How to play Fast Food online
- Move the mouth: arrow keys
- Start play and continue after each break: Space bar
- Start a new game: F12 (the consoleâs Reset switch)
- Choose a one- or two-player game: F11 (the consoleâs Select switch), before pressing Reset
- Save and load your progress: Ctrl + 0â9 saves to a slot, Alt + 0â9 loads it
The difficulty switches have no effect in this game.
Gameplay
The manual calls the hero Mr. Mouth. Food flies across the screen, and you score by running into it. Your score is counted in calories, and richer food is worth more. Green pickles are safe but worth only 1 calorie. Purple pickles are the danger: eat six of them and the game ends with a âBURP!â and a âCLOSEDâ sign. Missing food costs you nothing except the points.
| Food | Calories |
|---|---|
| Green pickle | 1 |
| Root beer | 3 |
| Cola | 4 |
| Soda pop, hot dog | 5 |
| Hamburger | 6 |
| Ice cream bar, milk shake | 7 |
| Ice cream cone | 9 |
| French fries, pizza | 10 |
| Cheeseburger | 20 |
From time to time a âYOUâRE GETTING FATTERâ sign appears. The food stops while Mr. Mouth digests, and when you press the button to carry on, everything flies faster than before. In a two-player game the players take turns each time this sign appears. Player oneâs score is shown in gold, player twoâs in purple, and the best score of the session in white.
Tips
- Chase the cheeseburgers. One is worth as much as two portions of fries or pizza, and far more than a drink.
- Let cheap items go. A 1-calorie green pickle is rarely worth moving into the path of a purple one.
- Donât look for patterns. The food flies at random in every game, so there is no safe spot to park in. Stay mobile and react.
- Count your purple pickles. You can afford five mistakes. The sixth ends the game.
History
Telesys was a Fremont, California company that released six Atari 2600 games, all in 1982, before the video game crash of 1983 put it out of business. Fast Food became its best-known title. At the Arkie Awards in early 1983 it received a Certificate of Merit as the most humorous home arcade game. Some later sources call the character Mighty Mouth, while the original instructions use the name Mr. Mouth.
