A front cabinet panel piece, a back panel cabinet piece, a first side cabinet panel piece, and second side cabinet panel piece, each having a plurality of pre-formed openings, are arranged relative to one another to form an amusement game cabinet. The plurality of pre-formed openings are used to accept a corresponding plurality of knock-down hardware pieces each including a fastener locking component and a fastener. The fastener locking components are held within respective first ones of the pre-formed openings and the fastener is inserted into second ones of the pre-formed openings that are aligned with the first ones of the plurality of pre-formed openings. Each fastener is mated to its corresponding fastener locking component to complete assembly of the amusement game cabinet. The assembled amusement game cabinet is used to support a playfield and the playfield, in turn, is used to provide additional structural support to the amusement game cabinet.

An amusement game has a game cabinet, an inclined playfield mounted within the game cabinet, where the playfield defines a game play area having one or more elements to be interacted with by a ball and a ball launching alley from which the ball is moved onto the game play area, and a ball launching device having a ball striking element for launching the ball from the ball launching alley onto the game play area of the playfield. A ball launching guide assembly is disposed within the ball launching alley and is arranged to provide a separation between the ball and a surface of the ball launching alley of the playfield in an area of the ball launching alley that is at least positioned adjacent to the ball launching device.

The invention relates to a machine (1) for pinball-type recreational games, characterized in that it comprises a module for the monitoring and storage (2) of operative variables of the machine (1), comprising means for communication with remote storage and control equipment (9), where said monitoring and storage module (2) also comprises the following elements: at least one CPU (4) connected to a plurality of sensor elements; at least one data-receiving and data-encoding device (3) connected to said CPU (4); at least one multimedia support unit (5); at least one electronic purse (6); and an electromechanical counting device (7) for counting the number and amplitude of the electric pulses received from said electronic purse (6).