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by toast0 1299 days ago
> games since the solid state era switch from a high-power coil to a lower-power one to prevent overheating when the button is held

Is this really limited to solid state machines? Pre-fliptronics, this happens under the board, with end of stroke switches, no electronics needed, there's no reason it couldn't have happened on an EM, and lots of good reasons to do it...