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==Reception== [[File:BurgerTime Arcade Video Game.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''BurgerTime'' in a [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]] pub]] In Japan, ''[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]'' listed ''Hamburger'' as the 11th highest-grossing [[1982 in video games|arcade video game of 1982]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title="Pole Position" No. 1 Video Game: ''Game Machine''{{'}}s "The Year's Best Three AM Machines" Survey Results|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=207|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 March 1983|page=30|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19830301p.pdf#page=16}}</ref> ''Game Machine'' later listed ''Hamburger'' on their June 15, 1983 issue as being the twenty-third most-successful table arcade unit of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=214|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 June 1983|page=27|lang=ja}}</ref> Following its North American debut at the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) show in November 1982, it was reviewed by ''Video Games'' magazine, which listed it as the show's fourth best game, while saying it was the "stupidest, silliest game ever, and that's why you couldn't get people off the Burger Time games with a crowbar!" The review praised the "music, challenging mazes, and comical" characters.<ref name="VideoGames">{{cite magazine | magazine = Video Games | volume = 1 | publisher = Pumpkin Press | issue = 7 | page = 66 | title = Top Ten Hits | date=March 1983 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_06_1983-03_Pumpkin_Press_US#page/n65/mode/2up}}</ref> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' gave it a positive review, comparing the level structure to ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' (1981), stating that ''BurgerTime'' has "a charm all its own" and praising the controls.<ref name="CVG">{{cite magazine |title=Burgers Have You in a Pickle: Burger Time |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 December 1982 |issue=15 (January 1983) |page=30 |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/172/476}}</ref> The ''[[Deseret News]]'' called ''BurgerTime'' "one of the real surprises of 1983 for the Intellivision" and gave the ColecoVision version three-and-a-half stars out of four.<ref name="holyoak19840530">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PqZNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7081%2C6575510 | title=Here are ColecoVision's jewels | work=Deseret News | date=1984-05-30 | access-date=10 January 2015 | author=Holyoak, Craig | pages=4 WV}}</ref> ''Computer Games'' magazine gave the ColecoVision and [[Coleco Adam]] versions a positive review, stating that "the terrific flavor" of the arcade game remains but "the playfield has been greatly reduced".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Conversion Capsules: Hit Games in New Formats |magazine=Computer Games |date=December 1984 |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=62–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Games_Vol_3_No_4_1984-12_Carnegie_Publications_US/page/n61/mode/2up}}</ref> ''BurgerTime'' received a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Videogame of the Year (Less than 16K ROM)" at the 5th annual [[Arkie Awards]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Kunkel |first1= Bill |author-link1= Bill Kunkel (journalist)|last2= Katz |first2= Arnie |author-link2= Arnie Katz|date= January 1984 |title= Arcade Alley: The Arcade Awards, Part 1 |journal= [[Video (magazine)|Video]]|publisher= Reese Communications|volume= 7|issue= 10|pages= 40–42|issn= 0147-8907}}</ref>{{rp|40}}
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