''MiG Alley Ace'' (shown as ''Mig Alley ACE'' on the Commodore title screen) is a

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published by

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for

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in 1983. A

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port followed in 1984.

Gameplay

''MiG Alley Ace'' is a head-to-head combat flight simulator designed by

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. It is based on the combat in

MiG Alley "MiG Alley" was the name given by United Nations Command, United Nations (UN) pilots during the Korean War to the northwestern portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties into the Yellow Sea. It was the site of numerous dogfights betwe ...

Reception

David Patton reviewed the game for ''

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'', 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." ''

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's Essential Guide to Atari Computers'' recommended the game as an excellent flight simulation for the Atari 8-bit, citing the

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as an improvement over ''

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

References

1983 video games Atari 8-bit computer games Cold War video games Combat flight simulators Commodore 64 games Korean War video games MicroProse games Split-screen multiplayer games Video games developed in the United States {{Korea-War-stub