BurgerTime instructions

BURGERTIME*

Cartridge Instructions

(for 1 or 2 players)

*Trademark of Data East USA, Inc. used under license

Your chef, Peter Pepper, is surrounded! Pickles and hot dogs are

everywhere! Dodge down a ladder, pepper a pickle and you've

escaped. They all chase after you. Run for your life to the next bun.

Gobble some fries along the way and you've got some pepper -- just

in case. Lead them on a chase and the nasties get stuck together.

Tiptoe onto a bun and they follow you in a bunch. Pepper 'em, step

off, and drop 'em. WAY TO MOVE! You've got 8000 points and are one

step closer to BURGERTIME.

OBJECT OF THE GAME

Score more points than your opponent while building hamburgers.

Avoid dangerous hot dogs, pickles and eggs. Points are scored for

dropping ingredients and squashing nasties. Maximum point value is

received for giving those foes a ride on a falling bun, patty, tomato,

or lettuce leaf.

YOUR CONTROLS

USING THE DISC: There are 4 directions in which you can move your

chef, left, right, up and down. Move your chef by pressing the outside

edges of the disc in the direction you want to move.

USING THE SIDE BUTTONS: Pepper is sprinkled using any side button.

YOU CAN MOVE AND SPRINKLE PEPPER AT THE SAME TIME.

GAME START

When game title appears, it is time to decide on your playing speed.

For fastest speed possible press the disc. The 1, 2 and 3 buttons will

give you slower speeds. Each speed is indicated by a different

symbol that will appear on the right side of the screen.

DISC: Fastest. Symbol: Dot.

1: Fast. Symbol: Two vertical dots.

2: Medium. Symbol: Two horizontal dots.

3: Slow. Symbol: Dash

CHOOSE 1 or 2 PLAYERS

Once you select playing speed and press the correct key, the

computer will ask you to: Select 1 or 2 Players:

*�Press Key 1 for a 1-Player game

*�Press Key 2 for a 2-Player game

Press ENTER and the game will start.

1-PLAYER GAME...Play until all 5 chefs are gone.

2-PLAYER GAME...Player #1 plays until he/she loses 1 chef. Player

#2 then takes over. Each player has 5 chefs. If one player gains extra

chefs for good play, that player may continue after the other player

has finished.

GAME STARTS AS SOON AS YOU PRESS ENTER.

THE CHEF

You control the chef. Move him up ladders and across planks using

the direction disc. Move your chef completely across a bun and it

drops down one level. You rack up 50 points. You also rack up 50

points for each patty, tomato slice, and lettuce leaf that you drop.

You start with 5 chefs, but only one can be used at a time. For every

10,000 points scored, you get an extra chef. The number of chefs you

have waiting are displayed in the lower right corner of the screen.

NASTIES AND MAZES

Hot Dogs, Eggs and Pickles chase your chef wherever he goes in the

maze. If you catch him, the round is over. All the nasties get smarter

as you go along.

There are seven mazes constructed of ladders and planks. Some are

more difficult than others. When you successfully build all the

hamburgers in one maze, you move on to the next maze. When all

seven mazes have been completed, you start over again with the first

maze -- only at a more difficult level. Your current level is displayed

after you lose your chef.

FOR MORE POINTS

DROP the ingredients ON TOP of the nasties. You will get 100 points

for each one you squash. Squashed nasties come back to life from

either side of the screen.

FOR EVEN MORE POINTS

Tempt the nasties out onto a bun and then drop it by stepping off.

The bun will drop TWO levels. The more nasties on the bun, the

higher the point value. (See chart.) After a few seconds, dropped

nasties return from the point where they ended their fall.

FOR MAXIMUM POINTS

Lead the nasties on a chase and get them to meet at corners. If they

meet and head in the same direction (and you're lucky), they will

stick together. Get as many stuck together as you can and give them

a ride on a falling bun or other ingredient. You will score big.

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 corners unharmed. You can only

throw pepper IN THE DIRECTION YOU ARE MOVING OR LAST MOVED.

You start with 4 pinches of pepper which are displayed in the lower

left corner of the screen. You can earn extra pinches of pepper by

gobbling ice cream, coffee, ketchup, or french fries depending on

your level. You get 500 points and a pinch of pepper for each item

gobbled. Smart cooks only use pepper when they need to. That

pepper can be very valuable at the upper levels.

SCORE DISPLAY

For one player games, the running score is tallied on the upper left in

yellow. The center score (green) is the highest score achieved at that

game speed.

For two player games, Player #1 has his score displayed on the left,

Player #2 on the right. The score is bright yellow for the player in

control of the chef while the score is tan for the player at rest. Again,

the green score in the center is the highest score.

MAXIMUM SCORE (For Burger-Maniacs Only)

Once you get 1,000,000 points, the scoring begins at zero again. At

the end of each game you will see a number under the center score.

This tells you how many times you have reached 1,000,000. You may

reach 1,000,000 a total of 255 times...for a possible score of

255,999,950. GOOD LUCK!

SCORING CHART

Knocking a hamburger part from a horizontal plank: 50 points

Squashing a nasty with a falling hamburger part: 100 points

Giving 1 nasty a ride on a falling hamburger part: 500 points

Giving 2 nasties a ride on a falling hamburger part: 1000 points

Giving 3 nasties a ride on a falling hamburger part: 2000 points

Giving 4 nasties a ride on a falling hamburger part: 4000 points

Giving 5 nasties a ride on a falling hamburger part: 8000 points

Gobbling one of the "pinch of pepper" prizes (ice cream, coffee,

ketchup, or french fries): 500 points

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