PLAY THE ROBOT

Sorry, this page uses old technology and may not work on small mobile devices. It must be in full resolution for the mapped dartboard to work. It works best on a PC with a PC mouse, or if you have a tablet with a Pencil, you may be okay.

 

Instructions

Play the Robot is designed to help improve your darts 501 playing standard. The game is a straight start with a double finish.

You play on a real dartboard, then enter your score using the PC mouse by clicking the scoring area of each dart. Click on 'MISS' or the 'Bounce Off Dart' if your dart misses the target area or bounces off the wire to the floor.

Start the game by selecting the Robot's playing level: New Player – A Newly Built Robort, Club – The  Robert has some functions and will give you a good game. County – The Robot can play very well, or Professional- The Deep Blue of the Robot Game. Now click 'NEW Game', and you are ready to go.

You throw first or select three missed darts for the computer to throw first. (Please note: No States are provided in this basic script).

If you make an entry mistake, select 'UNDO' and then re-entry the darts scores.

 

 

This page uses old technology and is not fully responsive, so it will not work on mobile devices. It must be in full resolution for the mapped dartboard to work. I explain how and why below.

I have written websites for over twenty years before the mobile revolution when pages were designed to fit a set framework. One of the concepts I was taught was how to map images. The initial use was to take a photo and map the people. The map was used to either display their names using a mouse-over, use it as a link to a new page, or jump to another part of the page to show their profile. In this case, the mouse-over links to a bit of script so you can enter scores. However, image maps do not usually work on responsive websites, as the image is likely to reduce in size, and the mapped area becomes redundant as it won’t follow the image resize and, therefore, becomes faulty. Although some javascript has a workaround for this issue, I decided not to use it because even using the dartboard scorer would still be too small for smartphones.

 

You will also find a review of apps and other scorers, plus FREE Checkout Charts on the Darts501.com website.

 

Scorers   Apps Review   Checkout Charts

 

However, I thought I would add this stand-alone page for those who still use a PC and a dartboard in the same room.