History VideoGame / Tapper

The game played a role in Film/WreckItRalph, as the arcade characters' after-hours hangout. Maurice [=LaMarche=] played the bartender.

** On the {{UsefulNotes/Atari2600}} version the bonus stage has a Mountain Dew logo.

** On the UsefulNotes/Atari2600 version the bonus stage has a Mountain Dew logo.

** On the UsefulNoes/Atari2600 version the bonus stage has a Mountain Dew logo.

The ''Tapper'' game screen features four bars. Patrons arrive periodically at the end of the bar opposite the player and demand drinks. The player must draw and serve drinks to the patrons as they slowly advance towards the player. If any customers reach the player's end of the bar, they grab the player-as-bartender and toss him out the far end of the bar, costing the player a life. You also die if you break a glass mug, either by sending a full one down the bar with no patron to catch it or by failing to catch one of the empties being slid back to you.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The game's theme is a rendition of the classic folk song "Oh, Susanna!"

* ShellGame: The bonus round has six cans, and a villain shakes five of them while the bartender's not looking. He then gets to his end of the bar and pounds for service. This causes the cans to shuffle back and forth. As the bartender, you must choose which can is the only one still unshaken for bonus points.

* BarSlide: You deliver drinks to the customers this way, but if a customer gets to the end of bar without being served, ''you'll'' be the one who gets slid.

* ProductPlacement: The Budweiser logo can be clearly seen in some levels. The original, not for kids version had its marquee glass proudly displaying the Budweiser logo instead of the game's actual name.

''Tapper'' is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer to advancing hordes of thirsty patrons, and collect empty mugs and tips.

* BonusRound: It was kind of like a shell game. There were six cans of beer (or soda, depending on the game) on a table, and a shady-looking guy would shake up five of them. Choosing the unshaken one after they were shuffled (and not getting hit in the face with foam) gained you points).

** The ZXSpectrum home game didn't seem to have much branding... until you got a giant Pepsi logo for the bonus stage.

* TimeManagementGame

* DistractedByTheSexy: This happens when the bartender collects money.

* ShellGame: One bonus round has six cans, and a villain shakes five of them while the bartender's not looking. He then gets to his end of the bar and pounds for service. This causes the cans to shuffle back and forth. As the bartender, you must choose which can is the only one still unshaken for bonus points.

The ''Tapper'' game screen features four bars. Patrons arrive periodically at the end of the bar opposite the player and demand drinks. The player must draw and serve drinks to the patrons as they slowly advance towards the player. If any customers reach the player's end of the bar, they grab the player-as-bartender and toss him out the far end of the bar, costing the player a life. You also die if you break a glass mug, by sending it down an empty bar with no patron to catch it.

** Additionally, the version made for release in Japan replaced Budweiser for Suntory.

** The alien bar seems to be using TheJimmyHartVersion of the Film/StarWars Cantina theme.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The games theme is a rendition of the classic folk song "Oh, Susanna!"

There's a version called ''Simpsons Tapper'' with ''TheSimpsons'' characters hacked into the graphics.

''Tapper'' has examples of

* FrothyMugsOfWater - For ''Root Beer Tapper''.
* NoobCave - the first level can be reliably completed within two seconds by pressing fire, up, fire, up, fire, up, fire. The second one as well, by doubling up on the fire key in the sequence above. After that, things get noticeably harder.
* PaletteSwap - several later levels are mirror images of earlier levels.
* ProductPlacement - Budweiser logo can be clearly seen in some levels. The original, not for kids version had its marquee glass proudly displaying the Budweiser logo instead of the game's actual name.

Four variants of the game were released (the first three together in 1983), with similar gameplay but different graphics and music. The first was with Budweiser branding, meant for bars in the US. Second, a variant with Suntory branding, meant for Japan. Third, a 'generic' variant, meant for use anywhere else. Finally, ''Root Beer Tapper'' was released in 1984, developed specifically for family-friendly arcades. This version became necessary when parents objected to some family arcades carrying Budweiser Tapper, on the grounds that this was a way to advertise alcohol to children.

''Tapper'', also known as ''Root Beer Tapper'', is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer and collect empty mugs and tips.

The ''Tapper'' game screen features four bars. Patrons arrive periodically at the end of the bar opposite the player and demand drinks. The player must draw and serve drinks to the patrons as they slowly advance towards the player. If any customers reach the player's end of the bar, they grab the player-as-bartender and toss him out the far end of the bar, costing the player a life. You also die if any of the glasses break.

Several variants of the game were released, with similar gameplay but different graphics and music. The first was with Budweiser branding, followed in 1984 by ''Root Beer Tapper'', which was developed specifically for arcades because the original version was construed as advertising alcohol to minors (since many of the games appeared in video game arcades).

* BarSlide: You deliver drinks to the customers this way, but if a customer gets to the end of bar without being server, ''you'll'' be the one who gets slid.