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<blockquote data-quote="Zombie Aladdin" data-source="post: 147387" data-attributes="member: 4242"><p>It's not common anymore, and I'm sure it's downright extinct by this point, but it used to be common in the '70s and earlier when pinball machines were found frequently at bars and restaurants. That's why some EM machines would proudly proclaim that you could get massive amounts of specials.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that would concern an operator is if it's costing more to repair than there is money going into it, or if the broken parts render the game unplayable or difficult to play. If the operator set the replay score low, then it likely means there are a lot of low-skilled players or beginners at the machine who would be very unlikely to even reach that score. In this case, the operator's still turning a profit. I encountered a <em>Street Fighter II</em> with a replay score fixed at 55 million, for instance (a good player can reach that in one ball), and I kept surpassing it and getting replays from it. It really didn't matter though--aside from the occasional expert who would get billion scores from the thing, not many people were able to reach that score, and it was not the focus of the arcade (which are Japanese-imported fighting games). The machine's still tere, and it's still receiving proper maintenance (the replay is now variable, though the minimum is still 55 million and is almost always at that point when I enter).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zombie Aladdin, post: 147387, member: 4242"] It's not common anymore, and I'm sure it's downright extinct by this point, but it used to be common in the '70s and earlier when pinball machines were found frequently at bars and restaurants. That's why some EM machines would proudly proclaim that you could get massive amounts of specials. The only thing that would concern an operator is if it's costing more to repair than there is money going into it, or if the broken parts render the game unplayable or difficult to play. If the operator set the replay score low, then it likely means there are a lot of low-skilled players or beginners at the machine who would be very unlikely to even reach that score. In this case, the operator's still turning a profit. I encountered a [i]Street Fighter II[/i] with a replay score fixed at 55 million, for instance (a good player can reach that in one ball), and I kept surpassing it and getting replays from it. It really didn't matter though--aside from the occasional expert who would get billion scores from the thing, not many people were able to reach that score, and it was not the focus of the arcade (which are Japanese-imported fighting games). The machine's still tere, and it's still receiving proper maintenance (the replay is now variable, though the minimum is still 55 million and is almost always at that point when I enter). [/QUOTE]
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