Chop Suey is a single-player and multiplayer martial arts fighting game in which players engage in one-on-one combat on a stage with an audience watching. The core mechanics involve executing attacks to fill the opponent's pain bar, with the match ending when a fighter falls eight times or the timer expires. In this game, the setting is a boxing-style stage with occasional environmental hazards such as scorpions dropping from vents, which players must avoid as they can cause lethal bites. The game features progressively more difficult opponents as players succeed in battles. It stands out with its unique environmental hazards, the inclusion of a health and pain system that influences combat, and the escalating difficulty of opponents, providing a challenging and dynamic fighting experience on the Atari 8-bit platform.