Space Ace

Space Ace is a Ruby - Spears cartoon.

Background
Dexter and Kimberly team up to fight off Commander Borf who renders his enemies harmless by blasting them with The Infanto Ray. Dexter was injured in a blast and needs Kimberly to help him.

Production
This cartoon aired as a part of Saturday Supercade which includes Q*bert and dedicated music by Dean Elliott. Not many episodes were made due to licensing problems. The arcade game of Space Ace is made by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth with music by George Villiers and animation by Hanho. It is available on any computer platform, but originated on Laser Disc, which wore out very often and very quickly. The game is an Interactive Movie made entirely made of Quick Time Events which changes based on the direction taken. These include hilarious scenes where if you lost, Ace would revert to Dexter, saying: "I'm Gonna WIN!" while spiraling out of control. Borf greedily replies: "You Cannot Win!".

When it was adapted for Saturday Supercade, Kimberly's role changed from Damsel In Distress to Coworker that has to disguise Dexter's abilities as Space Ace. They do not use a transformation watch, simply with Kimberly saying: "We'll worry about that later.". Dexter is now supposed to be Kimberly's clumsy younger brother while Ace is supposed to be a completely separate person. When Dexter involuntarily transforms, he needs Kimberly to take over in order to save the day and to keep Dexter's problem a secret.

The main character is named Dexter, which might be confused with Dexter's Laboratory. Astro and the Space Mutts, originally from Space Stars, has a character named Space Ace. The narrator of Space Stars often introduces Astro and the Space Mutts as "Space Ace, Astro, And The Space Mutts", "Astro, Space Ace, And The Space Mutts", and "Space Ace And The Space Mutts". Both Astro And The Space Mutts and Space Ace were included in Super Adventures. Since Cartoon Network omitted the original credits, the two are often confused with each other.