# Fight Club Homebrew Pinball Machine Makes First Public Appearance at Northwest Show

**Source:** Knapp Arcade  
**Type:** article  
**Published:** 2022-06-04  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.knapparcade.org/fight-club-homebrew-pinball-machine-makes-first-public-appearance-at-northwest-show

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## Analysis

A homebrew pinball machine based on the 1999 film Fight Club, designed by M. Becker using FAST boards, has made its first public appearance at the Northwest Pinball and Arcade show after years of development on Pinside.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] M. Becker has been building a Fight Club homebrew pinball machine based on the 1999 Brad Pitt and Edward Norton film — _Article states he is 'a gentleman named M. Becker' working on the project_
- [HIGH] The machine uses FAST boards — _Article explicitly states 'The game, which uses the increasingly-popular FAST boards'_
- [HIGH] Development has taken years with countless hours of work — _Article mentions 'spending countless hours working on the machine' and 'progress over the years'_
- [HIGH] The machine is not yet complete but progressing well — _Article states 'certainly isn't complete, but it's coming along great'_

### Notable Quotes

> "The first rule of Fight Club Pinball is you DO NOT talk about Fight Club Pinball...Well I'm breaking that rule I guess :)"
> — **Knapp Arcade author**, opening
> _Humorous reference to the famous opening line of Fight Club, setting the tone for the article_

> "certainly isn't complete, but it's coming along great"
> — **Knapp Arcade author**, closing
> _Assessment of the machine's current development status_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| M. Becker | person | Designer and builder of the Fight Club homebrew pinball machine |
| Fight Club Pinball | game | Homebrew pinball machine based on the 1999 film Fight Club |
| Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show | event | Event where Fight Club Pinball made its first public appearance |
| FAST Boards | product | Hardware platform used for the Fight Club homebrew machine |
| Pinside | organization | Online community forum where the Fight Club project has been documented |
| Knapp Arcade | organization | Source publication covering the Fight Club Pinball debut |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Homebrew pinball machine development, Fight Club IP in pinball
- **Secondary:** FAST boards adoption, Pinball community events and shows

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.85) — Article is enthusiastic and encouraging about the homebrew project, using compliments like 'sweet-looking' and 'tremendous amount of progress' and 'coming along great'

### Signals

- **[event_signal]** Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show serving as venue for homebrew machine public debut (confidence: high) — Fight Club Pinball makes first public appearance at Northwest Pinball and Arcade show
- **[technology_signal]** FAST boards continuing to be adopted for homebrew pinball machines; described as 'increasingly-popular' (confidence: medium) — Article notes FAST boards are 'increasingly-popular' platform choice for homebrew builds

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## Transcript

The first rule of Fight Club Pinball is you DO NOT talk about Fight Club Pinball...Well I'm breaking that rule I guess :) . I've enjoyed following the progress of this awesome project on Pinside for a couple of years now. A gentleman named M. Becker has been building a sweet-looking homebrew pinball machine based upon the 1999 Brad Pit and Edward Norton classic movie Fight Club.

After spending countless hours working on the machine, he has made a tremendous amount of progress on it over the years. Fight Club Pinball s now available for the public to check out and play at this weekend's Northwest Pinball and Arcade show. The game, which uses the increasingly-popular FAST boards, certainly isn't complete, but it's coming along great. Here's a bunch of pictures and video of it. If you got a chance to play it, let us know what you thought.

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*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 96ffc41c-a75d-4a7b-842b-a7ac23942bf7*