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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 player if he flies into them, making them part of the obstacles in the game. The effects of the power-ups are lost over time and must therefore be regained. The player gets a choice between in-game
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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
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is a member of the Delta Patrol, an elite squadron of police in the Delta Sector, and has command of a battle cruiser. The dangers of the Delta Sector include lost ships and alien bandits among other unknown destructive forces, and the character must terminate the alien enemy forces that use these
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hazards to hide. Destroying an entire wave of enemies earns credits that the player may use to purchase weapons and ship modifications.
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stated that "the graphics are not especially exciting and the game reminds this reviewer of the old Atari 2600 game,
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divided by the game; none disliking it, but some not thinking it was as good as its predecessor
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Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (December 1987). "The Role of Computers".
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Wilson, David (March 1988). "The Best Starfighter: A Comparison of Space Arcade Games".
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in 1987. It was programmed by Stavros Fasoulas and the music was written by
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table but no way to save it when the game is turned off.
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Delta
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Thalamus Ltd
Composer(s)
Rob Hubbard
Platform(s)
Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum
Genre(s)
Scrolling shooter
Single-player
two-player
scrolling shooter
Commodore 64
Thalamus Ltd
Rob Hubbard
Electronic Arts

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