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The History of Tapper - Arcade Console Documentary

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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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20 Comments

@Larry 2 years ago

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

@aaronperretta4303 2 years ago

Pat is Tap backwards, man.
That means something.

@tims4502 2 years ago

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.

@justinwilliam6534 2 years ago

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

@bickman2k 2 years ago

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.

@PlasticCogLiquid 2 years ago (edited)

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

@F1ghtGam3r 2 years ago (edited)

History of Domino Man & Timber

@サターモーン_カルヴィリ 2 years ago

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.

@kevinsmithwoo 2 years ago

How can I like this video a 100x times?

@scarymcclary 2 years ago

My favorite arcade game next to Wrestlefest.

@bruceaskew2107 2 years ago

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

@jamesnoble3502 2 years ago

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.

@ricardocantoral7672 2 years ago (edited)

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

@DingusDullmanTheodore 2 years ago

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

@lukehinkle9614 2 years ago

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 🍺 🎉

@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial 2 years ago

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!

@bobkerolls13 2 years ago

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!

@lambrinos 2 years ago

Holy crap, the ZX Spectrum was queeftastic

@Djclyve 2 years ago

There was a game at my arcade where you could win a beer. A REAL BEER. It was a refrigerator with a game built into the front of it, and you had to guide a pinball up to the top hole moving and tilting metal slides. I’ve never seen anyone win it. This must’ve been like around 1982.