Quoted from undrdog:They must have change it to easier than when mine was shipped. Mine was shipped with the outlanes all the way open. 3 balls, limited saves. I set the level bubble as suggested in the manual.
I didn't beat the game until I moved the outlanes to halfway and set it to five balls. Then I went on vacation. Now that I'm back I'll win it a few more times and go back to three balls.
IMHO Outlanes at half way are open enough that the ball drains if you aren't paying attention. If you are paying attention, you can usually nudge the ball safe. Keeps me on my toes.
Try my settings above...Very satisfying game play when you accomplish something.
I changed the single replay to fixed, at 45 million, I might go higher to say 65 million.
My settings are for novice to medium level players.
A good competition player can "blow up" this game regardless of how its set up.
Thats not me...