DESCRIPTION

Snoopy: The Flying Ace is a gentle, side-scrolling game in which players control Peanuts comics' Snoopy, in his World War I Flying Ace outfit, riding on the roof of his red doghouse as if it were his Sopwith Camel single-propeller fighter biplane. A single action button controls flight — when held, the doghouse rises, and when released, the doghouse declines. The ongoing goal in each of the game's nine levels is to collect red balloons, which float in patterns at all heights across the screen. The "plane" can climb, dive, and loop-de-loops, but is always moving forward, so players need to time their maneuvers to fly over the balloons and avoid obstacles. A mini-map of the stage is shown across the top of the screen, to give a better view of both what may have been missed and what is coming up. Points are earned from collecting balloon and clearing stages, and 1,000 points entitles players to download a Peanuts comic strip. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide