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Game Census for Space Encounters

Type:
Videogame
Manufacturer:
Midway Manufacturing Co.
Year:
1980
Cabinets:
  • Upright/Standard - Owned by 20 members (22.22%)
  • Cabaret/Mini - Owned by 8 members (8.89%)

Members Who Own This Game

This game is listed by 90 of our active members

Name Cabinet Condition/
Working
Comment For Sale
Dillweed

Edinburgh, Indiana

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B+ / ? matt come get your shit kthx
Last: October 2024
N
Scott, Andrew (username: mtnyeti)

Wise, Virginia

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

A- / Y
Last: October 2024
N
Yates, John (username: Vectorman)

McLean, Illinois

Original/dedicated

Cabaret/Mini

B+ / Y in Arcadia Unlmited (or coming soon). Also one coming to Arcadia Auctions.
Last: November 2024
N
Yates, John (username: Vectorman)

McLean, Illinois

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B+ / Y in Arcadia Unlmited (or coming soon)
Last: November 2024
N
FlashbackArcade

Selden, New York

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B+ / P
Last: November 2024
N
mclemore

Pasadena, California

Original/dedicated ? /
Last: November 2024
N
Vincent, Gary / American Classic Arcade Museum

Weirs Beach, New Hampshire

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

? / Y Cabaretmini. Donated by Anthony Pietrak. IN STORAGE
Last: August 2024
N
DavidVideo

Woodstock, Georgia

Original/dedicated B+ / Y
Last: October 2024
N
t152

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Board Only A- /
Last: June 2024
N
Gibbs, Troy (username: Gibby)

Prince George, Virginia

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

A / Y Picked up June 2021
Last: October 2024
N
BackInTime82

Indianapolis, Indiana

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

A / Y Upright
Last: November 2024
N
BackInTime82

Indianapolis, Indiana

Original/dedicated

Cabaret/Mini

A / N Cabaret
Last: November 2024
N
Anonymous #462313

California, California

Original/dedicated B+ / Y All original
Last: November 2024
N
BackInTime82

Indianapolis, Indiana

Original/dedicated

Cabaret/Mini

B- / N Cabaret
Last: November 2024
N
BackInTime82

Indianapolis, Indiana

Original/dedicated

Cabaret/Mini

A- / Y Cabaret
Last: November 2024
N
Kubic, Tom

Arvada, Colorado

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

A- / Y First game I ever played 1980 my brother and I used to collect newspaper money from our route every night for two weeks straight just to go blow it on this game.
Last: October 2024
N
johns594

Bloomington, Minnesota

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

C / P Game plays fine, but the horizontal encoder can be a little flakey at times.
Last: September 2024
N
Griffin, Matt (username: blinddog)

Lynnwood, Washington

Original/dedicated B- / Y
Last: November 2024
N
NEMike

Dover, New Hampshire

Original/dedicated

Cabaret/Mini

A- / Y
Last: October 2024
N
Mamafee

St Catharines, ON, Canada

Original/dedicated ? / ?
Last: September 2024
For Sale
slcjeeper

Ogden, Pennsylvania

Original/dedicated C / P
Last: November 2024
N
Past Times Arcade

Girard, Ohio

Original/dedicated / Y
Last: October 2024
N
BackInTime82

Indianapolis, Indiana

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B / P Upright
Last: November 2024
N
BackInTime82

Indianapolis, Indiana

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

A / Y Upright
Last: November 2024
N
Brick Top

Portland, Oregon

Original/dedicated /
Last: November 2024
For Sale
Anonymous #405969

WTF, Montana

Original/dedicated A / Y Fully restored down to the stobe and red incandesant light bulb. Probably less than 100 fully working Space Encounters known to exsist today.
Last: October 2024
N
hisnice

McHenry, Illinois

Original/dedicated

Cabaret/Mini

B / Y cabaret
Last: October 2024
For Sale
klause

Jork, Lower Saxony, Germany

Original/dedicated B /
Last: March 2023
N
TriumphTim

Burlington, Iowa

Original/dedicated B+ / Y
Last: August 2024
N
Darius

Krummnussbaum, Lower-Austria, Austria

Original/dedicated C+ / Y
Last: November 2024
N
Williams, Greg (username: DP Louie)

Visalia, California

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B- / Y Fully working upright Space Encounters. Ive wanted this game for a long time, finally got one Thanks Kevin
Last: August 2024
N
Kopp, Jason (username: ArcadeJason)

Masury, Ohio

Original/dedicated A+ / Y
Last: July 2024
N
neutrino

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Original/dedicated

Cabaret/Mini

/ N
Last: August 2023
N
kstillin

Columbia, South Carolina

Original/dedicated B / N
Last: November 2024
N
Rubeo, Fabio (username: Astronomico)

Avezzano, AQ, Italy

Original/dedicated A / N Bel cabinet
Last: December 2020
N
Sofitchin

Portland,OR 97202, Oregon

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

A- / Y
Last: October 2022
N
DHolbrow

Regina, SK, Canada

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B / Y The cab is in very nice shape.
Last: July 2024
N
RedlandMan

Miami, Florida

Original/dedicated

Cabaret/Mini

/
Last: July 2024
N
Davison, Darren

Beaverton, Oregon

Original/dedicated C- / P Semi Working, boards being worked on currently, cabinet being repaired
Last: September 2024
N
Mcgill, Gregory (username: arcadeshopper)

Carlton, Oregon

Original/dedicated C+ / N
Last: October 2024
N
taulpaul

North Oaks, Minnesota

Original/dedicated C+ / Y cabaret
Last: September 2024
N
Eich, Juergen (username: Lobber)

Cologne, NRW, Germany

Original/dedicated ? / upright yoke version
Last: October 2023
N
tebright1

Dublin, Ohio

Original/dedicated B+ / P
Last: November 2024
N
Alan173

Michigan

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

A- / Y Game is restored and in excellent shape. All boards and monitor rebuilt. Strobe light and red light work perfectly. Flight control is the potentiometer and control board set up smooth ship control. All original paperworkcoin boxworking coin mechs. S
Last: October 2024
N
Wilkson, Chris (username: cwilkson)

Detroit, Michigan

Board Only / ? 2 board set. Untested.
Last: November 2024
N
Retrotechnologie

Ile de france, Ile de france, France

Original/dedicated B / P the only known French European model or prototype, currently being restored
Last: August 2022
N
Abrondino

Elgin, Illinois

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B / Y This game is completely underrated. The gameplay is simple to figure out and tough to master.
Last: May 2020
N
Leftwich, Scott (username: sleftwich)

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Original/dedicated A / Y
Last: October 2024
N
stemson, richard (username: stimpy)

vancouver, Washington

Original/dedicated B / Y very cool bronze age game
Last: October 2023
N
WingKing

Indianapolis, Indiana

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

C- / Y
Last: September 2023
N
Dawson, Lonny

Lakewood, Colorado

Original/dedicated B- / Y
Last: March 2023
N
EconoDave

Madison, Alabama

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B+ / Y Strobe works very rarely.
Last: June 2024
N
orangewhip

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Original/dedicated B+ / Y
Last: July 2024
N
Markert, Joerg

Wolfegg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Original/dedicated A / Y
Last: March 2023
N
rollins jr, ronald

columbus, Texas

Original/dedicated A /
Last: April 2022
N
Heybert

Mount Prospect, Illinois

Original/dedicated /
Last: October 2017
N
Smith, William

Hawthorne, New Jersey

Original/dedicated C / Almost worked when I got it, but without a BW monitor I let it sit. This is the full size upright with W shaped steering wheel pictured on the KLOV. I just sold it to Tony in CT. I hate to remove it from my list, Good Luck Tony.
Last: May 2024
N
nickmudd

Bartonville, Illinois

Original/dedicated B / N
Last: November 2022
N
Szymanski, Tom (username: intel)

White Marsh, Maryland

Original/dedicated ? / UR w/manual & flyer
Last: December 2018
N
tester007

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

A- / Great game when all lights working properly.
Last: May 2024
N
Palmisano, N (username: Robotboy70)

Edison, New Jersey

Original/dedicated ? / upright
Last: April 2015
N
greasyjesus

Brighton, Michigan

Original/dedicated A / Y
Last: January 2015
N
KrisK

Dallas, Texas

Original/dedicated ? / Y Currently under cosmetic restoration.
Last: October 2018
N
Ghost123

Mesa, Arizona

Original/dedicated A / Y
Last: July 2024
N
Anonymous #382951

Nebraska

Original/dedicated B+ / Y
Last: November 2021
N
cuthbert, stuart (username: stutrac)

Bethany, Connecticut

Original/dedicated

Upright/Standard

B+ / Y
Last: March 2017
N
cwales

Binghamton, New York

Original/dedicated B+ /
Last: July 2024
N
stuffmonger

anon, California

Original/dedicated C- / N complete, but nonworking. In the process of fixing.
Last: February 2015
N
Anonymous #401339

riverside, California

Original/dedicated B / P
Last: September 2014
N
djw90

spokane, Washington

Original/dedicated C+ /
Last: May 2024
N
djw90

spokane, Washington

Original/dedicated B /
Last: May 2024
N
Oehlerich, Mike (username: au2bahn)

North English, Iowa

Original/dedicated B- / Arcade Cabaret
Last: October 2020
N
wolfeel

fortuna, California

Original/dedicated B+ /
Last: June 2024
N
mammyrat

Columbia, South Carolina

Original/dedicated D / Not working.
Last: December 2013
N
Darcy, Gerald (username: GDarcy)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Original/dedicated B / 3 of 3
Last: May 2011
N
Darcy, Gerald (username: GDarcy)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Original/dedicated B /
Last: May 2011
N
Darcy, Gerald (username: GDarcy)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Original/dedicated B / 1 of 3
Last: May 2011
N
Walker, Chris (username: cw125)

Austin, Texas

Original/dedicated B+ /
Last: September 2024
N
schuer, michael (username: mks71)

ocala, Florida

Original/dedicated B / board has some issues, but the cab is nice, and the monitor works, some parts missing, like the back, and the monitor back.
Last: March 2009
For Sale
Girasoli, Tony (username: Tony)

Hartford, Connecticut

Original/dedicated B / One of the great obscure games of the Golden Age. Picked this one up in a warehouse raid.
Last: November 2009
N
mccamish, Eric (username: Erk667)

hawesville, Kentucky

Original/dedicated B- / works nicely except screen is slowly going out. still plays
Last: January 2008
For Sale
Christensen, Keith (username: [email protected])

Houston, Texas

Original/dedicated C /
Last: February 2024
N
P, Kevin (username: KJPGAMES)

Corpus Christi, Texas

Original/dedicated B+ / Cabaret Model with yellow side art
Last: February 2014
N
McClure, Jake (username: hucklebuck73)

salt lake city, Utah

Original/dedicated A+ / Perfect MINI from a military base arcade
Last: November 2019
N
Hewitt, Jeff (username: SFX)

Garland, Texas

Original/dedicated B / Repaired Board (bad ram), Monitor was blurry (rejuvenation fixed the issue), Cleaned everything and replaced the yoke grips. Plays great
Last: October 2022
N
Martins, Jose Luiz

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Board Only ? /
Last: August 2006
N
Wisner, Gene

Niles, Michigan

Original/dedicated ? / Needs a Crt, Anyone have one??
Last: November 2006
N
urban_paranoia

United Kingdom, United Kingdom (GB & NIR)

Original/dedicated ? / Cool, working plus spare PCB.
Last: April 2016
N
Shiels, Timothy (username: Outerworld)

Gold Beach, Oregon

Original/dedicated ? / UR
Last: June 2024
N
Heinzel, Jamie

Rogers City, Michigan

Original/dedicated ? / Neato
Last: October 2008
N

Games & Boards Wanted

This game is wanted by the following active members:

Name Cabinet Comment

Parts For Sale

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Name Condition Comment For Sale Price

Parts Wanted

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Name Cabinet Comment