Nintendo Life: When the coin-op release of BurgerTime hit arcades in 1982, it was praised for its quirky theme and wildly unique gameplay design. Given the game's popularity at the time, it garnered a port on just about every home game system and personal computer of the period. The NES release came a bit later, but it was a fairly accurate interpretation of the arcade original and featured solid visuals and responsive play controls. But does this rather dated arcade port still hold up and is it a game you're going to want to add to your Wii Virtual Console library?
Earthbound, Super Mario Kart and BurgerTime all celebrate birthdays this week. Take a look back at them with us.
A humorous look back at Data East's 1982 arcade classic BurgerTime and how it stacks up to the tastes of modern video game players.
Now that Atari plans to bring back Haunted House, RunDLC posted a list of Atari 2600 games that deserve a reboot. The list includes Adventure and Jungle Hunt.
Hmmm, these reboots always have to chance so much to be viable in these "HD/10 hour plus" times that the original would be virtually unrecognisable. As such, what's the point?
River Raid was my first shmup I ever played. To this day it goes down as my fav 2600 game and I still load it up every now and then to play. A remake would be sweet.
Loved this game back in the arcade days... I miss arcades :(
Yes, I know there are still arcades in some places, but they are few and far between, and not like they were back in the day. Plus, few game makers are still dedicated to making new arcade friendly games.
That moment in time/space when arcades were king is long gone, but it shaped a whole generation of gamers. I wish some of the younglings could have experienced what it was like. Some would have a better appreciation and understanding of gaming's roots.
I got Burgertime, Pitfall, and an Intellision II console for Christmas in 1982. You can bet I hardly got any sleep that Christmas vacation. It has only been rivaled by last year when my wife gave me Skyrim, Sonic Generations, Uncharted 2&3, LA Noire, and Skyward Sword... Heck the year before that she gave me a ton of games, too. Thank God for Christmas and for all the great games each year!