Carioca

The Carioca, manufactured by Western Equipment & Supply Company of Chicago in June 1935, is a single-player electro-mechanical payout machine themed around dancing, happiness, and music. As a one-ball game, it cost 5 cents per play.

As a payout machine, the Carioca's electro-mechanical design used solenoids, relays, and other components typical of the period to determine outcomes and payouts based on where the single ball landed, rather than relying on flippers or player skill in the modern sense.

Specific details about the Carioca's designer, artwork, or theme presentation are scarce due to limited surviving documentation. Still, the machine offers a window into the payout-game side of the pinball industry during the mid-1930s, a segment distinct from the skill-based amusement games more commonly collected today.