"magna save" explanation?

[Sokarrat]

Could someone give a short explanation about that term?
I ahve made a little search but only found "howe to activate".

Thanks.

[T-wRecks]

On some tables there are magnets underneath the playfield that can be used to pull a ball out of trouble when charged. On Secrets of the Deep they work automatically. For every other table that has them you use the launch button to manually trigger it when available. It's a feature on some real tables as well, dating back to Black Knight.

[Sokarrat]

uhmm So it depends on you to save the ball before it falls.... Hope to remember it next time I activate one. Last was yesterday in "Tesla's table". Thank you.

[jules.stmp537]

If the wikipedia is accurate, a ball save mechanism "Magna-save" was patented by Williams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Knight_(pinball)

Why the name? Maybe it sounded good, the name has certainly survived.