Space Ace

In deze oogstrelende interactieve tekenfilm bestuur je geen karakter, maar de loop der gebeurtenissen. Je moet echter bijna bovennatuurrlijk snel zijn, want je hebt nauwelijks tijd om een keuze te maken. Uniek, maar alleen geschikt voor speedfreaks.

Space Ace is great for animation buffs or gamers who enjoyed Dragon's Lair. If that's you, pick up the Space.

Although the control is as hard as it was in Dragon's Lair for the CD-i, you'll have a lot more fun here than you will dueling dragons. Maybe it's because we've seen that one many times before. Space Ace is as fresh as a cosmic wind.

The CD-i is really becoming a strong contender with games like this. Space Ace is a blast to play and is truly faithful to the original coin-op. The digital video is perfect and the game controls are great. Space Ace can be difficult to play at first until you get the timing down. However, after beating it a few times, the challenge is gone. If you are an owner of the CD-i, you don't want to pass up this perfect translation.

Es ist soweit: Die Amiga-Version von Don Bluth’s zweitem Zeichentrick-Epos ist fertig! In bester „Dragon’s Lair“-Tradition macht sich Dexter, alias Space Ace auf, um die Welt vor dem Zugriff des Superschurken Borf zu retten. Selten haben sich die Geister so geschieden, wie an der Umsetzung des Laserdisk-Automaten „Dragon’s Lair“: Für die einen war das aufwendige Zeichentrick-Spektakel ein wahrer Geniestreich, für die anderen dank mangelnder Spielbarkeit ein Mega-Flop. Bei Readysoft hat man sich für derlei Querelen wenig interessiert und stattdessen mit Volldampf an der Konvertierung des Arcade-Nachfolgers Space Ace gebastelt. Dass die Neuauflage im Science Fiction-natürlich viel, viel besser, schöner und spielbarer werden sollte, war eine Selbstverständlichkeit – zumindest für die Programmierer…

A perfect arcade translation. However, this game is more entertaining to watch than it is to play - just let me see the cartoon! It's just too frustrating to play. (Although the various death sequences are amusing.)

If you aren't familiar with this game, or Dragon's Lair, they are definitely worth checking out, at least once. Mr. Bluth later created the film "The Secret of NIHM", and, more recently, "Titan AE", so if you enjoyed either of those, you may also want to check this out. Very frustrating, but a novel slice of the past "future" of gaming.

My overall advice is to play Dragon's Lair, the true classic, first and then move on to Space Ace if you like it. If you don't, well, you may want to leave Dexter and Kimberly alone.

Get over Space Ace and move on with your lives! Geez! It's the same thing over and over again. The cartridge version were a little bit different, but all the CD-based versions are almost identical, except that the quality of the video varies. The Sega CD version has the worst graphics yet. Undoubtedly, it was a good arcade game and the Sega CD plays pretty much like the arcade version. The graphics aren't as clean as the superior CD-i version; in fact, they look like mud. Fortunately, the sound effects are good. But it all ends up being something you've already seen and heard five hundred times before.

The secret of eternal life, good health, and youthful looks has been discovered. A single blast from the prototype device will knock years off your age. But the dastardly Commander Borf has grabbed the Infanto Ray and plans to use it to conquer Earth by turning everyone into babies!

Jetzt muß Dexter auch auf dem Atari ST seine Freundin aus den Klauen des fiesen Schurken befreien. Die Steuerung und der Handlungsablauf sind mit der Amiga-Version absolut identisch. Auch hier ein großes Lob an die Programmierer, die es schaffen, so viel Grafik und Sound in so kurzer Zeit zu laden. In der Spielhalle war's toll, aber auf dem Computer wird man zum Diskjockey.

Abenteuer im Weltraum: Der überdimensionale Borf kidnappte die Freunden des Helden "Space Ace"-Dexter.

Ett spel som är mycket snyggt och med suveränt ljud men är komplett ospelbart.

In addition to the poor gameplay, the graphics look worse than Dragon's Lair. As bad as this was in the arcade, it's even worse on the Jag.