Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Space Odyssey'

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Space Odyssey

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Space Odyssey / IPD No. 2254 / January, 1976 / 2 Players

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Average Fun Rating:

7.5/10 (16 ratings/12 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]

Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

January, 1976

Model Number:

462

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

4,300 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Outer Space

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Kick-out holes (2), Ball kickers (2), Standup targets (2), Swinging target (1), Spinning target (1). End-of-ball bonus.

Design by:

Steve Kordek

Art by:

Christian Marche

Notes:

The 4-player version of this game is Williams' 1976 'Space Mission'.

Steve Kordek told us that the backglass art was derived from a picture he obtained from NASA. The picture surely was of the painting made by noted space artist Robert McCall (1919-2010) which can be seen here.

Production Run Records for Space Odyssey: 4300 total

Sample run: 62
Production Start Date: Prior to Jan-5-1976 / Production End Date: Prior to Jan-5-1976
First ship date: Prior to Jan-5-1976 / Last ship date: Unknown, remaining 2 shipped out with production games.

Production Run: 4238
Production Start Date: May-28-1976 / Production End Date: Jul-9-1976
First ship date: Jun-1-1976 / Last ship date: Jul-14-1976

Product History Record for Space Odyssey:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 3549*
Quantity produced for export: 751*
Total quantity produced: 4300*
BOM: $328.23
Price to Distributor: $780.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in:

Pinball 1

Illustrated Historical Guide to Pinball Machines Volume 1, page 243
Tilt The Pinball Book

, page 102
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 91
The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, page 194
Pinball! (Sharpe) page 135
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Pinball Snapshots External Link

, pages 192-195

Documentation:

391 KB

PDF

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Images:
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Backglass 546x642	Illuminated Front View 316x496 [Daina Petit]	Playfield 492x704	Flyer 832x1093	Cabinet - Front View 297x454 [Bill Gyarmathy]
Backglass 427x443	Playfield 449x535	Playfield 640x480	Cabinet - Left 436x431	Cabinet - Right 408x450
Cabinet - Front 641x600 [Susan Mancuso]	Backglass 1200x900 [Shawn Christian]	Playfield 1200x1600 [Shawn Christian]	Upper Playfield 1200x900 [Shawn Christian]	Horseshoe Lane 1200x1600 [Shawn Christian]
Swinging Target 1200x900 [Shawn Christian]	Ball Kicker 1200x1600 [Shawn Christian]	Instruction Card 1200x900 [Shawn Christian]	Inside Backbox 1110x878 [Shawn Christian]	Under Playfield 1200x1600 [Shawn Christian]
Inside Cabinet 1200x1600 [Shawn Christian]	Under Playfield 1200x2217 [Bill Green]

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