The home console versions also met with mediocre reviews. Critics overwhelmingly remarked that digitized light gun shooting was overfamiliar or even outdated, though some added that "Maximum Force" was superior to most games in that style, including "Area 51". In particular, they praised the sound effects and the smoothly animated video with natural-feeling transitions between locations. "Sega Saturn Magazine" elaborated, "The video backgrounds move very smoothly, and the baddies actually seem to fit in with the rest of the graphics, rather than looking as if they've been stuck in as an afterthought. The only problem with having this graphics system is the way the enemies are killed - the big splodge of red cartoon blood ..."