Back Close Encounters of the Third Kind (EM)

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  1. By OPDB
    display_type
    score-reels
    month
    9 10
    name
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (EM)
    opdb_id
    G4qvL-MJ6z6
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/84c199af-e502-4a40-85e3-f26f84d6a14e-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/84c199af-e502-4a40-85e3-f26f84d6a14e-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/84c199af-e502-4a40-85e3-f26f84d6a14e-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":800,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":188},"medium":{"width":640,"height":480}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}]
    opdb.keywords
    ["movie"]
    player_count
    4
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    year
    1978
  2. By IPDB
    abbreviation
    CE3K
    credit
    Gordon Morison — Art
    credit
    Ed Krynski — Design
    gameplay_feature
    5-Bank Drop Targets
    gameplay_feature
    Spinning Targets
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots
    gameplay_feature
    Roto-Targets ×3
    gameplay_feature
    Standup Targets ×3
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company
    ipdb_id
    4692
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-30.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-32.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-31.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-33.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-34.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-35.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-36.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-37.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-38.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-39.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-40.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4692/image-41.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Gottlieb
    ipdb.marketing_slogans
    ""You were dazzled by it on the screen...Now...""
    ipdb.model_number
    424
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshot (1), Roto-targets (3), Standup targets (3), 5-bank drop targets (1), Spinning target (1). End-of-ball bonus. Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points per player. Replay wheel maximum: 15
    ipdb.notes
    The games pictured here show that the operator was provided a choice of equipping the game with EM chimes or with a System-1 soundboard with speaker to provide electronic sound. Reportedly, either option was at extra cost to the operator. We know this option was provided for other Gottlieb EM games of this time period. The Prototype game has no serial number stamped in its cabinet. Reportedly, a prior owner said it was once owned by a Gottlieb executive. From the outside, the game looks the same as a production game except the front of the backbox has the blue and yellow stripes last seen on Gottlieb's 1976 'Surfer'. We wonder if the inside of the game is hand-labeled. We previously showed a date for this game of October 1978. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation. We previously showed a production run total of 470. Quantity produced - domestic: 136 Quantity produced - export: 343 Total quantity produced: 479
    month
    10 9
    player_count
    4
    production_quantity
    470
    reward_type
    Replay
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Licensed Theme
    theme
    Outer Space
    year
    1978