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Close Encounters of the Third Kind / IPD No. 536 / August, 1978 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company (1977-1983)
[Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

August, 1978

Model Number:

424

Common Abbreviations:

CE3K

MPU:

Gottlieb System 1

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

9,950 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Outer Space - Licensed Theme

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshot (1), Roto-targets (3), Standup targets (3), 5-bank drop targets (1), Spinning target (1).

Actual measured weight: 231 lbs (includes legs).

Design by:

Ed Krynski

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

We previously showed a date for this game of October 1978. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation.

Quantity produced - domestic: 4,572
Quantity produced - export: 5,378
Total quantity produced: 9,950

Marketing Slogans:

"You were dazzled by it on the screen...Now..."

Photos in:

Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) External Link

, page 99
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 External Link

, pages 220 and 245
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 137
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Pinball (Ciuffo)

, page 98

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/536 (External site)

Documentation:

15 MB

PDF

English Manual (Availability limited by copyright)

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer, Front 884x1153	Flyer, Page 2 884x1153	Flyer, Page 3 884x1134	Flyer, Back 884x1153	Backbox 1024x973 [Mark Clayton]
Upper Playfield 1024x883 [Sean Kavanagh]	Lower Playfield 1024x783 [Sean Kavanagh]	Promotional Plastic 1024x502 [Jim Palson]	Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Illuminated Front View 1020x1360 [Jeremy Agema]
Backbox - Right 333x617 [Jeremy Agema]	Illuminated Backbox 740x768 [Jim Palson]	Illuminated Playfield 1024x1365 [Jim Palson]	Illuminated Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Illuminated Middle Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]
Illuminated Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Illuminated Front View 720x1316 [Jim Palson]	Backglass - Reverse 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Inside Backbox 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Inside Cabinet 1024x1365 [Jim Palson]
Transformer Panel 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Under Playfield 904x1364 [Jim Palson]	Cabinet - Left 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Cabinet - Right 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Backbox - Left 688x1344 [Jim Palson]
Backbox - Right 924x1364 [Jim Palson]	Cabinet Front 882x768 [Jim Palson]	Backglass 1200x1207 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backbox - Left 649x1580 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Left 1600x643 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Cabinet - Front View 817x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Score Card Index 1200x850 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield 886x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]

Source:

Flyer

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