Abstract: An automatic counting apparatus for a dart game which includes darts and a dart board, includes a main control circuit, a conventional dart sensing circuit connected to the main control circuit for sensing a throw of one of the darts onto the dart board and transmitting a corresponding thrown information to the main control circuit, a key set connected to the main control circuit for setting a plurality of inputs to the main control circuit, a plurality of displays for displaying the inputs already set by the key set. The plurality of inputs includes a game mode input, a total number of players input, a common object score input for all players, and a handicap input selectively applied on any one of the players.

Abstract: A dart game includes a dart and a dart board. The dart board includes a base plate, a target frame fixed to the base plate, and an automatic scoring register mounted between the target frame and the base plate. The target frame has a target portion including a plurality of target plates formed with blind counterbores for receiving the dart when the dart strikes the target portion. The target plate shifts rearwardly upon being struck by the dart to impact one of the membrane switches of the automatic scoring register so as to show a score on a display unit of the automatic scoring register. The bull's-eye section of the target portion includes two target plates to define two scoring areas with two different score values.