Area 51

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Area 51
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Midway (US), GT Interactive (EU), Soft Bank (JP)
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Mesa Logic
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
Peripherals supported: Virtua Gun
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,8005,800 T-18613G
Sega Saturn
US
T-9705H
Sega Saturn
EU
T-25408H-50
Sega Saturn
BR
191x34

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.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-22: "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (1996-12-13)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #17: "March 1997" (1997-02-19)
also published in:
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Print advert in Playmag (FR) #13: "Avril 1997" (1997-0x-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
73 №52, p76/77[3]
69 №2, p75[4]
72 №18, p62/63[5]
81 №, p11[6]
65 №94
Sega Saturn
72
Based on
5 reviews
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]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
81
[12]
Intelligent Gamer (US)
42
[13]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
56
[14]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
73
[3]
Playmag (FR) PAL
77
[15]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
66
[16]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
66
[17]
Saturn Power (UK) PAL
69
[4]
Secret Service (PL)
40
[18]
Sega Magazin (DE)
65
[19]
Sega Power (GR)
69
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[21]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
67
[22]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
81
[6]
Ultra Game Players (US)
65
[23]
Sega Saturn
67
Based on
20 reviews

Area 51

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Area51 sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Area51 Saturn US RegCard.pdf
Reg Card
Saturn, EU
Area51 Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
Area51 Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
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Cover
Area51 Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, BR
Area51 Saturn BR Box Front.jpg
Cover

References

  1. File:CVG UK 185.pdf, page 48
  2. Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-15), page 13
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  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
  5. File:SSM_UK_18.pdf, page 62
  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
  7. Ação Games, "Março 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 8
  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
  11. GamePro, "February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 82
  12. Game Informer, "February 1997" (US; 199x-0x-xx), page 59
  13. Intelligent Gamer, "January 1997" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 73
  14. MAN!AC, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 80
  15. Playmag, "Mai 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 116
  16. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 3" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 177
  17. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 6" (JP; 1997-03-14), page 110
  18. Secret Service, "Kwiecień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 32
  19. Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 81
  20. Sega Power, "Októmvrios-Noemvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 61
  21. Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-15), page 62
  22. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-03 (1997-02-14)" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 154
  23. Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 74