Space Encounters

Description

Fly a ship through a trench and shoot waves of attacking enemies.

Space Encounters was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1980.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 132 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Midway Manufacturing Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Space Encounters was produced include: 18 Wheeler, Phantom II, Super Speed Race, Super Galaxians, Submarine, Space Zap, Bulls Eye Darts, Extra Bases, Space Invaders II, and Rally-X

Specs

Name	Space Encounters
Developer	Midway Manufacturing Co. (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9649
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class	Midway 8080
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: X/Y-directional yoke with common thumb buttons - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cabaret/Mini
Bezel	Space Encounters Bezel Image

Space Encounters KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.80 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.60

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	2.00

Technical Rating: 4.00

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet Information

The game has a yellow tinted gel over the screen with artwork behind. The full-size upright cabinet contains a strobe unit inside above the monitor that would flash at key points in the game for effect. The full-size game yoke is designed for two-handed control unlike the stick used on the cabaret version of the game.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Encounters Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 90 known instances of this machine owned by Space Encounters collectors who are active members. Of these, 87 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Space Encounters machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Space Encounters. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Space Encounters circuit board set.

This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Manuals

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 82; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 82; Color photo

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