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When I received Darts for review, I thought to myself, what's so difficult about placing a dart in the right place and releasing it? and proceeded to load the game.

When the game loads, you're given the option of playing three popular dart games; 501, Round The Board and Cricket. In case you are unfamiliar with them as I was, let me explain.

501 is the game you see on telly. Each player has three darts in turn to try and score as many as possible. To win the game, you must finish with a Double.

In Round The Board, each player works his way round the board finishing with the semi-bull and the bull.

In Cricket, player one starts by trying to score as many "Runs" as possible whilst player two aims for the bull and semi-bull which counts as two wickets and one wicket respectively. Player one continues to score until player two takes 10 wickets. The roles are then reversed. The player with the most "Runs" wins.

Difficulty in all these games arises because the dart - represented as a white cross - shakes rather wildly as if you were totally drunk and your controls can only guide the dart in the general direction. You have to choose just the right moment to release your dart.

Surprisingly, it turns out to be a very addictive game, probably because you're trying to beat your opponent and you end up having "just one more go", as with all good games. Since it's an MRM game, it's relatively cheap as well. If you are looking for a two player game, have a look at Darts.