<s>
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
is	O
a	O
LaserDisc	O
video	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Bluth	O
Group	O
,	O
Cinematronics	O
and	O
Advanced	B-Application
Microcomputer	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
RDI	B-Application
Video	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
unveiled	O
in	O
October	O
1983	O
,	O
just	O
four	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
game	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
limited	O
release	O
in	O
December	O
1983	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
wide	O
release	O
in	O
Spring	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
requiring	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
joystick	O
or	O
press	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
at	O
key	O
moments	O
in	O
the	O
animated	O
sequences	O
to	O
govern	O
the	O
hero	O
's	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
achieve	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
of	O
success	O
as	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
is	O
composed	O
of	O
numerous	O
individual	O
scenes	O
,	O
which	O
require	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
joystick	O
in	O
the	O
right	O
direction	O
or	O
press	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
at	O
the	O
right	O
moment	O
to	O
overcome	O
the	O
various	O
hazards	O
Dexter/Ace	O
faces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
introduced	O
a	O
few	O
gameplay	O
enhancements	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
selectable	O
skill	O
levels	O
and	O
multiple	O
paths	O
through	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
could	O
select	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
skill	O
levels	O
:	O
"	O
Cadet	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Captain	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
"	O
for	O
easy	O
,	O
medium	O
and	O
hard	O
respectively	O
;	O
only	O
by	O
choosing	O
the	O
toughest	O
skill	O
level	O
could	O
the	O
player	O
see	O
all	O
the	O
sequences	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
only	O
around	O
half	O
the	O
scenes	O
are	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
easiest	O
setting	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
follows	O
the	O
adventures	O
of	O
the	O
dashing	O
hero	O
Dexter	O
,	O
better	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Ace	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
animation	O
for	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
was	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
that	O
tackled	O
the	O
earlier	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
headed	O
by	O
ex-Disney	O
animator	O
Don	O
Bluth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
keep	O
the	O
production	O
costs	O
down	O
,	O
the	O
studio	O
again	O
chose	O
to	O
use	O
its	O
staff	O
to	O
provide	O
voices	O
for	O
the	O
characters	O
rather	O
than	O
hire	O
actors	O
(	O
one	O
exception	O
is	O
Michael	O
Rye	O
,	O
who	O
reprises	O
his	O
role	O
as	O
the	O
narrator	O
of	O
the	O
attract	O
sequence	O
in	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
distributors	O
in	O
two	O
different	O
formats	O
:	O
a	O
dedicated	O
cabinet	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
conversion	O
kit	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
turn	O
an	O
existing	O
copy	O
of	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
into	O
a	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
version	O
#1	O
production	O
units	O
of	O
the	O
dedicated	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
game	O
were	O
actually	O
issued	O
in	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
style	O
cabinets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
version	O
#2	O
dedicated	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
units	O
came	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
,	O
inverted	O
style	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conversion	O
kit	O
included	O
the	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
laserdisc	O
,	O
new	O
EPROMs	B-General_Concept
containing	O
the	O
game	O
program	O
,	O
an	O
additional	O
circuit	O
board	O
to	O
add	O
the	O
skill	O
level	O
buttons	O
,	O
and	O
replacement	O
artwork	O
for	O
the	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerous	O
versions	O
of	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
were	O
created	O
for	O
home	O
computers	O
and	O
game	O
systems	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
attempted	O
to	O
mimic	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
's	O
lushly	O
animated	O
hand-drawn	O
footage	O
,	O
with	O
varying	O
degrees	O
of	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
floppy	O
disk-based	O
versions	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
ReadySoft	O
issued	O
a	O
CD-ROM	O
version	O
featuring	O
downsampled	O
video	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
which	O
preserved	O
almost	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
laserdisc	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
II	O
:	O
Borf	O
's	O
Revenge	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
and	O
shipped	O
on	O
floppy	O
disk	O
for	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
computer	O
platforms	O
mixing	O
new	O
animation	O
with	O
scenes	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
that	O
were	O
left	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
due	O
to	O
large	O
file	O
sizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
Leland	O
Corporation	O
released	O
a	O
slightly	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
conversion	O
kit	O
for	O
the	O
then	O
recently	O
released	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Time	I-Application
Warp	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
CD-i	I-Device
(	O
Compact	B-Device
Disc	I-Device
Interactive	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
by	O
Absolute	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
since	O
a	O
SNES	B-Application
cartridge	O
has	O
limited	O
storage	O
,	O
it	O
ended	O
up	O
being	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
action	O
game	O
with	O
levels	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
scenes	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
Deluxe	O
Pack	O
released	O
by	O
Digital	O
Leisure	O
in	O
1997	O
featured	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
along	O
with	O
both	O
arcade	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
on	O
DVD	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
most	O
DVD	B-Device
players	I-Device
,	O
although	O
it	O
lacked	O
the	O
skill	O
level	O
select	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
played	O
somewhat	O
differently	O
(	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
made	O
a	O
mistake	O
on	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
they	O
simply	O
picked	O
up	O
again	O
roughly	O
where	O
they	O
left	O
off	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
DVD	O
version	O
made	O
the	O
player	O
replay	O
the	O
entire	O
scene	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
a	O
comic	O
book	O
miniseries	O
incorporating	O
elements	O
from	O
both	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
Saturday	O
Supercade	O
version	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Ace	O
randomly	O
changing	O
into	O
Dexter	O
and	O
back	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
"	O
energizing	O
"	O
back	O
into	O
Ace	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
by	O
Crossgen	O
Publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
December	O
2003	O
issues	O
of	O
PSW	O
(	O
PlayStation	O
World	O
)	O
and	O
XBW	O
(	O
Xbox	O
World	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
disk	O
was	O
given	O
away	O
with	O
the	O
magazine	O
featuring	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
on	O
one	O
side	O
(	O
accompanied	O
by	O
trailers	O
for	O
similar	O
games	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
trailers	O
for	O
upcoming	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
appeared	O
on	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
Trilogy	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
features	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
and	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Time	I-Application
Warp	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
DSiWare	B-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
December	O
6	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
PAL	O
region	O
on	O
December	O
31	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
port	O
by	O
Digital	O
Leisure	O
was	O
released	O
through	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2012	O
via	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
through	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
Rebecca	O
Heineman	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
from	O
a	O
reverse	O
engineered	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
version	O
(	O
dating	O
back	O
from	O
1990	O
)	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
compilation	O
sold	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Store	O
also	O
called	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
Trilogy	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
the	O
original	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Time	I-Application
Warp	I-Application
as	O
a	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
appeared	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
Trilogy	O
(	O
a	O
possible	O
port	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
release	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
features	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
and	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Time	I-Application
Warp	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
NES	O
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
top-selling	O
CD-i	B-Device
game	O
in	O
April	B-Application
1994	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
gave	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
version	O
a	O
7.75	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
panned	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
2.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
awkward	O
controls	O
(	O
you	O
fall	O
off	O
ledges	O
for	O
no	O
reason	O
at	O
all	O
)	O
and	O
pixelated	O
graphics	O
(	O
the	O
cut	O
scenes	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
humorous	O
,	O
are	O
just	O
hideous	O
)	O
combine	O
for	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
unplayable	O
video	O
games	O
in	O
recent	O
memory	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
recommended	O
that	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
hold	O
out	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
3.9	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
remarking	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
'	O
unfortunately	O
highlights	O
the	O
color	O
bleeding	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
 '	O
,	O
but	O
praised	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
voicing	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
"	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
is	O
great	O
for	O
animation	O
buffs	O
or	O
gamers	O
who	O
enjoyed	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
gave	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
two	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
criticizing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
as	O
"	O
juvenile	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
'	O
overly	O
limited	O
 '	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
only	O
way	O
to	O
beat	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
13	O
stages	O
is	O
to	O
play	O
through	O
it	O
over	O
and	O
over	O
until	O
your	O
reactions	O
are	O
automatic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
...	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
does	O
manage	O
to	O
come	O
out	O
looking	O
and	O
sounding	O
almost	O
exactly	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
adventure	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
that	O
's	O
not	O
necessarily	O
a	O
good	O
thing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entertainment	O
Weekly	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
B	O
-	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
unique	O
genre	O
of	O
CD	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
so-called	O
decision	O
point	O
disc	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
controlling	O
your	O
character	O
's	O
every	O
movement	O
,	O
you	O
respond	O
to	O
specific	O
threats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
is	O
a	O
mixed	O
blessing	O
at	O
best	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
II	O
:	O
Borf	O
's	O
Revenge	O
is	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
home	O
computer	O
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
,	O
mostly	O
featuring	O
content	O
that	O
could	O
not	O
fit	O
in	O
available	O
storage	O
space	O
on	O
said	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
port	O
was	O
also	O
completed	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
(	O
detailed	O
IIGS	B-Device
loading	O
instructions	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
manual	O
for	O
the	O
other	O
ports	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
conversion	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Brutal	O
Deluxe	O
in	O
2022	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
DOS	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
short-lived	O
cartoon	O
series	O
based	O
on	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
was	O
produced	O
in	O
1984	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Saturday	O
Supercade	O
cartoon	O
block	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
composed	O
of	O
animated	O
shorts	O
based	O
on	O
then-current	O
video	O
games	O
)	O
with	O
Ace	O
voiced	O
by	O
Jim	O
Piper	O
,	O
Dexter	O
voiced	O
by	O
Sparky	O
Marcus	O
,	O
Kimberly	O
voiced	O
by	O
Nancy	O
Cartwright	O
,	O
and	O
Commander	O
Borf	O
voiced	O
by	O
Arthur	O
Burghardt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twelve	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
episodes	O
were	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samurai	O
Jack	O
references	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
and	O
the	O
other	O
Don	O
Bluth-animated	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
in	O
a	O
scene	O
from	O
the	O
episode	O
"	O
Jack	O
and	O
the	O
Farting	O
Dragon	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Jack	O
asks	O
which	O
path	O
to	O
take	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
lair	I-Application
,	O
he	O
is	O
told	O
the	O
left	O
;	O
when	O
he	O
asks	O
what	O
the	O
right	O
path	O
leads	O
to	O
,	O
Jack	O
is	O
told	O
,	O
"	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
