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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rehtroboi40" data-source="post: 143641" data-attributes="member: 1406">Pinball machines were designed to make money.  Many machines in the late 80's/early 90's had certain exploits to lure in extra players.  Many Williams/Bally tables had accumulating jackpots (kind of like a State lottery), or words to spell with letters carried over (the King's R-A-N-S-O-M) and some Gottlieb tables had 1/2B-1B shots.  I remember seeing that video (can't find the link) of Jon Norris explaining that the rationale behind such huge plays in his games was to give novices a chance to catch up in multi-player games.  He sure liked the "D-O-U-B-L-E" feature in his games as well.    As a more casual pinball player (haven't played a real table in years since I can't find one in decent condition), I can accept the fact that many of the tables we love had these kind of exploits.  Although I can understand how experts may find them to be a nuisance.</blockquote>

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