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OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (4 fields)

month
OPDB 10 IPDB 9 Flipcommons Catalog 10 used
gameplay_feature
IPDB Spinning Targets used IPDB 5-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB Standup Targets ×3 used IPDB Roto-Targets ×3 used IPDB Slingshots used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×2 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
theme
IPDB Licensed Theme used IPDB Outer Space Flipcommons Catalog Outer Space used Flipcommons Catalog Movies used
credit
IPDB Gordon Morison — Art IPDB Ed Krynski — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ed Krynski — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Gordon Morison — Art used

Sources agree (8 fields)

display_type
score-reels OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1978 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
G4qvL-MJ6z6 OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (EM) OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
470 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
4692 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (14 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"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}] used
opdb.keywords
OPDB ["movie"] used
reward_type
IPDB Replay used
abbreviation
IPDB CE3K used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Gottlieb used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["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"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 424 used
ipdb.marketing_slogans
IPDB ""You were dazzled by it on the screen...Now..."" used
ipdb.notes
IPDB 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 used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 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 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog d-gottlieb-company-a-columbia-pictures-industries-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog close-encounters used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-2 used