<s>
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Aces	I-Application
is	O
a	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Artech	O
Digital	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1986	B-Application
by	O
Accolade	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
U.S.	O
Gold	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Master	O
System	O
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
flies	O
a	O
RAF	O
Mosquito	O
long	O
range	O
fighter-bomber	O
equipped	O
with	O
rockets	B-Application
,	O
bombs	B-Device
and	O
a	O
cannon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Missions	O
include	O
destroying	O
German	O
fighter	O
planes	O
,	O
bombers	B-Application
,	O
V-1	O
flying	O
bombs	B-Device
,	O
U-boats	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
trains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
on	O
cartridge	O
styled	O
for	O
the	O
then-new	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
XEGS	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Aces	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
but	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	O
Commodore	O
64	O
video	O
games	O
published	O
by	O
Accolade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
decides	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
practice	O
mode	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
choose	O
whether	O
to	O
do	O
dog	O
fight	O
training	O
or	O
a	O
U-boat	B-Operating_System
or	O
train	O
bombing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
five	O
different	O
view	O
options	O
—	O
the	O
cockpit	O
,	O
both	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
wings	O
,	O
the	O
navigational	O
map	O
and	O
the	O
bomb	B-Device
bay	O
—	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
or	O
by	O
double-tapping	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
and	O
moving	O
the	O
joystick	O
to	O
the	O
desired	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
in	O
missions	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
twin-engined	O
balsa	B-Application
RAF	O
Mosquito	O
which	O
is	O
already	O
airborne	O
,	O
mitigating	O
the	O
necessity	O
of	O
takeoff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
missions	O
,	O
landing	O
is	O
not	O
required	O
and	O
points	O
are	O
awarded	O
according	O
to	O
how	O
many	O
enemies	O
are	O
shot	O
down	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
unused	O
fuel	O
,	O
bombs	B-Device
,	O
and	O
missiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
article	O
,	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Aces	I-Application
was	O
noted	O
as	O
Accolade	O
's	O
second	O
best	O
selling	O
Commodore	O
64	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compute	O
!,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
reviewers	O
,	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
in	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Aces	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
Dambusters	B-Device
and	O
said	O
the	O
playability	O
in	O
this	O
was	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desert	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
was	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
comparison	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
sometimes	O
unbelievable	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
article	O
by	O
the	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
magazine	O
published	O
in	O
1986	B-Application
said	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
another	O
well-made	O
and	O
well-presented	O
game	O
by	O
Accolade	O
and	O
continued	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
the	O
action-packed	O
gameplay	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
keep	O
"	O
even	O
the	O
most	O
critical	O
computer	O
pilot	O
busy	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
to	O
come	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chad	O
Reinhardt	O
for	O
Defunct	O
Games	O
mentioned	O
that	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Aces	I-Application
starts	O
with	O
potential	O
but	O
the	O
poor	O
controls	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
ability	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
plane	O
makes	O
it	O
forgettable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
reviews	O
disliking	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
changing	O
controls	O
and	O
how	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
distracting	O
during	O
a	O
dogfight	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Panak	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
,	O
preferred	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Aces	I-Application
to	O
Infiltrator	B-Application
as	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
flight	O
simulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
Forever	O
only	O
gave	O
a	O
2.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
but	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
flight	O
simulator	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
