- credit
- Christian Marche — Art
- credit
- Steve Kordek — Design
- credit
- Ron Crouse — Software
- credit
- Randy Pfeiffer — Sound
- gameplay_feature
- 4-Bank Drop Targets
- gameplay_feature
- Pop Bumpers ×3
- gameplay_feature
- Standup Targets ×4
- gameplay_feature
- Horseshoe Lanes
- gameplay_feature
- Rollover Buttons
- gameplay_feature
- Swinging Targets
- gameplay_feature
- Ball Kickers ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Kick-Out Holes ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Flippers ×4
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Williams Electronics, Incorporated
- ipdb_id
- 558
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/Dual_Action_Flippers.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/558f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/558f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/558/image-19.jpg"]
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Williams
- ipdb.model_number
- 482
- ipdb.notable_features
- Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Standup targets (4), Kick-out holes (2), Ball kickers (2), 4-bank drop targets (1), Swinging target (1), Horseshoe lane (1), Rollover button (1), Up-post between flippers.
This game has Dual Action Flippers which allows the inner flippers to operate first, or all four flippers to operate, depending on how far the flipper buttons are pressed.
Sound: electronic, knocker
- ipdb.notes
- William's first wide-body pinball having dual action flippers.
The playfield layout strongly resembles Williams' 1976 'Space Mission'.
Production Run Records for Contact:
Production Start Date: May-31-1978, Jun-30-1978**
Production End Date: Nov-28-1978
Production Floor Quantity: 2502
First ship date: May-31-1978
Last ship date: Nov-30-1978
** Although 500 games were initially approved, only 1 game was made and shipped on May-31-1978. No other games were made until starting Jun-30-1978, a month later, and then games were made with no discrete break in time to allow us to discern how many sample games were made with a pause for customer feedback before continuing with the rest of the run.
Product History Record for Contact:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 1485*
Quantity produced for export: 1000*
Total quantity produced: 2485*
Price to Distributor: $1335.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.
- ipdb_rating
- 7.1
- month
- 5
- player_count
- 4
- production_quantity
- 2502
- system
- williams-system-3
- technology_generation
- solid-state
- theme
- Aliens
- theme
- Fantasy
- theme
- Outer Space
- year
- 1978