Area 51: Site 4 - Videogame by Atari Games

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Area 51: Site 4

Name: Area 51: Site 4
Manufacturer: Atari Games
Year: 1998
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: JAMMA+

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Gun: Optical

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Area 51: Site 4 Description

Area 51: Site 4 was produced by Atari Games in 1998.

Atari Games released 86 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984.

Other machines made by Atari Games during the time period Area 51: Site 4 was produced include Gauntlet Legends, Vapor TRX, Area 51/Maximum Force Duo, California Speed, San Francisco Rush 2049, San Francisco Rush The Rock - Alcatraz Edition, Maximum Force, Freeze, Primal Rage II, and Tenth Degree.

This game is an updated version of the original shooting game with better graphics, smoother animation, better gameplay and a lot more levels. You can pick several training missions of your choice before starting the game to get the feel of the game.

Area 51: Site 4 - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.15 (2 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.30

     Overall 'Like': 3.00
     Fun (Social): 4.00
     Fun (Solo): 3.00
     Collector Desire: 3.50

Technical Impressions Score: 3.00

     Gameplay: 3.00
     Graphics: 3.00
     Originality: 3.00
     Sound/Music: 3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Information

This game is usually installed into an Area 51 or Maximum Force cabinet or a converted Mortal Kombat 4 machine. Dedicated cabinets do exist but they are not as common as the conversion kit machines.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Some cheats are excessible by shooting certain objects on the screen that are in the background, which will lead you to a different path in the level. Another cheat is to be a perfect shot with your gun with a 100 percent hit ratio, this will bring you into a bonus round.

Game Play

Shoot attacking aliens and targets with your gun. Reload the gun with more ammunition by pointing away from the screen and pulling the trigger.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Area 51: Site 4 Census

There are 11,430 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,069 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 152,026 machines (6,521 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 115 known instances of this machine owned by Area 51: Site 4 collectors who are active members. Of these, 65 of them are original dedicated machines, 20 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 29 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with Area 51: Site 4 machines for sale. There are 4 active VAPS members with extra Area 51: Site 4 circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Area 51: Site 4.

This game ranks a 15 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Legacy

Area 51
Maximum Force
Area 51: Site 4

Manuals

Area 51 Site 4 - 16-30027-101 58 Pages, 1.4 MB File.

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Area 51: Site 4 Flyer #2118
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Area 51: Site 4 Flyer #56

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