Area 51 is a light gun arcade game released by Atari Games. It takes its name from the Area 51 military facility. The plot of the game involves the player (Peterson) taking part in a STAAR (Strategic Tactical Advanced Alien Response) military incursion to prevent aliens, known as the Kronn, and alien-created zombies from taking over the Area 51 military facility.
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, classical in form and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation
- Developer
- Mesa Logic
- Publisher
- Midway Games, SoftBank, GT Interactive Software, Time Warner Interactive, Atari Games, Tec Toy
- Released
- October 1, 1995
- Modes
- Single player, Co-operative
- Perspective
- First person
IGDB rating 6.8/10 from 22 ratings.
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