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Burger Burger Pocket is a Japan only Game Boy Color release from 2000, developed by KID. It arrived late in the system's life, a time when quirky simulation games were finding a niche audience. You run a small hamburger shop, and the goal is to serve customers and earn enough money to pay off a large debt.

You control a shopkeeper from a top down perspective, managing all aspects of the tiny restaurant. The main objective is to take customer orders, then manually assemble the burgers by selecting the correct buns, patties, and toppings from your inventory before the customer's patience runs out. Two signature mechanics are the cooking minigame, where you must flip patties on the grill before they burn, and the inventory management, forcing you to purchase new supplies before you run out. The pacing is consistently hectic as the line of customers grows, and the difficulty comes from remembering complex orders under time pressure. It feels like a genuine, frantic scramble to keep a small business afloat.