Rawhide

The Rawhide pinball machine was produced by Fipermatic Indústria Comércio Importação e Exportação Ltda of Manaus, Brazil. Its exact year of production is unknown, but it is closely tied to Stern's 1977 'Rawhide': the only documentation of the game is a backglass identical to the one used on Stern's machine, except that the name 'Fipermatic' appears above the game name in place of 'Stern.' This strongly suggests the machine was a Brazilian-market copy or rebadged version of Stern's original.

As an electro-mechanical (EM) machine themed around the American West, Rawhide would have relied on the era's typical mix of flippers, bumpers, relays, and electrical contacts to propel the ball through its layout, mirroring the general design conventions EM games shared at the time. Specific details of any features unique to this version are not documented beyond what is known of Stern's original.

What makes Rawhide notable is less its own originality and more its status as an example of a Brazilian manufacturer directly replicating an American machine's backglass art. It stands as a curious artifact of the cross-border pinball trade of the era and a reminder of how designs traveled (and were copied) between markets.