You are a soda jerk serving root beer to patrons.
Root Beer Tapper was produced by Bally Midway in 1984.
Bally Midway released 96 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Bally Midway was based in United States.
Other machines made by Bally Midway during the time period Root Beer Tapper was produced include: E2088, Gold Ball, Grand Slam (4 player version), Domino Man, Discs Of Tron, Granny and the Gators, Black Pyramid, Ten Pin Champ, Spy Hunter, and Kings of Steel
Name | Root Beer Tapper |
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Developer | Bally Midway (United States) |
Year | 1984 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 9366 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Platform |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | Midway MCR III |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player Ambidextrous |
Controls |
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Sound | Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Control Panel | Root Beer Tapper Control Panel Image |
Side Art | Root Beer Tapper Side Art Image |
This game is almost exactly like the original Tapper except that the character you control is a soda jerk instead of a bartender, the beverage that is served is root beer instead of Budweiser beer and the background music is different.
Like in the original game, the first level is a western saloon where the customers are cowboys and cowgirls. The second level is a sports bar where the customers are athletes including baseball players, football players, basketball players and tennis players. The third level is a punk bar where the customers are punk rockers and the fourth level is a space bar where the customers are strange alien creatures from other planets all over the universe.
You must serve everyone a root beer before they work their way up to the kegs. You must also grab the empty mugs before they slide off the bar. Extra points are awarded for collecting tips. Bonus rounds involve locating and opening the one can that has not been shaken-up, and serving it.
Overall Like |
4.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 2.75 |
Fun (Solo) | 4.25 |
Collector Desire | 3.40 |
Gameplay | 4.50 |
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Graphics | 4.50 |
Originality | 4.25 |
Sound/Music | 4.00 |
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This nearly identical game of Tapper was later released because the law told Bally Midway that they were not supposed to advertise alcohol in the arcades to minors.
Play the game on-line (requires Shockwave) at http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/tapper
COPY OF: Tapper
There are 15,167 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,329 machines (6,975 unique titles).
Common - There are 43 known instances of this machine owned by Root Beer Tapper collectors who are active members. Of these, 42 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Root Beer Tapper machines for sale.
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This game ranks a 9 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 23 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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