Delta is a horizontally-scrolling shooter computer game originally released for the Commodore 64 by Thalamus Ltd in 1987. It was programmed by Stavros Fasoulas and the music was written by Rob Hubbard (based on the theme of Koyaanisqatsi by Philip Glass). The game was also released for the ZX Spectrum in 1990 as Delta Charge.
The game was released as Delta Patrol in the United States by Electronic Arts for its Amazing Software line of action-orie...
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Delta is a horizontally-scrolling shooter computer game originally released for the Commodore 64 by Thalamus Ltd in 1987. It was programmed by Stavros Fasoulas and the music was written by Rob Hubbard (based on the theme of Koyaanisqatsi by Philip Glass). The game was also released for the ZX Spectrum in 1990 as Delta Charge.
The game was released as Delta Patrol in the United States by Electronic Arts for its Amazing Software line of action-oriented software programs, in 1987 on the Commodore 64.
The player controls a spaceship and gains power-up points by destroying formations of enemies. Some enemy formations instead subtract power-up points for the player, so the player must take note of which formations to destroy. Periodically blocks containing the power-ups (higher speed, faster rate of fire) appear and the player can pick one of them up: The more points the player has collected, the more powerful are the power-ups that can be chosen. Unavailable power-ups are gray and kill the...
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