Pressure Cooker - 1983 - Atari 2600 ( Atari VCS )

History
Pressure Cooker is a video game for the Atari 2600 platform, designed by Garry Kitchen and released by Activision in 1983. The game was developed in about eight months. Prior to Pressure Cooker, Kitchen had developed other games for the Atari 2600, including Space Jockey, a port of Donkey Kong, and Keystone Kapers. The inspiration for Pressure Cooker came to Kitchen when he was in line at a Burger King and saw burgers moving on a conveyor belt.
Scenario
In Pressure Cooker, the player takes on the role of a short-order cook at a hamburger stand. The game is set in a restaurant called The Grille. The player controls a cook named Short-Order Sam. The objective of the game is to assemble and package hamburgers to order without letting ingredients or hamburgers fall to the floor. The game is played by either one player, or two-players taking turns. The game select option on the Atari 2600 allows for more difficult modes of gameplay where the player has less time to complete a burger order.
How to Play?
The gameplay of Pressure Cooker involves two main playfields: the assembly room and the wrapping room. In the assembly room, the player must collect the right ingredients and assemble the hamburger. Items tossed out of the food dispenser can either be collected by Sam or rejected by bouncing them off his belly. Once a hamburger is assembled, the player then enters the wrapping room and drops it down one of the chutes. The player starts with 50 performance points. Performance points are earned when the general score (displayed above the oven) reaches over 10,000 points. Points are lost when any condiment is wasted by not being collected or rejected by Sam or too much of the same requested item is placed on one burger. More points are lost when the player delivers the hamburger to the wrong chute or a burger is placed outside the chute, or if a hamburger falls off the conveyor belt. Points are gained by collecting condiments, placing them on burgers, and delivering a completed burger to the correct chute. The game ends when the Performance Rating is dropped to zero.
Name: Pressure Cooker
Year: 1983
Platform: Atari VCS - Atari 2600
Publisher: Activision, Inc.
Developer: Activision, Inc.
Theme / Genre: Action Games, Arcade Games, Cooking Games, Food Games,
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