Delta Charge! (1990)

Delta Charge! was released in 1990 by Thalamus Ltd. The development team included Jason McGann, Andrew Swann, Peter Tattersall, and Mark Mason, with inlay art provided by Oliver Frey.

As an arcade shoot-'em-up, the game supports up to two players and utilizes the AY sound chip. It runs on both 48K and 128K ZX Spectrum models, features multi-machine medium support, and offers compatibility with Kempston and Interface 2 joysticks.

The game retailed at £9.99. In addition to the ZX Spectrum version, it was also released for the Commodore 64.

Critical reception averaged 57.67%. The game received a 73% rating from Crash, while Sinclair User and Your Sinclair awarded it 45% and 55% respectively.

In Russia, the game became well-known through numerous TR-DOS versions. Groups such as LAKS, Flash Inc, Digital Reality, and Fatality released their own adaptations. A dedicated pentfix patch was also developed for the game later on.