Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

BurgerTime

Title	BurgerTime
First release	1982
Developer	Data East
Publishers	Data East, Midway Games, Namco
Platforms	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Famicom Disk System, Intellivision, MSX, NES / Famicom, PC (Windows), Arcade ADB
Genres	platformer, puzzle video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	MSX: 1982-06-23 (Other) DOS: 1983-01-01 Intellivision: 1983-06-01 (NTSC-U) ColecoVision: 1983-11-25 (NTSC-U) Commodore 64: 1984-01-01 NES / Famicom: 1987-05-01 (NTSC-U), 1987-05-01 (NTSC)
Wikidata ID	Q1014915

Peter Pepper navigates a maze of platforms to drop hamburger ingredients onto lower levels. Successfully dropping these items allows the player to defeat pursuing characters by crushing them. This puzzle-oriented arcade experience supports both single-player play and split-screen modes to increase the difficulty of avoiding enemies.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1014915) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (colecovision/burgertime) · last updated 2026-09-27 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (c64/burger-time) · last updated 2026-09-29 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/burgertime) · last updated 2026-10-12 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (79257) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (4060) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (10266) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (28882) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (10355,39418) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (205,108553) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (btime) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`btime`
Title at ADB	Burger Time (Data East set 1)
Manufacturer	Data East Corporation
Year	1982
Genre	Platform / Run Jump
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Data East Corporation); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:12 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Data East · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (16): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Data East · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Data East · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Data East · internal use only.

Image: wanderin' wolfgang, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“BurgerTime Arcade Video Game.jpg”)

Sprites

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Videos

ColecoVision Longplay [021] Burgertime

World-of-Longplays · ColecoVision version · longplay · 20:22auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

BurgerTime (NES) Playthrough

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 15:54auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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