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Tapper

Tapper is an action game where you're a beer tapper (barman) and have to serve beer to demanding customers. There are four customers, each has its own lane lengthier than the previous one, whom you have to…

1 December 1984

Tapper is an arcade developed by Bally Midway, released 1 December 1984 on BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Tapper is

Tapper is an arcade game developed by Bally Midway and released in 1984. It was published by Sega Enterprises, Inc.. It is available on BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tapper is an action game where you're a beer tapper (barman) and have to serve beer to demanding customers. There are four customers, each has its own lane lengthier than the previous one, whom you have to keep at bay. If they reach the end of the lane without receiving their beer, you're a goner; if you miss one and accidentally spill beer needlessly you lose a life and should one of them throw you back the mug and you fail to catch it, you lose a life as well. Occasionally a bizarre icon will appear on one of the lines and, should you grab it, will invoke a "cabarette"-style show which will keep some of the customers occupied.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mountain Dew series

Tapper is the first of 8 entries we hold in the Mountain Dew series. The next entry was Tapper in 1984.

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What it launched against

Tapper launched on 1 December 1984, within three weeks of 1942, Knight Lore, Vs. Excitebike and Skool Daze.

Released around the same time: 1942, Knight Lore, Vs. Excitebike, Skool Daze.

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When did Tapper come out?
Tapper was released on 1 December 1984 for BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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