You are Charley - but you don't have the Golden Ticket. Instead,
what you have is a playfield littered with immobilizing potholes, lots of food,
and four feisty chefs (is there a different word for the plural of
"chef"?). Charley Chuck can pick up handfuls of food and fling them
at any one of his opponents, but keep in mind that they can do the same.
Charley's ultimate goal? Reach the yummy ice cream cone at the opposite end of
the screen without falling victim to any of the above. To do any less causes
every piece of food on the screen to hurl itself at Charley.
(Atari, 1983)
This bizarre little game is the first original arcade effort from a small game
design firm called General Computer, which was actually responsible for Ms. Pac-Man, which started out as an unauthorized
modification kit. Caught in the act, General Computer's founders offered the
game to Namco, and it went on to become the best-earning arcade game of its day.
General Computer also developed the excellent home version for the Atari VCS, and also programmed many other 2600 titles for
Atari. Food Fight was the first original arcade game General Computer
turned out for Atari, and it's a cult favorite for quite a few gamers.
Food Fight made it home to the Atari 7800 -
a console which, coincidentally, was developed for Atari by General Computer.
There's a pretty good chance they designed the cartridge version of the game for
Atari too.
Rating:
Four quarters - a couple of minor irritants, but mostly a compelling and
addictive game.
Reviewed by Earl Green
theLogBook.com editor/webmaster
modification kit. Caught in the act, General Computer's founders offered the
game to Namco, and it went on to become the best-earning arcade game of its day.
General Computer also developed the excellent 
Four quarters - a couple of minor irritants, but mostly a compelling and
addictive game.
