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I'm very new to TPA and even newer to Pinball, the game, so take my comments lightly, please. I am also playing exclusively on iOS.

I saw that TZ was available and knew that it was supposed to be a good game. I tried the free version a few times and felt that the ball was very, very slow. Now, keep in mind that I have been playing TPA TOTAN nearly exclusively for about the past three weeks. (I was obsessed with rescuing the princess and -- much, much, much cursing and fist slams later -- I finally did it on Friday night. It wasn't my highest score on the table, but I finally got the damned goal. (Aside: It's kind of underwhelming to have the princess get trapped immediately thereafter. WTF? Is this Princess Peach?)) After playing TOTAN and losing control of the ball quickly, it seemed like TZ was stuck in some kind of low-gear.

Anyway, I decided to buy the "Pro" version of the table. I'm not a pro, natch, but I had been wanting to play with the options to move the ball around freely and explore the table. I played a few more games, but don't recall my recollection of the ball speed. Got stuck in the Operator Menu somehow and forced-quit the game.

On Saturday I played a few more games. I noticed:

1. The game was considerably faster.

2. A particular angle off the right flipper would often result in a quick center drain. (I don't know the terms well enough to describe what happens.)

3. There was no ball-save.

4. An animated Rod Serling flipped me off and erased all my progress on other TPA tables.

In light of the discussion here, the questions I have are:

1. Is there some sort of hard mode that comes with buying the Pro version?

2. Is the free version extra slow?

3. Am I insane (Just in case the therapist is a member) or is there a speed difference when you buy Pro?

Cheers.