<s>
Spitfire	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
is	O
a	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulator	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
shortly	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
founded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
games	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
(	O
1982	O
)	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
compatibles	O
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
im	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
followed	O
on	O
the	O
heel	O
's	O
of	O
Meier	O
's	O
Hellcat	O
Ace	O
,	O
also	O
from	O
1982	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
offers	O
15	O
different	O
scenarios	O
that	O
include	O
France	O
,	O
Malta	O
and	O
D-Day	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sid	O
Meier	O
developed	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
as	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
Hellcat	O
Ace	O
,	O
another	O
game	O
he	O
programmed	O
,	O
released	O
earlier	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
2020	O
memoir	O
,	O
Meier	O
described	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
kind	O
of	O
game	O
we	O
'd	O
probably	O
call	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
in	O
1984	O
called	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
and	O
Hellcat	O
Aces	O
graphics	O
"	O
extremely	O
simple	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
