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Big Buck Hunter Pro
Stern, 2010-
Big Daddy
Williams, 1963
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Black Hole
Gottlieb, 1981
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Williams, 1993
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Demolition Man
Williams, 1994
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Eight Ball Deluxe
Bally, 1981
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F-14 Tomcat
Williams, 1987
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Fathom
Bally, 1981
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Vancouver, WA
TWD hands down. Low scores too.
Quoted from o-din:Big Daddy. "Say by by to that little steel ball"
You EM guys.... I need to get over to silverball museum again soon.
Quoted from thedefog:Sad to think we don't really see hit games with crazy ass trippy themes anymore like qbert and dig dug. Everything is so serious for the most part. They went from creativity due to the limiting factors of the hardware all the way to the opposite of doing something just because they can.
The last game I can think of that I thought was an amazing idea and ridiculously trippy fun theme that also did well was Katamari Damacy. Freaking love that game.
Yes....I used to roll that ball around all day.....really cool game..............Joey
Quoted from thedefog:You EM guys.... I need to get over to silverball museum again soon.
You asked for short ball times.
Now a game like Williams Grand Prix I can keep it going and get a substantial score. But some of those kick your ass short flipper games of the early 60s were designed to drain. In a hurry. If you can keep one of those going for a while you have accomplished something.
Quoted from o-din:Oh, they get mentioned. But sometimes they get ignored. What was your longest ball time on Big Daddy, Rob? We count those in micro-seconds.
Big Daddy would be the first on this list!
Quoted from thedefog:I think BSD would be a much different animal with normal flippers on it. The funniest part of Pinbot is that it has the center rebound pin between the flippers solely as a tease because you're never going to drain a ball anywhere but the outlanes.
Actually it's worse.I tried them.I think the lightnings were put on for that reason.And yes another vote for BSD had a few 2 minute games tonight 
Quoted from Slugmeister:Actually it's worse.I tried them.I think the lightnings were put on for that reason.And yes another vote for BSD had a few 2 minute games tonight
Dang that's twice as long as my average game 
Quoted from chuckwurt:Not sure if yours does this, but mine at least 50% of the time goes sdtm after hitting the 8 ball drop.
I've never played a game that has more shots that are designed to drain the ball after hitting it like EBD. Makes you want to play "just one more" again and again and again. My 8 ball shot is the same, a fast hit is required for it to travel back with enough speed to land on your left flipper, brilliant!
Quoted from oldskool1969:I hate long games, except RBION
GI, BBH and Surf Champ are insanely quick, makes it so much more special when you have a half decent game.
So you're a huge LotR fan then? 
Wellesley, ON
Quoted from Mitch:Just read the whole thread and the worst wasn't even mentioned.
Interflip Dragon !!!!!!
I own one and I love it but I've also played 5 balls where your lucky to hit the flipper 5 times.
That is definitely the bigger quarter eater I'v ever seen.
I have a F14, but that has much longer ball times than the Sorcerer and Lightning I have. Flash Gordon is the quickest ball times of anything I have ever played. Killer outlanes and the ball comes out of the pops SDTM. All good games with a group of people - your ball drains and your beer is back in hand still ice cold.
Any game I'm playing where my wife walks in and tells me to stop screwing around because I've got shit to do. 
Quoted from joey316g:This TAF I just picked up is sure kicking my a$$
Let me know if your tired of the butt kicking and want to let her go!
Quoted from beelzeboob:Any game I'm playing where my wife walks in and tells me to stop screwing around because I've got shit to do.
Seriously. My 2 year old called me out the other day. I legitimately had to do something down in the basement, and stopped for 2 minutes to grab a game of Comet (before it leaves) and I come back up and the wife says he said "Daddy's not cleaning, he's playing!". Touche! Or more like "Et Tu, Brute?"
2 months later
Both the tables I own will throw you to the dogs within seconds on some balls with some mean tease single scoring crap of 500 or 1000 points off some area on the thing so you don't get the ball save -- Gold Ball and PinBot. The first one is open like an EM and is very fast, seems happy to often throw the thing down the right side, center too if you try and get frisky spelling Goldball in the center. Pinbot, that one has no explanation why, it just is a mean tease flopping stuff down the sides like it was a magnetic loving attraction and many are aware of its cruelty.
Yesterday I put up my best game ever around the 6M mark, the games before it I was lucky to get 1M on a 5 ball game because of shenanigans.
1 week later
Ball time usually depends on how you play the machine. Are you going for the "risky" (bottom playfield) shots or are you trying to his some upper playfield targets or ramps.
It also depends on the width of the outlane exits. There are some machines with no mercy there.
And if you try to play those fast, statistically you're about to drain relatively quickly.
Especially if the tilt plumb bob is high. Then you have even less chance to react on those returns.
It's interesting how all of you mentioned so many different machines. To answer the question myself, it's hard to say which one has the shortest ball time for me, but I can tell Fish Tales doesn't like me a lot 
We have a new winner, WNBJM.
DSCN1384.JPGMan this thing is insane. Set at 6.5 deg on the crate, it is an absolute ball tearer or money maker if you are an operator.
It is just too much fun and incredible dynamics for a machine with out ramps or orbits. Future classic for sure.
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