Daleks for Jupiter ACE
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The Daleks are after you! Move carefully to make them crash into each other or other piles of trash. Don't let them get to you!

This is based on the classic strategy game "Daleks", a Macintosh game by Johan Strandberg (1984). I played an unofficial version on my Atari ST. In 2026 I wrote a new version for the ST as a desktop game.

The Jupiter ACE version keeps the standard round-based gameplay. Move with the keys, trigger a teleport to a random location with <T> or announce your last stand for the level with <L>. <B> will crush all enemies near you with your trusty baseball bat. If you know a certain long-running British sci-fi show well, you should guess why I had to swap the Sonic Screwdriver for a baseball bat in a Daleks port to the Jupiter ACE.

This is an example game for my Atari ST Jupiter ACE emulator ACE ST (https://mia-jaap.de/software).

How to start Daleks:
1. Snapshot (quickest)

Press Undo, choose Load snapshot and pick examples/DALEKS.ACE.
Or start the emulator with it: ACE.PRG DALEKS.ACE. From the desktop, you can also drag DALEKS.ACE onto ACE.PRG.

You'll see the Daleks title screen. Press any key to play.

2. Tape

Press Control+O, or Undo > Load Tape..., and pick examples/DALEKS.TAP.
At the Ace prompt, type load daleks and press Return. The tape name is lower case and must match exactly.
Type daleks and press Return.


Mia Jaap (https://mia-jaap.de/software)

Daleks was coded with AI assistance. Distribution of Daleks without the simulator is permitted as long as all files in this folder are included.