What tables use the oversize cue ball?? I have only been playing for 5 years now, I have heard of them but Im not sure I have ever seen one. My Valley is from 1974 according to the serial number and that uses the magnet in the table and metal inside the cue ball. My Gold Crown II is like all the rest with ball returns, no special cue ball, it just goes in the ball box with the rest of them.
There was a time when the cue ball was slightly bigger & heavier than the object balls for some coin tables. Then there was a time when the metal rod or the magnet itself was in the cue ball & some where even marked to indicate the direction in which the rod was laying so o help player make decisions regarding trying to use english.
Then there was a time when the CB was HUGE compared to the OB's.
Naturally they all co existed at various times so I am not speaking chronologically.
For someone like me that learned to control the CB with it being the same size & weight as the set, playing on coin tables was totally different as the same off center hit on the CB did not have the same effect.
So... one had to learn the various CBs. The huge one gave me the most difficulty & when it was prominent I bought one so that I cold play with it on my home table to get better acquainted with it.
I've not played on them, but I think Diamond going to some sort of a visual 'reader' is probably the best innovation for coin tables to ever happen.
That probably makes playing the game on them more like the "real" game than it ever has been for playing on a coin table.
Best 2 Ya.