Space Ace [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Space Ace [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: GO Back in Time
Summary: 5 Stars
If you too where a child of the 80's you will love this trip back in time, the conversion is great I am running it on a AUS PS3 and its as smooth as I remember the arcade I cant fault it. This is a must buy if you ever liked the old Laserdisc Games of the past I am just waiting on my Dragons Lair 1 and 2 to show up now....Movie Review: Great Product, very fast delivery!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered Space Ace for Blu-Ray around the 18th of December and was advised I would receive by the 19th January however it arrived on the 27th December which was out of sight.
Thank you Amazon I am very impressed with your prompt delivery and for providing a great product.
Cheers
JJ
Movie Review: Not Dragon's Lair, but good enough to warrant a buy
Summary: 4 Stars
Back in 1983 a game called Dragon's Lair came to the local arcades, 3 months later came Space Ace in early 1984. The rest is history. Space Ace back in the day was a laserdisc video game produced by Don Bluth Studios and Cinematronics. Just like Dragon's Lair, Space Ace's gameplay consists of requiring the gamer to move the joystick or press the fire button at precise moments in the animated sequences to govern the hero's actions. It's basically a mini-animated movie. You think for a video game's purposes the animation will be pretty lame, but both Space Ace and Dragon's Lair had animation that Disney would love to have a hold of.
Even 25+ years later, I still find myself enjoying these games, but as with them back in the day, it's definitely an acquired taste and not for everybody. This version of Space Ace is clearly the best Space Ace ever released to a home console. The graphics have been immensely improved and the controls are more lenient on the gamer. I noticed only a couple of bugs where there is an annoying clicking sound after a death or scene, but that's only a minor nitpick. Space Ace definitely is not a fun as Dragon's Lair. I think it's the characters in Space Ace that are sometimes just annoying for my tastes, but the game is still fun to play and watch at times. The extras has some nice additions including a full movie video of the game without interruption and some nice interviews of the creators of the game and even includes Don Bluth. It also contains playable levels from Dragons Lair, and Dragons Lair II. Not bad!
I played it on my PS3 without problems and I hear it should run on all other blu-ray players without a hitch. Obviously it's going to feel more like a game with a PS3 controller, but the regular DVD controller will do the job too. Definitely pick this up if you want to take a trip down Laserdisc video game lane...
Movie Review: Not perfect, but well worth buying
Summary: 4 Stars
A+ for the game itself, it's an arcade classic from the 1980s and IMO the best of the 3 Bluth games.
A+ too for the transfer, the visuals and sound are great.
I thought using the Blu-Ray remote to play the game vs. a joystick or computer keyboard would be annoying, but it's not too bad. Game play is very faithful to the arcade experience I remember from when I was a kid.
The "attract mode" sequence, which has some nice animation, is included. But it's a bit hard to find because they put it under "Previews." There's also one playable level from each of Dragon's Lair and Dragon's Lair II, which is nice.
My only complaints are:
1. As another reviewer noted, the "Get me out of here!!!!" sequence is missing after Ace leaves the planet for the first time. It's there when you play on Cadet level though.
2. I get a lot of stutter when the game seeks to a new scene. Sometimes I see the first few frames flash on the screen, then black, and this happens a few times before the scene plays. Could be an issue with my player.
Overall, I'm having a lot of fun playing the game and the purchase was well worth it.
Movie Review: Space Ace - Very impressive version
Summary: 4 Stars
The high definition remastering of this game is very impressive. I would recommend this to anyone who owns a blu ray player and likes Don Bluth's animation.