This album was replaced by a different version on Apr 7th, 2026
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- Complete re-rip with proper sample pitch and improved sample quality
- Removed tracks that are essentially duplicate
This album was edited on Apr 7th, 2026
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| Description: | Description: The X-DAY series (full title: 余命検索サービス X-DAY, or "Life Expectancy Search Service X-DAY") is a Japanese-only arcade game series from Namco in the mid-1990s. It belongs to the "elemecha" (electronic mechanical) category - arcade machines that blend quiz gameplay with physical outputs like printed tickets, rather than pure video games. Unlike standard action or puzzle arcade titles, X-DAY was framed as a dystopian "fate prediction machine" or "convenience service" that diagnoses your remaining lifespan based on your answers. Set in AD 3993, it has a dark, sterile, corporate sci-fi aesthetic typical of 1990s Japanese cyberpunk-lite concepts, presenting a machine that peers into your "future" to tell you when and how you will die - so you can supposedly correct your life path to avoid it. The most interesting part is the emphasis that you must not lie to the machine. It adds to the psychological pressure added to the experience - lying to the machine is physically dangerous in the fiction of the world. Because the machine's "corrections" are based on the machine's data, a lie creates a discrepancy between the machine's data and reality, and according to the OST's description, leads to the machine producing an incorrect "correction" that could actually cause you to "die earlier than scheduled." Namco followed up quickly with 恋愛寿命 + 肉体寿命 X-DAY 2 ("Romantic Lifespan + Physical Lifespan X-DAY 2"). It expanded the concept by splitting lifespan into two tracks: physical/body and romantic/love. Gameplay remained yes/no questions, but with more depth in certain modes, like a "near-death experience course" where your day count could drop to zero, triggering a "臨終" (passing) state, then potentially "reviving" as a zombie-like state before recovering). It retained the cynical humour and warning elements while adding lighter romantic diagnosis aspects. |
This album was replaced by a different version on Aug 13th, 2024
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Relogged pack & added "VEX-day - Attract.exe (OST Version)"
This album was edited on Aug 13th, 2024
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| Platforms: | Platforms: Arcade |
| Developers: | Developers: Namco |
| Publishers: | Publishers: Namco |
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| Alternative Titles: | Alternative Titles: エクスデイ2 |
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