Tapper
76K plays 1983 #Puzzle
Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1984 action video game developed by Marvin Glass and Associates and published by Bally Midway for arcades; in Japan, it was distributed by Sega. The game puts the player in the shoes of a bartender who must serve eager, thirsty patrons (before their patience expires) while collecting empty mugs and tips.
Originally sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, the American arcade version features a Budweiser motif. It was intended to be sold to bars, with cabinets sporting a brass rail footrest and drink holders. Early machines had game controllers that were actual Budweiser beer tap handles, which were later replaced by smaller, plastic versions with the Budweiser logo on them. The re-themed Root Beer Tapper followed in 1984, which was developed specifically for arcades because the original version was construed as advertising alcohol to minors. Shortly after its original release, another version of Tapper was released in Japan, replacing the Budweiser beer references with ones for Japanese beer brand Suntory. Despite retaining the original beer theme, it used the same Budweiser censorship as Root Beer Tapper.
From Wikipedia's article Tapper (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
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Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
3.0 Good job
Players 72 · 89 votes
No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.
Review scorecard
- Graphics 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Players 72 · 89 votes. The same 72/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.
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What the critics said
Compute!'s Gazette called the Commodore 64 version of Tapper "one of the most addictive games we've seen lately... not only fun to play, but also immensely challenging, graphically entertaining, and full of action".
— Compute!'s Gazette· about another version
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Tapper (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.
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