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- Copyright © 1994 Michael S. Engber. All rights reserved.
-
- Daleks v1.0
- Another fine product from Avarice Software
-
- This is a version of the game of Daleks for the Newton. It was inspired
- by the original Macintosh version of Daleks (by Johan Strandberg) and
- its numerous successors.
-
- Daleks is freeware. Share it freely. Please include this documentation if
- you redistribute it.
-
- Send comments & bugs to:
-
- Michael S. Engber
- 3486 Golden State Drive
- Santa Clara, CA 95051
- •InterNet: engber@newton.apple.com
- •from CompuServe: >INTERNET:engber@newton.apple.com
- •AppleLink: engber
-
-
- µDaleks
-
- Micro Daleks is identical to the standard Daleks except it does not
- contain the digitized sounds, which account for about half the size.
- Instead, µDaleks uses sounds already in the Newton ROM.
-
-
- Terse Summary of the Rules:
-
- The goal of the game is to survive as long as possible. Each turn, the
- Daleks mindlessly converge on you. Colliding Daleks are destroyed
- forming a trash pile which destroys other Daleks that run into it.
-
-
- Your Options:
-
- - Move to any adjacent square or stand still. Do this by tapping on the
- screen in the direction you wish to move (tap on you, to stand still).
- Newton Intelligence prevents you from making a move that will result in
- your death.
-
- - Use a sonic screwdriver to kill all the Daleks adjacent to you. You
- receive one sonic screwdriver per round and you accumulate unused ones.
-
- - Teleport to a random spot on the board. You may teleport as often as
- you want, but it is risky. If you teleport next to a Dalek, you die.
-
- - Make a last stand. This means electing to stay in the same spot until
- the round is resolved one way or the other.
-
-
- Tips
-
- - Undo is implemented, but you can't undo a teleport.
-
- - If you press down in one direction long enough (> 1/2 sec) then you
- enter a mode in which the human will follow the pen while it's down.
- This is useful for covering large distances, especially during end game
- play.
-
-
- Version History
-
- 1.0b1 - first public release
-
- 1.0
- - reduce delay between tapping and directional arrows appearing
- - dumb moves not allowed (& sounds to distinguish good from bad)
- - auto-click mode
- - status bar (& info button moved there)
- - score moved above the field to the left & round indicator added
- - µDaleks version
-