Flying ace after he became the first pilot to down five German aircraft. The British initially used the term "star-turns" (a show business term), while the Germans described their elite fighter pilots as "Überkanonen" (which roughly translates to "top guns"). The successes of such German ace pilots as Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke were much publicised for the benefit of civilian morale, and the "Pour le Mérite", Prussia’s highest award for gallantry, became part of the uniform of a leading German ace. In the "Luftstreitkräfte" the "Pour le Mérite" was nicknamed "Der blaue Max"/The Blue Max, after Max Immelmann, who was the
Space Ace 13 stages is to play through it over and over until your reactions are automatic. You could surely train a monkey to do the same thing." A reviewer for "Next Generation" gave the PC version two out of five stars, commenting that "Don Bluth's LaserDisc classic remains an entertaining cartoon attached to the antithesis of interactivity. ... "Space Ace" does manage to come out looking and sounding almost exactly like the original arcade adventure, but in the end, that's not necessarily a good thing." "Entertainment Weekly" gave the game a B- and wrote that ""Space Ace" is part of a