The History of Tapper - Arcade Console Documentary

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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[@Larry]

The British home computer ports used Pepsi for the branding as Mountain Dew wasn't sold in the UK at the time.

[@Deathtank75]

hey Larry! waiting for your next vid!

[@StevenCusic]

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

[@Larry]

@@StevenCusic You can import it, but there's a legal recipe version available in stores.

[@TomTokyoYugi]

@@Larry Hello you!

[@theodorehsu5023]

Same for the Apple II version. I remember the bonus screen where the Mountain Dew logo was on the back glass.

[@tims4502]

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.

[@jamesnoble3502]

Weird, I thought you already covered this game a few years ago. Anyway I can't get past level eight or nine to the alien bar stage no matter how often I've tried over the years. It's a hurdle I can't get over. I was playing it on a friend's MAME today and at an arcade last night.

[@aaronperretta4303]

Pat is Tap backwards, man. That means something.

[@TomTokyoYugi]

I Agree 👍

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL possibly

[@Zontar82]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries PATTER then

[@x-crisis]

how Apt

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

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

[@DIASTCartoons]

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.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

@@DIASTCartoons Yep, I loved Pac-Lands art. I played the crap out of the Lynx version back in the day

[@tarstarkusz]

Hey Patman, would it be possible to add a few things to your videos? 1) The MSRP of the cabinet at the time of release. 2) The chipset (CPU, graphics chip and sound chip). This could be done in 20 seconds or just shown on the screen briefly. You say this machine sold 4000 roughly. At 2g a piece (a wild guess), that's only 8 million in revenue for Bally. Knowing the original cost of the machines would help put some of the economics of these machines into play. Earning thousands of Dollars back a quarter at a time, probably took longer in most locations than there was really time to make bank on them. With new ones coming out all the time back then, your quarter had a lot of choice.

[@justinwilliam6534]

Tapper is used in Wreck it Ralph which Tapper is voiced by my friend Maurice LaMarche.

[@hadeees]

Maurice LaMarche can't be your friend because he is my friend!

[@nerdcraftercoley7305]

He's not my friend but he's one of the greatest voice actors of all time.

[@ThunderFist1978]

It always drove me nuts that they used the original Tapper cabinet and used the bartender sprite from the original Tapper, but then made root beer the drink he was serving. I think they should have just made the whole thing Root Beer Tapper rather than potentially confuse people like that, since the root beer version was its own game and not just a concept.

[@nahumgardner]

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.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much!How nice of you to say, thanks

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Patman I love your intro now!!! It's the intro on fire edition *BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!!*

[@TomTokyoYugi]

REJECTED!!!!

[@SaturmornCarvilli]

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.

[@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial]

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!

[@TomTokyoYugi]

That sounds nice and sweet right there ♥️

[@joezar33]

Suck that it wasn't ported to 7800 , NES , Sega Master System 😕

[@scarymcclary]

My favorite arcade game next to Wrestlefest.

[@kevinsmithwoo]

How can I like this video a 100x times?

[@bruceaskew2107]

I had so much fun with tapper i get to play every once in awhile when i visit galloping ghost

[@XjasondagX]

This is one of my all time favorites! Glad to see you did an episode on this! It's much appreciated from this viewer!

[@F1ghtGam3r]

History of Domino Man & Timber

[@bickman2k]

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.

[@SomeRandomDudeOnTheInternet827]

First Super Pac-Man, now Tapper?! This is the reason I love this channel.

[@TomTokyoYugi]

Me too, I really enjoy this channel too.

[@tarstarkusz]

The term soda predates what we call soda pop. Carbonated water was often (though not exclusively) called soda water. IMHO, the term pop is just a regional thing. Pretty cool for a region to have their own name for something nationwide. But in the end, it's soda. The soda companies themselves call it soda.

[@Rickydiculus]

Its all Coke south of the Ohio river

[@kbramlett6877]

@@Rickydiculus And that is God's honest truth.

[@Hellwyck]

@@Rickydiculus ...and in Colombia, apparently.

[@SharonisCarin321]

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

[@agentmith]

I swear I played the Budweiser version in a Chuck E. Cheese when I was little.

[@kbramlett6877]

I am unsure if Chuck E. Cheese (Charles Entertainment Cheese) still does, but back in the 80's they sold beer which could be a reason you saw it there.

[@daerth4423]

I distinctly remember playing that version there as well as a kid.

[@lukehinkle9614]

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 🍺 🎉

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I still find it creepy when a customer grabs Domino Man and hurls him into a black void. 😮

[@SteveCrew925]

Wow Patman you went above and beyond with this video ! Keep it up man!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks, will do!

[@jamesmoss3424]

Tapper is a 80's arcade game I will play the arcade game and I never drink alcohol in my life. 😀👍🎮

[@justinblessing6119]

HAPPY little comment.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks

[@lambrinos]

Holy crap, the ZX Spectrum was queeftastic

[@TomTokyoYugi]

Yep it was.

[@jamesnoble3502]

I have yet to see any game not look like ass on the ZX Spectrum

[@mrburgess1698]

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.

[@blackflame4506]

I always make time for another PatmanQC video in my schedule. Thanks for another awesome retrospective!

[@bobkerolls13]

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!

[@Angellmbrr]

Funny how you mention the C64 was not a good version, yet that's the only tapper that I ever played and I remember it had tons of fun and spent hours and hours in it. 😮

[@s34nvideos]

One of my favourite arcade games!

[@inphanta]

I'm so glad you covered this as Tapper is one of my all time favourite games. I first encountered it at a roller rink when I was in secondary school. I'd taken a little break from the skating, went to sit down and found the arcade cabinet (in its 'Root Beer' form) in the corner and ended up playing it for a good half hour! 😂 I had the 64 cart of this as well as it somehow ended up in my collection. That version was OK. Thanks again for the great content. :)

[@bbuildingfan01]

Wow! Somebody actually did the history of this game. This should be very interesting❤

[@johnnygrind77]

Budweiser doesn't agree with me, so I drink it if I need to ::ahem:: clean out the basement haha

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL good call

[@erneststackhouse1133]

i showed my wife the Atari version as she loves Mountain Dew. On my bucket list is to play this game at a bar with a glass of beer resting on the cabinet! Then drink every time you lose a life! Thanks for this documentary & all your videos no matter how long they are it seems to just fly by! Always great to watch! Thanks again for another awesome Video!

[@mrf19741]

My Mother absolutely loved this game! She would loop it on a regular basis at our local arcade. Ironically, a Barcade opened up right across the street from my job last year, and one of the Classic games they have is the original Budweiser Tapper!

[@Roger-fs5yo]

I was wondering if we'd hear from the Pat dude today😎

[@TomTokyoYugi]

PatmanQC is awesome! 👍

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Sorry I've been sick the last few days

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks buddy

[@JasonMarshMusic]

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

[@majikman7355]

I remember how good the arcade version was ....Coleco disappointed

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It looked pretty good, and it plays pretty good but the animation is so choppy

[@kbramlett6877]

There is a small Easter Egg. On the title screen, while the letters of Tapper/Root Beer Tapper are filling up, hold down on both taps and a screen of the programmers will pop up

[@theeddieage570]

I downloaded the Midway classics for this game and I get stuck at bar 3 and can't get to 4!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Bar three is pretty difficult

[@chrislaustin]

This was released during the golden age of arcades, as Tapper was one of the most creative coin ops ever released. On any given trip to an arcade, 7-11, laundromat, pizza parlor, etc., you could literally see almost anything. I was lucky enough as a kid to play both versions, but I didnt have a preference either way. I was never the best player, but I loved the creativity of the game, so I would always play it at least once anytime I ran across a cab.

[@TomTokyoYugi]

COOL! 😎

[@theodorehsu5023]

Go to the Wikipedia page for Tapper, there is a link where you can play Tapper online too.

[@puertoriconnect4611]

Damn that Alien level is so cool but it’s so damn hard to get to

[@TomTokyoYugi]

Yeah me too!

[@retrobeliever]

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!!!

[@Raphael_De_La_Ghetto]

18:47 😂 you’re pulling my chain right? 😂 Tell me those aren’t the actual sfx and music

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Are you kidding? Those are o 100% the real sounds. I even checked different play through's on KZbin and they all sound the same. I thought it might have been an emulation issue

[@SharewareWizard]

*watching video* There's no way the ZX spectrum could sound as bad as he's making ou-OH MY GOD.

[@jamesnoble3502]

😂😂😂

[@capntinwhistle]

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.

[@BlackArroToons]

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.

[@kenwheeler3637]

Hey, Pat. Another great vid. I've always liked Tapper. The originality of the cabinet design is exceptionally cool.

[@lucinawalker3261]

I need to find that Suntory Tapper, cause I assume that is Suntory, the company that makes all my favorite brands of whisky and CC Lemon. What a treat that would be also I am glad someone else remembers Tapper: World Tour, it was a truly addicting mobile game

[@rush1er]

What a lot of fun this was seeing Tapper again! Played it as a kid at my local pizza parlor. Thanks Pat!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thanks for watching

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

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. 😄

[@Nokia3310do]

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 🙂

[@angrytheclown801]

I never cared for this. I played the Root Beer version in an old A&W fittingly enough as a kid and I found it too busy. Now that's laughable as we play games where you balance ten times or more game elements and mechanics but back with little Angry, there was just too much going on.

[@zachariahscott6648]

Nice to see you again Mr.Patman. Looks like you found my next download for Mame. Rootbeer Tapper! 😇👍

[@xethnyrrow]

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.

[@SovrinnK]

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.

[@RyanRead]

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.

[@Fastbikkel]

Thanks again for sharing a nice video on another classic game. I also played the C64 version during my days and i liked it. It's nice to see it again and you are right about the criticism. I can remember seeing the arcade machine, but only once. Thery weren't everywhere in the arcades we had.

[@J45yu456]

PMQC for the win! Thank you for consistently giving us quality content

[@mulry101]

This is a fun game!

[@jasonz7788]

Bravo Sir thank you! Your historical perspective is always appreciated! Arcades culture isa huge part of gen x

[@MPK112233]

Another Top Notch episode. May you continue these videos forever, always appreciate another new episode!

[@OptimusPrimeribs]

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.

[@coolnut99]

1:30 Thanks a lot, now I'm reminded of that beer-catching QTE in that crap game "The Town With No Name".

[@BURRITO44]

Great video ! I am surprised that some arcade ports for the Colecovision were poor,

[@F3z07]

I first learned about this game from a youtube video, I suppose talking about its unique controls. So cool that the one and only Patman chose to teach us about it!

[@christhompson2006]

I've only seen this version a couple of times. Usually, if i find this game, it's the root beer taper version.

[@HonkyTonkBuffalo]

First time I ever saw/played this game was at Kings Island amusement park!! It actually was the Budweiser version too. It was in the arcade over by The Racer. I never got to play it again, until I got the Midway collection for my PS2. It's still one of my all time favorite games. 😀🍺

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Like when he wins he'll do crazy Antics like a glass would get stuck His head or he'll break a glass on purpose.😂

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes, always funny to see what he would do

[@luisreyes1963]

I remember the Root Beer Tapper game at Aladdin's Castle in Chicago.

[@PANTYEATR1]

This was an ex's favorite game. I use to compete with her. Cool game which i still own💪

[@billcox8870]

You can play a version of this in Fallout 4. There are several other games as well.

[@sparkster1701]

The serving minigames in Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude clearly take their inspiration from Tapper. There is even one with you serving drinks as a clear homage, though without the references like the Bud logo.

[@mightyfilm]

Suntory is actually more of a general beverage company, even producing a lot of non-alcoholic drinks like C.C. Lemon (of which the Simpsons did commercials for). And interestingly not the only game Suntory would be associated with, but in a very odd way. Konami seems to have licensed the penguins from Arctic Adventure for a series of Suntory Beer adverts and one really odd movie that both companies deny the existence of. Anyway, I love this game, but in all my years of playing could never get past the punk bar level. And I did see the original beer version at a family friendly boardwalk arcade. Recently a Barcade opened up in the same city that arcade was and also has the original Bud Tapper.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Played this in the midway compilation on PS1.(At youth) And PC.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I Played it under emulation then later the compilations

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

They had the beer version of this at Chuck E Cheese when I was a kid. It was fun to play

[@JRod-zr8qk]

That Spectrum version..... 🤣🤣😂🤣.... Queeferrific!!!

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

I remember seeing this in that movie wreck it ralph Never played it

[@tmapes1989]

Bummer!!!

[@baltimoreluke]

i'm old enough to remember the original cabinet. my grandfather took me to a local bar where they had one. it was too hard and frustrating for me as a kid. i usually put my quarters in the pinball machine instead

[@nobodyimportant8859]

Peter pepper is the burgertime chef. The arcade 1up has a misprint and spell his name Petter Peper

[@vidarlystadjohansen9829]

the zx spectrum "music" , I have no words

[@jamesnoble3502]

ZX Spectrum ANYTHING is God awful 😂

[@bowlsbeersbrawls]

Wow, that ZX Spectrum audio is by far the worst thing I've heard

[@andreasstavrinou6219]

Loved this classic 83 Budwieser sud Buster.❤😂

[@woofan25]

I was introduced to this game on a PS3 compilation as Root Beer Tapper and it wasnt until later I knew the real origin lol

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent

[@jahdorose8659]

I never heard of this anyway good evening

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Good evening my friend

[@ryanbarre2390]

I seen a vr version which was soda, can scoop ice cream in soda for a bonus

[@iankempster7007]

Never did see this in the great white north. Great video as always.

[@asunachan9999]

I had a sixth sense to check this channel & lo and behold! A new vid! 😁🕹️❤🇵🇭

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You must be psychic! Thanks for watching

[@tmapes1989]

Another great vid from PAT!!! I would love to have an original with the beer shelf and brass rail!!!

[@marceltiel7919]

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...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

No I'm still sick

[@wanderandargo]

Nice use of Sam's magic bar slide there 🍻

[@andyauthor2007]

I highly recommend this game as well. Of course, the arcade version is the best way to play. The game is addicting and a lot of fun. That ZX Spectrum version looks terrible, and the sound from that game is enough to grind your eardrums to a bloody pulp. Great video though.

[@TomTokyoYugi]

Me too!

[@backpackingtony1779]

Weed? Check! Bong is clean? Check! Got snacks? Check! I’m ready for your newest video! 🎉

[@Dorelaxen]

I'm smoking too, but it's some butter rum 'baccy through my 18 inch churchwarden pipe.

[@tmapes1989]

Just popped a gummy!!!

[@TomTokyoYugi]

Nah I'll pass just drinking some root beer tap soda so old famous fashion root beer 🍻

[@Jamie-nx2cg]

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.

[@Mr_Oggie]

Tapper! Funny thing: This game holds a special place in my life, even though I never played it in an arcade (or bar) and I only ever played the Commodore 64 version 2-3 times... When I was 12 years old I was teaching myself how to program in assembler on the Commodore 64 and by 13 I wrote a block of code that made it super easy to manipulate and detect multiple sprites, beyond the system limit, on the screen. My code block wound up making its way in to hundreds of games on the C64, but Tapper was the very first one

[@theodorehsu5023]

I only played the Apple II version as a kid, and it wasn't until the Wikipedia article had a link to where you could play the original game online was I able to play the Budweiser version.

[@ErikRosenquist]

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.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

The Atari version looks like there Flipping us off from the wall.😂

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

100%

[@Jon_from_LI]

I found it interesting that in Wreck it Ralph, Tapper serves Root Beer instead of Bud for obvious reasons.

[@gustyko8668]

6:22

[@PREPFORIT]

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.

[@jamesnoble3502]

😮😅

[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

I always thought the graphics had a very high resolution for the time