Tapper - Versions

Versions

Several variants of the game were released, with similar gameplay but different graphics and music. The first was with Budweiser branding, followed in 1984 by Root Beer Tapper, which was developed specifically for arcades because the original version was construed as advertising alcohol to minors (since many of the games appeared in video game arcades).

The Tom Mix Software Company made a clone called Brewmaster for the TRS-80 Color Computer.

In 1984, Coleco made versions of Root Beer Tapper for their Colecovision game console, as well as the Atari 2600 console, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PC computer systems, designed by David James Ritchie.

Most of the home versions of Tapper featured the Mountain Dew logo, but retained the bartender character of the original arcade game instead of the soda jerk in Root Beer Tapper. The Colecovision port was a direct conversion of Root Beer Tapper.

There are also some boards with Suntory branding, supposedly made by Sega, which they deny.

In July 2000, Midway licensed Root Beer Tapper, along with other Williams Electronics games, to Macromedia for use in an online applet to demonstrate the power of the Shockwave web content platform, entitled Shockwave Arcade Collection. The conversion was created by Digital Eclipse. It is currently freely available to be played online.

Root Beer Tapper was included as one of the 24 games on Midway Arcade Treasures for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and the PC.

In 2005, Root Beer Tapper was one of the games included in the Midway Home Video Arcade produced by Big Electronic Games.

Root Beer Tapper is a leaderboard game on Gametap.

Root Beer Tapper was released on Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox 360 on February 7, 2007 for 400 Microsoft Points ($5.00). This release adds high definition support, achievements, leaderboards, and new online and local co-op modes.

On February 3, 2011, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution announced that they are working with Don Bluth and his game development company Square One Studios to release a modern reinterpretation of the game titled Tapper World Tour.

Included in the Neopets website's annual Altador Cup is a game called Slushie Slinger which bears striking similarities to Tapper.