Space Ace (Video Game 1983)

You guide Ace through various dangers as you fight to save his girlfriend Kimberly, from the villain, Borf.

Director:

Don Bluth

Writer:

Shannon Donnelly

Stars:

Jeff Etter, Will Finn, Lorna Cook

Cast

Cast overview:
Jeff Etter	...	Ace (voice)
Will Finn	...	Dexter (voice)
Lorna Cook	...	Kimberley (voice) (as Lorna Pomeroy)
Don Bluth	...	Borf (voice)
Michael Rye	...	Narrator (voice)

Storyline

In this game, you play Ace, a dashing space hero who must fight the space villain, Bort, who plans to use his special device, the Infanto Ray to conquer the universe by reducing his enemies' age to the point where they are too young to oppose. Unfortunately, that job is complicated by the fact that Ace himself was hit with the ray and now is only a young boy. Regardless, his girlfriend is abducted by the villian and the pursuit must continue. However, there are times when you can choose to have Ace's full vigour of his proper age temporarily restored, but the price of additional danger that rises to match his strength.

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Plot Keywords:

girlfriend | ray | hero | two word title | cosmos | 

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Taglines:

...More magic from Magicom!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

E

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 1984 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$1,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Don Bluth Productions, Magicom

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because they had no money for voice actors in the budget, Don Bluth got the part of Borf by default. While happy with his performance, Bluth thought that Paul Shenar, who he had worked with before, would've done a great job voicing Borf.

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Quotes

[random comment upon player's death]
Borf: Turn back, dweeb.

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Connections

Featured in MarzGurl Reviews: MarzGurl Loves Don Bluth - Space Ace (2011)

User Reviews

Amazing...

Played this game for the first time in 1985. The control method wasn't advanced, but hey, was it difficult! This was the first arcade game i ever saw and i was hooked. My old man wouldn't let me go to the arcade, because he was afraid I'd spend my whole allowance there, but I snuck out anyways. I learned later that this game owed it's good graphics to the fact that it was laserdisc driven. A real classic.