BurgerTime Deluxe
Overview
BurgerTime Deluxe carries a lot of improvements from the original but it's still in black and white, and it's still as good as it gets.
Review
I purchased BurgerTime Deluxe for a trip to Baton Rouge in 2011 (used, of course). While the name was reused for an obscure but repulsive-looking PC game, it was the only real improvement the classic arcade game ever got.
BurgerTime Deluxe follows the same formula as the classic arcade title, walk on ingredients to make them fall, stun enemies with the pepper (limited supply), use ladders to avoid them. Hot dogs and pickles try to chase you. There are cutscenes that tell a small story, namely, a competing restaurant called "Nuten Doughnut" is the one that sends food after you.
It differs from the NES game in that there are more diverse stages, different (better) music, a new artstyle, a password feature, switching the pickles and eggs (in the arcade, you are introduced to eggs and hot dogs with pickles introduced later as a dangerous third enemy, here the third enemy is the egg), and as a fourth enemy, a giant donut that chases you. Sadly, there's no "color hacks" available, so black and white it must remain.
Either way, it was still an enjoyable play, and I wish more was done with the franchise.
Player Notes
When this review was ported to the new format in August 2026 I split the part with The Flintstones: BurgerTime in Bedrock to below.
Port & Rerelease Notes
According to this page, the 2001 Game Boy Color title The Flintstones: Burgertime in Bedrock is the same game as this one. Well, that's not entirely true. The only thing it really shares is the maps themselves, with eight enemies total instead of four. The music is entirely different, Fred handles differently and development is credited to Conspiracy Entertainment Corporation (with Classified Games being the publisher). Even if you changed the graphics in The Flintstones: BurgerTime in Bedrock to resemble BurgerTime Deluxe and the music to match I think it would be markedly different. The thing is, there's nowhere on the box or the game to suggest the concept, title, or the gameplay belonged to Data East, which sounds like a trademark and copyright violation, but at least the code's original.
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