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burgerspace: a free clone of the classic arcade game Burgertime

August 29th, 2007 edited by ana

Entry submitted by Alexey Beshenov. DPOTD needs your help, please contribute!

Burgertime (originally entitled バーガータイム, Hamburger) is a popular 1982 Japanese arcade game created by Data East Corporation. The game even has an interesting entry in Wikipedia. Among other ports and remakes, there are a free X11 clone called “BurgerSpace” written in C++ by Pierre Sarrazin.

The behavior of the original arcade was not replicated exactly in BurgerSpace, but clone has the same scenario. You play the part of a chef Peter Pepper who must create burgers by stepping repeatedly on the ingredients until they fall down onto trays. It’s not so easy since you also must avoid food characters who chase you around the maze.

Evil food enemies (namely Mr. Hot Dog, Mr. Pickle and Mr. Egg) could be temporarily killed by crushing them under falling burger slices or dropped with them. The dropped enemies are stunned for a few seconds. You can also shake pepper on nearby monsters to make them harmless for a few seconds.

The game could be started via the command burgerspace or from the entry in the GNOME Games menu.

Use the following keys:

↑ ↓ ← →
Move.
Ctrl
Throw pepper.
P
Pause / resume game.
Esc
Quit the game.

(Unfortunately, there are no complete keystroke configuration.)

Screenshot

You can rich extra scores / peppers by collecting appearing things. Level will be completed if you create all burgers and the next level will be based on more complex maze layout, increased number of burger pieces and elevated speed. Game records available from the official webpage and you can report your outstanding scores to maintainer.

Program requires the SDL multimedia library. Burgerspace could be used on GNU/Linux machines and there are even a port for some-proprietary-system. The burgerspace package is available in both Debian and Ubuntu. Have fun!

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7 Responses

  1. shiny Says:

    Cool. What other FOSS remakes/alternatives do you know? Lets make a list:

    -Super Maryo Chronicles and Supertux (mario “clones”)

    -Ghouls’n Ghosts Remix

    -Xmoto (Elastomania clone)

    -Neverball (super mokey ball clone)

    -Trackballs (Marble Mania?)

    -Rocksndiamonds (Supaplex, Boulder Dash, and others)

    -Wormux (Worms)

    -Atanks and Scorched 3D (scorched earth)

    -Pangzero (pang)

    -Frets On Fire (Guitar Hero)

    Engines:

    -scummvm
    -clonekeen
    -openjazz

    Submit your favorite FOSS remake!

  2. shiny Says:

    Update:
    -Pingus (Lemmings)
    -Armagetron (Tron)
    -Frozen Bubble (puzzle bubble)

  3. shiny Says:

    -Don Ceferino Hazaña (Pang)

  4. ana Says:

    wow shiny, thanks for such recopilation list! :)

  5. Jake Says:

    Wow, great find. I love playing this game on the NES.

  6. Ole Laursen Says:

    - Monster Masher (Beast)

    Disclaimer: I’m the author…

  7. Juan Ramon Says:

    wow! excellent, I am great fan of this game, excellent play in my Debian System.