ACE (video game)

ACE (an acronym for Air Combat Emulator) is a combat flight simulator video game published for the Commodore 64, VIC-20, and Plus/4 in 1985 by Cascade Games. Conversions were released for the Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Amiga, and ZX Spectrum. The player takes the role of a fighter jet pilot defending the English coastland against an enemy invasion, having to fight off aerial, ground and naval forces while Allied bases evacuate. The display shows the plane's instrumentation and cockpit view. The game was developed with a budget of £40k by the small UK-based Cascade Games.

ACE was lauded by critics as one of the best air combat simulators of the time and praised for its accessible gameplay. Two sequels followed from Cascade Games.