Classic Game Room HD - BURGERTIME for Atari 2600 review

[uofm97]

I have the NES port. The only difference is improved music.....maybe a slight graphical improvement too.

[Macktallica03]

WELL i was like 9 when i played this game Now I am 35 ha ha so much memories come back to your fried brain.

[sonicmario64]

THIS is the version of "BurgerTime" that I played for the first time in my life! :D

[nviso209]

Come on home brewers PLEASE make ROBOTRON 2684!

[nviso209]

Mr Egg is Mr Surrender Flag and Mr Pickle is Mr Line and Mr Hotdogs are Mr Turds... Bad Port b/c it was the VCS and YES it plays VERY WELL!

[Banjokazooiemaster]

Mr. Egg and Mr. Hot Dog.

wtfisthisshit

*Buys on eBay*

[BoombangBros]

Its Burger Time Bitch

[SCBianchi]

This game looks awesome in the arcade. I thought its visuals were one its best qualities.

[Tigertrb]

"I always tend to screw up and got myself disemboweled by Mr. Hotdog." Best. Quote. Ever.

[EpicPrsn11011]

i love this game.



[OrgasmicPancakes]

So is there anyway to die in this game?

[EpicPrsn11011]

@OrgasmicPancakes By geting hit by the hot dog and morfing red and white squares.

:P

[uofm97]

The NES version looks good, but is hard as hell.

[TheCRAZYLEGS14]

the colecovision version was way better and is way better and this game reminds me of the nes game "wrecking crew"

[theblacksorrow]

OMG .. :(

[ehmichalski]

its all ways bugertine

[ehmichalski]

i think i'm so cool

[ehmichalski]

i think im so cool



[ehmichalski]

my fggggdsrtdhhzdrtjh

[beome]

everytime id get the recharge id sing when i get paid im gonna fry your ass lol id fry the hot dog and the walking french fry.

[MattTheSaiyan]

After watching this, I think I'll stick with the Intellivision version.

[Quartrez]

@MattTheSaiyan Or the ColecoVision version.

[rox5tsuken]

Atari's game are really creepy ._.

[cranie4]

Terrible remakes like this one, Donkey Kong, and PacMan killed the Atari market (and the disastrous 5200 didn't help). However when Atari started out and was making original games like Warlords they were untouchable. But Colecovision arrived and was turning out much more faithful versions of arcade games and Atari couldn't compete.

[FleshMan7063]

They could've at least made Mr. Egg round with a yolk. And I think Mr. Pickle could've been the same shape as Mr. Egg, and then they could've made him green too, and then they could've put some darker green or black slits in the middle to represent seeds. However, they did make Mr. Sausage very well, and you can actually tell him as what he's supposed to be. If only the creators put the effort in for Mr. Egg and Mr. Pickle as they did with Mr. Sausage. At least the game plays well though. :)

[cyclo1224]

mr hotdog is evil man....trust me i know things about stuff..its WILD

[dragonnutds]

atari burgertime < intelivinsion version

this version sucks, im sorry,

better graphics, better sound, the eggs look like eggs

[mireaux7]

wow..i just watched this vid in its entirety and read thru every comment posted on here...and i guess im the only damn person who knows this....but on the atari 2600 version of burger time...there is actually the ability to PAUSE the gameplay...YES, you can actually PAUSE an atari 2600 game. ....you can pause the game simply by toggling the difficulty switch during gameplay. ....how can classic game room review this game and either have no idea about this feature, or forgot to mention it? hmmmm

[JessicaWhoHD]

It's always Burgertime!

[VAR1UM]

You should pick up the "data east" arcade collection for wii... Great games like Burger Time, Bad Dudes and Super Real Darwin. You'd get a kick out of darwin.

[InTheWeedz]

i'm eatin a burger and thought to look this up on youtube. . .

[gestekoe]

Wow, this is just sad to see, especially since the Coleco version looked 1,000,000,000,000.....times better than this crap.

I am glad I had a Coleco.....

[jejaynes13]

This game looks pretty fun!

[123stephenno]

mattel were the ONLY reasons why atari got burger time

[StarworldsarcadePat]

Now I remember why I never bought this for the 2600 lol

[LongLiveStopMotion2]

How is Burgertime anything like Dig Dug or Donkey Kong? It's a maze game, so it's more like (Ms.)Pac-Man or Lock 'n' Chase or something.

Love your reviews Mark.

[ChristBurner]

funnest game EVER!!!!! love this game i got the NES version and i love it..if i could ever find an arcade stand up of this it would be the coolest :)......and YES REUBEN TIME!!

[Chaniyth]

I have this game for my Atari 2600, damn I forgot how craptacular the graphics were in this game for the 2600. HEHE. However, this game play is simular to the arcade original. The ColecoVision version of this game looked and sounded damn near identical to the arcade version. The Intellivision version of this game actually also looks superior too this Atari 2600 port.

[desertdog2k]

The line running around was supposedly a bread stick.

[patrkcirtap]

i had this on gameboy lol

[g1m2f1n]

The arcade version is much better and it is coming to Wii in Data East Arcade Classics on February 9th, 2010.

[Wexfyf]

I'm gonna take a guess and say that the yellow line running around is MR. French Fry. :)

[splendidvideos]

The yellow line is actually the pickle. I played the Intellivision version when I was a kid, and the graphics were much better.

[themrfreeze07]

@splendidvideos +1 on it being a pickle.

[Xegethra]

@splendidvideos ahh i get it, a pickle viewd from its side, and not its face....hmm

[Xegethra]

@Xegethra but yeah, it does look like a rather odd pickle slice indeed

[THEcrimeEATER]

lol whats that yellow line running around

[skobedo]

Nice!!  I love this game and my brother and I use to spend hours playing this when we were little!

[chilibombluke]

I like this game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

[XxJ0b3xX]

This game looks terrible.Gaphical limitations my ass.Look at space invaders or river raid.I had a atari 2600 and they could do much better than this.

[Xegethra]

@XxJ0b3xX it doesnt look that bad though, you can still see whats what and whats going on

[SuperNESFreak]

@XxJ0b3xX Very, very true.

There were two types of cartridges, a 2kb and 4kb one. Obviously, the 2kb cartridge was cheaper, and was used with Pac-Man to save space. Maybe this one is the same, the graphics are bad because they were using a budget cartridge.

On another topic - how were games like this one coded back in the day?

[jstephenj]

@XxJ0b3xX Asteroids and Missile Command were pretty good on the 2600, even if they weren't arcade perfect.

[GamerNinjaX]

@XxJ0b3xX all you talked about was the graphics. you need to look at everything else too to really judge a game.

[megadancechick1]

@GamerNinjaX yea but he wasnt refering to the total game itself just the graphics

[spider486]

this game is okay

[titansoul1]

kool fun game thank's for posting brings back great memories

[TwinCityKillaz]

The music is pretty good.

[atari2602]

It's ReubenTime!

[brtshstel]

It's 2:45 am and I want a hamburger with lettuce.

[AndyAndyAndy11111]

lol havent eaten in 10 hours now i want a buger i was hungrey during the entire review lol

[vidform]

I loved the arcade version. In the arcade, you were chased by hotdogs, fried eggs, and pickle slices. But for the 2600, you were chased by hotdogs, eggs, CHEESE, and BREAD STICKS. Yeah, that white square was an egg. The orange square was a cheese slice, and that vertical line was a bread stick. The graphics were horrid. Most 2600 games were poor translations of the arcade. I wonder how the programmers feel now looking back on their career with graphics this bad. Could they have done better?

[TheCastellan]

Not so much their fault...a game machine made in the late 1970's could only do so much, you know. :)

[dougd1015]

Yeah my father just brutalizes the Atari 2600 day and night and I try to explain to him the same the thing, there were times they coulda' done better, but really there only so much you can say; the Atari 2600 came out in 1977.

[ForgetfulCollector]

The intelliVision version was one of the most sophisticated versions. It was so good it came as a pack-in later on.

[NadrianATRS]

you forgot Mr Pickle !

[Bufa491us]

Since when was an egg a square?

[jretin]

Since atari made a port of it to the atari 2600. :D

[jretin]

By it I meant burgertime

[Bufa491us]

lol

[TheCastellan]

Same time when coins in Mario Bros. were square shaped. ;)

[Bufa491us]

I have burger time

[harleykman]

Why are those sprites so horrible? Was it really so difficult to program the egg to be round???  Jeez; lazy programmers.

[powe]

graphical limitation. 2 sprites, 2 missiles, and 1 ball objects being shown all at the same time. Ball and missiles object are just blocks.

[gbclr]

If you have a 7800 console just skip this crappy game and order beef drop from atariage instead.

[Guacatechs]

one of the inovations of the 2600 is the accuracy of the sound ports, sound being even more limited than the graphics. the NES version is excellent.

[dallase1]

Like usual The Intellivision version was way better even better the the arcade version is some ways because it controlled better and was not anywhere near as aggravatingly hard.

[brtshstel]

with all due respect to the Intellivision, I liked the Colecovision port a little better. It just looks more like the arcade version to me.

[JingleJoe]

haha you collect giant beers XD thats amazing! at first I had my doubts about this but it looks really good :)

[yoshi88mario]

who likes burgers i like burgers!!

[hentajus]

nice ;)

[newt2k131]

after watching this i was hungry

[TenguGuy]

They need to make a FriedChickenTime! Or a PizzaTime!

[essej]

Nice but im def more of a phillycheesestake kinda guy.

Good review, classic game.

[halorap16randy]

this is not as good as the Coleco Vision version

[TenguGuy]

He covered that.

[KissMeImPunk]

I'm hungry now..

[supertrinko]

omg... memories

[trinacrys134]

I loved the NES version, I didn't even know there was an Atari one.

[chaosmaster07]

i played this it was fun but the limited pepper confused me

[Atomicskull]

The intellivision version was way way better. In some ways better even that the colecovision version.

[Retrogamer71]

The game was so improved with

a later title on later consoles called

Mr. Wimpy.

[genegene002]

Awsome! I have this atari game too! its alot of fun! If u want an arcade accurate version there is a hits disk for the playstation 1! u will get addicted to it! Ha Ha!!

[gdement]

Graphics look hopeless but that's not surprising for the system. The gameplay is there at least and that's the most important thing.

I'm amazed at some of the stuff they ported to the poor 2600. It just wasn't designed for this at all, but they made it work.

Great programmers on that machine.

[tharaven666]

You can play it on MAME. I remember the arcade machine spending countless quarters. Also for the intellivision, there was Diner which was a off shoot of the game. Also don't forget super burger time. You can grab it on MAME also.

[MegaFan1994]

There's also an NES version, the thing on top is an ice cream.

[BlutBasilisk]

omg i have that console^^

[MegaFan1994]

I never thought anyone would ever review this game.

[KyosukeUrameshi]

"It' looks like a milkshake, or some french fries, or a giant beer" Nice.

Burger Time is fun, the graphics are laughable but the gameplay is solid.

[NML32]

Great review. Over at Atariage someone created a BT clone for the 7800 called Beef Drop VE It would be nice to see you do some reviews on Atari 2600 and 7800 Home Brew games.

[gdement]

A review of 7800 "Beef Drop" would be awesome.

The "VE" version has standard sound while non-VE has a better sound chip in the cartridge (more expensive). Not sure if the non-VE version is available anymore.

But both versions are the same otherwise, so no big deal.

Anyone who likes BT and has a 7800 should definitely check it out. That means you Mark. :)

[SnapCraft316]

Intellivision's is the best. Coleco second. Coleco went with the vertical route which was authentic to the arcade (you lose a lot of the screen), while Intelli turned it into a horizontal game. Sorry, this 2600 version sucks--typical M Network crap.

[guyvf]

mmm, rubentime.

[ROSSakaSWIZZY]

You should review gears of war

[reezdog]

I don't get it, when you get caught by the food a pleasant song is played. It should be more of a Damn I got killed by a Hotdog song...know what i mean....

[notyoursavior78]

I wish I had this for the Atari 2600. I played the NES version and yeah this here is one of those plain black carts.

I remember playing this for the NES at a friend's house way back in the day. I want this now for the Atari 2600.

I remember finding a commercial of this on here and it was really funny. "..problem is the food is trying to make hamburger outta you." ha

[KombatKing3000]

what a load of trash..

[crammage]

d.doot d.doot

d.doot d.doot

d.doot d.doot

d.doot d.doot

doooot

[ZacharyDuhamel]

well i wish i could buy it but i dont know where thay sell games before ps2 in rhode island

[rollercoastersrock]

but it over the internet

[RossPK81]

Burger time is such a fun game.

[d2girls]

I first played this game on the comodore 64. Was a lot of fun. That and the Batman game.

Could you please review some commodore 64 games?

[MegaFan1994]

Not even........

[ScrewAttackEurope]

You'll be hard pressed to find a working original arcade machine now.

This was Data East's first and only attempt at making an arcade machine that loads games via audio cassette. which they soon dumped as tapes wore out and took too long to load.

[metaleggman18]

If you like burgertime, there's a kick ass version on the gameboy. I believe it only came out in Japan, so you may have a tough time finding it. I have said Japanese version, so if you have an information, hit me up with a message. ;)

[OnlyMemory]

My brother once joked that a friend of ours was so much of a 1337 hacker that he could take an Atari Burgertime cartridge and somehow hack it into X-Men vs. Street Fighter. Just felt like sharing that.

[OhmygodSportacus]

Holy shat this is two reviews in one day.

[TMRProg]

Great arcard game. Lousy port.

[8H2324]

i wants some wendy right now.

[morgangamer22]

COOL

[joshymalta]

in nes looks awesome

[8bitownsyou]

Yep, try the NES version if you want something more faithful to the arcade

[Progearspec]

Agreed or burger time on PS1 midway greatest arcade hits collection 2.

[kiddfridge80]

keep these reviews coming I love them. A game I loved for 2600 was called "Kangaroo". Sounds boring but check it out!

[ronova]

Gald you finally reviewed this! Burgertime is my favorite old school arcade game.

[DevilDriverMike]

Oh man I got the munchees for a ruben sandwhich now, with horseradish

[fattpieceofcrap]

i loved the intelivision version for some reason. maybe cause its the first one i played. that pickle pissed me off. he was the smart one

[Player9Jrod]

im watching this on my wii

[AmgGamer9408]

sweet lets se xbox do that im watching this on my ps3

[SnaffleJBean]

Wow. That was such a pathetic attempt to burn the xbox.

[kyle10590]

Xbox 360 actually can browse the internet

[Player9Jrod]

i already watched this on my ps3

[XxSTICH666xX]

dude you can go on the internet with the 360.

[AmgGamer9408]

really i thought the 360 didnt have a web browser

[yugo9]

It doesn't.

[XxSTICH666xX]

Nope. It's been available since mid 2006. So long as you have a PC on the same network you can go online although flash has issues with sound but then again that should be fixed soon.

[delfmeek]

Burgertime is also on the NES---pretty good version.

Also, a new Homebrew exists called "Beef Drop" for the Atari 5200 &7800, available on Atariage's website. It's very good.

For some reason, when I play Burgertime on my 7800, I have infinite lives--some kind of bug, which I've documented in my videos section here on YouTube.

[Iceman24360]

a Classic Game room HD Burger bet that tastes good lol

another good Show dude :) rated it 5stars again.

[uglypinkmoose]

i was thinkin the same thing

reminds me of donkey kong

[theking21083]

The M-Network carts are all made by Mattel who is the same people that made the Intellivision. They just ported over their games to the Atari 2600 and stuck them in an Intellivision cart with an adapter on the end to fit into the 2600. That is why there is no artwork on the M-Network games. They also later made the games under INTV which look the same but have a white label instead of black. I'm not a fan of Dig Dug but I love Burgertime. The Colecovision port is one of my favorites.

[PearlJammer07]

I played the NES version of Burger Time. The NES version of Burger Time is somewhat harder than Atari 2600 port.

[Sisound]

yeah, I played that to. Never got to really like the game though

[layzivan167]

ive played this game and its hard i cant remember completeing even one level

[maiki60fps]

I'm not sure about Atari but NES version of this sucks at gameplay - simply because of the controls are higly unoptimized

I wonder what's the reason Atari carts are inserted with artwork hidden away from players' eyes... what a stupid decision (well, Atari made a lot of them didn't they)

[Landmark356]

I believe there is also a Burger Time for the Intellivision.

[sinistermoon]

There is. And I will be reviewing it soon.

[celic100]

It's a great game, but that Atari version looks pretty bad. (Mainly because of the flashing enemies)

[ApopheniaIV]

great game

[callmemarc]

I loved this game on my TI99

[boomstick545]

oh burgertime I love that game

[coolgamer85]

This game is fun. even though it's difficult.

[starsoldier1]

I'm hungry after watching the video now.

[rambo1986dfc]

review more genesis or snes games plz

[Lachlant1984]

MMMMMMM! Hamburgers, Yum!!!!!!! I haven't had much experience with this game, but it looks reasonable. I wish Atari 2600 games were available for the Wii on the Virtual console.

[maxbrie3]

that was my fav game back in the daysss.

[edith6363]

cool review.

[FierceDeity835]

I've never tried this one.