Root Beer Tapper3/9/2024 “A lot of the older games, like Defender, are so hard. You move to the next level when all counters are successfully empty. You must keep everyone happy while never spilling or allowing an empty glass to smash. As customers finish, they toss their empties down the bar. When a customer appears, they need a drink. You’re job is to serve beers to customers across four long bar counters stacked vertically. Like many golden age arcade titles, Tapper is brilliantly simple. “You’re a bartender, it’s an arcade game serving beer, and we’re an arcade serving beer.” “If you could distill the essence of a bar and an arcade, Tapper is it,” says Danny Marks, co-owner of Chicago’s Emporium barcade. And in a new age of gaming where arcade cabinets are mostly confined to iOS ports, collectors’ homes, or the hippest bars, it’s still going strong. Tapper, an arcade game published by the all-time greats at Midway (responsible for everything from Rampage to NBA Jam), turns 30 this year. And back in the early 1980s, the “King of Beers” was approached with its greatest opportunity-a videogame where you’re the bartender. From All-American cans to Clydesdales, Budweiser knows marketing.
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