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- Subject: Re: Reminescing...
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:47:29 GMT
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- In article <VggFuB5w165w@Garg.Campbell.CA.US> Zio zZz <zio@Garg.Campbell.CA.US> writes:
-
- >seth@inferno.uoregon.edu (Seth Scott) writes:
-
- >> Here are some of the games that I remember, and enjoyed-- let's see if anyone
- >> knows about them:
- >>
- >> Mappy-- Used to love the banjo music in the background of this one...
-
- >Well, this one, as well as its sequel, definitely bring back fond
- >memories. Along the similar thread, Packrat (Atari Games) was a cool
- >one, in my opinion.
-
- >> Lunar lander-- Just the primal frustration of trying to get the **** thing to
- >> land _gently_...
- >>
- >> Yie Ar Kung Fu (spelling?)-- This was a great game when I was in middle schoo
- >> Tonfun (second-to-last) the second time around, then Tonfun would kick my
- >> butt... Fighting 'Blues' and 'Chain' were the best, IMHO
- >>
- >> Gladiator-- Used to win this one my freshman year in high school. As I look
- >> back, it was rather cheesy, but the War God at the end was _such_ an
- >> intense fight, wasn't it?
- >>
- >> Tapper-- Sheer stress :)
-
- >Sheer stress? Dunno, I used it to relax after Air Hockey Tournaments.
- >THen again, I guess by the time you get to the 3rd, 4th sets of boards,
- >you look like a ping pong ball going between all of the kegs. It ewas
- >interesting to see that a lot of the Tapper machines were changed to Root
- >Beer Tapper probably due to parents bitching about the game proudly
- >advertising Budweiser beer, and beer in general, throughout the game.
- >Anyone know if any unaltered Tapper machines still exist in the country,
- >or the world? :)
-
- Since at least Early August, ther has been a re-release of tapper in
- its original(?) form. I'm assuming that it was a re-release, becase it was
- REALLY nice. The control panel was tarnished brass(? All metal, anyways)
- and the screen was surrounded by a faux wooden keg bottom. The tap Proudly
- displayed the Budweiser logo, as did the rest of the game. I saw it in Rapid
- City, South Dakota, in a bowling alley. I still can't get over how nice the
- cabinet design is. I would have to say that it has my vote for the nicest
- cabinet design ever. (I cant think of any other outstanding ones, at the
- moment)
-
- Nate Miller
- millernr@cab.mrs.umn.edu
-