# Space Ace — user reviews > 318 indexed App Store user reviews of Space Ace by Dragon's Lair LLC, rated 4.10/5 from 39 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/space-ace/id314133588/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/space-ace/id314133588.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 27 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Space Ace? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Arcade-perfect port - 👍 Faithful to the original - 🎨 Stunning animation and visuals - 💾 Full game on mobile - 🕹️ Responsive controls **Cons** - 🕰️ Short gameplay duration - 🤔 Challenging for new players - 🔇 Sound issues/missing audio - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🔍 Difficulty settings not saved **Commonly reported bugs** - Scenes not loading correctly - Controls not registering inputs - Game state not persisting after suspension **Most requested features** - Watch full movie mode - Adjustable sound/volume settings - Improved difficulty scaling - Compatibility updates for newer devices ## Newest reviews (10 of 318) ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2026-05-26, version 5.0* Works well with Mfi controller. The only true way to enjoy this game imo. 👍 ### 3/5 — Great game but very buggy *2021-02-20, version 5.0* Game missing key cut scenes. The software designer hasn’t updated this game for a long time. It doesn’t play correctly, timings are out plus if you don’t energise normally you could play a simpler game, unfortunately this doesn’t work as game crashes & you die. The game I give 5 stars but the software developers for iPhone get 1 star. Very pour programming. ### 3/5 — Привет из 90-х *2019-11-17, version 5.0* Помнится играл в неё на приставке 3DO в 90-х, тогда чуть ли не целый день её проходил и казалось что-то невероятное , мультик которым ты управляешь , купил только из-за ностальгии , прошёл минуты за 6-7. Если никогда в неё не играли то и не стоит брать ### 2/5 — Bug update *2017-09-12, version 5.0* Still have bugs and commands are later than the original version. Dopo l'aggiornamento continua ad avere problemi. Alcune mosse vengono saltate ed in genere sono tutte oltre i tempi del cabinet originale. C'è ancora da lavorarci su...andava benissimo all'inizio quando l'app è stata pubblicata per la prima volta. Poi sempre peggio.... ### 2/5 — Do not buy. Needs update error! *2017-07-26, version 4.0.2* Loading up gives you need to update error like the other non-HD version of Dragon's Lair. Wait for a new one instead of wasting $5 ### 4/5 — Actualicen a iOS 10 *2017-03-22, version 4.0.2* Gran juego, magnífico, mejora en todo a la recreativa, perodebe ser actualizado a iOS 10 como mínimo, o será retirado del App Store, con el perjuicio que conlleva para todos los que lo hemos comprado, así que actualicen o desaparecerá del App Store, y será responsabilidad del desarrollador digital leisure. ### 3/5 — Update Update Update Please. *2017-01-29, version 4.0.2* The game's visuals are amazing. And if you have the Move Guide, you'll beat this game easy. But I know that there is more than one way to beat it. But none of the other ways work. It keeps glitching. The controls don't respond sometimes. If they would update the game there should be none of these problems. I want to love this game, but I can't with these game ruining issues. ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2016-03-29, version 4.0.2* This is a great game! Amazing graphics, fast paced directional gameplay and funny with a solid 80's Sci-Fi atmosphere! Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Space Ace!!! *2015-10-04, version 4.0.2* Praticamente perfetto e addirittura migliorato nei tempi di reazione ed azione! DA AVERE E BASTA!!! (Ma non funziona più con ios 9.1... 😱) ### 3/5 — Awesome with some small glitches! *2015-07-18, version 4.0.2* I loved this game when it originally came out and beat both it and Dragon's Lair. I cant believe this is an iPhone app, but very glad it is!!! It has become my favorite game all over again.My only minor complaint is that when playing the Captain level or above the movement is wrong, the screen will blink right and it only accepts it if you move left , the correct movement is not corresponding to the opposite screens. Hopefully there will be a fix for this in the near future , otherwise its flawless!! Thank you Don Bluth! Update 5/13/15 As stated by others for sometime now, we are still having issues with these games. The final scene against Borf is completely bugged and unplayable. From what I understand, Dragons Lair has the exact same problem. I don't think the company checks these reviews because this has been ongoing for sometime. I would love to play these again but in its current state, that is simply not possible. Update 7/17/15 For the love of Ace, somebody, anybody from this company, please fix this game.....still waiting... It should not take months to get this app working properly again. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Blast from the past…but *2026-05-18, version 5.0* Unplayable with controllers. ### 1/5 — Sound does not work *2026-04-21, version 5.0* As the title says ### 1/5 — No sound on iPhone 15 *2025-09-30, version 5.0* I loved the game and so looked forward to playing this classic ☹️ ### 1/5 — Ios 11 issues *2025-09-20, version 5.0* Not optimized for new phone display like iPhone X and later ### 1/5 — No Audio! *2021-07-16, version 5.0* How can you feel any nostalgic energy of yesterday’s newspaper route quarters plugged into your favourite game at Macs Milk with no soundtrack? I want my money back! ### 1/5 — Still no sound *2020-03-14, version 5.0* This awesome game used to work beautifully on my iPhone 5s. Now on my iPhone 11 Pro there is STILL no sound even though that problem was reported over a year ago. This game should be fixed or removed from the App Store. ### 1/5 — Ingiocabile per errori vari *2019-12-30, version 5.0* Continuo a morire perché non prende le mosse nel tempo giusto! Inoltre manca la possibilità di capovolgere i comandi. Io mi trovo meglio col pulsante “fuoco-energia” sulla destra (ai tempi incrociavo le braccia sul cabinet). ### 1/5 — No Sound *2019-02-12, version 5.0* There is no sound and no way to enable sound. Not worth the $ until resolved. ### 1/5 — NO SOUND *2018-12-25, version 5.0* The game is identical to the original laser disc game. However, there is NO SOUND to the game. No options for sound/music like all others games on App Store. Also, the control arrows make it difficult to play. If you enjoy games with no sound, this one is for you. I WOULD NOT have bought it for $4.99 if I knew there was no sound available on this game. So I give it “1” star because of that. ### 1/5 — Mi hanno rubato 2 giochi pagati *2017-09-24, version 5.0* Avevo acquistato tempo fa tutti e 3 i videogiochi di questo sviluppatore (space ace,dragon’s lair e dragon’s lair 2 time warp). Adesso space ace è rimasto,ma i due dragon’s lair (ripeto: PAGATI) non mi da più la possibilità di scaricarli dai miei acquisti. Pretendo dagli sviluppatori che mi venga restituito ciò per cui ho pagato!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Immancabile *2026-04-26, version 5.0* Dire che è fantastico è riduttivo! Una pietra miliare dei videogames anni 80 che anticipava i tempi di oltre 20 anni. Uno dei miei preferiti oltre Dragons Lair e Defender of the Crown per Amiga ### 5/5 — Love it!! *2026-04-06, version 5.0* Not buggy at all. Plays amazingly well. Great game wholly recommended! Brilliant in 2026! ### 5/5 — Space ace *2022-05-15, version 5.0* Need to wrk with backbone controller ### 5/5 — The best game EVER *2021-06-28, version 5.0* So this really helped me with finding one of my childhood games, ITS SO COOL and I really want others to play it. It takes practice to play this game but I played it for 3 years and its SO MUCH FUN ### 5/5 — No problems! *2020-05-16, version 5.0* Sound works great! Arcade controls are nice. Wii console sell a great version of these games also for play on your big screen. So much fun to play this again! ### 5/5 — Super retro *2020-05-03, version 5.0* Esta bueno, para pasar el rato, lo mejor de los 80s ### 5/5 — Latest Version is the Full Game *2020-03-06, version 5.0* Previous reviews stated that some scenes were missing, but I’m happy to say that all scenes are here - including the roller skating maze. It’s a fantastic trip down memory lane! ### 5/5 — Indimenticabile *2018-11-13, version 5.0* Questo gioco mi riporta agli anni ‘80 quando vedendolo in sala giochi si rimaneva sbalorditi per la grafica... per questo è un “must have”. ### 5/5 — Cool Retro *2018-03-10, version 5.0* Awesome game from an ex imagineer at Disney Don Bluth — so cool Disney style all over it — dropped a lot of quarters on the real one back in the day ### 5/5 — Automatenklassiker *2017-01-27* Space Ace ist ein Spiel aus den 80er Jahren, dass süchtig machte. Die Umsetzung ist sehr gelungen. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-12.*