I have all mine set to 3 balls, apart from the ones that the kids play more often, T2, No Fear and Evel, i have set them on five balls and made them as easy as possible, so the little ones want to keep playing.

We set all of ours to 3 balls.But we also set up the play so that multiple extra balls are available if you can earn 'em.

I keep them factory with three balls and the replay is still an extra game.

All my machines are set to 3-balls and no buy-in.

I really don't like playing games set for more than the standard three balls. All the newer games @ the PHOF were set to 5 ball games and its really excruciating dragging out a bad run, or vice versa, having your good games last forever. Then if you earned the replay you really don't want to play it and get that involved again. 3 balls for me, and the option to earn extra balls. Keeps the challenge high.

Mine to 5 balls,
The Wife and my 2 boy's, 5 and 7 have more playtime,

Me I set to 3 balls

Cheers

Try to set to 3 as that is the gold standard and competition setting. That said, I am not at competitive playing level so will tweak if necessary. FT is currently 5 as there are lots of SDTM's.....but would like to reduce to 3 eventually.

I only play with 2 balls, as this is all the good lord gave me I'd hate to think how many kids I'd have if I had 5 balls! Hell' I wouldn't even know where to buy my pants!!!! As for pinball, I set them to 5. Just more play-time! If I were charging customers to play, I'm sure I'd set them to 3!!!

Factory rules all the way man!

3 balls, factory setting. Sometimes I'll adjust drain save but thats about it.

I have mine set to 3. 5 for TZ.

I have the SS games on three balls and the Em'S on 5 balls like they were on route.

I'm old enough to remember when the standard was 5 balls. When they started to switch to 3 balls PLUS charging $0.50 instead of $.0.25 - well I thought that was highway robbery. So I'm old-school and play with 5. I'm also unusual in that I don't have my games on free play - it costs $0.25 to play. ...but I always keep a stack of quarters close by.

All mine are set to 3 ball.factory settings.

I also go with 3 which is the factory setting.

Wow, you are pretty trusting when guests come over.

In 1976 I was a teenager and we would go to the bowling alley and play pinball,this pin AZTEC we played forever, put in a quarter and it gave you 4 games instead of 3, at 5 balls a piece as were all other pins in my area at the time.

LOL Yeah, for the most part I trust my guests. ...but you have to keep an eye on the kids - well not my kids (I have a 6 year old son and 10 year old daughter)...but... there was one time when we had about ten kids over to the house - all under the age of 10. All of the adults went to an afternoon party, and the baby sitter stayed with the kids. The only two rules I had were (1) no pinball until the adults get back and (2) stay out of my office. When the adults returned, everyone was DYING to play - and we all had a blast. Towards the end of the night I realized the box full of quarters wasn't full anymore. In fact, it was just about empty...and there's no way we played that many games. ...I'm sure some kid walked out with heavy pockets.

Buy hey, if it costs me a few extra quarters to expose kids to pinball - it's worth it to me. One of my daughters friends actualy had no idea what a pinball machine was. ....heresy.

hi,

3 balls on my games, except 5 for Spectrum ! ! !

My games are all on 3 balls. Most of the time my games are on coin play. I like it because that's the way it was in the real world. I like it because some people don't respect a machine that gives itself away free. For a fund raiser people ask me what can I bring? I say bring a bag of quarters. OK, if it's soldiers or friends from Pinside everything's on "free play".

Loupie, I like your attitude!

Three baller here.

Does not matter to me as long as my sexy wife or "substitute" is cuddling behind playing with two.

I voted 5 (mainly for the others that play the games), but I didn't see the "Depend's on games" option. My BK 5 balls for sure. The others, I would play 3 balls, but every one else feels ripped off if I don't keep them at 5.

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For me,It's gotta be three, for the same reasons as above.

I have all mine on three balls....free play, replay awards extra ball.

Three!
Just like what GOD gave me...

On my spider man..I'll usually have a 1 ball tournament set up...evens things up a bit.

My modern machines are set to 3 ball, with the exception of TSPP which is on 5 ball as it tends to drain. Extra balls earned on the replay score levels to reward good play. Playfield Specials set to sound the knocker rather than award extra balls. Machines are set on free play and to factory settings with standard playfield inclines.

My older SS Ballys are both set to 5 ball as that was how they were in the arcades.

I had them on 5 for a while but just put them to three to see how I can do on three. I also have a bunch of family coming and it will keep play times down so poeple will be forced to rotate games.

3 on newer games but normally 5 on EM's as the fall tends to drain quicker-especially on the ones with small flippers