- red lithography foil for the DMD
- red bumper caps
- some McFarlane Figures with extra Spotlights

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Hello. Recently turned on x files to find that only the general illumination is working on the playfield. I have never worked on a sega machine and feel a bit lost. Where should I start looking to get this solved?

Did anyone ever do an upgrade on the software for this title? Anything to make it a better player?

Damn, so the game doesn't boot, you get no attract lights, no DMD, and NOTHING happens when you turn it on other than GI?

You're going to want to start with your CPU but you've got a lot of work ahead of you.

Sorry I said this wrong. When I turn the game on it boots up and I can start a game. The dmd plays and the head of it also lights up. I double checked and it looks like all the flashers on top of the playfield are working as well just none of the insert lights are working.

I am all set to do a code update for this game... just need the actual game in my house to be able to program it.

Just joined the club, I noticed inside the backbox those 2 "empty" connectors. One is carrying gray\green wires the other black\yellow.
Is this normal or they should connected to something else??
Am I missing something?
Thank you in advance

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Wide question - how many who have the X-files and watched the show prefer the "monster of the week" episodes over those specifically about UFOs and aliens? For clarity, a "monster of the week" reference means an episode that stands alone from any greater arc - like Flukeman, "ICE" , "Tooms", etc..

I personally prefer “monster of the week” so much more then the alien/clone stuff they had going on. I think the cancer man was kinda a interesting bad guy arc but even he is kinda all over the place. The monsters were the best and gave you enough info you were invested but left you wanting more.

I agree - Die Hand Die Verletzt, Død Kalm, Darkness Falls, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose - all good stuff. I had asked because I wish they had included more in the pin from other episodes.

All good episodes! I agree I wish there was more but I guess that is the way it is with most machines. It’s silly there are so many monsters they could have thrown in but some how Scully’s dog Queequeg made it in the game lmao

I'm a monster of the week fan too.

Favorite episode(s)? I'm rewatching the series now. Have yet to see the new seasons.

Me too. I forgot how good season two was.

A couple that come to mind but not by title lol
- Flukeman, of course
- The werewolf one -- the scene where it's mauling someone in the background while in the foreground you're seeing a drink jostle around on the porch, that stuck with me for a long time
- the satanist cult evil devil lady at the school (remember the pig dissection scene?)
- the circus freakshow
- the Giovanni ribisi lightning one
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Die Hand Die Verletzt

One of my favorite too

Currently rewatching (because my GF had never seen it), and I still very much prefer the mythology episodes over the MOTW ones. My GF prefers the MOTW, though, but she's wrong about a lot of stuff, so...

Hi everyone,

Having a strange issue with my X-Files (just when I thought everything was fixed)!

It seems that the File Cabinet is registering double hits. Looks like it only happens when the File Cabinet is moving down, though. So, it'll go from all the way up to all the way down on "2 more times". You can hear it registering a second hit as well, it's not like the motor is just going all the way.

Has anyone else had this issue? The opto looks clean, and it was perfectly fine up until a few weeks ago. Granted, I hadn't played for a bit because I was on vacation and had other stuff going on.

TIA!
Mike

Maybe the opto got slightly misaligned and is registering phantom hits?

Probably late, but I can confirm that my board also has a 4.7K in R21 (if I'm reading the resistor properly, picture uploaded for reference).

While taking out the fluorescent tube for this picture, I managed to drop it and of course it smashed all over the place. Can I send you the bill?!?

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I broke ON the playfield glass, so I think I really dodged a bullet there. Nothing the vacuum cleaner couldn't take care of. Could have been much worse! To be honest, I was going to put in one of the LED kits anyways, so not a big loss. Just pushes that project forward a bit.

Strange thing happened this morning... took off the glass to retrieve a stuck ball, fired up the machine and now every time I turn it on, it is asking me to 'open the door' before I can do anything. It also appears from the attract mode that the machine has gone back to pay play and my high scores have been reset.

Any ideas?

If it doesn't have NVRAM, I would replace the batteries.

Just to follow up here, I fixed the phantom / double hit issue today.

Indeed, it was the Magnet opto registering as always-on (confirmed this in the Diag > Sw menu). Not the File Cabinet opto, strangely enough.

I unscrewed the board to check it out and couldn't find any issues. After putting it back up onto the playfield to test further (without screwing back in), it seemed to be working fine. I screwed it in, and played several games, never once registering a phantom hit. All I can figure is that the Magnet Opto receiver board was screwed down too tight which was causing it to be slightly misaligned. I dunno, I never touched it before.

Playing around in the Switches menu did give me another clue as to why my game reboots when both flippers are pressed within 10 minutes of the game being on. Turns out it thinks that there's a series of switches that are activated, and it magically goes away after the game has been running for a bit. I didn't note what group of switches it was registering, because I was trying to fix the other issue.

Next time I turn the machine on cold I'll make note of the switches and report back.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction @nokoro,
Mike

EDIT: As a follow-up, the other switches the game was reporting being open were the ball trough ones that register how many balls are available. Not related at all to my rebooting issues.

Thank you for this image @sethbenjamin! I am looking into doing the same exact thing with the waterslide decals on that spot.

EDIT: If anyone is doing this same work in the future, the proper scale to print out the waterslide decal is 15.5% of the scanned image size.

EDIT EDIT: Also, be sure to set your paper type to "Glossy Card Stock".

ChadH Any updates on getting a game to do that code update?

Unfortunately, no.

I have found these entries in the menu audits.
Audit 83: Video Mode started
Audit 84: Video Mode complete

Is there a hidden Video Mode on X_Files?

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Do you know if there is anyone working on a new code for this game???
I have a couple of ideas would like to discuss to improve game experience - including adding Skill-shot and complete mission help

ChadH has expressed interest and done some prelim work on code revisions. He’s done other updates to Data East games like Star Wars that are huge improvements. Just need someone to loan him an actual game to work with! I’d have dropped mine off ages ago if I wasn’t so far away.

I'll do an update once I get my hands on a game.

I bought my X-files NIB in 1997 and I still have all the original SEGA packaging for it.
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Wow!!! Great pic

Wow NIB in 1997
And you have storaged 25 years the original Sega box unbelieveble.

Does anyone know how the ball actually gets into the pop bumpers on this game? Is it basically just by chance, like a weak or rattled loop shot that doesn't make it all the way around? I figured maybe my game was missing a one way gate or something, but the manual doesn't suggest anything in that area to feed the ball into the pops. Seems strange that the pop bumpers aren't really utilized at all in this game.

There is a pop up post in the orbit that should stop the ball and divert it into the pops when you are not in a mode. It does not pop up in any mode or multiball.

Ah, that makes a lot more sense. Thanks!

Shopping out a rough x files i picked up. Noticed that the right orbit has slots for 2 switches my game is completely missing the top switch. I don’t see any sign of it being there in the past.

Does anyone know if there is supposed to be a switch there?

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Pretty sure it's empty on most / all of them.

Does anyone know who is actively producing cabinet art/decals for xfiles in the US?

Thank you.

I got mine from Retro Refurbs, but they’re not US based. I’m not aware of anyone actively making them at the moment.

Thank you. I may have to go with them. How’s quality?

All retro refurbs sticker are extremely high quality you wont be disappointed

I have yet to apply them. They actually showed up last Fri. But they look very well made.
Pretty psyched about putting and the art blades on.

I now have an X-Files in my house! Do you know what this means?

OMG! FINALLY!

Someone with better engineering skills, make the file cabinet act like the building in Godzilla. Use the cabinet as a diverter.

Not sure if this is general knowledge... but a warning for anyone who has done a "Film Star Reset" on your X-Files. If you do this, you are setting all the difficulty settings to EXTRA EASY. Also, there is no confirmation when you do a "Film Star Reset" so be careful. I guess the purpose of "Film Star Reset" was to quickly set the game to the easiest possible settings for red carpet events during the premiere of the game.

The regular Factory Reset will set the game like this:

Adjustment 06 - Game Difficulty: MODERATE
Adjustment 44 - Mball Restart: MODERATE
Adjustment 46 - Multiball Criterion: MODERATE
Adjustment 47 - Orbit Criterion: MODERATE
Adjustment 48 - Ramp Criterion: MODERATE

The "Film Star Reset" will set the game like this:

Adjustment 06 - Game Difficulty: EXTRA EASY
Adjustment 44 - Mball Restart: EXTRA EASY
Adjustment 46 - Multiball Criterion: EXTRA EASY
Adjustment 47 - Orbit Criterion: EXTRA EASY
Adjustment 48 - Ramp Criterion: EXTRA EASY

Another warning... when doing either a Factory Reset or a "Film Star Reset", the game volume defaults to something pretty high, at least on the machine I am using, so don't be shocked when suddenly the music is playing really loud. Be prepared to lower the volume right away.

I hope you haven't been accidentally playing your game on EXTRA EASY all this time.