Fighter Ace (video game series)

{{Short description|Combat flight simulation games series}}

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{{Infobox video game

|title = Fighter Ace/Air Attack

|image = Fighter Ace cover.gif

|developer = VR-1 Russia/BST Soft

|publisher = Microsoft

|designer = VR-1 Canada/Gemsoft

|engine =

|released = December 1997{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/misc/features/features_ace.htm |title=Fighter Ace - Looking for a Few Good Players |website=Microsoft |access-date=8 March 2013 |archive-date=15 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815072144/http://www.microsoft.com/misc/features/features_ace.htm |url-status=dead}}{{cite web | author=Steve Butts | title=Welcome to Fighter Ace | url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2010/04/19/farewell-fighter-ace?page=1 | publisher=IGN | date= 19 April 2010 | access-date=8 March 2013}}

|genre = Combat flight simulation game

|modes = Single-player, multiplayer

|platforms = Microsoft Windows

}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = Fighter Ace 2

|image =

|developer = VR-1 Russia

|publisher = VR-1

|designer = VR-1 Canada

|engine =

|released =

|genre = Combat flight simulation game

|modes = Single-player, multiplayer

|platforms = Microsoft Windows

}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = Fighter Ace 3

|image =

|developer =

|publisher = Ketsujin Studios

|designer =

|engine =

|released = 2002

|genre = Combat flight simulation game

|modes = Single-player, multiplayer

|platforms = Microsoft Windows

}}

Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online combat flight simulation game series in which one flies World War II fighter planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots.{{Citation|title=Fighter Ace III Review - IGN|date=7 March 2002|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/07/fighter-ace-iii-review|language=en|access-date=2020-12-13}} Each of the games ran on a subscription-based model with players paying monthly to compete against each other. Microsoft, as well as later publishers, hosted tournaments in which players could compete against each other.{{Cite web|date=2002-02-05|title=MSN Gaming Zone - Fighter Ace - Getting Started|url=http://www.zone.com/fighterace/start.asp|access-date=2020-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020205072022/http://www.zone.com/fighterace/start.asp|archive-date=5 February 2002}}