Apparently it can happen in real life too

[Espy]

Not just a virtual pinball anomaly!

 

[DanBradford]

looks cool, but those coils are gonna get hot and melt i expect, maybe not as hot as if they were permanently stuck on, but not far off with only 100ms or so(?) to cool down each time before firing again. ....... so if it was my game i'd probably abort it after 30sec or so. i expect the plungers also get hot, from friction.

did you stick around to watch? was there smoke? or did someone turn it off or it spontaneously freed itself?

 

[Fungi]

It went on for a few minutes before the solenoid burnt out.

http://tinyurl.com/l4k637v

 

[Espy]

I didn't make the video! Just thought it was cool.

 

[neglectoid]

the space invaders machine I use to play as a kid use to do the same thing.

 

[mikehg]

Anyone submitted a bug report?

"Dear God, please add some randomness to classical physics. Thanks."

 

[jonesjb]

What table is this on?

 

[dtown8532]

What table is this on?

Af-Tor by Wico. Maybe this is why they only made two games, according to ipdb.

TNT Amusements has a two part Understanding Pinball video on their youtube page about it.