Super Six Darts
Manufactured by Arachnid (c)1987
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Condition When Purchased:
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C
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Current Condition:
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B-
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I knew I wanted a dart board in the garagecade. I had debated whether I wanted just a traditional steel-tipped dart board or an actual coin-op plastic tipped dart board. After a weekend of drinking and trying to keep track of scores I quickly determined that a coin-op plastic tipped dart board was in the cards. Not only is score keeping much easier (automated), but there is a diminished chance of someone getting hurt or any of my arcade games getting damaged. On top of that it IS a coin-op machine, so it goes well with the "theme" of the garagecade.
I ended up picking up two non-working machines back in February of 2010. One was complete, and worked, but the monitor wasn't working. The other was incomplete but had another monitor. I ended up lucking out that the 2nd monitor did, indeed, work. It so happened that the 2nd machine had a Super 6 plus PCB which includes a couple different games vs the standard Super 6 PCB, and it even worked as well. I did end up having to rebuilt a power supply however as one was dead and the other died shortly after picking the game up. I also had to replace a lamp behind the control panel (the DO NOT THROW indicator lamp) and both of the lamps used to light up the head. Luckily both cabinets "spider" (the panel behind the actual dart board that registers hits, etc) appeared to be in good shape. The cabinets themselves were in average "routed" condition. They obviously have seen some time in a bar somewhere but overall they were in decent shape.
The worst looking part of the art was around the head. some of the art was starting to lose adhesion and oddly enough, when I took a closer look and started to peel it back, I found ANOTHER set of artwork under it?!? What is crazy is that the art under it was in MUCH MUCH better shape. I am not sure if someone installed an art kit for some reason covering the original art and over the years the repro art got beat up or, maybe the manufacturer did that as some sort of feature so you can spiff your cabinet up by simply removing the top art? Whatever the case may be, it was quite awesome to find the much much better shape artwork underneath.
Ultimately it was a great decision IMHO to pickup an old coinop dart board versus going with a steel tipped non-coinop setup. They take up about the same space even though a wall hung dart board takes up much less physical space itself as both setups require the same space for throwing, etc. The different games that the Super 6 offers and keeps score on keeps thing fresh. The softer "plastic tipped" darts are much safer in the garagecade, for human, animal, and arcade machine alike. The tips are inexpensive too. The visual and audio queues also help keep a game going, especially when the players are all a few drinks down… and the fact the machine keeps score is a life saver, especially when more than just two are playing. I would recommend anyone who enjoys playing darts to consider picking up a commercial dart machine for their game room.
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