Just a note from the field ...

I had 3 pins in a brewery ...

DE guns and Roses (3 balls)
Radical (3 balls)
Wizard (5 balls)

All at $1 (New Zealand) a play.

The Wizard was usually the biggest earner.

So ... people will play them. If they are a good game, playing nice and fast, set up sweetly.

5 balls (rather than 3) is a good value proposition for some people.

(I do appreciate that NZ is a different market to the USA)

rd

The Wizard when I dropped it off to the brewery.

Cool photo, if I do say so myself.

rd

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I have this discussion constantly with my operator friend. He operates 20 pins ... I occasionally put pins on location.

He always has that stuff on ... I ask him why?

Does the $2 Sega Rally give you a free game for nothing?

Does the $1 jukebox give you a free song?

Does the 50c Donkey Kong give you a free game if you get to the kill screen?

His answer is “it’s tradition ...”

Which is fair enough. But I reckon it’s silly.

I have my games set to “replay” if you get your name up for a high score. That’s a good reward.

But I have “match” set low as it’ll go. Or off on the old games.

The reality, 95% of the people who play them don’t know what Match and Replay are anyway.

rd