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You play as Chef Pepper and your goal is to make giant hamburgers while evil eggs, sausages and pickles chase you around the game area. To properly make a hamburger you must assemble all of the ingredients together, dropping them from higher up onto the the burger area below. To actually do t...

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Developer
Sakata SAS

Released on
1985

Size
1–2 Players

Version
NES

Requirements
Nintendo Entertainment System

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Publisher
Namco

ESRB Rating
Not Rated

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Description

You play as Chef Pepper and your goal is to make giant hamburgers while evil eggs, sausages and pickles chase you around the game area.

To properly make a hamburger you must assemble all of the ingredients together, dropping them from higher up onto the the burger area below. To actually do this you have to let Chef Pepper step all over the burger ingredients. As soon as an ingredient (a piece of lettuce for instance) has been stepped on, it will fall to the next level below. Falling food will squish any enemy following you and will also”bump” any other ingredient bellow it farther down. Also, as an emergency defense against the enemy food, you can collect pepper shakers which will allow you to puff out a small pepper cloud which will momentarily stun enemies, allowing you to walk past them.

BurgerTime

Overview & History

Originally released by Data East in arcades as *BurgerTime* before flipping onto the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 (courtesy of Hudson Soft in Japan and Mindscape in the US), this culinary classic casts you as the intrepid Chef Peter Pepper. The storyline is as quirky as it gets: Peter is trapped in a surreal kitchen nightmare where sentient, walking food items—specifically Mr. Hot Dog, Mr. Pickle, and Mr. Egg—are out for blood. Your singular mission is to construct towering, multi-layered gourmet burgers by frantically stomping across giant ingredients to drop them down through various platform tiers, all while avoiding the relentless pursuit of these aggressive appetizers.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

The core gameplay revolves around meticulous grid-based platforming and puzzle navigation. Chef Peter Pepper must traverse interconnected ladders and platforms to step directly onto giant hamburger buns, lettuce leaves, beef patties, and tomatoes. Each ingredient drops down one level every time Peter walks completely across it. Drop an ingredient onto another one below it, and you can cascade a whole burger stack down onto a serving plate. To survive the gastronomic gauntlet, Peter has a limited supply of pepper shakers. Tossing a cloud of pepper temporarily stuns pursuing enemies, allowing you to walk right through them or trap them inside a falling burger layer for bonus points.

Keyboard Controls

Arrow Keys / D-Pad: Move Chef Peter Pepper across platforms and climb ladders
Action Keys: Throw pepper to stun enemies
Enter: Start / Pause