I was watching a Youtube video of someone playing a Firepower and was surprised to see drop targets instead of the 1-3 and 4-6 stand ups I know from Pinball Arcade. Was this an original or prototype feature or did this guy just mod his machine? He says he changed the display to a 7 digit too which I've heard of before as I met a guy who did just that to his FP.
Here's the vid:
I think the prototypes had drop targets, but they changed them to stand up targets because of reliability concerns (sys 6 drop targets are garbage).
Some people have converted there games to use drop targets.
Check out http://www.firepowerpinball.com/ for lots of information on this subject.
Thanks for posting the link to the video. I had not seen a video of Firepower with drops installed. I have been wrestling with the idea of converting mine to drop tagrets, but the stories about slowing down gameplay kinda deterred me. After seeing this video (sucky play and all) I don't see a huge slow down at all. Another one of my concerns was how the game would keep track of targets from ball to ball in multiplayer games. I still need a clear explanation of how that will work before I make the plunge.
Quoted from vid1900:You can add the drop targets, but it does change the feel of the game.
Some guys love it and some say it slightly slows the play....
This is probably a boneheaded question...could you do the same for a Game Show?
Quoted from Bbismuth:This is probably a boneheaded question...could you do the same for a Game Show?
Quoted from vid1900:Only if somebody was willing to alter the ROM image to allow it.
Yeah. I don't think that's going to happen 
It is a fun game though. Especially when you crank the slope of the playfield up. Brainless fun.
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