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Space Mission / IPD No. 2253 / January, 1976 / 4 Players
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Manufacturer: Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: January, 1976
Model Number: 464
Common Abbreviations: SM
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 11,652 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.

Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points per player.

Actual measured weight: 272 lbs (includes legs).

Design by: Steve Kordek
Art by: Christian Marche
Notes: The 2-Player version of this game is Williams' 1976 'Space Odyssey'.

Some of the games pictured in this listing have blue pop bumper caps while others have white ones. We don't know the reason for this difference. The 2-player 'Space Odyssey' seems to always have yellow pop bumper caps.

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.

Tom Cahill, former Service Manager for Williams, told us that approximately 200 Space Mission games were made with steel cabinets.

If anyone has access to a steel cabinet version of this game to make photographs, please contact us.

Production Run Records for Space Mission: 11652 total

Sample run: 206
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 1 shipped out with production games.

Production Run: 11446
Production Start Date: Jan-20-1976 / Production End Date: May-28-1976
First ship date: Jan-20-1976 / Last ship date: Jun-8-1976

Product History Record for Space Mission:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 5621*
Quantity produced for export: 6031*
Total quantity produced: 11652*
BOM: $355.99
Price to Distributor: $861.50
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in: Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 90
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 134
Pinball PortfolioExternal Link, pages 113 and 148
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 66
Pinball An Illustrated HistoryExternal Link, page 9
Pinball! (Sharpe), pages 134-135, 139
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981External Link, page 91
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 208
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Pinball (Ciuffo), pages 106-107
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2253  (External site)
Documentation: 797 KB PDF B-7894 Jet Bumper Assembly (D.C. Type, from page 3 of manual) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  2 MB PDF Catalog Supplement "P-P-P" With New Parts & Units [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  2 MB PDF Instruction Manual (Jan 1976, no schematics) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  11 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  195 KB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous, reproduction, multi-color)
Files: 48 KB PDF B-7894 New Style Jet Bumper Assembly (with more easily removable rods and rings) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  131 KB TIF Dummy Score Reel Card [Gilbert Lovenstad]
  52 KB PDF Power Transformer 15B-6782 (50HZ) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  19 KB PDF Printed Material Check Off List [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  51 KB PDF Swinging Target Assembly B-7892 (for Space Mission and Space Odyssey) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
Images:
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Image # 2145: Space Mission Backglass
Backglass
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 		 Image # 2146: Space Mission Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View
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 		 Image # 2147: Space Mission Playfield
Playfield
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 		 Image # 4338: Space Mission Flyer
Flyer
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 		 Image # 8472: Space Mission Backglass
Backglass
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Image # 8473: Space Mission Playfield
Playfield
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 		 Image # 14406: Space Mission Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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 		 Image # 14407: Space Mission Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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 		 Image # 14408: Space Mission Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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 		 Image # 14409: Space Mission Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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Image # 26326: Space Mission Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet
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[John Gray]		 Image # 26327: Space Mission Instruction Card
Instruction Card
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[John Gray]		 Image # 26328: Space Mission Score Card
Score Card
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[John Gray]		 Image # 35522: Space Mission Backglass
Backglass
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35523: Space Mission Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[Vic Camp]
Image # 35524: Space Mission Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35525: Space Mission Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35526: Space Mission Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35527: Space Mission Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35528: Space Mission Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail
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[Vic Camp]
Image # 35529: Space Mission Swinging Target
Swinging Target
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35530: Space Mission Pop Bumpers
Pop Bumpers
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35531: Space Mission Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35532: Space Mission Lower Playfield - Downfield View
Lower Playfield - Downfield View
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35534: Space Mission Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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[Vic Camp]
Image # 35535: Space Mission Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35536: Space Mission Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35537: Space Mission Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35538: Space Mission Cabinet - Back
Cabinet - Back
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 35539: Space Mission Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail
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[Vic Camp]
Image # 37037: Space Mission Factory Paperwork Package
Factory Paperwork Package
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 37038: Space Mission Under Playfield
Under Playfield
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 37039: Space Mission Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 37040: Space Mission Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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[Vic Camp]		 Image # 37041: Space Mission Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse
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[Vic Camp]
Image # 41017: Space Mission Backglass
Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 41018: Space Mission Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 41019: Space Mission Stripped Playfield
Stripped Playfield
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 41020: Space Mission Spinning Target - Obverse
Spinning Target - Obverse
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 41021: Space Mission Spinning Target - Reverse
Spinning Target - Reverse
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 41023: Space Mission Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 41024: Space Mission Playfield Plastics
Playfield Plastics
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 41025: Space Mission Playfield Plastics
Playfield Plastics
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 81374: Space Mission Blank Playfield
Blank Playfield
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[Andre Kürten]		 Image # 81375: Space Mission Playfield - White Pop Bumper Caps (The white platters shown here were described to us as NOS.)
Playfield - White Pop Bumper Caps*
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[Andre Kürten]
 
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