Question 1

True or false: The game was banned in some U.S. arcades for being 'too violent' toward food.

Accepted Answer

False. No such ban occurred. Burger Time is a lighthearted, non-violent game about stacking ingredients, not causing harm.

Question 2

True or false: A 'bonus burger' appears if you complete a level without letting any ingredient fall.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no such bonus. Points are earned for walking over ingredients and dropping enemies, not for a flawless level.

Question 3

True or false: Enemies like Mr. Hot Dog and Mr. Pickle were only added in the NES port.

Accepted Answer

False. These enemies actually debuted in the original 1982 arcade game, not the later NES version.

Question 4

True or false: Burger Time was one of the first arcade games to feature a female protagonist.

Accepted Answer

False. Peter Pepper is male; the game predates prominent female leads like Samus Aran. No female protagonist exists here.

Question 5

True or false: Mr. Egg (the rolling enemy) can be crushed by a falling burger bun.

Accepted Answer

False. Mr. Egg cannot be crushed by buns; only the player's pepper spray temporarily stuns enemies. Buns crush no one.

Question 6

True or false: The main character's name was 'Peter Pepper' in the original arcade release.

Accepted Answer

True. The chef is officially named Peter Pepper in the arcade version, though many players simply call him 'Chef' or 'Burger Chef'.

Question 7

True or false: Burger Time was originally conceived as a game about making pizza.

Accepted Answer

True. Developer Data East prototyped it as a pizza-making game, but switched to burgers because they felt more iconic for the arcade market.

Question 8

True or false: The game's music was composed by a single person using only a square wave generator.

Accepted Answer

True. Yoshihiro Sakaguchi composed the iconic, minimalist arcade soundtrack using a basic square-wave chip, giving it its classic chiptune sound.

Burger Time Trivia Questions