__NOEDITSECTION__ Real World article(written from a Production point of view) Space Checkers is a 3-D variant of the board game checkers. It was produced by the Pacific Game Company in both 1965 (under the company name "Pleasantime") and 1971. The earlier version was used as a prop in the food synthesizer room aboard the USS Enterprise on the Original Star Trek. A version was also used in DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations", during which Benjamin Sisko and Jadzia Dax played the game during the "chicken sandwich and coffee" scene.