Is Fast Food on Steam?

No. Fast Food is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Fast Food on?

Fast Food is available on Atari 2600.

When did Fast Food release?

Fast Food was first released on June 5, 1982.

Fast Food

Jun 5, 1982ArcadeAtari 2600

Fast Food — frequently asked questions

Is Fast Food on Steam?: No. Fast Food is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Fast Food on?: Fast Food is available on Atari 2600.
When did Fast Food release?: Fast Food was first released on June 5, 1982.

About Fast Food

The objective of the game is to eat as much fast food as you can by devouring the junk food that is approaching your huge mouth from the left of the screen. While doing that you should be careful to avoid the purple pickles - after having eaten six of those it is game over. Fast Food was written by Don Ruffcorn.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Atari 2600
Developer: Telesys
Publisher: Telesys
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

$11

Complete

$42

Sealed

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Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Telesys	Color Handle	1003	Scarce+
North America Telesys	Color Standard	1003	Scarce

Also released in South America by Zirok.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1982
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: Low

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and plug-and-plays are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A simple eating game from Telesys, cheap and little discussed.

Don Ruffcorn wrote Fast Food, and Telesys published it in 1982. You move an animated mouth around the screen and eat food by colliding with it. Eating a purple pickle costs you a life.

How it was made

Credited to Don Ruffcorn and Jack Woodman and released by Telesys in October 1982 in North America, with a PAL release in 1983.

What the press said at the time

Electronic Fun with Computers & Games Vol. 1 No. 2

December 1982

2½ joysticks

“Although the graphics are, as I said, really excellent and very, very colorful and it is a great deal of fun to race Mr. Mouth back and forth across the screen and watch him turn around, the game itself is oddly unsatisfying.”
— Electronic Fun with Computers & Games, December 1982

“Of the three, Fast Food is clearly the best cartridge. … Fast game play and good graphics add to the gastronomical fun.”
— JoyStik, April 1983

Electronic Fun rated games out of four joysticks.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 4 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Worth knowing

1983 Arkie Award. Electronic Games gave Telesys's Fast Food a Certificate of Merit for Most Humorous Videogame in its 1983 Arkie Awards.

Before you buy

Low risk; no reproductions are documented and loose copies are inexpensive. The box and manual carry much of a complete copy's value, so check both if you are paying for a complete copy.