Burgertime Free Play and High Score Save Kit

BurgerTime Free Play and High Score Save Kit for Data East Arcade PCB

Upgrade your original Data East BurgerTime arcade PCB with Free Play, Top 5 high score saving, attract sound enhancements, menu-driven DIP settings, ROM Saver support, and optional Wi-Fi leaderboard support while preserving authentic gameplay and original arcade hardware.

Designed specifically for original Data East hardware, this plug-and-play ribbon cable daughter-card upgrade improves long-term reliability without changing gameplay, timing, sound, controls, or the classic arcade experience collectors expect.

Upgrade Your BurgerTime Arcade Experience

Restore and enhance your original Data East BurgerTime arcade machine with a professionally designed Free Play and High Score Save Kit built specifically for authentic Data East arcade hardware.

Original boards can lose high scores, rely on aging components, or require repeated setup after power cycles. This upgrade modernizes your PCB while preserving the original gameplay, sound effects, timing, controls, and arcade feel that made BurgerTime one of the most recognizable arcade classics of the early 1980s.

Unlike multigame systems, reproduction boards, or emulation platforms, this kit keeps your original arcade PCB in service while improving long-term reliability for collectors, operators, and restoration projects.

Included BurgerTime Kit Features

• Easy Installation: No soldering, board modifications, or special wiring required on documented compatible PCBs
• Ribbon Cable Installation: Installs between ribbon cables with no CPU removal required
• Permanent Score Saving: Reliable serial EEPROM storage with no batteries required
• High Score Save: Saves the Top 5 scores
• Attract Sounds: Restores authentic gameplay sound effects during attract mode
• Free Play and Coin-Up: Supports both Free Play and traditional coin operation
• Attract Mode Protection: Helps reduce static-screen display time during idle periods
• Menu-Driven DIP Settings: Change supported options directly from the on-screen menu
• Backup and Restore: Back up stored high scores and restore them when needed
• Reset Button: Restart the game without powering the cabinet off
• Separate Score Tables: Supports different tables for 2, 3, 4, or 5 lives
• Fast Boot: Reduces startup time without lengthy initialization
• Stealth Mode: Boots directly into gameplay
• ROM Saver: Designated original program ROMs may be removed because the program runs directly from the kit when installed as directed
• Cabinet Compatibility: Supports documented upright and cocktail cabinet configurations
• Optional Wi-Fi: Adds qualifying online leaderboard score submission while keeping local score saving

Access the HighScoreSaves BurgerTime Settings Menu

To access the settings menu, hold Player 1 Start while turning the cabinet on. Release the button when the on-screen prompt tells you to continue.

Why Upgrade Your Original BurgerTime PCB?

A restored BurgerTime cabinet should still feel like the original Data East arcade machine. This kit keeps the original PCB in place while adding Free Play, high score saving, menu-driven settings, ROM Saver support, Backup and Restore, Reset Button support, and optional online leaderboard features.

The ribbon cable daughter-card installation avoids CPU removal, making it a practical upgrade for collectors and operators who want reliable score retention without converting the cabinet to emulation or replacement hardware.

Installation Information

Optional Wi-Fi Features and Online Leaderboards

Standard kits save scores locally to the PCB. Wi-Fi is optional and is not required for normal BurgerTime gameplay, local score saving, Free Play, Coin-Up operation, menu settings, Backup and Restore, Reset Button support, Fast Boot, Stealth Mode, or ROM Saver operation.

Upgrade to a Wi-Fi Enabled Kit to submit qualifying scores online and compete against players through the HighScoreSaves global leaderboard platform.

BurgerTime Free Play and High Score Save Kit FAQ

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