MiG Alley Ace
{{short description|1983 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = MiG Alley Ace
| image = MiG Alley Ace cover.jpg
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| developer = MicroProse
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|MicroProse|EU|U.S. Gold}}
| 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.{{lemon64 game|id=4181}}
Gameplay
File:MiG_Alley_Ace_Atari_8-bit_PAL_screenshot.png gameplay screenshot (Atari 8-bit)]]
MiG Alley Ace is a head-to-head combat flight simulator designed by Andy Hollis. It is based on the combat in MiG Alley.{{cite web |last1=Kelley |first1=Patrick |last2=Pappas |first2=Lee |title=Review - MiG Alley Ace |url=http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/an19/mig_alley.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010424221700/http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/an19/mig_alley.htm |archive-date=2001-04-24 |website=cyberroach.com}}{{cite web |last=Short |first=Jim |date=November–December 1985 |title=Issue 18 – Mig Alley Ace |url=http://www.page6.org/archive/issue_18/page_44a.htm |accessdate=4 February 2015 |website=page6.org |publisher= |page=6}}
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."{{cite magazine |last=Patton |first=David |title=Mig Alley Ace |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=June 1984 |volume=1 |issue=16 |pages=17, 40}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Mace |first=Scott |url=https://archive.org/details/InfoWorlds_Essential_Guide_to_Atari/page/n89/mode/2up?view=theater |title=InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers |publisher=Harper & Row |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-06-669006-3 |pages=80–84}}
In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared MiG Alley Ace the 129th-best computer game ever released.{{cite magazine |author= |date=November 1996 |title=150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time |url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_148.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown |magazine=Computer Gaming World |issue=148 |pages=63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531042948/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_148.pdf |archive-date=31 May 2023 |access-date=6 June 2023 }}
References
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Category:Atari 8-bit computer games
Category:Combat flight simulators
Category:Korean War video games
Category:Split-screen multiplayer games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
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