Back Space Station

Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (3 fields)

month
OPDB 1 IPDB 12 Flipcommons Catalog 1 used
gameplay_feature
IPDB 3-Ball Multiball used IPDB Multi-Level Playfield used IPDB Kickback used IPDB 3-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB Vertical Up-Kickers ×2 used IPDB Standup Targets ×15 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
credit
IPDB Ed Boon — Software IPDB Brian Schmidt — Sound IPDB Brian Schmidt — Music IPDB Tim Elliott — Art IPDB Barry Oursler — Design Flipcommons Catalog Brian Schmidt — Sound used Flipcommons Catalog Ed Boon — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Brian Schmidt — Music used Flipcommons Catalog Barry Oursler — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Tim Elliott — Art used

Sources agree (10 fields)

display_type
alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1987 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
G5QXO-MQowd OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Space Station OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
theme
Outer Space IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
system
williams-system-11b IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
3804 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
2261 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (14 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/a2a2e937-b22f-4b56-b4f2-ad0b06cd2f0e-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/a2a2e937-b22f-4b56-b4f2-ad0b06cd2f0e-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/a2a2e937-b22f-4b56-b4f2-ad0b06cd2f0e-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":815,"height":562},"small":{"width":250,"height":172},"medium":{"width":640,"height":441}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}] used
abbreviation
IPDB SS used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Williams used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind., Incorporated used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/2261f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/2261f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2261/image-30.jpg"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 552 used
ipdb.marketing_slogans
IPDB "Williams Pinball #1 in ALL worlds (display panel: see also F14 Tomcat's display panel)" "A rendezvous with Pinball Destiny" used
ipdb.toys
IPDB Turning Space Station model used
ipdb.notes
IPDB One of the first System 11B games, also works with a System 11A board. Steve Ritchie provided the male voice heard during the game. Pictured in this listing is a mini-playfield made of opaque black plastic instead of the standard translucent blue plastic. Its stickers have openings to show the light bulbs and their yellow bulb covers, and its flash lamp cover is orange instead of blue. Its underside has different wiring, with leaf switches instead of micro switches. The owner had obtained it from someone who was parting out a playfield. We labeled the pictures of this black ramp as "prototype" based upon designer Barry Oursler's comments when we asked him about it:I believe they were only black on the prototype games. The blue ones were more transparent and lit up better. The color also looked better with the artwork. Pictured in this listing is a prototype drop target placed at the very top of the playfield, hidden under the mini-playfield. Barry Oursler believes it was removed from production games as a cost reduction item, leaving the production playfield showing a rectangular blank (unpainted) area where the drop target used to be. The translite art shows three space shuttles. Artist Tim Elliott related to us this story: The real space shuttle Challenger blew up right in front of me (January 1986) when I was illustrating the shuttle for this game. I was the only one in the art room at the time and had the TV on. It was terrible and ironic at the same time. I was actually painting the small shuttle on the right of the backglass when it happened. Pictured in this listing are three versions of translite: � Small cutout windows are punched in front of the space station lamps, making these lamps visible. � The cutout windows are evident but not punched, showing blank white areas of translite over the lamps. � No cutouts windows at all. We do not know why there were three versions or when this was changed during production. Barry Oursler told us he could not recall any story behind this. Not pictured here are either of two versions of backbox insert where the major difference is that one has four lamps that the other does not have. Barry Oursler could not recall this difference to comment about which came first and why the change. Pictures of these inserts and other interesting details about Space Station can be seen here. Production Run Records for Space Station: Production Start Date: Dec-7-1987 Production End Date: Mar-10-1988 Production Run Quantity: 3804 First ship date: Dec-7-1987 Last ship date: Mar-31-1988 used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (15), Vertical up-kickers (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Left outlane kickback, Mini-playfield. 3-ball multiball, Speech. Bonus Ball awarded after last ball to all qualifying players. A single drop target guards ramp, a single standup target is nearby. Double GI - General Lighting changes from white to green during multiball. No flipper inlanes. used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 7.7 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog williams-electronics-games-incorporated-a-subsidiary-of-wms-industries-incorporated used
title
Flipcommons Catalog space-station used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog space-station used