Dart game

A dart game for use by dart game players, comprising:

• a dart board which includes a plurality of radial ribs, a plurality of concentric ribs, a plurality of target fields, each of the target fields including a plurality of segments which are disposed between the ribs to receive darts, and a plurality of switches, each switch corresponding to a respective segment and being activated when the respective segment is hit by a dart;
• a hit display which includes a plurality of groups of display lamps, the groups of display lamps corresponding to the target fields so that each target field has at least one group corresponding to it, each of the display lamps in a group corresponding to a respective segment of the corresponding target field;
• and
• means, responsive to the switches and including a memory device, for selectively illuminating display lamps when the corresponding segments of the dart board are hit by darts, the display lamps being selectively illuminated in such a manner that a first one of the display lamps corresponding to a given target field is illuminated when a first one of the segments of the given target field is hit by a dart thrown by a player and thereafter further display lamps corresponding to the given target field are illuminated only when further segments of the given target field are hit by darts thrown by the same player.