Atari VCS timed exclusive Food Fight: Culinary Combat arrives on PC

Atari has surprise-dropped Mega Cat Studios’ Food Fight: Culinary Combat on Steam today. Previously, the title was only available on Atari’s own VCS console.

Food Fight: Culinary Combat is an arena shooter take on the classic Food Fight arcade game. There’s local and online multiplayer, four modes, six maps, and even split-screen.

Strangely, a lot of the marketing information focuses on what goes around the multiplayer itself. There’s an Atariverse hub where you can talk to characters from other games and the creators of the original Food Fight. You can also find circuit boards to unlock Atari arcade games, and more cosmetic items for character customization. Which sounds rad, but I still don’t know much about how the game actually plays. 

The four game modes are Buffet Brawl, King of the Cone, Cookie Collector, and Crumbling, which aren’t very descriptive names. The Steam listing has a tag for PvE, which is suggested in the trailer but not in the store blurb.

Atari fans seem to look favorably on the VCS version. The most significant complaint I could find was that, because the VCS is a US-only console and it has a small userbase, it was sometimes difficult to find people to play with. Hopefully, with the Steam release, things will be more lively.

Food Fight: Culinary Combat is now available for the Atari VCS and PC. Console versions are planned.