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The Atari 2600 was first released inNorth Americain September 1977 and featured 9 launch titles:Air-Sea Battle,Basic Math,Blackjack,Combat,Indy 500,Star Ship,Street Racer,SurroundandVideo Olympics. The final licensed Atari 2600 game released in North America wasSecret Questin 1989, and the final licensed game released in Europe wasKlaxandAcid Dropin 1990 and 1992. Even with their 1980s limited colors and block graphics these games are still entertaining to play today! We have over 500 Atari 2600 games for you to play online for free using our Atari 2600 Javascript Emulator.
This game is mobile device friendly and Iphone compatible. Enjoy!
Instructions and Keyboard Controls towards bottom of page.
Click “Game Reset” or F12 to Start Game
Burger Time
INSTRUCTIONS:
If you grew up in the 80’s you shouldn’t need instructions!! You might find some help at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atari_2600_games and look up the game you need assistance playing.
CONTROLS:
Click “Game Reset” or F12 to Begin/Restart Game
Arrow Keys – Move
Space bar to fire/action button
M NetworkBurgertimefor your Atari 2600 Game SystemInstructions(for 1 or 2 players)Build beautiful burgers by dropping buns and patties onto aplate. Dodge horrible hot dogs. Defy brawling bread sticks.Pepper enormous eggs and charging cheese. Score points bysquashing those nasties with a falling bun. Build all theburgers and you move on to the next maze. Get too close toa nasty, though, and it's back to Burger School for you in'short order.The GameYou move your chef around the maze in a frantic attempt tobuild hamburgers before the nasties converge on you. Move across the top of the burger ingredients and they will drop alevel. Work all the ingredients to the bottom and you'll moveon to the next maze. Score points by dropping an ingredient,squashing nasties, or giving them a ride down on a fallingingredient. Dust a nasty with some pepper and he'll stop in his tracks. If a nasty touches him, your chef is cooked. So watch out! Play alone or challenge a friend. Highest score wins.ControllersUse your left joystick controller to control the direction of yourchef. Be sure your controller cableis securely plugged into the back of your game console. Hold the controller sothe red pepper (FIRE) button is to yourupper left. *Note: Right hand controller isnot used in this game.Difficulty SwitchesLevel of Difficulty does not change. The switch on theright (near the right controller cable) determines thenumber of players. Switch position A is for two players.Switch position B is for a one player game. In switch Position A, the two players take turns using the left controller. When one player loses his chef, the other player takes over the controller.The switch on the left may be used to freeze the action by sliding it to position A. Position B returns the gameto the action from the point at which you stopped it.Roll up your sleeves..put on your hat..grab some pepper...and fire up your grill. Action!To start the game, press reset switch. Be readybecause the game starts right away.The Chef. You control the chef, Peter Pepper.Move him up ladders and across planks using the joystick. Move your chef completelyacross a bun or other ingredients and it drops one level. You rack up 50 points.You start with 5 chefs, but only one can be usedat a time. For every 10,000 points scored,you get an extra chef.Nasties and Mazes: Hot Dogs, eggs, bread sticks, andcheese chase your chef wherever he goes in the maze.If they catch him, the round is over. All of the nastiesget quicker as you go along.There are five mazes contructed of ladders planks.When you successfully build all the hamburgers in one maze, you move on to the next maze. When all five mazes have been completed, you start overagain with the first maze.For more Points: Drop the ingredients on top of the nasties.You will get 200 points for each hot dog or bread stickthat you squash. A squashed egg or hunk of chesse isworth 100 points.For even more points, tempt the nasties out onto a bunand then drop it by stepping off. The bun will drop twolevels. You score 500 points for each nasty you drop. After a few seconds, dropped or squashed nasties returnfrom the side of the screen.And a pinch of pepper. Pepper may be used to temporarily stun nasties if you are trapped. This tactic allows you to move out of cornersunharmed. You can only throw pepper in front of you. Makesure the chef is facing the nasty you want to pepper by usingthe joytsick first.You start with 5 pinches of pepper which are displayed underand to the left of the score. (See diagram.) You can earn extrapinches of pepper by gobbling French fries, ice cream, or coffee.You get 500 points and a pinch of pepper for each item gobbled.The chef will always stop while he throws pepper. Youcan move him as soon as he is finished peppering the nasty.Score display: The running score is tallied in the top center portion og the screen. But, anytime you squash a nastyor give one a ride down, the point value will be displayed briefly instead of the score.For two player games, only the score of the player currentlycontrolling the chief is displayed. At the end of the gamethe display alternates showing each score and designateswhether it belongs to player #1 (pink) or player #2 (blue)The maximum score for M Network's Burgetime is 999,950.If you can get close, you are a certified burger-maniac.ScoringScoreAction-------------------------------50 PointsKnocking a hamburger part from a horizontal plank100 PointsSquashing an egg or chesse with a falling hamburger part200 PointsSquashing a hot dog or bread stick with a falling hamburger part500 PointsFor each nasty who takes a ride on a falling hamburger part500 PointsGobbling one of the "pinch of pepper" prizes (Ice Cream, French Fries, or Coffee)Winning Tips-Save Pepper for the for the times you need it most. Don't waste it onnasties that are easily avoided.-Try to get the highest point value for each hamburger part that youdrop. Try qsquashing a nasty! Better yet give him a fast ride downon a falling bun.- Remember, your chef stops while he peppers a nasty.Don't get blind sided by a marauding bread stick whileyou're busy peppering a hot dog.-Keep away from the corners after squashing a nasty orgiving him a ride. The same nasty could return in thatcorner and could run right smack into your chef.
REQUIRMENTS:
Our Atari 2600 emulator utilizes Javascript to run in your browser. No plugin is required, but a fast modern web browser will enhance the game play.
Emulation on mobile devices will drain your battery quite fast. I recommend playing while device is plugged into charger.
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BurgerTime Arcade Game Emulated on the Atari 2600. Play BurgerTime in your web browser or mobile phone. This Atari 2600 console emulator provides very accurate BurgerTime gameplay. BurgerTime is a classic 1980s Atari 2600 video game.