Who The F*** Cares About BurgerTime in 2011?

Steve Haske writes, "Despite some obvious biases towards personal favorite developers and designers, I'd like to think that I have a fairly objective opinion when it comes to analyzing different various games. I also consider myself fortunate in that I live in one of the last major cities in the country to have an honest-to-God legitmate arcade. In said arcade, there is a BurgerTime cabinet. I've even played it once or twice, if only out of denial because I wanted to play something other than my staples of Galaga, Bubble Bobble and a handful of pinball tables. Maybe this is just me showing my (relatively young) age here—I was never old enough to be on whatever psychodelic Data East was tripping on when this food-based title was new back in 1982—I was two years shy of being born, in fact. Still, I'll never understand the appeal of this ludicrous game. It seems like you would have to be high on something to enjoy the culinary 'adventures' of your avatar, Peter Pepper, who for some reason has to construct giant hamburgers by correctly stacking them after walking on each respective ingredient…while being chased by fried eggs and hot dogs."