Tapper Amstrad CPC

Ocean Software Ltd (Duncan Sinclair, Paul Holmes, F. David Thorpe), Platinum Productions (Ian Morrison, David J. Anderson & Robin Muir)

Tapper

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>Belly-busting Soda fountain fun, including: Mad-Cat, soda-starved, >clambering Cowboys, sports fans, punks, and space creatures. Plus a >head-spinning Soda Bandit Bonus Round Awesome colour-packed action >graphics. Just try to keep your cool as hot headed, crazy customers >blitz your bar for another cold one. > -- <cite>Cassette cover</cite> ***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 (or root beer) and collect empty mugs and tips. ***Gameplay*** 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. 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. Source:[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapper)