An arcade rail-shooter that's probably only as popular and significant as it is because it was the absolute cheapest rail shooter cabinet ever. Area 51 functions well, from all the times I've played it, but none of its design or action is that compelling. It feels a little too much like a quarter-muncher at time, and there's no indication when you'll take damage, which feels the most random.

The live-action characters have a bit of charm, but not much. The alien designs certainly scream 90s as hell, but otherwise I think there's good reason this doesn't hold a candle to the absolute classics in rail-shooters that were being output by Namco and SEGA.