_{Cover of the October 1991 issue of ACE}

While ACE stood for "Advanced Computer Entertainment", this was a magazine that covered gaming on the Amiga, Atari ST, PC (DOS), as well as the MegaDrive (Genesis), Game Boy, Atari Lynx and Super Famicom (Super Nintendo)...at least in 1991. The October 1991 issue includes:

Reviews

• Buster Douglas Boxing (MegaDrive) - Buster Douglas was the big heavyweight name after Mike Tyson but the game itself is not so great.


• EA Hockey (MegaDrive) - The first of the EA hockey games on the Genesis. Sports games were something EA was very good at for a while.


• F117A: Stealth Fighter 2 (PC) - A sequel to the 1989 original. While I love older games, the relatively low frame rate and low polygon count sims of old don't hold up all that well.


• Magic Pockets (Amiga) - Not a game I am really familiar with, this is a side scrolling platform type game for the Amiga.


• Mega lo Mania (Amiga) - A strategy game reminiscent of Populous.


• Microprose Golf (Atari ST) - An ok golf game for the Atari ST. This one tries to combine the best element of serious golf games and more simplified arcade oriented titles like Leaderboard.


• Robin Hood (PC) - Another Populous inspired strategy game.

_{Table of Contents from the October 1991 issue of ACE}

Features

• Gore Blimey! - A sort of "best of" in terms of gore in computer and video games. Games mentioned include Persian Gulf Inferno, Lemmings, Oids, Barbarian, Technocop, Indianapolis 500, NARC, and Warzone.


• Spaceship Warlock (Macintosh) - An interactive movie of sorts with a 1950s B movie theme for the Macintosh, a platform that didn't see too many game releases at the time, relatively speaking.


• Sensible Soccer (Preview) - One of the more popular soccer (football) games, at least in Europe.

_{Table of Contents from the October 1991 issue of ACE (continued)}

Regulars

• ACE Games News - Upcoming games announcements including The Simpsons, Castlevania IV for the Super NES, Super Tetris for the PC (I remember playing that one on the ancient PC XTs at school), The Killing Cloud for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST (set in the sci-fi future of 1997), Crisis in the Kremlin (PC), Mercenary III, Planet's Edge, Guardian Angels, Shoe People, Might and Magic III (PC), Super Space Invaders, Super Fulcrum (PC) and Double Dragon II for the Game Boy.


• ACE Tech News - Amstrad releases an all-in-one PC with a 16MHz 286 processor, 40MB hard drive and 1MB of RAM. Also included are the games Links, F-15 Strike Eagle II and Prince of Persia. Also, game developers in Japan complain of a lack of developers, Yamaha releases the SY99 Synth and JVC releases what could be thought of as a predecessor to the GoPro, the Super VHS SC-F007.


• Letters - Comments on Terminator 2, console game reviews, and consoles vs. computers among other topics.

_{Back cover of the October 1991 issue of ACE}

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