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1978 | Gottlieb | 4P

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

DESIGN Ed Krynski

12 VPX VERSIONS

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TABLE BRIEF

About this table

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1978 solid-state pinball machine by Gottlieb. Themed around Licensed Theme, Movie, Science Fiction. Play 11 community-built VPX recreations on Android with Pocket Pinball.

PLAYER'S GUIDE

Rules & tutorials

Rulesheets & instructions

Tutorials

Machine history & details at IPDB

COMMUNITY BUILDS

Table Versions

ByVersionFormatFeaturesUpdatedLink
RajoJoey, BorgDog, HauntFreaks1.2.1VPXVR LUT MOD Oct 2026Get table
Ext2k, LoadedWeapon, BorgDog, JPSalas, Panasony, GtecArcade, HauntFreaks1.0.1VPXHybrid VR Mixed Reality LUT nFozzy MOD Jan 2026Get table
JPSalas, Bord, Pinuck1.0.0VPXno ROM incl. B2S Sep 2025Get table
Styx, Serpiko, Pinuck, JPSalas1.4.3VPXMOD Sep 2025Get table
LoadedWeapon, BorgDog, GtecArcade1.0.0VPXnFozzy MOD Apr 2025Get table
Bigus1, BorgDog, HauntFreaks1.0VPXMOD May 2024Get table
Wiesshund, Serpiko, Pinuck4.0VPX—Sep 2023Get table
Wiesshund, Serpiko, Pinuck1.0.2-3.0VPXSSF FSS Jun 2023Get table
Morttis, Arconovum, BorgDog, HauntFreaks0.999-2.6VPXFSS MOD Jun 2023Get table
GtecArcade, BorgDog, HauntFreaks1.0.1VPXincl. Art incl. PuP May 2023Get table
BorgDog, HauntFreaks0.999VPXFastFlips Sep 2017Get table

EXTRAS

Downloads & Extras

Backglass (B2S)

PuP-Packs

Sound Mods

POV

Media Packs

Wheel Art

Toppers

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