Ultimate Air Combat

Ultimate Air Combat
Aces: Iron Eagle III
European cover art
Developer(s)Activision
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Chris Shen (designer)
Steven Ackrich (producer)
Richard Miles Boogar (music)
Platform(s)NES/Family Computer
Release
  • NA: April 1992
  • JP: August 7, 1992
  • EU: November 11, 1992
Genre(s)Modern jet flight simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Ultimate Air Combat (known as Aces: Iron Eagle III in Japan) is a semi-realistic combat flight simulator developed and published by Activision for the Nintendo Entertainment System/Family Computer. Having relatively good graphics for the console, Ultimate Air Combat differs from other similar games by having both a cockpit view and an isometric view throughout the missions. The game seems to be set in the near future due to some of the highly advanced weapons systems but modern-day planes. In Japan, the game is known as Aces: Iron Eagle III and is barely based on the film of the same name (as both involved aircraft).