ACE, or Air Combat Emulator is a 3D combat flight simulator, originally for the Commodore 64.
ShooterSimulatorActionWarfaremodern warfarecombat flight simulatorflight simulatordeathmilitaryflightairplanemodern militaryflight stickCommodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
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Character
Earnest, plot-driven, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
- Developer
- Cascade Games, Ltd.
- Publisher
- Cascade Games, Ltd., Spinnaker Software
- Released
- October 1, 1985
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
IGDB rating 6.8/10 from 5 ratings.
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Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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