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Author Topic: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper  (Read 2879 times)

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ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Games played so far: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,156317.0.html


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Game Name : Tapper
ROM Name  = tapper
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Settings:
   Uh, normal?
   (Service Mode = Off, Demo Sounds On, Cabinet Upright, Coin Meters 1 for Dips)

Controls:   
    Joystick (4-way) and One Button (Pour dat Sweet Sweet Beer)




Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game developed by Marvin Glass and Associates and released by Bally Midway.[1][2] Tapper puts the player in the shoes of a bartender who must serve eager, thirsty patrons before their patience expires[3] while collecting empty mugs and tips.

Originally sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, the arcade version features a Budweiser motif.[4] It was intended to be sold to bars, with cabinets sporting a brass rail footrest and drink holders. Early machines had game controllers that were actual Budweiser beer tap handles, which were later replaced by smaller, plastic versions with the Budweiser logo on them.[5] The re-themed Root Beer Tapper followed in 1984, which was developed specifically for arcades because the original version was construed as advertising alcohol to minors.




KLOV: https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=12839

Beer.

Angry patrons want more beer.  You serve them, and they slide backwards whilst drinking it, as bar patrons are wont to do. Push them off screen to clear them from the bar; when all the bars are clear, next level! 

Bonus levels in between: you want to open the beer that wasn't shaken up by the hamburglar or whatever. 

I'm no scoring expert at this but I sure did love it on my Colecovision as a kid.  I imagine going for longer levels and picking up tips is probably better than trying for quick level clears, but I'm not sure on that.  Beer.  Beer beer beer.

Current Scores:

1. j.fitzenr - 66,400
2. yamatetsu - 60,525
3. acvieluf - 45,825
4. epetti - 39,425
5. jasonbar - 18,875

Last day: Sunday, July 29th 2018, midnight Pacific Time
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« Last Edit: July 29, 2018, 10:06:49 am by j.fitzenr »

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2018, 08:52:12 pm »
Guess I'll get this started. 

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2018, 11:24:58 pm »
Had my monitor repaired.

Opportunity to play 2 quick games on my cab.

OK, I'll go back under my rock now. :]

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2018, 01:14:29 am »
Almost a personal best. 39,425


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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2018, 09:36:48 pm »
45,825

Probably my last score, too, as I'm leaving for vacation. We'll see if I can push my own PB up.

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2018, 03:42:16 am »
60,525.

                  

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2018, 02:11:23 am »
Milk the first two boards for a start of ten thousand or so. Past that it ramps up and will get you. I made this mistake this game. Shell game should be a staple (and easy if you cheat and track it with your finger). I ended on level 5.

Also, I notice the previous comps have been twelve days. Is there a reason this one is three weeks?
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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2018, 06:46:37 am »
Last day: Sunday, August 5th 2018, midnight Pacific Time
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Also, I notice the previous comps have been twelve days. Is there a reason this one is three weeks?

The competition lasts 14 days. Good catch!

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2018, 06:50:02 am »
73,375. That took a lot of cursing and yelling. Strangely, I seem to get better when I stop caring about the score and just play.

                  

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2018, 10:09:31 am »
You'd think after making enough of these posts I'd stop screwing them up.  Thanks for the heads up Mr. Peabody!

Nice scores all around, maybe I'll see if I can spend a few hours this evening and try to claw my way back to the top

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2018, 11:52:54 am »
Done! Mr. Peabody, your turn to choose the next game.
                  

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2018, 03:03:30 am »
PMed Mr. Peabody, no response. Soo, since j.fitzenr made the second place, would you like to do the next game? Or should we ask epetti?
                  

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ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2018, 11:13:16 am »
I'm good either way. Happy to create one if needed or leave it to j.fitzenr.

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2018, 12:24:05 pm »
I forced y'all to play Prehistoric Isle in 1930.  I'll let epetti do this one ;)

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2018, 12:36:42 pm »
Cool. I'll get something setup later today.

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Re: ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Now playing game #15 - Tapper
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2018, 03:48:59 pm »
Ok. Posted Game #16: The New Zealand Story.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,157935.0.html