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Aperture Science Enrichment Center
The laboratory in which the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device is tested and the home of GLaDOS. Science experiments are carried out here on selected members of the human race for the benefit of 'those who are still alive.'
Overview
The Aperture Science Enrichment Center is the setting of Portal and Portal 2. It is the location at which the company tested their experimental portal-creation technology, the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, and also possibly the facility where the portal device was created. It is also overseen by GLaDOS, an A.I. program and the lone NPC encountered in the original game.In Portal, the player, as the protagonist Chell, learns more about the facility's history through the discovery of hidden rooms and GLaDOS's dialogue. At some point prior to the game's start, GLaDOS had usurped control of the facility and used a gaseous neuro-toxin to murder the research facility's staff.
History
Aperture Science was founded by Cave Johnson in 1947. Before 1947 Aperture Science was known as Aperture Fixtures and their initial purpose was to manufacture shower curtains for the American military. In later years, a series of bizarre experiments conducted by the company led to an investigation of Aperture by the U.S. Senate. Upon investigation, the Senate realized the potential of one of Aperture's experiments in portal technology and allowed the research to continue. Aperture's subsequent projects also included the creation of the Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System (GLaDOS).Aperture Science's primary corporate rival is Black Mesa, the research facility that employed Half-Life protagonist Gordon Freeman.
Aperture Science Enrichment Center games
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Portal 2 released on April 19, 2011 | X360, MAC, PS3, PC | Valve Corporation |
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Portal: Still Alive released on Oct. 22, 2008 | XBLM | Valve Corporation |
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Portal released on Oct. 9, 2007 | PC, MAC | Valve Corporation |
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The Orange Box released on Oct. 9, 2007 | PC, MAC, PS3, X360 | Valve Corporation, EA Bright Light |
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Toki Tori released on Sept. 12, 2001 | IPHN, WSHP, GBC, PS3N, PC, ANDR, MAC | Polarbit, Two Tribes B.V. |
General Information
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| Name: | Aperture Science Enrichment Center |
| Appears in: | 5 games |
| First appearance: | Portal |
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