Area 51 (Video Game)

align=center colspan=2|Area 51
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a href="/encyclopedia/Video-game-developer" title="Video game developer">Developer: Mesa Logic
a href="/encyclopedia/Video-game-publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher: Atari Games
a href="/encyclopedia/Game-designer" title="Game designer">Game designer: Robert Weatherby
elease date: 1995
a href="/encyclopedia/Computer-and-video-game-genres" title="Computer and video game genres">Genre: First-person shooter
ame modes: Up to 2 players simultaneously
abinet: Standard
ontrols: Lightgun
lign="center" colspan=2|System hardware/Arcade system
olspan=2|This game runs on the Cojag hardware {| width="100%" | width="1%" |CPU: width="99%" |R 3000 (big) 33 Mhz
Tom Jaguar GPU 26 Mhz
Jerry Jaguar DSP 26 Mhz (sound)
}
olspan=2| {| width="100%" | width="1%" |Sound: width="99%" |2 x DAC }
lign="center" colspan=2|Monitor
rientation: Horizontal
ype: Raster, standard resolution (Used: 320 x 240)
lign="center" colspan=2|Notes
olspan=2|Hardware is based on the Atari Jaguar; One of the first games to use an internal hard disk; In the KLOV Top 100 and one of the two best games in 1995
Area 51 is a popular rail shooter (a specialized form of a first-person shooter) arcade game issued by Atari Games in 1995. It takes its name from the Area 51 military facility. The plot of the game involves the player taking part in a military excursion to prevent aliens and alien-created zombies from taking over the Area 51 military facility. The game allows for one of two endings, depending on whether or not the player successfully destroys the aliens' starship during the endgame. A sequel, Area 51: Site 4, also exists. The game is notable for its use of digitized video, and the bizarrely contrasting unrealistic gibs into which every enemy blows apart when shot. Another interesting note about the game is its several "backdoors"; by shooting certain objects in the correct sequence players can unlock shooting exercises, weapon stashes, and gain bonus items that are not available in the main game plot. Unlike other first person shooters, Area 51 allows the players to start at the beginning of the game, or warp ahead to the middle of the game. On August 31, 2004, Paramount Pictures announced that it had bought the world-wide film rights for the series. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=6118490 In 2005 a First Person console version of the game will be released for the PS2 and X-Box. It will feature a more sophisticated storyline and the main characters will be voiced by David Duchovny, Marilyn Manson and Powers Boothe. Area 51

 

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