The game begins with an introduction screen pointing out various abilities of the Hail-Fire as well as components of the blaster. Upon pressing start, a screen with instructions appears and the game officially starts. The player starts out in a white room, decorated with Nerf and N-Strike Elite logos, with a Hail-Fire loaded with 144 Elite Darts. Random objects will pop up for the player to fire at them. Hitting one of them will award one point, while hitting its "weak spot" will award four. The game ends when the player run out of darts.