start for darts to be represented.