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BurgerTime (USA)

NES / Famicom
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1987
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✪ Reviewed on April 14, 2024
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Data East's classic ported to NES with care. Crush ingredients on enemies, build giant burgers. Simple, hilarious and terribly addictive. A timeless video game gem.

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Category
Arcade 1 player 3+
Description
Action game in which chef Peter Pepper drops ingredients onto enemies to complete hamburgers. Published by Data East, released in the USA in 1987. Chef in top-down view dropping ingredients onto enemies that stack to form a complete burger. Famicom port of Data East's BurgerTime arcade.

BurgerTime review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,01 MB 📅01/01/1987
Published by Data East

BurgerTime (NES) price, value & rarity

Notable
Q1 loose
 $13 Q6 complete
 $43 Q10 new
 $172 !
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Other versions
BurgerTime
Japan
22/11/1985
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Is BurgerTime still worth playing in 2026?

An adaptation of the Data East arcade classic, BurgerTime has you direct chef Peter Pepper, who roams a maze of ladders and platforms to assemble giant burgers by walking on their ingredients, while fleeing hostile foods. The clever concept, the strategic positioning and the pepper to repel enemies give a puzzle action of timeless effectiveness. The readability and the challenge stay intact. For a retro arcade fan, someone curious about a genre classic or a collector, the title keeps a definite charm and addiction.

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