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Sentences written about this title, gathered by type from the Japanese and English Wikipedia articles (as of 2026-8-30).

People (4)

The review praised the "music, challenging mazes, and comical" characters.

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Reception"

Computer and Video Games gave it a positive review, comparing the level structure to Donkey Kong (1981), stating that BurgerTime has "a charm all its own" and praising the controls.

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Reception"

The 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.

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Reception"

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.

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Reception"

Numbers (3)

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the game scored a total of 24.

In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 18.48 out of 30, as listed separately.

According to Twin Galaxies, he improved it further to 11,512,500 points on September 19, 2008, at the Challenge Arcade in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Scores"

Firsts and onlys (3)

The first home port of BurgerTime was released for the Intellivision console in 1983, followed by versions for other systems.

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Introduction"

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!

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Reception"

A console-only sequel, Diner, was created after the 1984 purchase of Intellivision from Mattel by INTV Corp.

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Sequels"

Differences overseas (2)

The game was first released in Japan under the title Hamburger, but the overseas version was renamed BurgerTime to avoid a trademark problem.

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!

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Reception"

Changed from the original (1)

The game was first released in Japan under the title Hamburger, but the overseas version was renamed BurgerTime to avoid a trademark problem.

Origins (1)

The game was first released in Japan under the title Hamburger, but the overseas version was renamed BurgerTime to avoid a trademark problem.

Reception (1)

The review praised the "music, challenging mazes, and comical" characters.

(English)English Wikipedia"BurgerTime"from "Reception"

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