Also known as XF
1997 · Sega
The X Files
Known for File Cabinet, Trapdoor, Large X and Pops. Dark purple-to-black gradient backdrop, orange glow radiating behind the central portrait cluster, vertical light streaks and horizontal scanline-like bands, green and magenta flare effects at the left and right edges, dark arched doorway with a small lit lamp low in the frame and a stone or upholstered chair at the top right.
- Year
- 1997
- Maker
- Sega
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 6
Known for
- Toy
File Cabinet
- trapdoor
Trapdoor
- inserts
Large X
- Bumper
Pops
- Multiball
Truth Multiball
- Multiball
File Cabinet Multiball
On the playfield
Toy 1
- File Cabinet
Hole 1
- Trapdoor trapdoor
Bumper 1
- Pops
Lights 1
- Large X inserts
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Dark-haired, grey suit and tie, at the top left, holding a lit cigarette with a plume of smoke, looking to the right
- man Fair-haired, pale shirt with dark tie, centre, facing the viewer with a serious expression
- woman Red-haired, dark jacket, centre-right, head turned back over her shoulder toward the viewer
- man Bald, far left, mouth wide open in a scream, only head and shoulders visible
- man Dark-haired with stubble, lower left, facing forward
- man Balding, grey sweatshirt, lower right, facing forward
Setting
- Dark purple-to-black gradient backdrop
- Orange glow radiating behind the central portrait cluster
- Vertical light streaks and horizontal scanline-like bands
- Green and magenta flare effects at the left and right edges
- Dark arched doorway with a small lit lamp low in the frame
- A stone or upholstered chair at the top right
Text on it
- X
- pinside.com
How it plays
-
Modes 10
- Colony
- Herrenvolk
- Humbug
- Smoking Man
- Syzygy
- Talitha Cumi
- Terma
- The Host
- Trivia
- Tooms
-
Multiballs 2
- Truth Multiball
- File Cabinet Multiball
-
Goals 3
- Episodes
- Double Jackpot
- FBI
Made by
- Design
- Rob Hurtado
- Art
- Morgan Weistling
- Art
- Marc Raneses
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Software
- Orin Day
- Sound & Music
- Brian Schmidt
The cast
- Scully
- Mulder
Reference
Linked terms
- File Cabinet also called Cabinet also called Cabinet target and drawer
- Large X also called Small X's
- Pops also called Super Pops
- Episodes also called X-File Episode
- Scully also called Scully's
- Mulder also called Mulder's
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- purple
- black
- orange
- white
Fingerprint: Huge black serif capital "X" outlined in white dominating center, photographic-style painted portrait collage of multiple faces rather than single scene, fair-haired man and red-haired woman center, bald man screaming at far left, grey spindly-fingered figure draped over chair back upper right, small orange humanoid figure preserved inside glass specimen jar, snarling dog face, dark purple-black background washed with orange light, conspiracy thriller tone.
The single most memorable element is the enormous black serif X with a white keyline at the centre of the glass, with a row of pale, backwards-looking capital letters set directly beneath it. Wrapped around that logo is a crowded photographic collage of faces rather than a single scene, dominated by a fair-haired man and a red-haired woman in the middle and a bald man screaming at the far left. A grey figure with long spindly fingers draped over a chair back at the top right is the most surreal detail, paired with a small orange figure preserved in a glass jar at the left.
Setting
- Dark purple-to-black gradient backdrop
- Orange glow radiating behind the central portrait cluster
- Vertical light streaks and horizontal scanline-like bands
- Green and magenta flare effects at the left and right edges
- Dark arched doorway with a small lit lamp low in the frame
- A stone or upholstered chair at the top right
Symbols
- Oversized capital x letterform
- Glass specimen jar
- Lit cigarette with smoke
- Circled ring motif left of the centre
- Small blue globe emblem with white text in the bottom right
- Arched doorway with lamp
- Chair back
Lettering
- Heavy black serif capital x with a thin white keyline; a line of widely spaced pale capital letters beneath, appearing doubled or mirrored; small lowercase white sans-serif site text in the bottom right corner
Themes
- Conspiracy investigation
- Portrait collage
- Supernatural thriller
- Government secrecy
Title on it
- X
Text on it
- X
- pinside.com
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Dark-haired, grey suit and tie, at the top left, holding a lit cigarette with a plume of smoke, looking to the right |
| Man | Fair-haired, pale shirt with dark tie, centre, facing the viewer with a serious expression |
| Woman | Red-haired, dark jacket, centre-right, head turned back over her shoulder toward the viewer |
| Man | Bald, far left, mouth wide open in a scream, only head and shoulders visible |
| Man | Dark-haired with stubble, lower left, facing forward |
| Man | Balding, grey sweatshirt, lower right, facing forward |
| Other | Grey-skinned figure at the top right leaning over a chair back with both long-fingered hands hanging over it |
| Creature | Grinning ape or werewolf-like head at the far right, teeth bared |
| Other | Small orange humanoid figure standing inside a glass specimen jar at the left of centre |
| Animal | Snarling dog or wolf face with bared teeth low in the frame, left of the x |
| Other | A human hand with splayed fingers reaching in from the lower right edge |
| Woman | A small female figure in a gold dress standing inside a rectangular panel at the upper right |
| Man | A second smaller male head partly visible in shadow between the red-haired woman and the balding man |
A wide rectangular backglass with a dark purple and black background washed in orange light at the top centre, its whole surface covered by a collage of photographic-style painted portraits and glowing props. Dominating the centre is a very large black serif capital X outlined in white, with a line of pale mirrored-looking capital letters running beneath it. Around the X, roughly eight human figures are arranged: at top left a dark-haired man in a grey suit and tie holding a lit cigarette; centre a fair-haired man in a pale shirt and dark tie facing forward; centre-right a red-haired woman in a dark jacket looking over her shoulder; far left a bald man with his mouth wide open in a scream; lower left a dark-haired man with stubble; lower right a balding man in a grey sweatshirt; top right a grey figure leaning over the back of a chair with both hands draped over it; far right a grinning ape or creature head. Smaller inserts include a glass specimen jar holding a small orange humanoid figure, a snarling dog or wolf face low in the frame, a dark doorway with a lit lamp, a hand splayed open at the lower right edge, and a tiny framed portrait near the bottom right. Green and magenta flares streak across the composition, and a small blue globe logo with white lettering sits in the bottom right corner.