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<blockquote data-quote="EldarOfSuburbia" data-source="post: 226379" data-attributes="member: 4106"><p>Well, all modern tables can be set to give any number of balls per credit; it's up to the operator. It may also have been possible to do this with some EMs (for instance, TPA Big Shot can be played in 3- or 5-ball mode - which suggests that the real thing can be set for 3- or 5-ball play).</p><p></p><p>In my personal recollections, tables I played in the early '80s (Paragon, Space Invaders) were set to 5 balls by the operator (well, by the distributor on behalf of the operator; I'm pretty sure my Grandad wouldn't have had a clue on how to change the settings on a table, he was more interested in the contents of the coin box <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ). Sometime later in the '80s, I guess I noticed it was 3 balls. So I'd say overall the change in trend started in the mid-late '70s, and became the norm in the '80s.</p><p></p><p>The reason for it is obvious - money. I assume as tables became more complex and ball times increased, operators were seeing their profits tank, and the way to do that was to decrease overall game times by decreasing the number of balls from 5 to 3.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EldarOfSuburbia, post: 226379, member: 4106"] Well, all modern tables can be set to give any number of balls per credit; it's up to the operator. It may also have been possible to do this with some EMs (for instance, TPA Big Shot can be played in 3- or 5-ball mode - which suggests that the real thing can be set for 3- or 5-ball play). In my personal recollections, tables I played in the early '80s (Paragon, Space Invaders) were set to 5 balls by the operator (well, by the distributor on behalf of the operator; I'm pretty sure my Grandad wouldn't have had a clue on how to change the settings on a table, he was more interested in the contents of the coin box ;) ). Sometime later in the '80s, I guess I noticed it was 3 balls. So I'd say overall the change in trend started in the mid-late '70s, and became the norm in the '80s. The reason for it is obvious - money. I assume as tables became more complex and ball times increased, operators were seeing their profits tank, and the way to do that was to decrease overall game times by decreasing the number of balls from 5 to 3. [/QUOTE]
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