Monte Carlo

The Monte Carlo, made by Allied Leisure Industries of Hialeah, Florida (active 1972-1979), is a rare and intriguing driving game rather than a true pinball machine - it is classified as electro-mechanical (EM) simply because there are no chips on its circuit boards. Allied Leisure's output is not widely recognized today, making surviving examples like Monte Carlo a curiosity for collectors.

The game's mechanics set it apart from typical arcade fare of the era: a tilting playfield responds to a steering wheel that moves it left and right, and a gas pedal that moves it front to back, with an engine-rev sound effect when the pedal is pressed. Players race a 1/2-inch steel ball through a timed course, with a free game awarded if the ball reaches the final hole.

Little is documented about Monte Carlo's designer or production numbers, and no confirmed manufacture date exists beyond drawings in the manual dated December 10, 1974. As one of Allied Leisure's lesser-known driving games, it remains an intriguing curiosity at the boundary between pinball and arcade history.