

The tip will appear after a specific number of empty mugs are released by the customers, and will appear wherever the customer who releases the required mug is standing.

These tips can be left at any place on the bar. Periodically, customers will leave tips on the bar for 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. 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 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. If a customer does catch the mug, though, then he or she is pushed back some amount towards the opposite end of the screen. 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. Customers catch mugs that are slid towards them, as long as they are not already drinking a beer, or otherwise distracted. Once the mug is full, the player releases the tap which automatically slides the mug towards the advancing customer. The player serves customers by filling a mug at one of the four taps. The Budweiser logo is clearly visible in the version pictured here. In Tapper, the player plays the part of a bartender serving drinks to eager customers. 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 must draw and serve drinks to the patrons as they slowly advance towards the player. Patrons arrive periodically at the end of the bar opposite the player and demand drinks. The Tapper game screen features four bars. The goal of the game is to serve beer (or root beer) and collect empty mugs and tips. Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway.
