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Whenever I see pinball machines I check the embedded bubble level and 9/10 are not set to the right angle, even in reputable arcades. It seems important to keep the angle in spec, otherwise the ball goes either too slow or too fast but I wonder how much it really matters.

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IMO too slow/fast doesn't matter a ton unless it's extreme (e.g. some steep ramps become impossible with weak flippers). Tilt to the left/right is a much bigger issue, especially if it starts making some standard ball return path drain straight down the middle.

I wouldn't do this to someone else's machine without asking, but the feet on a machine are easily adjustable to fix levels.

The thing is there isn't really a "spec". That's part of what makes it cool IMO. The same machine in two different locations can play completely different.

Also, I've been told that the bubble levels are notoriously unreliable in most machines.

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