Delta 16

{{Short description|1985 video game}}

{{refimprove|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = Delta 16

|developer = Jyri Lehtonen

|publisher = Amersoft

|platforms = Commodore 16, Commodore 64

|released = 1985

|genre = Fixed shooter

|modes = Single-player

|image = Delta16 c16 cover.jpg

|caption =

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Delta 16 is a fixed shooter video game from Finnish developer Jyri Lehtonen published by Amersoft in 1985.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uvlist.net/game-208028-Delta+16|title=Delta 16 (1985) by Jyri Lehtonen C16/Plus4 game}} It was originally released for the Commodore 16 home computer, then ported to Commodore 64 for which it was released free of charge. A total of 101 copies were sold.{{Cite web|url=http://videogames.fi/vgfi/index.php?title=Delta_16|title = Delta 16 – Videogames.fi}} The game includes an automated firing mechanism that the player can activate.[http://sinivalkoinenpelikirja.com/2013/11/22/delta-16/ Sinivalkoinen pelikirja]

The game was programmed with a limited selection of CBM-Basic commands and then compiled (with C64) into pure machine code using a basic compiler also made by Jyri Lehtonen.[https://tietokonesivut.kasettilamerit.fi/commodore/archive/kaantaja.htm Suomen Commodore-arkisto: Basic-kääntäjä]