Difference between revisions of "Area 51"

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Area 51

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Midway (US), GT Interactive (EU), Soft Bank (JP)

Developer: Mesa Logic

Tantalus Interactive, Perfect Entertainment

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Peripherals supported: Virtua Gun

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-02-07	¥5,8005,800	T-18613G
US	1996-11-20		T-9705H
EU	1997-03-14^[1]		T-25408H-50
BR	1997-04		191x34

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Area 51 (エリア５１) is a 1995 arcade light-gun game developed by Mesa Logic and released by Atari Games. It was ported to the Sega Saturn in late 1996 by Tantalus Interactive and Perfect Entertainment and published by Midway, alongside versions for PlayStation and Windows PCs.

Area 51 was followed by Maximum Force, produced by the same team at Mesa Logic, but with an entirely different setting.

Gameplay

Area 51 is an arcade, on-the-rails shoot-'em-up built around light guns. The graphics are pre-rendered, using human actors (similar to Mortal Kombat) for soldiers, and full motion video so simulate moving through the world.

Versions

The Saturn version of Area 51 is relatively close to its arcade counterpart, but chooses to present itself with an added border - a feature that remains through the entire experience and is absent from other versions. The resulting smaller field of view means that all 2D graphics and full motion video clips are rendered at a lower resolution than their arcade (and PlayStation) counterparts.

The nature of disc-based media means transitions between scenes have a slight delay as the game loads in new data. This is particularly noticeable in the attract sequence.

Magazine articles

Main article: Area 51/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Area 51/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Ação Games (BR)

80

^[7]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

56

^[8]

Freak (IL)

82

^[9]

Gambler (PL)

66

^[10]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[11]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

42

^[3]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

56

^[12]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

73

^[2]

Playmag (FR)

PAL

77

^[13]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[14]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[15]

Saturn Power (UK)

PAL

69

^[4]

Secret Service (PL)

40

^[16]

Sega Magazin (DE)

65

^[17]

Sega Power (GR)

69

^[18]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

72

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

67

^[20]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[6]

Ultra Game Players (US)

65

^[21]

	67
Based on 19 reviews

Area 51

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

384,102,768

CD-ROM(EU)

T-25408H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

384,102,768

1996-12-04

CD-ROM(JP)

T-18613G V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

385,942,032

CD-ROM(US)

T-9705H V1.000

References

↑ File:CVG UK 185.pdf, page 48
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:IntelligentGamer US 08.pdf, page 73 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:IntelligentGamer US 08.pdf_p73" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:SaturnPower UK 02.pdf, page 75 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SaturnPower UK 02.pdf_p75" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_UK_18.pdf, page 62
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 13 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p13" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Ação Games, "Março 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 8
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
↑ Freak, "2/97" (IL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Gambler, "9/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GamePro, "February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 82
↑ MAN!AC, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 80
↑ Playmag, "Mai 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 116
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 3" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 177
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 6" (JP; 1997-03-14), page 110
↑ Secret Service, "Kwiecień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 81
↑ Sega Power, "Októmvrios-Noemvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 61
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-15), page 62
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-03 (1997-02-14)" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 154
↑ Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 74

[:File:CVG_UK_185.pdf_p48-1] File:CVG UK 185.pdf, page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p76-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_08.pdf_p73-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:IntelligentGamer US 08.pdf, page 73 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:IntelligentGamer US 08.pdf_p73" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_02.pdf_p75-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:SaturnPower UK 02.pdf, page 75 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SaturnPower UK 02.pdf_p75" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SSM_UK_18.pdf_p62-5] File:SSM_UK_18.pdf, page 62

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p13-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 13 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p13" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_113.pdf_p8-7] Ação Games, "Março 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 8

[:File:EGM_US_091.pdf_p58-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58

[9] Freak, "2/97" (IL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[10] Gambler, "9/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_101.pdf_p82-11] GamePro, "February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-02.pdf_p80-12] MAN!AC, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 80

[:File:Playmag_FR_14.pdf_p116-13] Playmag, "Mai 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 116

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-03_19970214.pdf_p177-14] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 3" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 177

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-06_19970328.pdf_p110-15] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 6" (JP; 1997-03-14), page 110

[:File:SecretService_45_PL.pdf_p32-16] Secret Service, "Kwiecień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_40.pdf_p81-17] Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 81

[:File:SEGA_Power.28GR.29_2_Oct-Nov1997.pdf_p61-18] Sega Power, "Októmvrios-Noemvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 61

[:File:SSM_UK_18.pdf_p62-19] Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-15), page 62

[:File:SSM_JP_19970214_1997-03.pdf_p154-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-03 (1997-02-14)" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 154

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_094.pdf_p74-21] Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 74

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 ==Physical scans==

Difference between revisions of "Area 51"

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Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References