Burgertime, or, the Origin of Nightmares

When I was a kid, I had this reoccurring dream that I was being chased by man-eating food products through a diner. I would wake up in terror, and stay up for the rest of the night, armed with a colander and a meat fork, on alert for sentient hot dogs that might try to kill me in my sleep.

I always wondered the origin of these nightmares - and after my usual stroll throughout the internet, I found a video that revealed the answer.



Did you watch it? Watch it again.

Through a child's eyes.

I don't get how this could have been considered a good idea for an advertisement. I don't remember the game being this... terrifying. It's as through Intellivision wanted to inspire fear into the hearts of their consumers. I know if I was of video game purchasing age when this commercial was released, I would remember this game on the shelf.

"Oh, Burgertime," I would say, standing in my local video game retailer. "That's the game with the commercial that scared me so badly that a shock of my hair turned white."

I am glad that this advertising trend died out with Burgertime. I don't think I could handle Viva Piñata related nightmares.

"WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?"