Video Game Collecting

I have a couple cool video game finds in this video that I got from a thrift store including a Vaus. We also check out eBay seller Infravision, and check out the ultra cool iCade 60-in-1 Jamma Mame board with footage of BurgerTime!

It’s no secret I love Burgertime for Nintendo NES.  If you haven’t noticed there are a few dozen posts here about the game including some strategies for grouping.  One thing I’ve had a huge difficulty with is grouping the enemies with a single pepper.  I read somewhere that peppers are more valuable than lives (I think I read it in a comment on you tube).  And it’s true.

I should probably point out that the title of this post is misleading.  It is Burgertime Grouping With One Pepper, but what it doesn’t indicate is that this is only for Stage 2.  A single pepper grouping on Stage 1 would actually be more valuable… oops.

Oh and one more thing. You’ll notice I actually pepper twice, but they were already grouped with the first pepper, the second was an accident and would not have made any difference in the grouping. It was purely a waste.

Anyways enjoy.

 

I’m edging closer to the 400k mark in Nintendo NES Burgertime. It has gotten very painful to play this…

The score took about an hour, with at one point having as many has 15 lives.

Burgertime by DataEast for Nintendo NES. Arcade port, simple yet difficult, catchy tune, enemy egg, hotdog, pickle. Best game ever.

I’m back at it but this time it’s the arcade version of Burgertime.

This is what happens when you group the first three stages of Burgertime then choke on the next seven.

#10 Sega Genesis Collecting And Arms Dealing: See what happens when my son and I trade an air pistol for a SEGA Genesis.  This was a favorite post because I caught it on tape, and that I did it with my son.

#9 Burgertime: I have alot of blog posts about Burgertime, but this post is significant because it was the first post that explained that I’m attempting to collect all of the licensed Nintendo games.  What spurred me to to this was that the previous November I had finished my 60-in-1 arcade game.  On it is Burgertime, but the machine was left at my in-laws house and I was craving Burgertime.  Mmm delicious memories.

#8 Salzmafia Nintendo Price Chart: This post was all about creating the Nintendo Price Chart which eventually became http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/

#7 Nintendo Golf New Label: Remember Hussy Golf?  This was my experiment in creating new labels for Nintendo cartridges where the original label was ruined.  This inspired some additional ones, though I have not yet created them due to lack of time.

#6 Burgertime New Personal Best: Ever look back at old yearbook photos and ask yourself “What was I thinking?”  Thats kinda what I think of now when I look at this post.  What kind of loser score is 44,500 points on Burgertime?  Breaking 100,000 on the first level is expected!

#5 How To Clean Your Nintendo Games: I love this post!  So many people make cleaning a Nintendo game a chore, and it doesn’t have to be.  Also, many people think brasso and other ridiculous garbage will clean their game.  Boy are they wrong.

#4 Videogame Box Art History: Racing the Beam is a pretty cool book, and the revelation of Activision’s marketing was genius!

#3 Red Or Blue: Take a trip down memory lane and relive the importance of wearing an 80′s bandana makes when you’re a character in a Nintendo Video game.

#2 The Spy Hunter Experience: I preach it all the time: Less is More when it comes to a videogame.  Read a real life example of how Spy Hunter has a greater depth than Metal Gear Solid IV due to the player’s imagination

#1 Burgertime Grouping Performance: Yeah I know, I already have a Burgertime post mentioned in the top-ten, but this has to be my #1 favorite post of 2009.  After struggling for months on Burgertime I was able to find a workable pattern for the first level that yields 100,000 each and every time (which 100k is not depicted in the video).  Hear my excitement as I pull off the massive groupings.

There’s always time for Burgertime… except when you’re working on making a full length movie about it.  Anyways I’ve been working closely with the arcade version, and have been concentrating on the differences in it, and with the Nintendo version.  It seems the AI does have a few subtle yet dangerous differences.  Mr. Egg changes direction for no reason at all… Mr. Pickle acts drunk or high.  And then there is the rouge Mr. Hotdog who made the following video a pain.

You see, I’m convinced you can group the arcade version with a simliar strategy on the NES version.  The problem is there is a Mr. Hotdog on the first stage that always seems to go rogue when there is a camera on.  15 takes later I finally capture it.  Finally!

The third level of Burgertime demands that you start running to the right and then up the ladder narrowing escaping the egg.  Hesitate for even a second and the egg will kill you.  This little manuver is what to do if you wasted that second and are now in danger of losing a life.  It’s also the first half of the setup for grouping on the third level which I will share another time.

It’s been quite awhile since I posted about Burgertime. As you can see I had a loose grouping and it quickly fell apart. I ended with a quite dismall score, which isn’t too bad I suppose since I really haven’t practiced in weeks.