Ace Lightning (video game)

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Ace Lightning
Developer(s) BBC Multimedia
Release date(s) European Union 25 October 2002 (GBA)
European Union 29 November 2002 (PC)
Genre(s)
Mode(s)
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
PC
Game Boy Advance

Ace Lightning has a triple bill of video games for PlayStation 2, PC and Game Boy Advance. In all of them, Ace Lightning ventures into the Carnival of Doom to find the pieces of the Amulet of Zoar and then capture his arch nemesis, Lord fear.

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[edit] PC Version

The PC version is a 3D game. In it, Ace must enter the various attractions of the Carnival of Doom. He then needs to collect a certain number of 'Doom Dimes' to gain access to a piece of the Amulet of Zoar, which will allow him access to the next area and ultimately the next attraction. Each attraction caps off with a battle between Ace and one of the show's villains. The levels in the game are:

  • Circus--Ring of Fear
  • Circus Walkways
  • Circus--Lord Fear's Super Gun (cannon)
  • Circus Boss--Googler
  • House of Illusion--Maze
  • House of Illusion--Funhouse
  • House of Illusion Boss--Lady Illusion
  • Cowboy Crossroads--Nevershine Mine
  • Cowboy Crossroads--Ghost Canyon
  • Cowboy Crossroads--Crazy Grave Maze
  • Cowboy Crossorads--Dirty Rat/Giant George Wayne
  • Climbcrag Castle--Fire Moat Fort
  • Climbcrag Castle--Tumbledown Tower
  • Climbcrag Castle Boss--Random Virus
  • Haunted House--Lord Fear, Lady Illusion, Anvil, Pigface.

[edit] Playstation 2 Version

For the Playstation 2, the game is the same as the computer, except the graphics are more improved, some things have changed in the levels, and there are two new levels added as well. These new levels are:

  • House of Illusion--Drop Down Well
  • Climbcrag Castle--Drab Dungeon

[edit] Gameboy Version

The GameBoy version of Ace Lightning is much different. It is 2D and as Ace you must venture into 12 different attractions and locate the Amulet fragment within. At the end of each level is a foe waiting for Ace. Also, villains can attack Ace while he's heading for a new attraction and fight him in a quick boss fight. There are two bonus games, a shooting gallery, and a test-your-strength machine where you must try and hit the bell on the machine (if you lose, Ace gets hit by the hammer and falls unconscious). The levels in the game are:

[edit] Story For Playstation 2/PC

The Sixth Dimension, home to the Lightning Knights: Ace Lightning, Sparx and Random Virus. Lord Fear, their most feared enemy, has escaped from his prison and is now on the run. Lord Fear wishes to conquer the universe using the Amulet of Zoar, but after a fierce battle with the Lightning Knights, the Amulet is shattered to pieces. Ace and Lord Fear each separately find a single piece of the Amulet each. Incomplete, the Amulet is useless to Lord Fear, but in his fury, he hatches a vile plan. He predicts Ace will come to the Carnival of Doom, looking for the fragments of the Amulet that are scattered throughout its dark corners. In his quest, Ace will be weakened until he is destroyed and Lord Fear will reign supreme!

Cutting to the events of the game itself, Ace flies across the plains of the Sixth Dimension and spies a dingy amusement park below. He lands outside the carnival, believing it is the Carnival of Doom, owned by Lord Fear. He immediately discovers a piece of the Amulet, which gives him access to the carnival's circus tent. Inside the circus, Lord Fear hears of Ace's arrival and summons Googler to deal with Ace. Ace fights Googler and defeats him in an explosive battle involving a room full on explosive gun power barrels. Ace then goes on to battle Lady Illusion in the House of Illusion, be pestered by Dirty Rat in the Cowboy Crossroads and save Random Virus in the Climbcrag Castle.

Ace then goes head to head against Lord Fear, Lady Illusion, Anvil and Pigface. After they are defeated, Ace restores the Amulet and uses its power to send Lord Fear and his gang back to prison in the Sixth Dimension.

[edit] Enemies

There are many enemies in the games, more in the PS2 game than the Gameboy game. Zombies, animals and living organic and inorganic creatures make up the roster in the 3D games while only generally recurring villains appear in the Gameboy version.

[edit] Connections with the show

As the games were released after the first season of the show had begun to air, connections to the actual computer game and how it was portrayed within the first season of the show are sometimes strained or erroneus. As they had the actual game to work with when making the second season, its portrayal was much more faithful then.

Ace lacks the ability to fly in the game, forcing him to use trampolines or floating platforms to reach heights, and he can die by falling off ledges. The characters' personalities are slightly altered in some cases; Ace is somewhat overconfident and sometimes makes puns, Lady Illusion is more forward in her advances toward Ace, and the struggle between Random Virus's sides is much more pronounced in the game.

The differences reflect in the show at times. For instance, in one episode Chuck runs a simulation to see what happens if Random Virus teams up with Lord Fear, even though he does so anyway in the game. Another time, Chuck determines that because Anvil becomes more powerful after a certain point in the game, Ace needs to team up with another Lightning Knight to defeat him--both of which are impossible, as the game is only one player and Anvil is only fought once. The opposite is true in one instance, where Ace demonstrates a hatred of garden gnomes, which makes sense with context from the game where killer garden gnomes are enemies in one level.

[edit] External links

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