Let's Compare ( Tapper )
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024
- Arcade 0:55
Atari 2600 2:47
Apple 2 4:27
DOS 6:11
ZX Spectrum 7:50
BBC Micro 9:36
Amstrad CPC 11:14
Atari 8 bit 12:58
Commodore 64 14:37
Colecovision 16:15
Nintendo 64 & Disclaimer 17:59
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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.
Description
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.[2]
In Tapper, the player plays the part of a bartender serving drinks to eager customers. The Budweiser logo is clearly visible in the version pictured here.
The player serves customers by filling a mug at one of the four taps. Once the mug is full, the player releases the tap which automatically slides the mug towards the advancing customer. Customers catch mugs that are slid towards them, as long as they are not already drinking a beer, or otherwise distracted. If a mug is not caught by a customer (whether the customer is already drinking or distracted, or if there is no customer), then it falls off the bar on the other end, resulting in a loss of a life for the player. If a customer does catch the mug, though, then he or she is pushed back some amount towards the opposite end of the screen. The goal is to push the customer completely off the screen, but if they are not then they will stay and consume their drink in place. When a customer finishes his drink, he slides the empty mug back towards the player, after which the customer resumes his advance on the player. The player must collect the empty mugs before they reach the end of the bar and fall to the ground, as a mug falling to the ground costs a life.
Periodically, customers will leave tips on the bar for the player. These tips can be left at any place on the bar. The tip will appear after a specific number of empty mugs are released by the customers, and will appear wherever the customer who releases the required mug is standing. For example, in all levels, the first tip is left by the customer who returns the second empty mug, and will be left beside wherever this customer is standing. By collecting the tip, the player earns extra points and initiates "entertainment" for that level (dancing girls on the wild-west level, cheerleaders on the sports level, etc.). While the entertainment is active, some fraction of the customers will be distracted and stop advancing towards the player, but they will also stop catching mugs.
In order to complete a level, the player must clear the entire bar of customers. Once this is done, the player is presented with a short vignette in which the bartender draws a drink for himself, drinks it, then tosses the empty mug into the air with varying (usually humorous) results, such as kicking it and shattering it or having the mug fall atop his head and cover it.
As the game progresses, the customers appear more frequently, move faster along the bar, and are pushed back shorter distances when they catch their drinks. In addition, the maximum number of customers per bar gradually increases until every bar can have up to four customers at a time.
In between levels of different settings, the player is presented with a "challenge" round. In this segue, the player is presented with a single bar that has six cans of beer or root beer sitting on top of it. A masked villain shakes every can except one and then pounds on the bar, causing the cans to shuffle their positions. It is in essence a shell game. If any other shaken can is picked, it explodes in the bartender/soda jerk's face, after which the right can is revealed. If the player selects the unshaken can, the hero is shown smiling and a message reads "This Bud's For You" (on the Budweiser version) or "This one's for you" (on Root Beer Tapper), and the player is rewarded with extra points.
There are four settings for the game, each setting lasting for two to four levels. The settings of the game are:
A country-western bar with cowboys (2 levels)
A sporting event with athletes (3 levels)
A punk rock bar with rockers (4 levels)
A space bar with aliens (4 levels)
After completing all the levels, 13 in all, the player starts at the first again, harder than the first time through, and with some minor variations.
![[TAS] Tapper Arcade 52 levels](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7a_PpJa5OSI/mqdefault.jpg)
I love how the ZXspectrum's music is just different tones of static
I can actually hear the music in the static.
YOU MAD BRUH?!
Atleast they tried
Rip headphone
Sounds like a dying animal
Being a fan of old-school video games, I was quite excited to see this game featured in the movie "Wreck-It Ralph" for sure. :D
Casey Decker yeah, but I'm sure they were trying to go for Root Beer Tapper, but the design of the bartender was still from the Budweiser Tapper. Oversight? I think NOT!
Wreck-It Ralph should visit all the video game consoles of Tapper and the other games
*Sad Dig-Dug noises*
@I Live In A 16-Bit Van Down By The 8-Bit River Now that you mention it, I was actually able to discover that game for myself when I had played "Midway's Arcade Treasures: Vol. 2" on the Nintendo Gamecube, and it is a pretty fun yet extremely underrated title as well. :D
There goes the ZX Spectrum sounding off to future alien overlords and mankind none the wiser.
Hahaha
I think they got sue cause of pepsi lol
@Boyfriend FNF Every day youtube has a winner. You got it today.
Is the ZX spectrum trying to torture us!?
It has the sound capabilities of a potato
XenoCG it is, and it's the devil.
Probably.
Yes
Just wait till we neoGS it
Listening to the ZX version with headphones is a new life experience. It took me out of this realm.
its transcending - Andy
Who else muted on the ZX Spectrum version?
i tuned it out but now i can't hear anything and there's blood in my ears
I can hear the music in the zx spectrum version it’s just different tones of the static but it kind of sounds like the tapper theme
the zx spectrum version sounds like someone just had a stroke for listening to this horrid theme
:) sounds more like a drone-pipe to me
Mountain Dew? Hmm... This game was MLG before anyone else was.
LEL!
Some versions used fucking Budweiser. Of all the fucking beers on the planet...they had to go for Budweiser...ugh
I'm very impressed with the 2600 version.
Considering the limitations of the atari 2600 hardware its a very impressive port. It actually plays better than either the Apple or Atari 800 ports which have more advanced hardware. Apple I understand, but Atari 800?
@@stephenvoss6092 And it plays better than the GODAWFUL Speccy version too!!!
@@MultiScooter68 Were there any good speccy games?
@@stephenvoss6092 Yes - just not this one...
The transition from the ZX Spectrum version to the BBC Micro version was the greatest experience of my life
You know I woke up this morning thinking I would love to see Tapper compared across 11 video platforms.
I loved the ColecoVision version of this game, one of my favourite arcades
The ZX Spectrum one sounds like it was performed by a chainsaw
I remember playing Barnyard on ps2, now I see the original version of that minigame
Now that is a creepy stare at 13:44
lowkey, that's just pure nightmare fuel
Root Beer Tapper 1983-1984 courtesy of Bally Midway (Video Game)
the bbc micro version is making my eyes burn
The ZX Spectrum version sounds like it's being sung by frogs.
Wreck-It Ralph brought me here! =DDD
Uh not me but watched wreck it ralph 2 and it was great
I gotta wreck it!
I seen this in the " wreck it RALPH" move, and it was epic
Tapper for the Nintendo 64 is the arcade.
Yeah its emulating it, and you can see it is struggling.
Grant Wish at 5:55 o’clock alternate moment even better
Music on Spectrum equals PAIN!
4:33 I love that popping noise tho
I've seen the original mostly at bars. There's actually a bar/old school arcade (hipster central!) by me which has an original Tapper machine, along with a spot to place your beers. Root beer Tapper on the other hands from what I recall, was mostly at all ages places.
Remember that scene in Wreck-It Ralph where Ralph was looking for a medal that he game-jumped into the Tapper arcade machine? (I also noticed that the movie removed the Budweiser logo because it was a Disney movie.)
All bars should operate like this!
The ZX Spectrum sound effects could be used as some sort of torture device ;-).
thanks for pointing that out. Correction made. :) & thanks for the comment. I appreciate it.
Everyone’s going on about the ZX Spectrum version except for one thing, didn’t you notice it was the only one with a bonus round that used Pepsi, almost all the others used Mountain Dew 🥤
The ZX spectrum 48K has a 1-bit beeper. To produce a waveform involves the CPU rapidly turning on/off the beeper. It is CPU intensive, and so this is one of the reasons this sucks so bad. Even the original IBM PC (8088 @ 4.77 Mhz) has a dedicated timer chip (the PIT) connected to a speaker so tones can be generated with very little CPU overhead. The spectrum has to work even to produce a tone.
ZX spectrum broke my ears! XO
There is no NES or Famicom version of tapper WOW...
But a buggy N64 ver.
Blame Nintendo's strict practices back in the days of the NES/Famicom
The bartender looks like he's polishing the pistol in the Apple II version.
i love the arcade version. i'd play it nearly every day after work.
+daveheel On MAME?
no, on an arcade machine at an arcade. miss those.
***** There's an arcade near me where I play Tapper at. Sorry if your jealous now. :(
From the thumbnail of the video, the cross of the A from the video game title makes it look like it says Fapper... lol. Never noticed that, prolly ´cause I wasn´t aware of the word FAP until a few years ago.
Ahh yes ! lord knows when I hear Old Suzana .. I just gotta fap ! lol
I love playing the Budweiser arcade version with MAME, on Vizzed daht kom.
Me too. That one is awesome, man. I also like playing the emulated Colecovision version on Vizzed as well.
GHS This is one instance in which you placed the Atari 2600 version below the Spectrum and the Apple. the graphics on the 2600 are pretty damn good for a system of it's limitations. And the sound/music on the 2600 is AWESOME - almost up there with the arcade.
That BBC Micro audio is such a relief after listening to the Spectrum monstrosity! BBC Micro is actually one of the best from an audio standpoint. It sounds like Master System quality.
Tapper World Tour was the best thing to happen to Tapper. I just wish they made an update already
There's also a "Suntory" version for where Bud wasn't on tap, and most home ports used Mountain Dew for some reason as their liquid vibration of choice.
This is mario when his manager hired him to a drinking bar at 0:56
Did the player kinda forget you can run up the tables?
7:51
worlds longest fart!
The 2600 version is remarkably complete for a 2600 game. The DOS version has better graphics and sound than the Apple ][ version, surprisingly.
The ZX version sounds like hell.
dos is horrible
A hacked version, Fanta Orange Tapper, is also available as a download which allows children to play as a waitress
And it plays very smoothly
Honestly, I like the 2600 version the best... I like that the dancers dance after finishing the level... that's different. The N64 version shouldn't even be on here in my opinion.
I generally don't include consoles like the N64 because of that very reason. However. I am often told "you forgot this version" or "You didn't add this version" .. I did it just to avoid that.. But when I do add them against my better judgement .. I am told things like what You just said. lol I can't win.
Arcade has 3 version: Budweiser (the original), Root beer (for kids and young players) and Suntory (for Japan only, has different music and graphics)
I use to play the N64 version on my brother's system (I think the game itself was a birthday/Xmas gift to him one year).
The Tapper guy looks like Mario
(Conspiracy music plays)
Fearlessjazp Tv International Ltd That is totally incorrect! It was Midway! Where did you hear that it was made by SEGA? Cuz whoever told you that is a HUGE liar.
And yet the ColecoVision comes out pretty well for a console port.
I think all these ports do really well.
Oh good, I thought the title said *Fapper*
HAHAHAHAHA !!! I never noticed that ! And I have a mind that is perverted as hell !!
one I saw puck-man title then said"hey!fuck man!sounds like a mega man boss!"
+Xenogic I thought it said that too! lol
Dito.
That's why I clicked.
16:15 If Tapper was for the NES in 1985.
I have Tapper in 4 forms - Arcade's Greatest Hits Midway Collection 2, Midway Arcade Treasures for PS2 and Xbox, and a Budweiser cocktail cabinet. Nothing compares to playing the arcade version, though. The tapper control makes all the difference.
As long as the tapper works well. Played it in an arcade once and the tapper was loose as hell. Kinda sucked :/
This game is addictive as all hell!
Did you know you can run along the length of the bars to collect the empty mugs faster (and collect tips)?
5:45 Tapper just got MLG.... :P
10:36 the whoosh sound is identical to the hit sound in Konami's Knightmare.
Yup, and apparently it also supports composite, which would again result in different colors. Strictly speaking I'm not sure if there is even a DOS version. The original release might have been a booter.
The ZXspectrum's music is terrifying
ZX spectrum looked like he was giving shot glasses instead of beer mugs.
Sega did the 2600 port, and this one was actually impressive compared to their 2600 Congo Bongo.
I like how ZX spectrum version of tapper is sponsoring Pepsi
the atari 2600 version looks actually impressive for the system.
wait... 3:14 ... is that... MOUNTAIN DEW?
Not only it's impressive but it's also MLG. lawl
Thanks a lot, I highly appreciate your system comparison series!
A small correction:
Colecovision 16:15 (not 18:15)
16:15
I hope Arcade1Up makes this
I come here before saw Wreck It Ralph
True
Juan HERNANDEZ so did I
I cant feel my ears from zx spectrum
tapper should become mlg for c64, atari 800, atari 2600, and apple 2
My god, the MSDOS and ZX Spectrum versions have ear raping music
Set at 0,25 at ZX Spectrum and its ear like a motorcycke
I have a list of requests a mile long. It's proving difficult to keep up. I'll write it down but it may be a LOOONG time !
I didn't realise there were so many versions of this game. I thought the arcade version was the only version
Tom Goss TDG Well it was a popular game so naturally it was ported to like fifty systems.
The music is Oh Susanna!
The zxspectrum version sounds like someone farting the theme of tapper
A very bad 8bit fart
You dont know what is a bepper and a lazy port right?
I bet the arcade game had a lot of controversy back then
I thought the bartender was Mario...
Oh gosh....Was there ever a game on the ZX Spectrum that wasn't horrendous???
The ZX music sounds like R2D2 with a real bad hangover.
lol everyone feels that way.. but I must say ! It's a nice change of pace.. usually people complain about the DOS version making their ears bleed.
geez, a lot of ports are promoting Mountain Dew. I wonder why.
***** An A&W sponsorship would have worked, too.
MLG.
totally reminds me of the scene from wreck it ralph :)
I wish the Coleco Vision stayed around...It really was the best out of them all. Including the Atari. CHANGE MY MIND!!!
Has anyone else thought that this comparison couldn't have been done without Wreck-it Ralph
This is one of my favorite games; I was lucky to have played the arcade version, but can't remember where. I know you're just demonstrating the different versions, but you don't get to show people how to catch the empty glasses by running up to them. I love how it looks like the drink goes up the bartender's nose in the bonus level in the BBC Micro version.
The Zx spectrum made my ears BLEED
7:50
Well, there goes my hearing.
7:50
lol yeah I knew it.. But I was never good at this game anyway. :) Thanks for commenting ! :D
Everyone picking on the ZX Spectrum. Can't we just be proud of it for trying?
10:06 Root Beer Tapper: MLG Edition.
I hate how the arcade ones are the only ones with the victory animation where he drinks something
16:24 Sounds like the melody of "Have you played Atari today?"
16:42
It's the Can Can
@@sladkinable Yes, 16:42 is the can can, but I was referring to 16:24 (which I don't think plays during the can can).
9:25 Pepsi !!!!!!
Sir don't you think you've had enough...
13:44 he stares deep into your soul...
Budweiser tapper could be used in any bars
actually impressed by the 2600 version
thanks you :D Glad You enjoy them :)