Is Food Fight on Steam?

No. Food Fight 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 Food Fight on?

Food Fight is available on Arcade, Atari 7800.

When did Food Fight release?

Food Fight was first released on March 1, 1983.

Food Fight

Mar 1, 1983ArcadeArcadeAtari 7800

Food Fight — frequently asked questions

Is Food Fight on Steam?: No. Food Fight 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 Food Fight on?: Food Fight is available on Arcade, Atari 7800.
When did Food Fight release?: Food Fight was first released on March 1, 1983.

About Food Fight

Food Fight (also styled as Charley Chuck's Food Fight) is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in March 1983. The player guides Charley Chuck, who is trying to eat an ice cream cone before it melts, while avoiding four chefs bent on stopping him. The game sold 1,951 video game arcade cabinets.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Atari 7800
Developer: General Computer Corporation (GCC)
Publisher: Atari
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

63/100

from 5 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews
Atari 7800	1986	$14	$30	—	Graphics ♦♦♦♦ · Play-Action ♦♦♦♦

Also released on: Arcade. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 7800 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19

Loose

$14

Complete

$30

Sealed

—

How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a week
Complete: about 2 times a month
Sealed: about 2 times a month

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $3.64 in Jan 2010, $9.40 five years ago, and $14.49 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$3.64	—
Jan 2011	$2.76	—
Jan 2012	$3.50	—
Jan 2013	$4.99	—
Jan 2014	$1.99	$9.95
Jan 2015	$4.99	$13.99
Jan 2016	$5.98	$19.95
Jan 2017	$6.00	$12.99
Jan 2018	$7.34	$14.99
Jan 2019	$6.64	$12.18
Jan 2020	$5.37	$17.99
Jan 2021	$8.06	$17.74
Jan 2022	$7.99	$18.25
Jan 2023	$8.99	$19.10
Jan 2024	$17.64	$40
Jan 2025	$16.17	$23
Jan 2026	$16.52	$23
Oct 2026	$14.49	$30

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Documented sales

181,723 US copies invoiced by Atari 1986–1990

By year: 1986 26,490 · 1987 72,723 · 1988 60,039 · 1989 19,003 · 1990 3,468. Ranked 4 of the 39 Atari 7800 cartridges in Atari's internal reports. These count cartridges shipped to US stores, less returns, not copies sold to players.

Source: Atari Corporation's internal 7800 software sales reports (1986–1990)

Release record

Territory	Label	Date	Catalog #	MSRP	Rarity
North America Atari	Gray	—	CX7804	$14.95	Common+
Worldwidereissue Atari Inc. / PLAION	—	24 May 2024	—	$29.99	—

North America: Price new: Computer Entertainer's review (September 1986).
Worldwide (reissue): A new official cartridge that plays on an original 7800. If a listing doesn't say which one it is, ask for the manual's copyright line: an original reads Atari Corporation with a 1980s or 1990 date.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 7800 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1986
Controller: Pro-Line Joystick, Either button throws food
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: Med

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and reissues are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Atari 7800 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A faithful launch-wave arcade port from the people who designed the 7800's chips, with a modern reissue to watch for.

Food Fight was in the 7800's first wave in 1986, and General Computer Corporation, the company that designed the console's custom chips, developed it. Computer Entertainer's 1984 preview said it keeps the arcade's instant replay and offers 50 skill levels. A distributor's first shipment of seven games in June 1986, according to Computer Entertainer, included it.

A quirk documented on Wikipedia: in rare cases in the 7800 port, Charley can be hit by food or a chef during the instant replay.

How it was made

General Computer Corporation developed the 7800 version and Atari Corporation published it, with the catalogue number CX 7804.

What the press said at the time

Computer Entertainer Vol. 5 No. 6

September 1986

Graphics ♦♦♦♦ · Play-Action ♦♦♦♦

“The gameplay is fast-paced and will kee arcade action fan busy for hours.”
— Computer Entertainer, September 1986

Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — diamonds through early 1987, stars after — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.

How the Atari 7800 version differs

Computer Entertainer called Food Fight the first truly new title Atari released for the 7800, since it had not been available for any other home system.

Worth knowing

From the 7800 manual. Pause button supported.

Before you buy

An official reissue exists, released in May 2024 and playable on an original 7800. The sourced check is the manual: an original carries an Atari Corporation, Sunnyvale copyright with a 1980s date, and a sealed copy is far more likely to be the reissue. The original is a gray-label cartridge that AtariAge rates Common+. It uses the Pro-Line two-button stick and supports two players. One community source, the Atari Compendium, reports that Food Fight can have trouble on later-revision 7800 consoles with the extra timing circuit, so test it on your own console if you can.