Area 51 is a science fiction first-person shooter video game that was released in 2005. It was developed by Midway Studios Austin and published by Midway for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. It is a loose remake of the 1995 light gun video game of the same name,[1] and was followed in 2007 by the loosely related BlackSite: Area 51. The player controls Ethan Cole, a HAZMAT operative sent to the Area 51 base to assist in the cleanup of a mutagenic virus.

Area 51 at first starts out with intense combat where the player has several AI teammates with him (ranging from two to seven most of the time) versus hordes of mutants. Midway through, the player will have to go through shootouts with more intelligent enemies in the form of alien soldiers. Notable among the voice actors are David Duchovny as Ethan Cole, Marilyn Manson as Edgar the ancient and powerful Grey, Powers Boothe as Major Bridges, and Ian Abercrombie as Dr. Cray.

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Note: game is now freeware (legally free to play for anyone)

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Installation
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-run midway_area51_sw.exe may take a moment to initiate (old installer)

-right click desktop icon and open file loctation or go to c-program files x86-midway home entertainment-area51, and replace a51.exe with the new a52.exe

-go to windeows firewall and create new exception for a52.exe

-start game, click online, create new account.

-enter desired email and password and click create the you are in the online menu and good to go!!!
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if u have problems installing or playing the game, try turning off antivirus or running installer or a52 as admin

new a52.exe is already patched toversion and set for connection to openspy.net instead of

Put alot of effort into finding this and making it easy, hope ppl will join me online, and most of all, Enjoy!!!! : )