Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge

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Jocky Wilsons Darts Challenge
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Developer(s) Spike, Tink
Publisher(s) Zeppelin Games
Composer(s) Adam Gilmore
Platform(s) ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit
Release1989
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge is a video game of darts, created after darts champion Jocky Wilson. The game was published by Zeppelin Games and was released in 1989 for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC and Amiga. Music for the game was composed by Adam Gilmore. Music for the Amiga version was composed by Stuart Taylor.

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ZX Spectrum screenshot


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