Hi Douggie,

I'm not 100% familiar with Austin Powers, but from a quick bit of reading there is a setting within the game setup called 'Auto Freeze'.

If the 'Auto Freeze' is set to 'auto' basically the game itself calculates the average length of time per ball in play and will then lengthen the ball save to adjust itself.

I believe you can change the auto freeze from auto to a set length of seconds.  If you have a manual handy it should explain the steps as I found the Stern / Sega menu systems quite good.

There may be another Austin Powers owner on the site with a manual who can chime in!

I'm guessing it would be under game adjustments somewhere.