Burger Time (Midway)

Arcade Video game published 42 years ago:

Burger Time (c) 1982 Bally Midway Mfg. Co.

Stand-alone version by Bally/Midway for the USA. Game originally developed by Data East for the DECO Cassette System and known as "Hamburger [Model DT-126]" in Japan. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese version entry.

- TECHNICAL -

[Upright model] [No. 333]

- TRIVIA -

Burger Time was released by Bally/Midway, under license by Data East, in November 1982 in the USA.

Both this stand-alone version and the revised cassette version ("Burger Time [Model DT-126]") have been known to appear in the United States. The only way to visually differentiate between the two are by the different cabinet designs and artworks.

This stand-alone version plays identical to the later revision of the cassette version. The only electronic differences are :
* Now that the original cassette format has been dropped entirely, the 2-minute load time when the game is powered on has been eliminated.
* 'MFGD BY BALLY MIDWAY MFG. CO.' has been added to the copyright information on the title screen.
* When entering initials, the selected letter now turns invisible as the chef carries it to the front of the player's score. The letter reappears as soon as it reaches its destination and the chef returns to the grid.

- PORTS -

NOTE: Only ports released in North America are listed here. For ports released outside North America and Japan, please see the Data East stand-alone version entry. For Japanese releases, please see the original Japanese release entry, "Hamburger [Model DT-126]".

* CONSOLES:
[US] Atari 2600 (1982) "BurgerTime [Model MT4518]"
Mattel Intellivision [US] (1982) "BurgerTime [Model 4549]"
Colecovision [US] (1984) "BurgerTime [Model 2430]"
[US] Nintendo NES (may.1987) "BurgerTime [Model NES-BR]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (nov.30, 1997) "Arcade's Greatest Hits - The Midway Collection 2 [Model SLUS-00450]"
[US] Atari 5200 (2004) "Beef Drop"
[US] Atari 7800 (2005) "Beef Drop"
[US] Nintendo Wii (feb.19, 2010) "Data East Arcade Classics [Model RVL-R26E-USA]"

* HANDHELDS:
[US] Nintendo Game Boy (mar.1991) "BurgerTime Deluxe [Model DMG-GM-USA]"

* COMPUTERS:
Mattel Aquarius [US] (1982) "Burgertime [Model 4653]"
PC [Booter] [US] (1982)
PC [MS-DOS] [US] (1982)
[US] Apple II (1983)
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A [US] (1984) "BurgerTime [Model PHM 3233]"
[US] Commodore C64 (1984)
PC [MS Windows 95, CD-ROM] [US] (1997) "Arcade's Greatest Hits - The Midway Collection 2"
[US] Atari 800 (2005)

* OTHERS:
LCD handheld game [US] (1982) by Mattel
LCD Handheld Game [US] (1982) by Bandai
VFD Portable Game [US] (1983) by Bandai