Pheasant
About This Machine
The Pheasant, manufactured by O. D. Jennings and Company in October 1938, is a single-player electro-mechanical payout machine from the pre-flipper era of pinball.
As a payout-category machine from the late 1930s, Pheasant's gameplay would have centered on ball-launch skill and chance-based scoring holes rather than flipper control, since flippers were not introduced to pinball until 1947. Specific details of its rules and playfield layout have not survived in available documentation.
No information is currently available about Pheasant's designer, artwork, or thematic inspiration. Its significance lies mainly in its historical context as a late-1930s payout machine from O. D. Jennings, a notable manufacturer of coin-operated amusement devices during this period.