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Area 51 Review
User Submitted Area 51 Reviews
Date: 2008-11-03
Classic Shooter = Lots of FUN!
This game is the original Area 51 game, the one the PS2 & PS3 versions are based on. I love playing this game because whodoesn't love shooting mutated humans and creatures from another planet. I recomend this game to anyone.
Date: 2007-06-22
I love this game
This is the most unsung game of all time imo. For some reason, it gets trashed for being hard and eating up quarters. In the same breath, someone will defend a game like Pac Man or Battlezone based on those 2 reasons I just mentioned. Why is it not ok for Area 51 to have 2 similarities with other arcade games?
I wore this game out for a week straight on my senior trip in an arcade. It was a skiing trip but I'm a handicap so that didn't go to well with me (I did try though but quit when I ended up laying in a pool of my own blood...stupid skis) This is what got me back into video games. I saw Atari written on the machine and didn't get my hopes up. Before long though, I was in love. It'd been a loooong time since I'd seen a game with all of the things I loved most about the games I used to play (Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Contra, etc). There was definitely enough violence and ammo in this thing for me. Every game I'd seen since my very shortlived Sega Genesis (which was shortlived after my NES thanks to highschool football...yeah...I'm not that handicapped ;) and a drivers liscense), was what they called these RPGs. It looked like those were nothing more than people walking around rooms and opening doors.
Now, sentimental values aside, I think I can still justify complaining over this game's lack of praise. The arcade game *could* be beaten with one, and definitely 2 guns (players), imo. I honestly think that if I owned one of the machines, I could pull it off. Therefore, the ongoing quarter gobbling conspiracy holds no water. I have yet to prove that, of course, but maybe one day I'll get a hold of a machine. The PS version is impossible imo. Believe me, I totally tried but could only succeed with the codes.
It was still fun playing the PS game. It's identical to the arcade game so what you have is a perfect port. I think it's impossible to beat legit only because you're adjusting the sights on your gun with your controller, before firing. That's slows you up a bit when getting invaded heavily. Like I said though, I still enjoyed the heck out of this and reccomend both versions (these are the only 2 versions right?). At home, you obviously get to play it no stop for free. The comedy releif that you can uncover in the bonus levels is GOLDEN! You'll see how to activate all of that when you look up your codes to ultimately beat the game. However, if you do beat this game on you PS legit, let me know. You'll have my respect!
Date: 2007-01-28
VERY GOOD GAME
This game is alot of fun and you dont have to spend 50 cents on it everytime you die. This game is a good action shoot em up game
You can use a Guncon light Gun with this game too which is more fun
Date: 2004-03-07
Great game that gets repetitive
Although this is a great game, that's extremely fun, you can only play it once. The graphics are ahead of their time (not now, but they were), and when you use a lightgun it's a party. But, you end up doing the same thing over and over again. It's like you die, then just play again, so you can die again then repeat. It sort of gets old after a while. If you can get it for a bargain I'd say go for it, but if it's too expensive don't get it, because the time you'll play it won't be worth the money.Graphics: 5/5 (for their time)
Fun factor: 4/5
Replayability: 2/5
Sound: 4/5 (just normal)
Overall: 4/5
Date: 2003-08-12
Beware nielsenart.com
Great game, but don't order from nielsensart.com. We did and it took over a week for them to even let us know they didn't have it. Then they said they would 'compensate' us by refunding our money!
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