Paul Seigel
from Dartoid's World and I will be
shooting some matches on the Vortex Electronic Dart Game Saturday Sept 21st at
5pm. All are welcome to come up and watch. Hopefully this will be included in
one of he's upcoming articles!
As you know I have been doing a little research to be
prepared before we meet up at the Nutty Irishman. I've checked in with Merlyn
Technology. I've e-mailed Glenn Remick. Sometime yesterday it occurred to me
that there might be something about the new board in an old issue of Bull's Eye
News. So I made a note to myself on a little card and stuck it in my pocket.
"Check BEN for Vortex," it read. It was my reminder to
look through my old stack of darts magazines when I got home after work.
So the phone just rings and it's my wife, Marylou, who just
got home from walking my golden retriever, Bentley. She asks me, kind of
worried-like: "Is there something wrong with Bentley that you haven't
mentioned?"
"Huh?"
And Marylou says: "Well, I found this card in your shirt
pocket that says 'check Ben for Vortex' and I thought he might have a rash or
something somewhere."
So, shit, I had to tell her I wouldn't be home on Saturday
night!
I made arrangements with the distributor & the manufacture to ship
me "Vortex" for 30 days as a field test for everyone to try it out. It's
a regular dart board that automatically keeps score. (like the soft tip game
except it uses a regular bristle dartboard )
Very Cool!!
I will only have it for 30 days unless a
vending company becomes interested in it.
Photo of the Vortex at the Nutty Irishman
Currently it's not at the Nutty, I'm looking for a home for it. The 30 days are
over.
Games played on the Vortex
Up to 4 players or play against the
computer with 8 skill levels
01 Games
These rules cover every _01 game. This game allows you to directly select
301, 501, 701, 1001 and through the “Select _01” any number can be used to start
the _01 game.
_01 Options
Open In / Open Out
Any score starts the game and the first player to reach
zero wins.
Open In / Double Out
Any score starts the game and the player needs a double to
zero the score to win.
Double In / Double Out
Players must hit a double to start and must hit a double to
zero the score to win.
Master Out
Players MUST throw a Double or Triple to end the game.
Cricket
Standard Cricket 20 – 15 & Bull plus Points. The first to
close all there numbers and the highest point wins
Cut Throat Cricket
Same numbers as Cricket EXCEPT the first player who
“Closes” out all of their numbers and has the LOWEST SCORES, wins.
Throwing darts at OPEN numbers, will add points to your
opponents scores.
Count Up
The object of this game is to score the most points during
the course of the game. Although the number of rounds can vary, the player with
the most points at the end wins.
Shanghai
This game requires player to hit each number from 1 to 20
and Bull in Ascending order.
There are two ways to win:
- Player with the highest total
at the end of the game.
- First player to throw a
Shanghai: ( single, double and the triple in one round in any order)
Each player begins by throwing at the 1: If the first
player hits a single 1, his/her score will be 1: if the second player hits a
triple 1, his/her score will be 3. This is how players can rack up higher points
totals.
Killer
This is strictly a Doubles game. Doubles must be thrown to
begin scoring and Doubles must be thrown to Win: the winner is the first player
who Extinguishes all of the opponents “Lives”
The game starts with each player throwing ONE dart at their
“Life Number”. This number is displayed in their Score box: Also three LED’s are
lit, One for each “Life”
After all the “Life Numbers” are set, the players must
throw a Double on their own “Life Number” to become the killer. Once a Killer,
the players throw at the doubles of their opponents. “Life Numbers” Each time an
opponents number is hit, one of their LED’s (Life) is
extinguished.
The winner either Kills all of the opponents, or has the
most “Lives” at the end of the game.
