Easton, PA
Firepower is a pain in the butt
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Hey,
Immediately though of Pretzel Multiball. 26 shots that are effectively "the Lawlor shot" through the pops to start it; tight shots at that. The one time I got it I did put the Grand Champion score on my machine, and that's a good fifty or sixty million higher than the next highest score on it.
Luke
Quoted from pascal-pinball:combo multiball? never heard of it... :-/
You get Combo multiball by hitting 50 combos in Spiderman. I have had a billion + points game where I got to Superhero and did not get it, and then I have had a 600 million game where I did. It's all about how easy the combos are flowing that game.
(beat me to it) I agree, definately harder to get than in BH. 
Quoted from Lmjdad:Eclipse
Quoted from PBINTHESOUTH:I don't know if it's the most difficult.. but I never get Harem mb? on TOTAN even though
I can regularly get to Princess Rescue and Genie MB.. of course, I'm not really sure how to do it anyway...
Harem mb is a bitch to get. I think mostly due to harem only being lit when not in a mode and other things not being lit.
I have only got to harem mb twice and that was after many games of only trying to start harem mb.
F14 tomcat was always hard for me to get mb going but only due to such short ball times
Copenhagen
The Start Khan multi-ball shot is hard enough to make that I guess most people don't aim for it. But rather take it on a random bounce in.
Borsbeek
Quoted from LesManley:You get Combo multiball by hitting 40 combos in spiderman
Wasn't that 50 combo's?
Middleton-on-sea
I always thought BK2K was hard!
Quoted from goodgameslover:Wasn't that 50 combo's?
On factory settings yes.
Quoted from Leeb18509:Flight 2000?
^^ This ^^
Lots of hoops to jump thru before you make make that last shot into the ball walker just to start Multi-Ball.
Quoted from Magic_Mike:Wayyyyyyyy too much to do on Creech, just to get a measly two ball multiball.
Yeah, and it's the exact reason why it's the most satisfying Super Jackpot in pinball.
Unknown
Quoted from johninc:When I had Black Hole I could get multiball at least 10% to 20% of the time. In 10 years of owning TSPP I've probably only gotten Pretzel Multiball two or three times. No comparison.
Still I read it as a 'what is a game that's hardest to start a multiball?' Or in older (pre-WPC)games often 'the' multiball, for there's only one programmed. And when you read it like that, TSPP is way easier than 10 to 20% of the games.
Quoted from HighNoon:...Flight 2000...
Don't you have to knock like a zillion targets down in the correct order to lock a ball?
Ya..That one is hard.
Easiest = Spring Break, dip switches at factory default, the game starts ball 1 as a 4ball multiball. Instant action.
Quoted from goodgameslover:Wasn't that 50 combo's?
It is 50 combos, not sure why I wrote 40. I changed it.
Quoted from kruzman:There is no doubt in my 30 years of collecting pinballs (since'83 gorgar) that black hole is the hardest to get multiball on. It takes me between 25-50 games to get multiball, and I can usually get 1 extra ball in about 25 games.
I do have the back legs jacked all the way up, and the pf is as fast as any I have seen, but come on!!!
I would like to hear of any games you thing are as difficult.
I would thing that BH would be the tournament game to see who the real playa's are.
Looking forward to hearing from ya.
I would also have to say black hole. I feel the need for a celebration every time it happens.
Black Hole. It's always my goal, every game of BH I play, to not only get to multiball, but to return at least one ball to the basement during multiball. It's a bitch, but the reward is the pinball nirvana of simultaneous balls on two playfields with opposite slopes and six active flippers to hit them with. There is nothing like it. Achieve that and it's a win, no matter your final score.
Quoted from practicalsteve:I also vote for Centaur, I have not played a ton of games on it, but i have never gotten multiball.
Nah - it's just a matter of understanding what you are supposed to do. You have to understand that spelling ORBS is what enables a 'lock' and then hitting the release. Centaur is a cool game in this regard that hitting ORBS in sequence enables the 'lock' and release at the same time. Completing more ORBS is how you increase the # of balls in the multiball
Quoted from flynnibus:Nah - it's just a matter of understanding what you are supposed to do. You have to understand that spelling ORBS is what enables a 'lock' and then hitting the release. Centaur is a cool game in this regard that hitting ORBS in sequence enables the 'lock' and release at the same time. Completing more ORBS is how you increase the # of balls in the multiball
Yes, but getting all five at once is a bit hard.
Quoted from flynnibus:Centaur is a cool game in this regard that hitting ORBS in sequence enables the 'lock' and release at the same time.
You can also release a ball by completing the lanes at the bottom . Something that I find cool about that is the left flipper button only switches the 2 lanes on the left and the right button does the right lanes .
Auckland
Quoted from Shoot_Again:Out of all listed I would agree the most with Flight 2000 and Strange Science.
Oh yeah, Forgot about Strange Science. But when you did get multiball on it (or Flight 2K), didn't you really get a feeling of accomplishment?
3 weeks later
Another candidate for easiest multiball here. I have a non-working mini flipper on my Hollywood Heat and have still achieved multiball with three total presses of the left flipper button = lock, lock, release (it's good for the kids and their friends/total noobs though to have such an accessible "goal" on a pin)
Quoted from Collin:Bad Cats. I haven't been able to get multiball on the damn thing yet!
Seriously, though, Black Hole.
Just saw that you beat me to this. I've figured how to do it. While you have a ball in the trash can, bring down the glass and toss in a couple of extra balls. Make sure to do it while no one is looking!
Quoted from kwiKimart:I know this isn't that difficult, but Final Frontier on STTNG is a decent pick.
It's easier if you have all six balls in the machine.
Melbourne
Of the games I still own, I'd agree Black Hole.
However, I found multi on Spirit to be *much* harder to achieve.
That said, multi on BH is *much* more rewarding, brilliantly starting with two balls downstairs, then three on the main.
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