Arachnid Inter-Active 3000 Recreational Electronic Dartboard Features 27 Games with 123 Variation for up to 8 Players

First impression upon opening was good looking and appears to be a quality product. When I first put it up I had some darts not registering and got real worried real quick. I read some of the reviews that others had problems with the electronics and pictured having to send this back... B.S I don't have time for - why I like online shopping and delivered to my door! I took it back down and replaced the batteries with some quality Energizers and have had no problems since. Hopefully, it will last. The heckler is really fun for the family and a bonus you can always turn off if it gets old. The included darts are just junk! Really for this price can't give you something a little better. I'm not expecting top of the line but not junk at this price. Overall - I would recommend!

I've had the Arachnid Interactive 6000 dart board for more than a year now (even paid more for it back then) and it still functions flawlessly. The dart board (along with pool table, card table, bingo set, etc) is very popular with friends or co-workers (and their spouses) who stop by my woodworking shop (play room, man cave, or whatever you want to call it) at home. Of course, soft plastic doesn't last forever, so be prepared to keep plenty of extra tips and tails for the darts on hand. You can buy either by the dozens (tails) or hundreds (tips) for just a few dollars on popular auction sites. I keep at least 50 tails and 250 tips in a bowl near the board. This allows players to freely change either whenever needed. Naturally, throwing properly significantly reduces broken tips. By the way, if a tip breaks off inside a hole in the board, use another tip to push the broken tip all the way through into the unit housing. Since a broken tip often presses against the electric pads inside, it can cause erratic behavior in the electronics (missing led segments, scoring problems, etc). Pushing that broken tip through will not harm anything and has always returned the board to full working order for me. I also purchased higher quality, all metal, darts (a preference, not a necessity). If you decide to do likewise, make sure to keep the weight of those darts down to avoid damaging the board. An electronic board obviously can't take the same punishment as a simple fiber, cardboard, or cork board. Anyway, hate the heckler feature (silly & boring - and has to be turned off each time), but love the board size, game selection, solo play (practice), play prompts, and automatic scoring (latter two really helps those less familiar with darts, allowing me to focus attention elsewhere - other guests, etc). My board is now (after countless games) starting to look a bit well worn, so I may purchase another soon.

This is a decent electronic dartboard. Lots of games are included and the instructions provide full rules for each of them. The LED display is very bright and the Cricket scoreboard uses slashes and circles instead of simply lighting up LEDs. For most games, you can play as either One Player or "Solo". In Solo mode, you are actually playing against the board AI, and you can adjust the difficulty. This makes solo games of Cricket more interesting. At first I thought the Solo mode would be silly, I mean really the board is just showing numbers when it's the AI's turn, and you have to pretend it's throwing darts. Turns out I was pleasantly surprised. It plays intelligently and won't magically hit triple 20's every throw. In Cricket, the AI knows when you're racking up the score and will work hard to close out numbers. It will also realistically "miss" - for instance, if it knows that it needs a double 18 to close, when it "misses" it will hit a Double 4 or a Single 1, which is what a real player would most likely do. You can also add AI to game you're playing with your friends, ie 3 real people vs 2 AI. The board contains all the mounting hardware. Its built pretty solid and I haven't had any trouble with darts not registering. The mounting instructions give you measurements as to where the mounting holes on the back of the board are. It seems like a little thing but saves you the step of trying to line up exact bullseye positions with holes on the back and with whatever hole you screwed into the wall. It will run on AA batteries and comes with an AC adapter as well. The battery option lets you set it up anywhere. Oddly, when the board is mounted to the proper height, the AC adapter's cord isn't long enough to reach a typical floor mounted outlet unless the outlet is exactly underneath the. Just a minor complaint, as you're probably going to need some extension cord to plug it in. Unlike other reviewers, I was reasonably impressed with the darts that came with the board. They're not the ultra cheap, pure plastic "bar darts". These ones have brass fittings and weigh 10 grams, and two sets are included. While they are no substitute for a set of decent soft tip darts, the included ones aren't that all bad and worked out great for the kids. The board comes with a pack of 25 extra tips. The shafts and flights are a bit chintzy though, and the flights didn't attach to the shafts without some screwing around. The board has a few flaws, none of them deal breaking. The board is in my opinion VERY loud. When you turn it on, it does this ear blasting "fanfare" sound that you can't turn off. The Heckler feature only works on certain games, and it's pretty lame. You usually turn it off forever after hearing it for a game or two. You can change the volume of the game to "off", "normal", or "loud" - I wish that the "normal" volume was quieter. I'll probably end up putting duct tape or something over the speaker in an attempt to muffle it a bit more. There is a huge variety in game modes for each of the included games. They are all based on changing codes before you start the main game and without the book, it can be tricky to figure out how to play Variation 8 of "Cut Throat" Cricket. Another complaint is that the board doesn't auto switch to the next player after it registers three darts. You always have to hit the Next Player button. On the positive side, at least you won't accidentally give the Next Player a free score when you pull the darts. Finally, depending on the game, when a game is finished, the LED scoreboard only displays the winner, but not the final score. When playing a simple High Score game with my kid, it would have been nice to see what the final score was for both players, along with "Player 1 wins". All in all, I am very pleased with the purchase. I've only had it for a week so I'm not sure about how durable it is in the long run, but the build quality is good and it's a decent board with plenty of features.

Well guys after reading some shakey reviews I must say the board I received works great!!!!! We played at least 70 games (most 301) over the Thanksgiving holiday and my board worked flawlessly. We used the 8 player scoring option without any issues. I have to say that my package was also dinged up and worried me at first but I've had no issues with the board. I have only used this board with the a/c adapter so can't comment on the battery option. Great board at a great price.

I do like the dart board and its features. The problem is that after about a months worth of use the panels on the board are breaking. One I can understand but when 5 have broken in less then 2 months that is not what I would call a quality product. I have contacted the company 3 times about part numbers to replace the panels but I have gotten no reply. I am disappointed in the service that I have received from the company. March 8, 2012 I again contacted the company with no luck on getting my issue resolved. Their are problems with player being skipped or some of the electronics not working properly. All of the red segments encased in the inner circle are borken and some of the triple and double segments are broke. It is a nice board but it it not long lasting. I do not recommend this board. DMI Sports attempted to help but then dismissed me as a customer and is no longer in contact.

I bought this dartboard game for my grandson, and we all had fun with it...for awhile. The board is great, but darts keep losing their guide "feathers". Several reviewers recommended buying a better quality set of darts, which I did, but they, too, kept losing the guide feathers. It seems that they could be put on permanently instead of slipping them into slots that they can so easily slip out of and get lost. We've bought more dart sets since, and they all seem to have the same problem.

I bought this as a Birthday present for my sister who is a tournament player. It meets all of the secs of tournament play and it has the extra bonus of the hilarious heckel feature.... if you are doing not so good it tells you that you suck and mabe you should take up bowling...etc. I also want to say that there was a problem with the first one, it didn't keep score correctly and I thought I was just going to be screwed. I never had to return anything through Amazon before. I contacted returns and it was a very simple exchange process and they walked me through every step. It was very easy and no questions asked five stars to Amazon too.

I have never been much a dart shooter but enjoy the game. I purchased this board to change that. My brother is a semi-pro player and has endorsed the board as "Awesome". I have had no problems with it whatsoever. yeah the darts shipped with it are junk but I have my own and have had no problems with bounce outs, the board has gotten better the more I've played on it as it doesn't feel as tight when pulling darts out. I would recommend this board to anyone looking for a quality dart board.