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Why Was Tapper the Last Great Bartending Experience?

April 17, 2012   Game News


I’ve spent a lot of times in bars recently in preparation for an
upcoming feature, or at least, that’s the excuse I use to make me feel
better about myself. Regardless of the reason, while soaking up the atmosphere of various watering holes around San
Francisco, I began to wonder why more video games haven’t been centered
in and around taprooms. The obvious rebuttal to this statement is,
“What about href="http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/root-beer-tapper/">Tapper?”
to which I would reply, “That was 1983.” Yes, Tapper gave gamers the
opportunity to manage a rather chaotic bar for a short amount of time,
but I feel like after three decades, it’s reasonable to ask for
something more.

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arguably the greatest film in the medium’s first 100 years, is set
almost entirely inside Rick’s Cafe. The smoky din of the gin joint was
captured so perfectly on celluloid that many left the theater feeling
like they had actually taken a trip to Morocco and back. Raymond
Chandler, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Bukowski and countless other authors have wrote
about, and been inspired by, the strange energy that flows from the
bottles of their local watering holes. And so much about music is
associated with pulling your stool closer to the counter — from the
value of a well-stocked jukebox to a small stage nestled in the corner
that has the potential to change your life.

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Our Tapper World Tour/iPod Touch Giveaway: The Results

March 7, 2011   Animation

meeting Don Bluth and his longtime artistic associate Gary Goldman, the creators of Tapper’s visuals and the animation for two iconic 1980s arcade games: Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace. (That’s Bluth and Goldman in the photo above.) I wrote about Bluth’s
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Win Tapper World Tour–and an iPod Touch to Play It on

February 25, 2011   Animation

gaming have another reason to be interested in this revival: Its graphics were designed by Don Bluth, whose animation studio produced the animation for Dragon’s Lair (1983) and Space Ace (1984), two games which used laserdiscs to provide astoundingly
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Win Tapper World Tour–and an iPod Touch to Play It on

February 25, 2011   Animation

gaming have another reason to be interested in this revival: Its graphics were designed by Don Bluth, whose animation studio produced the animation for Dragon’s Lair (1983) and Space Ace (1984), two games which used laserdiscs to provide astoundingly
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Tapper World Tour trailer serves up gameplay, Don Bluth charm

February 15, 2011   Animation

Part of why we’re so excited for the iOS rebirth of Tapper is its look, created by animation legend Don Bluth ( Dragon’s Lair , Space Ace). As neat as Tapper World Tour has looked in screenshots , it’s even lovelier in motion, as you’ll see for yourself
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