This page is, as far as I know, the definitive source for information on the classic arcade game, Food Fight, by Atari. If you have any knowledge about the game that is not listed here, please mail me and let me know!

My earliest and only memory of Food Fight is of me playing it at a local roller rink. I was very young, and remember I could barely reach the controls. I think I was attracted to it because it was next to a machine that had the control panel broken off, and you could reach in and scoop out the quarters. :) So I grabbed a quarter (I wasn't greedy) and put it into the Food Fight game. All I remember about the gameplay was that there was a lot of splattering of food going on, and that you were a guy trying to evade chefs, and there were holes in the ground.

Ever since then, I always* wanted to find it again and play it, even if just to refresh the memory. I was never able to, sadly. It became an obession, to play Food Fight again. I searched local BBSs and eventually the entire Internet for a PC version of it. The closest I got was a shooter that had you (a space ship or something) shooting away at hamburgers and fruits as they flew by. Recently, I learned there was a version for the Atari 7800. I decided I HAD to get it. So I ordered the unit from someone on the internet, and lo and behold, it just happened to come with Food Fight. I was ecstatic.

Food Fight: Versions Available

Atari 7800 Version

Original Arcade Version

Food Fight

Interesting facts:

FoodFight used a 360-degree analog joystick to control the character and the angle he flung food at..

Recently, I found out I wasn't the only one who was into this golden oldie. So I decided to have a page that focused on it, so everyone that liked this game can check up here to find out information and stuff.

Related information:

Splat : A Williams arcade game that is similar in that you throw food around and make a mess :)

Thanks to Steve Zeuner , I now have a lot more information on FoodFight than before!

This is Steve's story of how he got a working Food Fight arcade machine for $50!

I always had this game in the back of my mind for some reason. It wasn't as fierce as Robotron, but the graphics and the cartoonish nature of the game grabbed me. So to tell a short story, I decided to collect old arcade games. I got ahold of a Qbert and a Gauntlet. So now wherever I think there may be an arcade machine of some sort, I stop by. 'Cause you never know what you could find. Lo and behold, I am driving up in central Jersey one day. I work for Xerox and am going to a service call. I drive by an old Stewards rootbeer stand, and I noticed there were some arcade games in a converted garage that is now part of a mini golf stand. I say to myself, "I'll check it out another time". About 2 months later I am driving by. I decide to stop in. Saying to myself, this is gonna be a quick stop. I walk in the joint and notice a game called Golden Axe and a Pole Position. Pretty nice but not what I am looking for. So about to leave I notice a machine jammed backwards against a refrigerator. As I get closer I see that it has an Atari serial number sticker on it's back. Closer I get - I see that it has the picture of a pie on it's distinctive side art. "Could it be?" as my heart starts beating faster. "Nah, couldn't.." I say to myself, " if it was a FF it must have been converted by now to something else". I walk up to it and with a grunt spin it 90 degrees and Charley Chuck is staring at me from the marquee. My jaw dropped. Could this machine have been here for all these years a mere 25 miles from my house? The machine was off and completely covered in dust. So the japanese owner, a real nice dude comes up and I say, "Does it work?" He replies 'no.' "Good" I say to myself. I then ask how much, I say to myself 'probably 400 dollars'. He says '....50 bucks'. Holy shit...I can't believe this. I say "Can I plug it in?" He goes and turns it on and after a minute the machine come up with bad graphics. So I say I'll be back in a week to pick it up. I couldn't sleep knowing that the machine was there. So the next day I go and get it. I drive up expecting the machine to be gone or for him not to accept just 50 bucks. But he does and offers the refrigerator also. I decline the fridge and load the FF on the pickup. I bring the machine home and finally plug it in. About 10 seconds later the machine fires up perfectly! The only thing wrong was a dirty connection. I cleaned the machine up and it looks and works like a new machine. Turns out that the analog joystick was wired up wrong - The guy always ran to the right. I soldered the proper connections to the potentiometers and viola! A mint Food Fight Arcade game in my basement. What an awesome sight. The cabinet was in just about mint condition. It had a water mark in the bottom of it. It also had some leaves in it. Cleaned it up completely. Put a new flouresent bulb in it. Ordered some new parts for the joystick. The machine had the original manuals and schematics in it. The coin count says roughly 17,000. Very low. The NVRAM says 600 games. And this cannot be cleared with out changing the chip. This machine was hardly ever used. It got a new lease on life. It is one great looking game and cabinet.

I think all classic-arcade enthusiasts and video game collectors alike can share my amazement and awe about such a lucky find! Steve is sending me more information, from the manual that came with it, and has said he'll take pictures and send them to me. I hope to eventually have them up here, so we can all take a look at this rare machine!

[Pictures and more original information about Food Fight to come]