<s>
Delta	B-Application
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
by	O
Thalamus	O
Ltd	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
as	O
Delta	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
for	O
its	O
Amazing	O
Software	O
line	O
,	O
in	O
1987	O
on	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
in	O
1990	O
as	O
Delta	B-Application
Charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
is	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
an	O
elite	O
police	O
squadron	O
called	O
Delta	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
,	O
commanding	O
a	O
battle	O
cruiser	O
in	O
the	O
Delta	B-Application
Sector	O
of	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Delta	B-Application
Sector	O
's	O
dangers	O
include	O
lost	O
ships	O
,	O
alien	O
bandits	O
,	O
and	O
unknown	O
forces	O
of	O
destruction	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
assignment	O
is	O
to	O
terminate	O
the	O
enemy	O
forces	O
that	O
hide	O
within	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delta	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1987	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#128	O
by	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Patricia	O
,	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
"	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
not	O
especially	O
exciting	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
reminds	O
this	O
reviewer	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
Atari	O
2600	O
game	O
,	O
Megamania	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
saw	O
reviewers	O
Julian	O
Rignall	O
,	O
Gary	O
Penn	O
and	O
Steve	O
Jarratt	O
divided	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
none	O
disliking	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
not	O
thinking	O
it	O
was	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Sanxion	B-Application
.	O
</s>
