AC/DC (LE)
Stern, 2012
AC/DC (Premium)
Stern, 2012
Airborne
Capcom, 1996
Big Buck Hunter Pro
Stern, 2010
Black Hole
Gottlieb, 1981
Black Knight 2000
Williams, 1989
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Williams, 1993
F-14 Tomcat
Williams, 1987Quoted from RobT:I think the point is that it is possible for a pin to have good flow, but that does not necessarily mean that it will be super fast.
DM has excellent flow. Ball speed is *not* fast.
Ya.. It wasn't designed to maintain ball speed. In fact, it saps ball speed every chance it gets. This is why I didn't mind selling mine. 
Quoted from TheLaw:Jesus christ sometimes you people are too nerdy even for me.
Oh get out. Even for you???
That's a stretch.....
Quoted from tamoore:Oh get out. Even for you???
That's a stretch.....
I know that's what I'm saying! Future mods for games are going to be nothing but radar guns and lasers showing ball speed on an LCD glued to the side rails.
I can hear the gears of madness turning in some of your heads right now 
Quoted from TheLaw:Future mods for games are going to be nothing but radar guns and lasers showing ball speed on an LCD glued to the side rails.
THAT WOULD BE RADDDDDDDDDD. OMGGGGGGGG
A mod in High Speed where you have a radar gun are going for "fastest" orbit... oh yeah...
-mof
Quoted from TheLaw:that's what I'm saying! Future mods for games are going to be nothing but radar guns and lasers showing ball speed on an LCD glued to the side rails.
Quoted from sanctumwear:» YouTube video
This got me so horny.
surprised JM keeps showing up in these lists, since the gameplay seems to consist of repeatedly aiming for the center shot and then waiting or doing the silly glove thing, which got old after about 2-3 plays.
Any of the Steve Ritchie machines mentioned above feel much faster, since when properly played the ball's zipping all over the place. And when I miss a shot on AC/DC the ball seems to be in a side drain faster than I can respond, usually lasered off the TNT targets or launched airborne off a sling.
JM is very fast.
Freshly waxed JD is so fast it has a hard time staying in the rails.
BSD's left ramp feels very fast and smooth at the same time. Unlikely, JD. JD feels out of control how fast it throws the ball back sometimes.
Shadow isn't as fast as the others but it is pretty fast. Anyone that has tried to bang out consecutive loops on that machine has to have ridiculous timing.
Seriously??? Thumbs up to anyone that said F-14. Everyone else probably hasn't played it. That game is so fast it's abusive. I've played every game mentioned here. F-14 is the fastest. TOM is close though...but way less brutal on multi-ball. Tron isn't close to either.
If you want a lap timer, you need toy play Mario Andretti………. a kick back on the left, a gate on the right, a post in the middle………. and I drain……. that was fast!
Quoted from adii:Seriously??? Thumbs up to anyone that said F-14. Everyone else probably hasn't played it.
The only things people can judge by is what they have played. I've never played F-14 so I would be in that camp. I guess the op should have said to give your opinion only if you've played every game to compare by.
I have played TOM and I wouldn't call it fast, it has nice flow but, not necessarily what I would consider brutal speed. To me those are the games that jack the ball down the outlanes or center so fast that if you blink, you've missed it.
Quoted from bigdaddy07:I have played TOM and I wouldn't call it fast, it has nice flow but, not necessarily what I would consider brutal speed. To me those are the games that jack the ball down the outlanes or center so fast that if you blink, you've missed it.
I agree, ToM has superb flow (I consider it possibly the best flowing pin ever), but the only thing that is super fast on it are the inner loop shots.
Quoted from gatordad:F14 for the win!
Yeah but isn't solenoid assisted speed cheating? I remember first time playing in the arcade when young saying WTF! WJH? I wonder how may F14 flippers get broken and if more than other games.
AC/DC is the fastest I've played yet. I have it set a little high so that helps with the speed but man the layout and wide ramp openings this thing is grease lightning.
There are a two ways to interpret this question that I can think of:
1) This is about the speed of the ball coming off the flipper. If so, it's tough to beat the post-bending and air-ball inducing speeds of a new Stern.
2) This is really about speed of the ball through ramps. Hmmm, that's more interesting and murkier to think about.
I am not interpreting this to be about "flow" which has been discussed often.
Quoted from mof:It's a trick question. As it's been already stated...
Speed is a function of playfield cleanliness, polish, and wax.
Can anyone think of a pin with a ton of randomicity in the ball travel, that makes you work to track the ball ?
To me, it's that mental alertness you are forced to surrender to the game that makes some early 80's solid states the most challenging designs. For me, it's about the "untrackability" of the ball. I find DMDs in general to be far too predictable with their protected pops and and spoon-fed-inlane-feeding-ramps.
I'd like to know which pin you have with the most random ball travel that is ALSO fast...
-mof
Orbitor 1 say no more!!!!!!!!!
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