The History of Tapper - Arcade Console Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- The history of everyone's favorite mustachioed Barber. Sorry for the delay in between videos. This one was 99% complete Three days ago with just the thumbnail having to be done . All of a sudden I got really sick and my computer started to act up which means a reformats is in the cards. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video.
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I realized how violent this game was. I mean, you drop a glass and you die. You don’t serve someone a drink and they kill you.
The British home computer ports used Pepsi for the branding as Mountain Dew wasn't sold in the UK at the time.
hey Larry! waiting for your next vid!
Isn't mountain dew illegal in most of Europe? I know it is in estonia, when my gf came to visit me in the usa a let her have some and she got sick haha poor girl. Now I live in tallin and I've never seen the stuff also the Coke here tastes just like it does in the states
@@StevenCusic You can import it, but there's a legal recipe version available in stores.
@@Larry Hello you!
Same for the Apple II version. I remember the bonus screen where the Mountain Dew logo was on the back glass.
Pat is Tap backwards, man.
That means something.
I Agree 👍
LOL possibly
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries PATTER then
how Apt
I love the art of the early Bally/Midway games. All current "Retro" pixel art always looks the same, they always use the SNES style pixel art, but nobody ever copies this earlier style. I like the look of lower res backgrounds and hi-res sprites too
I do like the cartoon pixel artstyle. Pac-Land is another game that had a similar artstyle. I hate that this style is never done because people consider it as "bad/ugly" pixel art.
@@DIASTCartoons Yep, I loved Pac-Lands art. I played the crap out of the Lynx version back in the day
This is my best friend’s first video game that he had ever played (the 2600 version). And it also happens to be his birthday today! I hope he likes it!
That sounds nice and sweet right there ♥️
Suck that it wasn't ported to 7800 , NES , Sega Master System 😕
The first time I played a cabinet of this was at the barber next to my parents flower shop. I'd go in to play from time to time and we'd battle for the high score.
I had so much fun with tapper i get to play every once in awhile when i visit galloping ghost
Rocksmith 2014 has a Tapper mini-game for practicing changing strings on guitar. It's one of the funnier mini-games on Rocksmith, and playing it did improve my guitar playing a little.
Patman I love your intro now!!! It's the intro on fire edition
*BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!!*
REJECTED!!!!
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Holy crap, the ZX Spectrum was queeftastic
Yep it was.
I have yet to see any game not look like ass on the ZX Spectrum
The Spectrum version plays fine but with two main problems; the attribute clash of multiple characters and the music. The music was made worse if you had an original rubber keyed Spectrum as the sound played via a built in speaker, so you could never turn it off or even down.
For anyone in the Tampa Bay area, we have the cocktail cabinet version of Tapper with the original Budweiser branding and joysticks - we would love to welcome any of you as guests. Of course, for @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries beers are on us, as long as you don't slide us along the bar if we're late serving ya!
Thank you so much sir!
Classic game right here.
I loved the game so much I made a smash Bros moveset to Tapper himself.
Legendary game
Wow Patman you went above and beyond with this video ! Keep it up man!
Thanks, will do!
I always watch your new videos, they're always so good. Your channel is a wonderful archive for the history of arcade games, it's really useful.
Thank you very much!How nice of you to say, thanks
Thanks for the history of Root Beer Tapper. I played it a few times and it's a tough challenge once the patrons start sending their glasses back. Lots of shattered glass in the game! Nice review Patman, and cool to see how varied the ported versions were of this unique game.
I always make time for another PatmanQC video in my schedule. Thanks for another awesome retrospective!
Another great documentary. I played this at Arcade Club in Leeds, England for the first time yesterday (they have the Budweiser version). Once you understand the controls and the rhythm, it's a fun game 🙂
I could never not get enough Tapper. That was a staple arcade game for me even played the old Atari X version. I would watch local college students just hitting the game left and right at the arcade.
Found this nearly 40 years ago on one the many, many tapes that came with my first C64.....love it❤
Hope you're doing okay now Patman...
No I'm still sick
Enjoying a PBR while I learn about this fun looking game. Would love to see this in a bar, but I was too young when it came out.
Nice to see you again Mr.Patman.
Looks like you found my next download for Mame.
Rootbeer Tapper! 😇👍
Another Top Notch episode. May you continue these videos forever, always appreciate another new episode!
I must confess that the first time I saw this game about 20 years ago, I don't know why I was so negative about it and thought, "Wow a game serving drinks? This looks so stupid and easy." Boy was I completely wrong! This game is so much fun and I totally understand why it was such a big hit back in the day because it's casual enough to draw you in but complex enough to satisfy any hardcore gamer. After a while you sort of get into a trance or rhythm where you forget where you are and become one with the game trying to plan ahead and time when you should pick up glasses, when you should serve drinks, when you shouldn't and it's such a blast. That day taught me a lesson that just because a game appears simple on the surface doesn't mean it can't be complex and fun. You just have to be open minded and try it. 😄
One of my favourite arcade games!
2024 Queef Awards? You mean the Grammys? lol
Stellar work once again, PatmanQC.
And I know it's cheesy to say this,
but your documentaries bring me comfort.
I played the Root Beer Tapper version as a kid and liked it so much I made fan art of the little "soda jerk." it wasn't until a good decade later that I laid eyes on the Budweiser version, and I honestly thought it was a rom hack or bootleg. It wasn't until the MAME era that I found out the truth.
Thanks for the vid. I was at a vintage arcade in Tokyo yesterday, and saw this game; they rotate their game cabinets frequently. I didn't play it because I always sucked at it. I could say that about half the games you make videos about :p
Patman, I remember Tapper extremely well. I played Root Beer Tapper on Midway Arcade Treasures for the Nintendo GameCube, Xbox & PS2. Old school video games 101.
The Atari version looks like there
Flipping us off from the wall.😂
100%
I remember the first time I saw Tapper at a bowling alley in the late 80s. I’ve only seen a Root Beer cabinet once, but have seen quite a few Budweiser Tapper cabinets since then, and I have a cocktail Tapper cabinet of my own in my basement. I have a feeling it was one of the cocktail cabinets that got Midway in trouble and forced the Root Beer version to be made.
YES! "Tapper" is a CLASSIC! I remember the first time I played this game waaaaaaaaaaay back at a convenient store in my town and I have loved it ever since. Great video,,,,,, as always!
That is exactly where I played it during lunch breaks at school. Thank you
Always good to see you post brother.
I remember my mom's boss had this on his computer. I was pretty amazed at the time. Was so cool to see.
A classic. I never played this one much because I had trouble with the timing of filling then dispensing. Then I'd just go play Gorf because Gauntlet was always full.
PMQC for the win! Thank you for consistently giving us quality content
I remember seeing that original as a kid with that wood and brass foot bar, haven’t seen one since. I didn’t know about the Mt Dew or even the Pepsi info! My god that ZX Spectrum sound made my ears bleed lol, great facts and vid as usual my friend! Hope you’re doing well!!!
Bravo Sir thank you! Your historical perspective is always appreciated! Arcades culture isa huge part of gen x
That Spectrum version..... 🤣🤣😂🤣.... Queeferrific!!!
Another great vid from PAT!!! I would love to have an original with the beer shelf and brass rail!!!
1:30 Thanks a lot, now I'm reminded of that beer-catching QTE in that crap game "The Town With No Name".
Gameplay needed to be simple enough that you could hold a beer and play at the same time, or play if you’ve downed a few pitchers of said beer 🍺 🎉
I remember the Root Beer Tapper game at Aladdin's Castle in Chicago.
Been trying to recall this game for weeks and this popped up in my feed. Thank god. Now if I could get that damned Chumbawamba song out of my head.
Peter pepper is the burgertime chef.
The arcade 1up has a misprint and spell his name Petter Peper
I had it for the computer. Love this game, definitely a part of my childhood.
"Hooches" made me chuckle!
This game's sprite designs always reminded me of a lesser known game known as Wacko. The memories.
omg childhood memory unlocked
Thanks!
This game is one of the best. Simple but fun concept
Wow, back when Budweiser was the #1 selling beer. Bet they wouldn’t have ever imagined they be so far down the list today and certainly wouldn’t ever guessed why 😅
I don't know why? But that's what they did and that's all that counts?
Cause a bunch of “free speech”, sensitive babies decided to cancel them for daring to allow a trans influencer to promote them on their instagram.
The pro free speech, anti-cancel culture, super tough guys, who don’t get offended got super offended, whined, cried, and tried to cancel Budweiser. Bunch of hypocrites.
@@puertoriconnect4611 Huh? I didn't even know?
@@puertoriconnect4611 Cope and seethe, wokester.
More because mainstream American beer tastes like panther p*ss.
It took a while before we Yanks learned better.
I used to play this game a lot when i was i kid, i remember it was on the midway website but then WB owned it and then dissappeared.
Great memories! Cheers! 🇬🇹🍺
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks
This is awesome patty
Thanks my friend
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you're welcome
I'll be playing one of the non-Budweiser versions. I'll just say that the root beer identifies as beer and that magically makes it become real beer.
Budweiser doesn't agree with me, so I drink it if I need to ::ahem:: clean out the basement haha
LOL good call
This is a fun game!
Love Tapper. I have the release of it for N64 that came on a Midway compilation cart. 🤠
I always called soft drinks "soda", but growing up in Tennessee most called everything "coke". If someone asked if you want a coke, you could get Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sprite, or Dr. Pepper if you were lucky. lol
You can play a version of this in Fallout 4. There are several other games as well.
Happy little games, especially if you played the original arcade game and then the surprisingly good Atari 2600 port as I did!
My Mother worked at a little 🍕 place in Jupiter Florida when I was growing up in the 80s. They had a tapper machine and pac man. The circle K across the street had spy hunter and super off road. Good times
Awesome video. Keep going. Greetings from Porto . Portugal.🤗🙏
When I was a kid I played a Budwiser Tapper at Chuck E Cheese in Huntington Beach, CA
had this on the c64, a lot I didn't know before
One cool thing is that Neopets did a game called Slushie Slinger and it has the similar gameplay to it.
Need this on Arcade Archives
@12:50 Rumor has it that Don Bluth did the art designs for that version of the game
Looks like Paperboy grew up to be a bartender in the Atari 2600 port
I remember my friend let's call him Tom tried to copy this game from C64 But every Hacking program failed and the screen said Pirating games is Illegal. That was the first time we saw that and thought for sure Interpol would be at his door.
😮😅
First time i had to lower a Patman video when the Spectrum music was playing. Wow.
*watching video* There's no way the ZX spectrum could sound as bad as he's making ou-OH MY GOD.
😂😂😂
The Coleco Vision port makes him look like Mario
theres an authentic tapper down here in north myrtle beach sc. i used to play the commodore version as a kid
Wow I was NOT ready for how bad the audio is for the ZX version 😂
Thank you for pronouncing "Ree-ooh" correctly.
Man back in the day I was always playing Trapper and getting the clapper 😅😢
18:47 😂 you’re pulling my chain right? 😂 Tell me those aren’t the actual sfx and music
Are you kidding? Those are o 100% the real sounds. I even checked different play through's on RUclips and they all sound the same. I thought it might have been an emulation issue
I downloaded the Midway classics for this game and I get stuck at bar 3 and can't get to 4!
Bar three is pretty difficult
The ZX Spectrum one would have been better with no sound. I'm shocked someone listened to that and wasn't like "this is truly awful"
9:07 did Patman have an ADR session booked?
I had to lower the brightness to 0 on my phone to see the Apple 2 gameplay
This was an ex's favorite game. I use to compete with her. Cool game which i still own💪
my second favorite game
I've played this game countless times over the years either in an arcade or on an emulator or the Midway classics for PS2 and even with the difficulty settings on easy no matter how hard I try I can't get to level 10, the alien bar. I can't clear that final hurdle on stage 9 no matter how fast I try to serve those drinks. It's pretty frustrating
I need to play a little simpsons tapper today.
TAPPER!!
Dude that spectrum version !!! Yaaaaaaoouch!!
Oh Susana!!
LOL no doubt
I seen a vr version which was soda, can scoop ice cream in soda for a bonus
5:40
Got to disagree with the “Pop” placement there in South Carolina.. I agree that soda and coke are accurate, but in dirty myrtle, we don’t drink no pop!
We smoke it!!
Awesome!!!!!! Cheers!!!!!!
I remember how good the arcade version was ....Coleco disappointed
It looked pretty good, and it plays pretty good but the animation is so choppy
Wow, that ZX Spectrum audio is by far the worst thing I've heard
Could have mentioned the Don Bluth reboot
Ive played Root Beer Tapper
Always felt it left out the cutting off the drunk aspect of the bartending job.
good game
Tapper? I barely knew her. 😁
I thought the title said the Fapper.
I used to love playing this game back then but never reached the alien spascehip bar. and yes the sequel to wreck it ralph was absolutely terrible
Kageki
PatManTapper!!!....
*Soda
Loved it but i was lame... lol