Burgertime! for Intellivision

 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 tick 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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(c)1983, 1998 Intellivision Productions, Inc.