Addams Family, The
Bally, 1992
Barracora
Williams, 1981
Black Rose
Bally, 1992
Blackwater 100
Bally, 1988
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Bally, 1992
Diner
Williams, 1990
Fathom
Bally, 1981
Fireball
Bally, 1972In your opinion, what pin has the shortest multiball duration?
I just spent 1 hour trying to achieve multiball on Firepower, and when I finally got it, I want to say the 3-ball multiball lasted about 8 seconds.
A huge high followed by a sudden low. Awww...
"All kids out of the pool!!!"
Name the pin, and also provide what you think is the typical duration (as a range) of multiball. (2-ball and up is fine)
-mof
Quoted from HoneyBadger:Barracora
Interesting.
I love Barracora multiball... (2 or 3) I feel like there's a lot more space in that game than Firepower and the left outlane isn't as evil.
-mof
Firepower multiball is absolutely brutal, just achieving it is quite an accomplishment. If you commit all your attention only to the flipper area during FP multiball, with the express purpose of just keeping the balls from draining between them, and forgo things like aiming shots or avoiding draining in the outlanes, you'll prolong your ball times a little, but not much. I'd say average multiball time is 10-15 seconds, and when you have a game where it lasted a minute or more, you feel you really achieved something.
Edit: Fireball Classic is right up there too.
Quoted from zacaj:Black Rose. Half the time the second ball doesn't even have time to be ejected before the first ball has drained. And that's when you don't plunge the outlane....
Diner can hand out some very short multiballs too. With only 2 balls and no ball save, if one ball drains down the middle coming out of the pops when it starts, it can be over before in literally a couple seconds.
CFTBL can be merciless.
Quoted from mof:I just spent 1 hour trying to achieve multiball on Firepower, and when I finally got it, I want to say the 3-ball multiball lasted about 8 seconds.
Yup - another vote for Firepower from me.
-Rob
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Quoted from scottslash:CFTBL can be merciless.
To even compete with this it has to be a game with only a 2 ball multiball and no ball save.
I sold my High speed because I didn't like the multi ball. I like longer multiballs because people can enjoy the fun for more time. Who wouldn't like a longer multi all.
At least FT has a ball save at the start of multiball. I've had BoP multiballs end before the second ball gets down the wireform to the flipper.
Quoted from scottslash:CFTBL can be merciless.
I can't get multiball 2, 3, 4 times a game. Then drain without getting jackpot at all. 
Big Guns is fast! You don't feel so invincible.
The cannons Fire at same time, brings the balls to the flippers lighting fast, over in seconds.
Quoted from WaddleJrJr:Taxi multiball can be darn short sometimes.
Glad it's just not me that thinks that.
Quoted from mof:In your opinion, what pin has the shortest multiball duration?
I just spent 1 hour trying to achieve multiball on Firepower, and when I finally got it, I want to say the 3-ball multiball lasted about 8 seconds.
A huge high followed by a sudden low. Awww...
"All kids out of the pool!!!"
Name the pin, and also provide what you think is the typical duration (as a range) of multiball. (2-ball and up is fine)
-mof
Soooooo funny! This was actually my first pin ever and I thought the multiballs were so brutal on this game!
But FT is a tie. Total pain in the neck because of that boat in the middle. Cftbl is a close second because it's only a 2 ball multi. What is that all about? No 3 ball? Cmon!
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