Determining "Ball Saved"?

IdontHave50cents

IdontHave50cents

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Im curious how do these pinball machines determine when to throw you a bone with a free ball after a quick drain. Is it based on the little amount of time the ball was in play or a low amount of points accumulated before the drain? :confused:

Of course The Black Hole cares not of my quick drains...
 
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Brian Clark

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It depends on the game. Some games have a flashing light near the flippers that indicates the ball save is active and others only give you the ball back if you got no points after launch.
 
Sean DonCarlos

Sean DonCarlos

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It's game-specific. The older tables tend not to have any ball saver at all. For newer tables, most of them are time-based (and operator-adjustable). A few count the number of switches hit before the drain and if this number is below some threshold, it'll return the ball.
 

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