Inspired by the original game which debuted in arcades in 1983, and then followed on the Atari 7800 in 1986, Food Fight sees players take on the role of Charley Chuck, a boy whose desire for ice cream sees him fall into trouble with a gang of mischievous chefs - Angelo, Oscar, and Zorba. 'The feat wouldn't be possible without the passionate and dedicated team at Mega Cat Studios, and we couldn't be more thankful to bring Atari's Food Fight to the modern age where fans, both old and new, will enjoy all the messy mayhem this unique title has to offer.' 'We've promised fans new Atari content for the VCS and are delighted to unveil this fresh, modern take on a classic video game favorite - one that only Atari could lovingly and expertly curate and bring to the VCS first,' said Atari VCS COO Michael Arzt. Players can collect and choose from over 30 individual weapons, items, and special pick-ups, each with their own kitchen characteristics, such as 'slippery' or 'sticky.'

Later in the 1990s, Carl Tice created 'Food Fight II', an authorized 32-bit port of Wilson's 'Food Fight' for the Wc5 platform.Dodge! Dip! Dinner Roll! Food Fight unleashes all manner of food-based frenzy upon players looking to take control of the food court! Featuring single-player, co-op, and online multiplayer modes, the reimagined new game offers a plethora of potential gameplay scenarios, further supported by procedurally generated environments to ensure the food fighting fun never goes stale. In 1993, he created a Food Fight Editor to allow sysops to edit or customize any part of the game.

Wilson's version of Food Fight was compatible with a wide range of BBS software. In his documentation, Wilson credited David Clifford with the idea for the game, saying he had been inspired by the 'PIE SPLAT' door. Michael Wilson of Compufax Software wrote and maintained a popular flavor of 'Food Fight' during the years 1992-95. One early iteration of Food Fight was written by 'Rigor Mortis' as a 'chain' for WWIV BBSes in the 1980s. Title screen from the WWIV version of Food Fightįood Fight is the name of a series of multi-player door games for bulletin board systems.įood Fight takes the traditional trappings of an RPG and sets them in an elementary school cafeteria.Ĭelebrated as 'silly fun', Food Fight allows players to throw food at one another, rather than fight to the death.

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