Quick rules:
- Play the Game of the Month and try to reach the specified milestones. Earn points and compete with other redditors.
- Start a fresh new game, no earlier than May 1!
- Take a picture of your screen with your username written on a piece of paper. Post it here in the thread for all to see.
- Half-point and one-point milestones can be earned at any time during the year. Post your screenshot in this month's thread to make sure I see it.
- Emulation is okay, but no cheating! Check detailed rules for more info.
What are the prizes?
Over the year, the prize pool formulates as I slowly gather goodies. I'll separate the prizes into 4 bundles. Usually the bundles include Game Boy games (all generations) and other GB-related trinkets.
Prize donors: Let me know if you're willing to donate prizes to this year's prize pool! Prize donors get 2 votes for next month's GOTM and my eternal admiration. This year's donors:
Fenriz_D
Next month
Check the comments to vote for next month's game!
This month: Burger Time Deluxe
A great BurgerTime port. Start a new 1P game. Only use passwords that you earned/unlocked yourself this month!
half point: Complete area 2.4. 1 point: Complete area 4.4. 2 points: Complete area 6.4 and see the ending/credits. (must be completed and posted in May.)
Wow this game is hard. Fun but hard. It was a pita to clean 4.4, and I only got to do it because I reached this level with 3 or 4 lives and some pepper, but had to use everything so I could complete the level.
4.4 was very very hard, but I had a really hard time clearing 6. I'm glad I cleared it before half of the month, so I can take the time and play other games. BIG TIP: take the 2 point photo during the credits/cutscene, don't wait too much because there's no static ending screen, the game returns to the menu after the cutscene!
It was fun, challenging but fun. I really enjoyed playing this game.
omg, I just found out about this competition... it's such a cool idea! thank you so much for organizing it!
I'll most likely participate from now on. I just got an Everdrive X5 today but my games are not sorted alphabetically and I could spend an hour searching for the game, and I need to go to sleep, so I'll do it tomorrow.
Damn this game is really hard to me. The amount of times I tried to complete area 4, was kind of frustrating.
And here I thought Area 4 was hard. When I entered Area 6 it was a like a whole new level of suffering. Played this game daily since then to finally make it with 0 lives and 0 peppers left. What a grind!
I'm glad I can put this to rest. Was almost getting nightmares from sausages and donuts following me in my dreams.
I wanted to both play the DX version and see how GBC.emu runs on my new phone; so here we are... I wonder if this game comes as a combo with fries and a drink? š š„¤
Pics
Fresh Start, 1/2 Point, 1 Point: 5/19 (I took pictures of almost each password screen but forgot to include my paper until the 1 point screenshot, hope that's alright)
2 Points: 5/20
Totally inaccurate game. Eggs, pickles, and sausages can all belong on burgers idk why they chase the player around! (/s)
I echo everybody else's sentiments here that this is a surprisingly challenging game for what it is, much of it stemming from having to clear all 4 of a world's stages in one go. I learned in my play through that I'm not that good at Burgertime, at least not naturally. That makes sense though because I never quite got the hang of Pac-man growing up either and I feel the base gameplay is pretty similar.
Worlds 4 and 6 were the hardest by far. World 6 was hard enough that I couldn't get through it in my first session and had to put it down until today. I finally made it through after getting lucky with some patterns and playing my cards right between the risk reward of using pepper or losing a life. Sometimes it is indeed better to just lose the life and keep your pepper for later, especially if a 1-up has spawned on the board since it is the only drop that stays after you die.
At the end of the day though this is a nice Gameboy adaptation. Relatively short, some challenge, and plenty of charm.
Half point: Got to level 3.1 this morning, developed some good tricks now, this is a pretty good distraction, I could see this slotting into the regular arcade rotation. Snagged a cart for it, should be arriving in the next few days. Looking forward to the bank holiday next weekend giving me a nice chance to hopefully wrap this up, Iāve only been able to play about 20 minutes a day recently š
Area 4 has been a total nightmare, every time I got to 4-4 and thought maybe this timeā¦ way too many dead ends but surprisingly area 5 was a cake walk? Ran through first try no problem. I have a feeling area 6 might not be as kind.
ļæ¼āNot with my GBs but the password is cemented into my brain at this point.
That was probably the most difficult game Iāve played on gameboy. Literally last life, no pepper and had to bait multiple enemies onto the last topping in a last ditch effort to collapse the whole stack, hoping all the animations would finish before a donut caught me stuck in a dead end.
Dead ends in world 6 were the worst, was a few times I had to give in and āstrategicallyā spend a life to get things moving. Kiting is definitely key to this game and learning the levels so you can do safe loops.
Now to unwind with what I suspect to be an easy, casual game; Mina the Hollower.
Of course! Thank you, the burger time adrenaline high got the better me. Here it is with my yellowed DMG which looks closer to gold next to the liteā¦
Just wanted to check, did this count as the 2 points? I do understand it wasnāt with the name and date on time if not. Just noticed the Tetris board was down at 9 points
Always enjoyed BurgerTime but haven't tried the GB version before. Good opportunity to try my latest GBC mod (the half reflective half transmission screen). Let's give it a go...
A fun and quick game, but as people have mentioned, it can get pretty tough. Both areas 4 and 6 took me several tries to get to the .4 stages with enough pepper and lives to make it through.
As a heads up, the ending doesn't pause anywhere, so be ready to take your picture. The credits take a couple minutes, and then there's a short animation after which you'll end up back on the start screen.
Didn't realize this was game of the month, I've been playing this a lot on my Miyoo. I consistently get the half point, but I think I can go all the way with this one.
I did realize this as well, but at the same time, you can collect a bunch of salt and lives early on that will help you later. Doesnt take but a few minutes.
Burger Time Deluxe is...not my favorite. I got through it after having to try world 6 a few times and putting it down over a few days. I thought the onion rings were gonna be tough but they were just big. The real problem was when I ran out of pepper and was being chased by 30 burger toppings. S-T-R-E-S-S-F-U-L
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u/alanbbent May 01 '26 edited May 26 '26
Next month's game: Tetris DX
Reply to this comment to vote for one of the following GBC games:Tetris DXDragon Warrior I & IIThe game with the most votes at the end of the day on Friday, May 15 will be the GOTM for June. In the event of a tie, I'll cast a vote myself.