Comments on: Don Bluth's Classic Arcade Game 'Space Ace' Arrives for iPhone

By: DouglasR

DouglasR — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:29:09 +0000

One thing I must point out is that this is the FIRST 'home version' I've seen that actually tracks the players score! None of the PC or DVD version do. Back when this game was released, people were impressed by the laser disc technology. No one had a CD or DVD player yet and laser disc players were rare and only for the rich. Space Ace and Dragon's Lair can be considered game because the score at the end of the game is different depending on the actions you choose. Two players can kill the dragon and one will always have a higher score than the other. I know because I played it hundreds of times back in the day.

By: Musashi

Musashi — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:25:43 +0000

A dream came thrue
cant wait for dragon's lair
and praying for cliff hanger

By: bowen

bowen — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:46:13 +0000

give me dragons lair. and dragons lair 2
im sold
these games rule!

By: dragons lair

dragons lair — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:07:51 +0000

Dragons Lair! Dragons Lair! Drool…….

By: Dimitris

Dimitris — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:12:57 +0000

Ha just bought it. Finished it in the lowest difficulty in about 10 to 15 minutes. Even though as a game is tiny it was extremely enjoyable. I would have preferred
to make the switch between the scenes smoother but I guess that's ok. Also I thought that it was missing an intro or something. The attract option shows something that looks like a trailer but in the game there's nothing showing what is going on. The other thing is that at a few points the controls aren't lighting up. It's a bug or something. If you replay the game they will light up. but if it gets stuck it does get stuck.
Probably not a 4 euro title but it was still enjoyable and I don't regret buying it! (I am a sucker I guess!!)

By: Loweded Wookie

Loweded Wookie — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:07:10 +0000

Bring back Money Island and not that crap that made the franchise go down when Lucasarts sold the Amiga out and went PC.

Moneky Island, Loom, Zak McCraken and the Alien Mindbenders… all wicked fun games that NEED to come back.

By: leslie

leslie — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:29:37 +0000

were is cobracomand

By: GGiant

GGiant — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:57:55 +0000

This was supposed to be a reply to the person above who said we were amazed compared to games like Pac Man, but I had to post through a proxy so it ended up in the wrong place.

And I realize this is the internet, but you don't need to be a dick if you disagree with someone. The fact that you're old enough to remember Space Ace should mean you're too old to make comments like that… Grow up a little.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:55:19 +0000

Wow! I remember plunking down many quarters as a kid and having to watch that intro over and over again because I kept dying. From what I remember it didn't look as easy as it does now.

By: Peter Hirschberg

Peter Hirschberg — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:19:06 +0000

WOW. This was unexpected.

Just bought this the second I read the article and they really did a flawless job. Who would have thought back in the day you could play this on a handheld device? The animation looks fantastic too. I was dreading crappy video quality but it looks gorgeous on the phone.

If you are a fan of the old Laserdisc games – GET THIS.

Strange about the order of release though. I would have thought first Dragon's Lair, then Space Ace, then Dragon's Lair II.

5 out 5 stars from me if you're a old fart retro gamer like I am. NOW RELEASE DRAGON'S LAIR!!!!

-Peter Hirschberg