1/26/2024 0 Comments Root beer tapper arcade game![]() Bonus stages feature the bartender shaking nearly all the Bud cans in a lineup, mixing ‘em up and asking you to choose one. A giant Budweiser logo sits on the main wall in bar levels and the Budweiser blimp shows up in the outdoor level two. And the game’s marquee is styled to look like stained glass (ala a vintage bar sign or light fixture) with a tilted, ice cold Budweiser mug as its centerpiece. The joystick sits atop wood paneling like a classic bar counter the sides are flanked by gold plates to be used as resting spots for your own beverage. Buttons are replaced by taps you pull to pour and release to deliver a frosted beer. Perhaps the best part of Tapper is its design. You’re drinking and playing videogames, so they step up to Tapper where you’re serving beer and it’s another level.” We see a lot of people who haven’t played these games in forever, they step up to Asteroids and it’s like, ‘OK, that was a fun eight seconds of losing.’ But Tapper is simple enough to learn how the controls work. “A lot of the older games, like Defender, are so hard. ![]() You move to the next level when all counters are successfully empty. You must keep everyone happy while never spilling or allowing an empty glass to smash. ![]() As customers finish, they toss their empties down the bar. When a customer appears, they need a drink. You’re job is to serve beers to customers across four long bar counters stacked vertically. Like many golden age arcade titles, Tapper is brilliantly simple. “You’re a bartender, it’s an arcade game serving beer, and we’re an arcade serving beer.” “If you could distill the essence of a bar and an arcade, Tapper is it,” says Danny Marks, co-owner of Chicago’s Emporium barcade. And in a new age of gaming where arcade cabinets are mostly confined to iOS ports, collectors’ homes, or the hippest bars, it’s still going strong. Tapper, an arcade game published by the all-time greats at Midway (responsible for everything from Rampage to NBA Jam), turns 30 this year. And back in the early 1980s, the “King of Beers” was approached with its greatest opportunity-a videogame where you’re the bartender. From All-American cans to Clydesdales, Budweiser knows marketing.
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