The 4-player version of this game is Williams' 1976 'Space Mission'.
Steve Kordek told us that the backglass art was derived from a picture he obtained from NASA. The picture surely was of the painting made by noted space artist Robert McCall (1919-2010) which can be seen here.
Production Run Records for Space Odyssey: 4300 total
Sample run: 62
Production Start Date: Prior to Jan-5-1976 / Production End Date: Prior to Jan-5-1976
First ship date: Prior to Jan-5-1976 / Last ship date: Unknown, remaining 2 shipped out with production games.
Production Run: 4238
Production Start Date: May-28-1976 / Production End Date: Jul-9-1976
First ship date: Jun-1-1976 / Last ship date: Jul-14-1976
Product History Record for Space Odyssey:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 3549*
Quantity produced for export: 751*
Total quantity produced: 4300*
BOM: $328.23
Price to Distributor: $780.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.
