/vr/ - Retro Games

Yakiniku Bugyou is a... BBQ sim. You are presented with a top-down view of a grill where different cuts of meat (plus fried melon slices) are placed in an order you can't control. Above, you will see the portraits of demanding and hungry BBQ-goers showing which cuts they want. Your job is to watch the grill like a hawk, making sure that the meat is cooked at its best possible point before dragging it to the character portraits in order to feed it to them. Their reaction will indicate whether you did well or not.

The characters' portraits, which are varied and represent people from all walks of life, will usually clue you into their general tastes, and you'll also need to consider how well-cooked they like their meat. It's a very simplistic puzzler without many variables, but as more demanding and varied customers step up and you start placing a lot of pieces on the grill, the tension begins to mount and you'll really need to be a master griller to succeed. The game was successful enough to be re-released as part of the Best of the Best collection and was considered for being brought over as a PSOne Import on PSN.