# BurgerTime

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{{short description|1982 video game}}
{{about|the video game|the restaurant|Burger Time}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = BurgerTime
| image = BurgerTime arcadeflyer.png
| caption = Arcade flyer
| developer = <!-- Please do not add a developer here without a reliable source. -->
| publisher = {{vgrelease|WW|[Data East](/source/Data_East)<ref name="cashbox">{{cite magazine |title=Manufacturers Equipment |magazine=[Cash Box](/source/Cash_Box) |date=5 February 1983 |page=35 |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_33/page/n34 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Video Game Flyers: BurgerTime, Data East (EU) |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=162 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive |access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>|NA|[Bally Midway](/source/Bally_Midway)<ref name="cashbox"/>}}
| designer = 
| series = ''BurgerTime''
| platforms = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|[Arcade](/source/Arcade_video_game)}}|[Intellivision](/source/Intellivision), [Atari 2600](/source/Atari_2600), [TI-99/4A](/source/TI-99%2F4A), [Apple II](/source/Apple_II), [Aquarius](/source/Mattel_Aquarius), [IBM PC](/source/IBM_PC), [ColecoVision](/source/ColecoVision), [Coleco Adam](/source/Coleco_Adam), [Famicom/NES](/source/Nintendo_Entertainment_System), [MSX](/source/MSX), [Famicom Disk System](/source/Famicom_Disk_System)}}
| release = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|August 25, 1982}}|'''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|JP|August 25, 1982<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005) |date=13 October 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=47 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n48}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BurgerTime (Registration Number PA0000148985) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/ |website=[United States Copyright Office](/source/United_States_Copyright_Office) |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>|NA|November 1982<ref name="cashbox"/>|EU|December 1982<ref name="CVG"/>}} '''Intellivision'''{{vgrelease||June 1983<ref>{{cite news |title=Availability Update |url=https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jul83.pdf |work=[The Video Game Update](/source/Computer_Entertainer) |volume=2 |issue=4 |date=July 1983 |page=16}}</ref>}} '''2600'''{{vgrelease||August 1983<ref>{{cite news |title=Availability Update |url=https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_sep83.pdf |work=[The Video Game Update](/source/Computer_Entertainer) |volume=2 |issue=6 |date=September 1983 |page=16}}</ref>}} '''TI-99/4A'''{{vgrelease||November 1983<ref>{{cite news |title=Availability Update |url=https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_dec83.pdf |work=[The Video Game Update](/source/Computer_Entertainer) |volume=2 |issue=9 |date=December 1983 |page=16}}</ref>}} '''Apple II, Aquarius, IBM PC'''{{vgrelease||1983}} '''ColecoVision'''{{vgrelease||April 1984<ref>{{cite news |title=Availability Update |url=https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/computer_entertainer_apr84.pdf |work=[Computer Entertainer](/source/Computer_Entertainer) |volume=3 |issue=1 |date=April 1984 |page=16}}</ref>}} '''Adam'''{{vgrelease||1984}} '''Famicom/NES'''{{vgrelease|JP|November 27, 1985<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/schedule/recent/fc/|title=All Famicom games sorted from the latest release to the earliest|magazine=[Famitsu](/source/Famitsu)|archive-date=October 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015061257/https://www.famitsu.com/schedule/recent/fc/|url-status=dead}}</ref>|NA|May 1987<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/nes_games.pdf |publisher=Nintendo of America |title=NES Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611225644/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/nes_games.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2014 }}</ref>}}
'''MSX'''{{vgrelease|JP|1986}} '''Famicom Disk System'''{{vgrelease|JP|September 23, 1988<ref name="FDS"/>}}
}}
| genre = [Platform](/source/Platform_game)
| modes = [Single-player](/source/Single-player), [multiplayer](/source/multiplayer)
| arcade system = [DECO Cassette System](/source/DECO_Cassette_System)
}}
{{nihongo foot|'''''BurgerTime'''''|バーガータイム|Bāgātaimu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} (or {{nihongo foot|'''''Hamburger'''''|ハンバーガー|Hanbāgā|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} in Japan)  is an [arcade video game](/source/arcade_video_game) by [Data East](/source/Data_East) released in 1982. According to a former Data East programmer, the game was designed in-house but the development itself was outsourced to another company.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=reddrag64988892|number=1637341730352791552|title=アーケード版ハンバーガーは実はデータイースト内製ではなく、外注でした。今でも秋葉原に存在する、とあるソフトハウスによるもので、そのメンバーの一人は私の専門学校時の同級生です。企画はデータイースト社員の権藤裕二さん。権藤さんの代表作は、他にラッパッパやzaviga/b-wings、魔境戦士等。|language=ja|url=https://twitter.com/reddrag64988892/status/1637341730352791552|date=March 19, 2023|accessdate=December 5, 2023}}</ref>

The player controls chef Peter Pepper, who walks across oversized ingredients in a maze of platforms and ladders, causing them to fall and stack on buns below, eventually creating complete burgers. Peter is pursued by anthropomorphic hot dogs, fried eggs, and pickles. A limited supply of pepper can be thrown at aggressors immediately in front of Peter, briefly stunning them.

Originally released domestically for the [DECO Cassette System](/source/DECO_Cassette_System) as ''Hamburger'', the title was changed to ''BurgerTime'' outside of Japan. In the United States, Data East USA licensed ''BurgerTime'' for distribution by [Bally Midway](/source/Midway_Games) in North America.<ref name="GM199">{{cite magazine|title=Overseas Readers Column: Deco "Burger Time" License - Midway For Coin-Op, Mattel For Home Video|magazine=[Game Machine](/source/%3Aja%3A%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3)|issue=199|publisher=[Amusement Press, Inc.](/source/%3Aja%3A%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE)|date=1 November 1982|page=34|lang=ja}}</ref> Data East also released the game in the United States through the DECO Cassette System. In addition to all western releases, ''BurgerTime'' is the name used for the Japanese ports and sequels.

The first home port of ''BurgerTime'' was released for the [Intellivision](/source/Intellivision) console in 1983, followed by versions for other systems. There have been multiple sequels for both the arcade and home. After Data East went bankrupt in 2003, [G-Mode](/source/G-Mode) bought much of the company's [intellectual properties](/source/intellectual_property), including ''BurgerTime'', ''BurgerTime Deluxe'', ''Super BurgerTime'', and ''Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200402/ai_ziff118189 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501054244/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200402/ai_ziff118189 |publisher=[Ziff Davis](/source/Ziff_Davis)|url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-05-01 |title=G-Mode Buys Up Data East Catalog (Archived) |date=2007-08-28 |access-date=2012-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://info.gmodecorp.com/dataeast/|title=DATA EAST Revival Project - G-MODE |publisher=G-Mode Corporation |website=info.gmodecorp.com}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
thumb|left|The first level of the arcade version, with Peter Pepper at center, climbing a ladder

The object of the game is to build a number of hamburgers while avoiding enemy foods. The player controls the protagonist, chef Peter Pepper, with a four-position joystick and a "pepper" button.

Each [level](/source/game_level) is a maze of platforms and ladders in which giant burger ingredients (bun, meat patty, tomato, lettuce and cheese) are arranged. When Peter walks the full length of an ingredient, it falls to the level below, knocking down any ingredient that happens to be there. A burger is completed when all of its vertically aligned ingredients have been dropped out of the maze and onto a waiting plate. The player must complete all burgers to finish the board.

Three types of enemy food items wander the maze: Mr. [Hot Dog](/source/Hot_dog), Mr. [Pickle](/source/Pickled_cucumber), and Mr. [Egg](/source/Egg_(food)). The player can score extra points by either crushing them under a falling ingredient or dropping an ingredient while they are on it. In the latter case, the ingredient falls two extra levels for every enemy caught on it. Crushed or dropped enemies return to the maze after a short time, with crushed enemies appearing on the edges and dropped enemies respawning at their landing point and climbing back up into the maze if necessary. Dropping enemies is much riskier, but it also awards more points and allows the levels to be finished faster.

At the start of the game, the player is given five pepper shots to use against enemies. Pressing the button causes Peter to shake a cloud of pepper in the direction he is facing; any enemy touching the cloud is briefly stunned, and Peter can safely move through them. Food items (ice cream, coffee, fries) appear after a set number of ingredients have been dropped, awarding bonus points and an extra pepper shot when picked up.

There are six boards of increasing difficulty, with more burgers/ingredients, more enemies, and/or layouts that make it easier for Peter to become cornered. After the player completes the sixth board, the cycle repeats. One life is lost whenever Peter touches a non-stunned enemy, and the game ends once all lives are lost. The number of points required to gain extra lives varies between ports.

==Ports==
[Mattel Electronics](/source/Mattel) obtained the rights to ''BurgerTime'' from [Data East](/source/Data_East) and released the [Intellivision](/source/Intellivision) version in 1983. That year, they also released versions for the [Atari 2600](/source/Atari_2600), [Apple II](/source/Apple_II), [Aquarius](/source/Mattel_Aquarius), and, as a [self-booting disk](/source/self-booting_disk), the [IBM PC](/source/IBM_Personal_Computer).<ref name="mnetwork">{{cite web |title=M Network Titles for Computers |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/computers.shtml |website=Intellivision Lives |publisher=Intellivision Productions |access-date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110083256/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/computers.shtml |archive-date=10 January 2007 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> A version from [Data East](/source/Data_East) for the [TI-99/4A](/source/TI-99%2F4A) was published in 1984.<ref name="pixelated">{{cite web |title=Burgertime |url=http://www.pixelatedarcade.com/games/burgertime |website=Pixelatedarcade |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="4Apedia">{{cite web |title=Burgertime |url=https://4apedia.com/index.php?title=BurgerTime |website=TI-99/4A-Pedia |access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref> A [ColecoVision](/source/ColecoVision) port was published by [Coleco](/source/Coleco) in May 1984.{{r|holyoak19840530}}<ref name="CE">{{cite magazine |title=Year-End Index |magazine=[Computer Entertainer](/source/Computer_Entertainer) |date=January 1985 |volume=3 |issue=10 |page=156 |url=http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/computer_entertainer_jan85.pdf#page=12}}</ref> Ports were released for the [Famicom](/source/Nintendo_Entertainment_System) in 1985,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/4436/|title=バーガータイム (FC)の関連情報 &#124; ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com|website=www.famitsu.com}}</ref> [MSX](/source/MSX) in 1986,<ref name="genmsx">{{cite web |title=Burger Time |url=http://www.generation-msx.nl/software/data-east/burger-time/822/ |website=Generation-MSX |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> [Nintendo Entertainment System](/source/Nintendo_Entertainment_System) in 1987<ref>{{cite news |title=Availability Update |work=Computer Entertainer |date=February 1987 |page=14 |url=http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/computer_entertainer_feb87.pdf#page=14}}</ref> and [Famicom Disk System](/source/Famicom_Disk_System) in 1988.<ref name="FDS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_bt/vc_bt_01.html|title=VC バーガータイム|website=www.nintendo.co.jp}}</ref>

==Reception==
[[File:BurgerTime Arcade Video Game.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''BurgerTime'' in a [Dartmouth, Nova Scotia](/source/Dartmouth%2C_Nova_Scotia) pub]]
In Japan, ''[Game Machine](/source/%3Aja%3A%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3)'' listed ''Hamburger'' as the 11th highest-grossing [arcade video game of 1982](/source/1982_in_video_games).<ref>{{cite magazine|title="Pole Position" No. 1 Video Game: ''Game Machine''{{'}}s "The Year's Best Three AM Machines" Survey Results|magazine=[Game Machine](/source/%3Aja%3A%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3)|issue=207|publisher=[Amusement Press, Inc.](/source/%3Aja%3A%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE)|date=1 March 1983|page=30|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19830301p.pdf#page=16}}</ref> The magazine later listed it as the 23rd most successful table arcade unit of June 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[Game Machine](/source/%3Aja%3A%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3)|issue=214|publisher=[Amusement Press, Inc.](/source/%3Aja%3A%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE)|date=15 June 1983|page=27|lang=ja}}</ref>

Following its North American debut at the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) show in November 1982, it was reviewed by ''Video Games'' magazine, which listed it as the show's fourth best game, while saying it was the "stupidest, silliest game ever, and that's why you couldn't get people off the ''Burger Time'' games with a crowbar!" The review praised the "music, challenging mazes, and comical" characters.<ref name="VideoGames">{{cite magazine | magazine = Video Games | volume = 1 | publisher = Pumpkin Press | issue = 7 | page = 66 | title = Top Ten Hits | date=March 1983 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_06_1983-03_Pumpkin_Press_US#page/n65/mode/2up}}</ref>

''[Computer and Video Games](/source/Computer_and_Video_Games)'' gave it a positive review, comparing the level structure to ''[Donkey Kong](/source/Donkey_Kong_(arcade_game))'' (1981), stating that ''BurgerTime'' has "a charm all its own" and praising the controls.<ref name="CVG">{{cite magazine |title=Burgers Have You in a Pickle: Burger Time |magazine=[Computer and Video Games](/source/Computer_and_Video_Games) |date=16 December 1982 |issue=15 (January 1983) |page=30 |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/172/476}}</ref> The ''[Deseret News](/source/Deseret_News)'' called ''BurgerTime'' "one of the real surprises of 1983 for the Intellivision" and gave the ColecoVision version three-and-a-half stars out of four.<ref name="holyoak19840530">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PqZNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7081%2C6575510 | title=Here are ColecoVision's jewels | work=Deseret News | date=1984-05-30 | access-date=10 January 2015 | author=Holyoak, Craig | pages=4 WV}}</ref> ''Computer Games'' magazine gave the ColecoVision and [Coleco Adam](/source/Coleco_Adam) versions a positive review, stating that "the terrific flavor" of the arcade game remains but "the playfield has been greatly reduced".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Conversion Capsules: Hit Games in New Formats |magazine=Computer Games |date=December 1984 |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=62–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Games_Vol_3_No_4_1984-12_Carnegie_Publications_US/page/n61/mode/2up}}</ref>

''BurgerTime'' received a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Videogame of the Year (Less than 16K ROM)" at the 5th annual [Arkie Awards](/source/Arkie_Awards).<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Kunkel |first1= Bill |author-link1= Bill Kunkel (journalist)|last2= Katz |first2= Arnie |author-link2= Arnie Katz|date= January 1984 |title= Arcade Alley: The Arcade Awards, Part 1 |journal= [Video](/source/Video_(magazine))|publisher= Reese Communications|volume= 7|issue= 10|pages= 40–42|issn= 0147-8907}}</ref>{{rp|40}}

==Legacy==
===Sequels===
{{Video game timeline
| 1982 = ''BurgerTime''
| 1984 = ''Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory''
| 1987 = ''Diner''
| 1990 = ''Super BurgerTime''
| 1991 = ''BurgerTime Deluxe''
| 2000 = ''The Flintstones: BurgerTime in Bedrock''
| 2007 = ''BurgerTime Delight''
| 2009 = ''BurgerTime Deluxe'' (iOS)
| 2011 = ''[BurgerTime World Tour](/source/BurgerTime_World_Tour)''
| 2019 = ''BurgerTime Party!''
| 2024 = ''[Chili’s Big Smasher BurgerTime](/source/Chili%E2%80%99s_Big_Smasher_BurgerTime)''
}}

thumb|upright|''Super BurgerTime'' flyer

An arcade spin-off, ''Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory'' (1984), and an arcade sequel, {{nihongo|''Super BurgerTime''|スーパーバーガータイム}} (1990), were not widely released. ''Super BurgerTime'' stars Peter Pepper Jr. and allows two players to play at once. It is fairly true to the original, but with many added features and a different style of graphics.

A console-only sequel, ''Diner'', was created after the 1984 purchase of [Intellivision](/source/Intellivision) from Mattel by INTV Corp. It was programmed by Ray Kaestner, the programmer of the Intellivision version of ''BurgerTime''. In ''Diner'', Peter Pepper must kickballs of food so that they roll off platforms and down ramps to land on a large plate at the bottom of the screen, while avoiding or crushing enemy food items that are trying to stop him.

''BurgerTime Deluxe'' was released for the [Game Boy](/source/Game_Boy) in 1991 with similar gameplay to the original arcade game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gameboy Burgetimer Deluxe 1991|url=http://churchofburgertime.com/history/btgameboy.html|website=Church of BurgerTime}}</ref>

A crossover with ''[The Flintstones](/source/The_Flintstones)'' titled ''The Flintstones: BurgerTime in Bedrock'' was released on [Game Boy Color](/source/Game_Boy_Color) in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gbc/579040-the-flintstones-burgertime-in-bedrock/data|title = The Flintstones: BurgerTime in Bedrock Release Information for Game Boy Color - GameFAQs}}</ref>

[Namco](/source/Namco) released ''BurgerTime Delight'' for mobile devices in 2007. It includes "new graphics, characters and power-ups".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.namcogames.com/mobile/burgertime-delight_5.html|title=''BurgerTime Delight'' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106110839/http://www.namcogames.com/mobile/burgertime-delight_5.html |archive-date=2009-01-06 |work=[Namco](/source/Namco)}}</ref> There are six "arcade levels" and eight enhanced mode levels with perils of falling ice and rising fire from the grill. Besides the pepper of the classic game, there is now a salt shaker, that when collected stuns all enemies on the screen.

A 3D update, ''[BurgerTime World Tour](/source/BurgerTime_World_Tour)'', was released in 2011 for [Xbox Live Arcade](/source/Xbox_Live_Arcade) and [PlayStation Network](/source/PlayStation_Network), and in 2012 for [WiiWare](/source/WiiWare).<ref name="worldtour">{{cite web |url=http://www.burgertimeworldtour.com |title=Burger Time World Tour |publisher=Burger Time World Tour |access-date=2012-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107053004/http://www.burgertimeworldtour.com/ |archive-date=2012-11-07 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was delisted from Xbox Live Arcade in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cowan |first=Danny |date=April 15, 2014 |url=https://www.engadget.com/2014-04-15-burgertime-world-tour-discounted-ahead-of-delisting-on-april-30.html |title=BurgerTime World Tour discounted ahead of delisting on April 30 |website=[Engadget](/source/Engadget) ([Joystiq](/source/Joystiq)) |publisher=[Yahoo](/source/Yahoo_(2017%E2%80%93present)) |access-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424072618/http://m.joystiq.com/2014/04/15/burgertime-world-tour-discounted-ahead-of-delisting-on-april-30 |archive-date=April 24, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> G-Mode and XSEED Games released a re-imagining of the game on October 8, 2019, titled ''BurgerTime Party!'', for the [Nintendo Switch](/source/Nintendo_Switch), with new modes and redesigns.

In 2024, the [Chili's](/source/Chili's) restaurant chain obtained the license for ''BurgerTime'' to create a browser-based game called ''Chili's Big Smasher BurgerTime''. In this version of the game, players control the franchise mascot Joe ChiliHead in a quest to create Big Smasher Burgers across six levels of gameplay. Players who participated also had the chance to win prizes such as free burgers for life.<ref name="Chilis">{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chilis-big-smasher-burgertime-video-game-levels-up-fast-food-face-off-with-the-chance-to-win-free-burgers-for-life-302181674.html|title=Chili's® Big Smasher BurgerTime Video Game Levels Up Fast-Food Face-Off with the Chance to Win Free Burgers for Life*|website=www.prnewswire.com |access-date=2025-03-05}}</ref>

===Re-releases===
The arcade version of ''BurgerTime'' has been included in various collections, including ''[Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2](/source/Arcade's_Greatest_Hits%3A_The_Midway_Collection_2)'' for the [PlayStation](/source/PlayStation) and ''[Data East Arcade Classics](/source/Data_East_Arcade_Classics)'' for the [Wii](/source/Wii). In late 2019/early 2020, it was released with fellow Data East titles ''[Karate Champ](/source/Karate_Champ)'', ''[Caveman Ninja](/source/Caveman_Ninja)'' and ''[Bad Dudes](/source/Bad_Dudes)'' in an [arcade cabinet](/source/arcade_cabinet) for home use by manufacturer [Arcade1Up](/source/Arcade1Up).<ref name="August 30, 2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/08/30/king-of-fighters-burger-time-cabinets-appear-on-japanese-arcade1up-website|title=King of Fighters, Burger Time Cabinets Appear on Japanese Arcade1up Website - IGN|date=November 2021|via=www.ign.com}}</ref><ref name="January 30, 2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/arcade1ups-burgertime-cabinet-pays-worthy-tribute-/1100-6473205/|title=Arcade1Up's BurgerTime Cabinet Pays Worthy Tribute To An All-Time Classic}}</ref> Although the cabinet comes with four games in one, its artwork features only the graphics of ''Burgertime''.<ref name="August 30, 2019"/><ref name="January 30, 2020"/>

The NES and FDS versions were available on the [Wii](/source/Wii)'s [Virtual Console](/source/Virtual_Console).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/B3GMnX68E89SNn_H104EQMSDoHGcwRfe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081525/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/B3GMnX68E89SNn_H104EQMSDoHGcwRfe|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-18|title=BurgerTime|website=www.nintendo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_bt/|title=VC バーガータイム|website=www.nintendo.co.jp}}</ref> The NES version is also included in the 2017 compilation ''Data East All-Star Collection'' for the [Nintendo Entertainment System](/source/Nintendo_Entertainment_System).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/10/retro-bit_lifts_the_lid_on_its_multi-cart_collections_for_the_nes_and_snes|title=Retro-Bit Lifts The Lid On Its Multi-Cart Collections For The NES And SNES|date=27 October 2017|website=Nintendo Life}}</ref> Its Game Boy counterpart ''BurgerTime Deluxe'' was released for the [Nintendo 3DS](/source/Nintendo_3DS)' Virtual Console in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/JBywzYrgZK8ppe3jIFF6lf8ZfHq6yqp6|title=Burger Time Deluxe|website=www.nintendo.com|access-date=2018-11-17|archive-date=2019-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213152106/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/JBywzYrgZK8ppe3jIFF6lf8ZfHq6yqp6|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Nintendo-3DS-/Burger-Time-DELUXE-275517.html|title=Burger Time DELUXE|website=Nintendo of Europe GmbH}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000007194|title=バーガータイムデラックス - ニンテンドー3DS - 任天堂|website=任天堂ホームページ}}</ref> ''BurgerTime Deluxe'' was re-released in 2023 for the [Nintendo Switch](/source/Nintendo_Switch) through the [Nintendo Classics](/source/Nintendo_Classics) service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New update adds Game Boy™, Super NES™, and NES™ classics to the Nintendo Switch Online games list |url=https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/new-nintendo-switch-online-classic-game-library-additions/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.nintendo.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

[Hamster Corporation](/source/Hamster_Corporation) released the game as part of their ''[Arcade Archives](/source/Arcade_Archives)'' series for the [Nintendo Switch](/source/Nintendo_Switch) and [PlayStation 4](/source/PlayStation_4) in July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Gavin |date=2020-08-06 |title=Nintendo Download: 6th August (North America) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/08/nintendo_download_6th_august_north_america |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Clones===
Clones for home systems include ''[Mr. Wimpy](/source/Mr._Wimpy_(video_game))'', ''[Bear Bovver](/source/Bear_Bovver)'', ''Burger Chase'', ''BurgerSpace'', ''Chip Factory'', ''Burger Boy!'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Burger Boy!|url=http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-burger-boy_19075.html|website=Atari Mania}}</ref> ''Basic Burger'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Burger|url=http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-basic-burger_519.html|website=Atari Mania}}</ref> ''Barmy Burgers'',<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/UOrtZJ1VNbw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311011541/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOrtZJ1VNbw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Barmy Burgers ZX Spectrum|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOrtZJ1VNbw|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''Burger Builder'',<ref>{{cite web | title=Burger Builder - TI-99/4A Home Computer | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BZdLdqtc58 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310090601/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BZdLdqtc58 | archive-date=2016-03-10 | url-status=dead | website=YouTube}}</ref> and ''Lunchtime''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boyle|first1=Curtis L.|title=Tandy (TRS-80) Color Computer Games - Arcade Clones Index|url=http://www.lcurtisboyle.com/nitros9/clones.html}}</ref> ''BurgerSpace'' is a 2007 [open source](/source/open_source) clone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://debaday.debian.net/2007/08/29/burgerspace-a-free-clone-of-the-classic-arcade-game-burgertime/index.html|title=burgerspace: a free clone of the classic arcade game Burgertime |website=Debian Package of the Day|date=2007-08-29|access-date=2023-02-23}}</ref>

===In popular culture===
Elements of ''BurgerTime'' were incorporated into the episode "Gameboy" of the [DIC Entertainment](/source/DIC_Entertainment) animated series ''[Captain N: The Game Master](/source/Captain_N%3A_The_Game_Master)''. Peter Pepper appears in the movies ''[Wreck-It Ralph](/source/Wreck-It_Ralph)'' and ''[Pixels](/source/Pixels_(2015_film))''. Mr. Egg appears as one of the Nintendians in the ''[Futurama](/source/Futurama)'' episode "[Anthology of Interest II](/source/Anthology_of_Interest_II)". A ''BurgerTime'' parody called "[Burgerboss](/source/Burgerboss)" appears in an episode of ''[Bob's Burgers](/source/Bob's_Burgers)'' with the same name. There is a copy of ''BurgerTime'' in the front display window of the fictional store ''Blast from the Past'' in the movie ''[Back to the Future Part II](/source/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II)''.

==Scores==
On September 5, 2005, Bryan L. Wagner of [Turbotville, Pennsylvania](/source/Turbotville%2C_Pennsylvania) achieved a record score of 8,601,300 and improved to exactly 9,000,000 on June 2, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spyhunter007.com/bryan_wagner_burgertime_world_record.htm|title=bryan wagner burgertime world record|publisher=spyhunter007.com|access-date=2011-03-19}}</ref> According to [Twin Galaxies](/source/Twin_Galaxies), he improved it further to 11,512,500 points on September 19, 2008, at the Challenge Arcade in [Wyomissing, Pennsylvania](/source/Wyomissing%2C_Pennsylvania).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=677&ref=fbshare|title=Twin Galaxies - Arcade BurgerTime World Records |access-date=2016-09-08}}</ref> The [MAME](/source/MAME) world record was verified by Twin Galaxies on December 2, 2016, as 7,837,750 by Roger Edwin Blair III of [Mountain City, Tennessee](/source/Mountain_City%2C_Tennessee).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=5157&ref=fbshare |title=Twin Galaxies - MAME BurgerTime World Records |access-date=2016-12-02}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[Pressure Cooker](/source/Pressure_Cooker_(video_game))''

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{KLOV game | id=7238}}
* {{Internet Archive game|id=msdos_BurgerTime_1982|platform=MS-DOS}}

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