Iceland

Iceland, produced by V. P. Distributing Company of St. Louis, Missouri in 1944, is an electro-mechanical (EM) pinball machine manufactured during World War II. It was a conversion of Chicago Coin's 1939 game Nippy, following the common wartime practice of repurposing existing designs rather than producing entirely new machines during a period of material shortages.

Gameplay on Iceland follows the flipperless EM format typical of its era — players rely on tilt and timing to guide the ball through the playfield rather than player-controlled flippers, which would not be introduced to pinball until 1947. The machine's lack of clearly documented theme or artwork isn't unusual for a wartime conversion game produced under constrained circumstances.

Despite its age and relative obscurity, Iceland's status as a product of pinball's WWII-era manufacturing constraints, and its lineage as a conversion of a late-1930s design, make it a noteworthy artifact for collectors and historians studying this transitional period in the industry.