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Numerous versions of Space Ace were created for home computers and game systems, most of which attempted to mimic the arcade version's lushly animated graphics, with varying degrees of success. A sequel, Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge was created for the PC mixing new animation with scenes from the original game that were left out of the PC version due to the high amount of memory they comprised.
In 1991, Leland Corporation released a slightly updated version of Space Ace in the form of a conversion kit for the then recently-released Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp. The updated version added more complicated moves (including diagonal moves), and dropped the easier skill levels, meaning only the "Ace" (difficult) level could be played.
In 1993 Space Ace was released for the Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive).
Space Ace was also released for the SNES, but received negative reviews due to the controls and the one-hit death.
The Dragon's Lair Deluxe Pack released by Digital Leisure Inc. in 1997 featured Space Ace along with both arcade Dragon's Lair games. They also released a version of Space Ace on DVD that could be played on most DVD players, although it lacked the skill level select of the arcade version, and also played somewhat differently (if the player made a mistake on the arcade version they simply picked up again roughly where they left off, whereas the DVD version forced the player to replay the entire scene from the beginning).
DAPHNE, an emulator for laserdisc based games, can emulate both the original version and the 1991 version. DAPHNE requires the ROM files plus the original laserdisc to run. Alternatively, an MPEG-2 video stream and Ogg Vorbis audio stream can be substituted for the laserdisc. These streams can be generated from the original laserdisc or from Digital Leisure's DVD.
Like Dragon's Lair, a comic book mini series incorporating elements from both the game and Saturday Supercade version (such as Ace randomly changing into Dexter and back, instead of "energizing" back into Ace) was printed in 2003 by Crossgen Publishing.
In the December 2003 issue of PSW (PlayStation World) a free disk was given away with the magazine featuring Space Ace on one side (accompanied by trailers for similar games), and trailers for upcoming games on the other.
In May 2009 the game was made available on iOS.
Space Ace has most recently appeared on the Nintendo Wii as part of the Dragon's Lair Trilogy, which also features Dragon's Lair, and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp. It was later released on the DSiWare in North America on December 6, 2010 and in the PAL region on December 31, 2010.
On February 17, 2011, it was confirmed by Paul Gold of Digital Leisure Inc., that a port was going to be released for the PlayStation 3, via the PlayStation Network (PSN), like they had done for the Dragon's Lair video game. It was released to the PSN the week of February 22, 2011.
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