Talk:Tapper/Archives/2012

Currently available to play online?

I don't think this is the case anymore... for the past few years actually. I'm surprised since the page was last edited 2012 supposedly that this hasn't been corrected... Or is it still available? As far as I know, the main sites were midway's own page and shockwave. maybe a handful of independant sites which have probably either shut down or have removed the game. (hard time finding them through google. Can anyone confirm? BlueArcher (talk) 09:43, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Gameplay screenshot

Is it possible to use a screenshot taken during actual gameplay? A picture of the title screen doesn't give the reader much of a 'feel' for the game. --ChicXulub 00:53, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

How's that? ;-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 02:05, Aug 18, 2004 (UTC)

"Retro" genre?

What's the true genre of this game? I'm not convinced that "retro" is a genre as such, and in any case it should really only apply to new games made in a classic style, rather than old games. (Did the Beatles make "retro" music?) 217.155.20.163 13:45, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't think "retro" is correct either, since when this game was made, it certainly wasn't retro. A remake made today could be considered retro, but not the original. Some sort of action/strategy seems appropriate. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 13:45, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Colecovision

They don't list this game on the Colecovision platform, but it definitely was. I know, because I developed and wrote the instruction manual for this game and many other Colecovision and ADAM games. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.22.123.218 (talk) 20:15, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

It's fine that you worked on these games and have personal recollection, but all information (preferably) must be verifiable. Which means, we have to have a source that readers can refer to in order to verify the information presented. Some sources are better than others, but someone somewhere must have the information before we can present it as fact in the article. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 13:45, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Google is your friend, folks (took me less time to do the search than to write this blurb)--Rehcsif 05:32, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

This is moot anyway, the article does list ColecoVision as a platform. D. Brodale 06:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I see that. I just tire of folks who scream "CITATION NEEDED!" when one is available via a 30-second google search (not coming down on Frecklefoot only, I see this an awful lot...) --Rehcsif 23:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Tapper Music

What is the name of the old song in the game? It's not on the Wiki page, which is what I was looking for. Something like "Old Susanna..."? Maybe that's it.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.136.50.137 (talk) 12:12, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Wow, this takes me back. :) The trick is to find it. Here's a "Root Beer" version of it,[1] which I think is in the spirit of the original. The song is indeed "Oh! Susanna". About 30 seconds in, there is a brief "Can-can". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:57, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

I was one of the developers of Tapper. The songs in the original Budweiser arcade version of Tapper were written and composed by me except for: "Oh Suzanna" by Stephen Foster, the bar room theme song; "Buffalo Gals" by John Hodges (played when the dancing girls showed-up in the bar scene); and the Budweiser theme song that played during the bonus round. I don't recall that we used the 'Can-Can' music in the arcade version due to copyright, but it's been a long time since I did that game!. -- Rick Hicaro, a.k.a., stonemaster (talk) 13:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

For real? Awesome. Is there an XP and/or a Windows 7 version somewhere? I had a copy on a 5 1/4 inch floppy that was basically a boot disk, which might tell you how long ago that was. (Not as long ago as Offenbach, who died in 1880, so it's hard to tell why there would have been a copyright issue, but whatever.) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Must not have been the can-can song then. I only remember we wanted to use some other song, but had copyright issues with it. Come to think of it, it might not even be Tapper I'm thinking of. I worked on sounds and music for a number of video game prototypes we were working on back then. As far as a Windows version of the game, I have no idea if there is one out there. I only played it as an arcade machine. I never even had a desktop or game console version of Tapper all these years! I've been hoping to find an original arcade version laying around somewhere. Saw a guy on YouTube that found one and restored it. Never found one locally. -- Rick stonemaster (talk) 21:24, 2 May 2011 (UTC)