PARANOIA survivor MAX

PARANOIA survivor MAX

Song Information

PARANOIA survivor MAX's jacket.

Artist: 290
Composition/Arrangement: NM SEQUENCE UNLIMITED
BPM: 73-290
Length: 1:37
Genre: JUNGLE MIXTURE
VJ: RICE.C
Jacket design: RICE.C
First Music Game Appearances: DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 9th style

Lyrics

None, except for soundbites of "sounnnnd" and "Bring it on down!", as heard in most of the other PARANOiA songs.

Song Connections / Remixes

• PARANOIA survivor MAX is part of the long-running PARANOiA series.
• A slower and shorter version of PARANOIA survivor MAX, titled PARANOIA survivor, also appears in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• Echoing voice clips also heard in GENOM SCREAMS can be heard a third or so into PARANOIA survivor MAX.
• PARANOIA survivor MAX appears as part of the medley Power 3 Industry Mix, from DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4.

Trivia

PARANOIA survivor MAX's DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4 banner.

• PARANOIA survivor MAX's DanceDanceRevolution charts are based off of PARANOIA survivor's charts, but mirrored and slightly extended.
• PARANOIA survivor MAX is the EXTRA STAGE song in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
  • It is also the first EXTRA STAGE song in beatmania IIDX to be removed from the arcades.
• PARANOIA survivor MAX's beatmania IIDX video features the assembly of a DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME machine.
  • It also features the backgrounds of all PARANOiA songs before it.
  • The man with the hat from the video originated in the DanceDanceRevolution background / jacket from The legend of MAX, and the man in the coat is from the background / jacket of TRIP MACHINE survivor. (Both songs also appeared on DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.)
  • RICE.C, the maker of this video, was a video designer for DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• PARANOiA survivor MAX's CHALLENGE charts were the first CHALLENGE charts to be rated a Level 10 on the old scale. These charts led to PARANOiA survivor MAX to be considered by many players to be the hardest song in the game back when it was first released.
  • Many players also believe that PARANOIA survivor MAX's Single CHALLENGE chart should be rated a Level 17 on the 1-20 scale.
• PARANOIA survivor MAX received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2.
• PARANOIA survivor MAX received new graphics and a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4.
• PARANOIA survivor MAX's banner was updated in DanceDanceRevolution X, changing the title font.
• PARANOIA survivor MAX, PARANOIA survivor and PARANOIA EVOLUTION are the only songs in the PARANOiA series that have the letter I capitalized.
• PARANOIA survivor MAX is the last song in the PARANOiA series to be arranged by Naoki Maeda.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	—	448	662	754	448	661	—
beatmania IIDX 9th style→11 IIDX RED	—	5	7	N/A	5	7	—
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD	—	5	↑8	9	5	7	—
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	—	5	7	7	5	7	—

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	121 / 0	258 / 2	377 / 2	567 / 5	613 / 4 / 0	258 / 2	375 / 3	533 / 3	613 / 4 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2	3	5	8	10	10	6	8	10	10
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	5	9	11	15	16	9	11	15	16
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME JP CS	3	5	8	10	10	6	8	10	10
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max	3	5	8	10	10	6	8	10	10
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4	N/A	5	8	10	10	6	8	10	10
DanceDanceRevolution X JP CS	5	9	11	15	16	9	11	15	16