How many balls per game - 3 or 5?

[MartyJ]

Well, I though its time for a poll.  I'm interested to see what others have set their games to either 5 or 3 balls per game.  For me growing up I would spend my 20c on the older EM games as you got 5 balls rather than 3 on those flashy new ones!  But as my SS collection grows, I've got them set to 3 (inc Black Hole) as I prefer it.

[Extra Ball]

It only went to 3 ball to make operators more money. In a game of pinball most of us only 1 outstanding ball, and the rest crap or so-so. I want 5 chances at getting at least one. 

Having said that Drop a Card is a game where 5 balls is 2 too many. All the targets can be sunk with 2 balls easy enough. Probably other games like that.

[GORGAR 1]

3 balls for 70's games and 5 balls for 90's games

Peter

[Pinfan]

3 ball games all round... I never ever saw a game which was five ball on location... ( might be a little younger than most here )

Funny you mention this because allot of blokes i know have their games set to five ball and i call them cheats !   

No wonder everyone reaches wizard mode and vacation jackpot...     

[slammer]

I have 5 balls for EM and SS and 3 balls for the DMDs.

Cheers Angelo

[millsy]

60,s and 70,s - Never seen a 3 Ball - All Ems of course.

[madness]

3 balls,factory settings on all mine

[Strangeways]

Factory settings !

5 Balls for EMs and SS

3 Balls for DMDs

[pinmadd]

3 on mine,..  all of them,........ makes the wizzard mode even sweeter 

[SPURR]

Factory settings !

5 Balls for EMs and SS

3 Balls for DMDs

+1

[ROLLERBALL]

Depends on the game...what about 4 or 2 ball ?? lol

[robm]

3 is a better challenge i reckon, but i've only been collecting pins for 12 months so and never tried 5 ball games

[markc]

all ours are set on  3

[knight76]

3 balls all the way.

But if factory defaulting it sets it at 5 balls then that is how it was made so that is how I play it.

I never buy in either as this is cheating in my books. If I beat my high score with a buy in, I would always know I cheated to get it, extra balls won on the other hand are a different story.

[pinnies4me]

My choices -

All DMD's 3.

Early SS (late seventies, maybe first or second year of the 80's) 5.

I don't have any mid to late 80's games, but those seem right on 3 balls when I play them, whereas the early 80's games (and before) seem right on 5, although debatable on Black Hole - I have it on 5, but sometimes think it should be on 3. But I'll leave it 5 so when Daniel comes around he'll get to play it more than 1 minute! ;)