The AREA 51 series first began as a light gun-based arcade shooter game, and now Midway has brought the series to the Pc Games as a first person shooter along the lines of HALO and DOOM. The game revolves around HAZMAT operative Ethan Cole, who has been summoned to Area 51 to discover the source of a deadly virile outbreak.
He soon discovers that the staff of the secret alien research base has mutated into deadly, dangerous enemies. Even worse, Ethan himself quickly becomes infected. While the game is a fairly straight-forward first person shooter involving blasting everything that moves while searching for keys, secret codes, and other clues, it does have some interesting twists. Once Ethan becomes infected with the virus, he gains the ability to mutate into a stronger form complete with two ranged attacks. The visuals also change, taking on an almost infra-red interface. Once the single-player missions are finished, AREA 51 offers gamers a multiplayer mode that accommodates up to 16 players. Several differ nt options are available, including deathmatch, capture the flag, and infection, in which players can play as mutants and attempt to infect the human players. There are also unlockable secrets that can be found by scanning objects, , computer workstations, and corpses. While AREA 51 has been absent from the arcade for awhile, first person shooter fans will immediately latch on to its Pc Games version. Fans of THE X-FILES should also check it out to hear star David Duchovny voice Ethan Cole.

Minimum System Requirements:
OS: Windows 2000/XP
CPU: Pentium III 1.4GHz/Athlon
RAM: 256 MB
VGA: 32 MB 3D Video Card (GeForce3+ / Radeon 9500+ / Intel 915g+)
DX: DirectX 9.0b
HDD: 3 GB free disk space
Sound: DirectX compatible Sound Card
ODD: CD/ DVD-ROM DriveRecommended System Requirements:
OS: Windows XP
CPU: Pentium 4 2GHz/Athlon XP
RAM: 512 MB
VGA: 64 MB 3D Video Card (GeForce3+ / Radeon 9500+ / Intel 915g+)
HDD: 4 GB free disk spaceNote: ATI: ATI Radeon 9800 through 9500 ATI X800, X600, X300 NVidia: Geforce GT 6800 or 6600 Geforce FX 5950 or 5900 Geforce FX 5900 through 5600 Geforce FX 5200 Geforce 4 / 3 Intel Graphics motherboards 915GM-FR, 915G, GMA900Install Notes:1. MOUNT WITH DAEMON TOOLS
2. Install the game.
3. Copy over the cr@cked content to your install dir.
4. Play the game.