![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In an interview about the game, Bluth had stated that had the studio been able to afford more professional actors, he thought Paul Shenar would have been more suitable for the role of Borf than himself. Don Bluth himself provides the (electronically altered) voice of Commander Borf. To keep the production costs down, the studio again chose to use its staff to provide voices for the characters rather than hire actors (one exception is Michael Rye who reprises his role as the narrator of the attract sequence, as he did on Dragon's Lair). The animation for Space Ace was produced by the same team that tackled the earlier Dragon's Lair, headed by ex- Disney animator Don Bluth. Narrator: Be valiant, space warrior, the fate of Earth is in your hands!.Ace: Hey, Borf! C'mon, Kimberly, let's go!.Narrator: Struggle with Dexter to regain his manhood.Borf shoots Ace Ace turns into a teenager.Ace: Hold your fire! Who is that creep?.Narrator: Space Ace: Defender of justice, truth and the planet Earth! Ace is being attacked by the evil Commander Borf.The game's attract mode introduces the player to the story via the following narration and dialogue: It is up to the player to guide Dexter, Ace's younger incarnation, through a series of obstacles in pursuit of Borf, in order to rescue Kimberly and prevent Borf using the Infanto Ray to conquer Earth. At the start of the game, the villainous Commander Borf attacks Ace with the "Infanto Ray", a weapon that transforms him into an adolescent version of himself, and kidnaps his girlfriend Kimberly. Space Ace follows the adventures of the musclebound hero Ace. Lua error in a at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If the player presses the fire button at the right moment, Dexter transforms temporarily into Ace and can fight them, whereas if the player chooses to stay as Dexter the robots' drill attacks must be dodged instead. An example can be seen in the first scene of the game, when Dexter is escaping from Borf's robot drones. Dexter usually progresses through scenes by avoiding obstacles and enemies, but Ace goes on the offensive, attacking enemies rather than running away although Dexter does occasionally have to use his pistol on enemies when it is necessary to advance. Most scenes also have separate reverse versions of each other. A number of the scenes had "multiple choice" moments when the player could choose how to act, sometimes by choosing which way to turn in a passageway, or by choosing whether or not to react to the on-screen "ENERGIZE" message and transform back into Ace. At the start of the game the player could select one of three skill levels "Cadet", "Captain" or "Space Ace" for easy, medium and hard respectively - only by choosing the toughest skill level could the player see all the sequences in the game (only around half the scenes are played on the easiest setting). Space Ace introduced a few gameplay enhancements, most notably selectable skill levels and multiple paths through several of the scenes. Like Dragon's Lair, the gameplay of Space Ace requires the player to move the joystick in the right direction or press the fire button at the right moment to avoid the various hazards Dexter/Ace faces. However, the game's action was more varied with the player occasionally given the temporary option to either have the character he is controlling transform back into his adult form, or remain as a boy with different styles of challenges.Äexter must battle Borf throughout the game. The gameplay is also similar, requiring the player to move the joystick or press the fire button at key moments in the animated sequences to govern the hero's actions. It was unveiled in October 1983, just four months after the Dragon's Lair game, then released in Spring 1984, and like its predecessor featured film-quality animation played back from a laserdisc. Space Ace is a laserdisc video game produced by Don Bluth Studios, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). Horizontal orientation, Raster, standard resolution Arcade, 3DO, Amiga, Apple IIgs, Philips CD-i, Jaguar CD, Macintosh, MS-DOS, Atari ST, Sega CD, DVD Player, Blu-ray, Wii, DSiWare, iOS, PlayStation 3, Android, Steam, SNES ![]()
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