Area 51

Publisher: Midway

Developer: Midway

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 06/06/2005

Official Game Website

    Also available on:
  • PS2
  • XB


GameZone's Review

7.5

GZ Rating

Gameplay7.5
Graphics9
Sound7.5
DifficultyEasy
Concept7
Multiplayer8
Overall7.5

Reviewer: Kevin “BIFF” Giacobbi

Review Date: 06/27/2005


Area 51 Gets a Makeover that is quite different then the arcade shooter

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News

Midway Launches The Official Area 51 Website
Aliens, Mutants and Spaceships - Oh My!

The Conspiracy Spreads As Midway Brings Its Action-Thriller Area 51® To PC
Game to Simultaneously Ship with Console Versions in April 2005

Description

The U.S. Army has received a distress signal from Area 51 where a viral outbreak has just shut down the research facility and the automated quarantine procedures have locked all scientific and military personnel inside. A small Special Forces unit including Specialist Ethan Cole of the HAZMAT (hazardous materials) Division is sent to investigate. As Cole, players delve into the massive levels within the confines of Area 51, only to discover a deadly mutagenic side effect of the virus that controls the minds of those infected, as well as an ancient alien colony buried beneath the facility. Players will uncover the truth behind chilling conspiracies as they come across the remnants of the extraterrestrial crash at Roswell, alien autopsies, and the faked lunar landing. Cole must solve the enigma of Area 51 before the viral mutagen is released and irrevocably mutates all life on Earth.

Hardware Requirements

Windows 2000/XP; Intel P3 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 3000+, Sempron 2200+ or greater; 4X Speed CD/DVD; 256MB; DirectX 9.0b Compliant Sound Card; DirectX 9.0b (supplied on CD); Video Card Requires a minimum of 32MB RAM

Video cards supported include: ATI Radeon series (8500 or better); Nvidia Quadro series; Intel Extreme Graphics (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor) 865G, 865GV and GMA 900 chipsets; GeForce3, 3 Ti; GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440; GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950; GeForce 6600, 6800



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