Fleet Review
About This Machine
Fleet Review, manufactured by Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) of Chicago in October 1938, is a single-player electro-mechanical game from the pre-war years of pinball. ESCO was one of the notable coin-op manufacturers of the period, operating from 1932 until 1957.
Little detailed information about Fleet Review's playfield features has been documented, but as a 1938 game it predates the invention of the flipper by nearly a decade - play would have revolved around ball launching and scoring positions rather than active ball control.
As one of many titles from ESCO's long run in the coin-op business, Fleet Review offers a small window into the breadth of the industry's output in the late 1930s, and it remains a point of interest for those who study the evolution of early pinball.