MiG Alley Ace explained

MiG Alley Ace
Developer:MicroProse
Designer:Andy Hollis
Released:1983: Atari
1984: C64
Genre:Combat flight simulation game
Platforms:Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64

MiG Alley Ace (shown as Mig Alley ACE on the Commodore title screen) is a combat flight simulation game published by MicroProse for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. A Commodore 64 port followed in 1984.

Gameplay

MiG Alley Ace is a head-to-head combat flight simulator designed by Andy Hollis. It is based on the combat in MiG Alley.[1] [2]

Reception

David Patton reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "While this game lacks too many features to be called a true flight simulator (it has no attitude indicator, no "weather problems", no runways, no player control over ailerons and rudders, etc. . .), the excellent aerial dogfight action and Korean war setting make it worthy purchase for both the war gamer who is looking for a good arcade experience and for the arcader who is ready to go to war."[3] InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers recommended the game as an excellent flight simulation for the Atari 8-bit, citing the split screen as an improvement over Hellcat Ace.[4]

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared MiG Alley Ace the 129th-best computer game ever released.[5]

Reviews

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kelley . Patrick . Pappas . Lee . Review - MiG Alley Ace . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010424221700/http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/an19/mig_alley.htm . 2001-04-24 . cyberroach.com.
  2. Web site: Short . Jim . November–December 1985 . Issue 18 – Mig Alley Ace . 4 February 2015 . page6.org . 6.
  3. Patton . David . Mig Alley Ace . Computer Gaming World . June 1984 . 1 . 16 . 17, 40.
  4. Book: Mace, Scott . InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers . 1984 . Harper & Row . 1984 . 978-0-06-669006-3 . 80-84.
  5. November 1996 . 150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time . bot: unknown . . 148 . 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531042948/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_148.pdf . 31 May 2023 . 6 June 2023 .