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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.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.Originally intended to be sold only to bars, many of the cabinets were designed to look like bars, with a brass rail footrest and drink holders. The controller was designed to look like the tap handles on a real keg. Digitized belches were recorded, but never used.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.There's a version called Simpsons Tapper with The Simpsons characters hacked into the graphics.
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