BurgerTime, Apple II

The graphics might be a bit indistinct, but the basic BurgerTime gameplay is mostly intact in this supposedly 1982 conversion.

I say ‘supposedly’ because I doubt very much that this Apple II conversion was released the same year as the arcade game. It’s much more likely to have been released in either 1983 or 1984. I’m pretty sure that the majority of the internet are wrong on this and that the ‘1982’ reference goes back to the original arcade game.

Anyway, it was Mattel Electronics who released BurgerTime on the Apple II (and on the Intellivision and MS-DOS simultaneously), and the Apple II and DOS versions are generally quite sought-after because they contain exclusive levels not seen in the arcade original or any of the other conversions.

Apple II BurgerTime is surprisingly fast (not to mention smooth), and – in spite of the lack of colours – looks quite good. Key is obviously playability, which retains most of that from its parent, although it retains its extreme difficulty too and can be highly frustrating at times.

BurgerTime versions on The King of Grabs:
Arcade, Apple II, Intellivision, PC, Atari 2600, ColecoVision,
MSX, Famicom Disk System

More: BurgerTime on Wikipedia

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