Burgertime
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European / 1st alternate North American arcade flyer of BurgerTime.
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| Developer(s) | Data East |
| Publisher(s) | Data East Bally Midway |
| Platform(s) | Arcade (original) Various |
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Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating |
| Cabinet | Upright, cocktail |
| Display | Raster, 19" monitor |
BurgerTime (バーガータイム Bāgātaimu?) is a 1982 arcade game created by Data East initially for its DECO Cassette System. The player is chef Peter Pepper, who must walk over hamburger ingredients located across a maze of platforms while avoiding pursuing characters. The game's original Japanese title, Hamburger (ハンバーガー?), was changed to BurgerTime before its introduction to the United States.
In the United States, Data East USA licensed BurgerTime for distribution by Bally Midway as a standard dedicated arcade game. Data East also released its own version of BurgerTime in the US through the DECO Cassette System. The Data East and Midway versions are distinguished by the manufacturer's name on the title screen and by the marquee and cabinet artworks, as the game itself is identical.
When Data East went bankrupt in 2003, G-Mode bought most of Data East's intellectual properties, including BurgerTime, BurgerTime Deluxe, Super BurgerTime, and Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory.
The object of the game is to complete a number of hamburgers while avoiding enemy foods.
When main protagonist, chef Peter Pepper, the player's character, walks the length of an ingredient (bun, meat patty, tomato, etc.), it falls one level. If it lands atop another ingredient, the latter in turn falls one level. A burger is completed when all vertically aligned ingredients have been dropped out of the maze and onto a waiting plate. Once all burgers are completed, the game level is finished.
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