Food Fight (video game)

In Food Fight, the player controls a boy named Charley Chuck. The object of the game is to eat an ice cream cone located on the opposite side of an open playfield. The ice cream is slowly melting, and it must be consumed before it melts completely. Controls consist of an analog-position joystick and a button. Standing between Charley and the ice cream are four chefs: Oscar, Angelo, Jacques, and Zorba. They are identified by the shape of their toques: big and round for Oscar, small and rectangular for Angelo, tall and slender for Jacques, and flat and limp for Zorba. ==Development==

Food Fight was developed by General Computer Corporation (GCC), the company that designed the custom chips of the Atari 7800 and produced Midway's Ms. Pac-Man. Like Ms. Pac-Man, GCC's connection to Atari was born out of accusations of copyright infringement. The company had produced a kit to speed up Atari's Missile Command arcade machines, but with General Computer claiming the copyright for the modified game. The case was settled out of court, with Atari contracting GCC to produce video games for them, including Food Fight and Quantum. ==Legacy==

Food Fight clones Foodwar and Mudpies for the TRS-80 Color Computer were released in 1983. Mudpies was later published for the Atari ST in 1985. The arcade version of Food Fight was included in the Game Pack 012 compilation for the Xbox 360 and Windows, through Microsoft's now defunct Game Room service. A modern reimagining of Food Fight as a third-person shooter was released for the Atari VCS (2021 console) as an Early Access game in December 2023. ==World records==

The world record high score for Food Fight using the game's default settings is 107,778,200 points, set by Justin Emory on July 4, 2021. Under tournament settings, the world record is 1,424,400 points, set by Justin Emory in April 2018. ==References==