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<blockquote data-quote="Worf" data-source="post: 274559" data-attributes="member: 1047"><p>Part of the reason is WIlliams/Bally tables were designed for both the operators and players in mind. One popular thing was switch compensation - a Williams/Bally table that has a broken switch (which happens often, those things get smashed by balls) will often compensate for it - so even if the table is broken, you can still have fun. Others like Sega/Data East don't, so when a critical switch breaks, the game is effectively broken. It's not something you want to find after dumping your hard earned coins into the machine and finding the main modes don't work anymore.</p><p></p><p>Some of the later Williams/Bally tables (post 1997 or so) had forgiveness timers - so the ball saver just expires while the ball heads SDTM. The game will often award it even though the light went off assuming the outcome was inevitable despite the ball saver expiry. </p><p></p><p>Crap happens, but if a table feels "bad" then it gets less plays. One of my favorite non-Williams/Bally machines was X-Files, but it never felt as good. It always felt cheap - like it was made out of cheaper materials. You felt it when you played. X-Files was fine, but the machine just felt like it was going to fall apart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Worf, post: 274559, member: 1047"] Part of the reason is WIlliams/Bally tables were designed for both the operators and players in mind. One popular thing was switch compensation - a Williams/Bally table that has a broken switch (which happens often, those things get smashed by balls) will often compensate for it - so even if the table is broken, you can still have fun. Others like Sega/Data East don't, so when a critical switch breaks, the game is effectively broken. It's not something you want to find after dumping your hard earned coins into the machine and finding the main modes don't work anymore. Some of the later Williams/Bally tables (post 1997 or so) had forgiveness timers - so the ball saver just expires while the ball heads SDTM. The game will often award it even though the light went off assuming the outcome was inevitable despite the ball saver expiry. Crap happens, but if a table feels "bad" then it gets less plays. One of my favorite non-Williams/Bally machines was X-Files, but it never felt as good. It always felt cheap - like it was made out of cheaper materials. You felt it when you played. X-Files was fine, but the machine just felt like it was going to fall apart. [/QUOTE]
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