But for $5 (400 MS points)? This is an easy and smart purchase. Apparently, even Midway has packaged this game with 11 others in a stand-up arcade unit. Its original design was a full arcade unit, but in 2007, this type of game ends up being part of larger games like Jak and Daxter or Leisure Suit Larry or what have you. Root Beer Tapper is really nothing more than a mini-game. Buy the $5 version or spend $344 on one of these babies. Even though Spence wasn't around to applaud this fundamental design choice, another IGN staffer, knowledgeable in the arts of the ancients, was there to declare this version of Root Beer Tapper a success. They re-created the analog movement of the original. Craig Harris, IGN's resident coin-op buff, said this when he played the game, "Finally they did it. This mechanic made the game work so well in the 1980s and it's re-creation makes it work again on Xbox Live Arcade. Press down to fill a bubbling mug of root beer, and then send it to the hungry crowd down the aisle in one swift motion. ![]() The right analog stick is used to pour the beer. It also moves him up or down the four lanes to collect tips. The left stick moves your character, a soda jerk who looks conspicuously like a tall Mario, left or right down an aisle of kegs. First, the analog sticks in the XBLA conversation are perfect. It feels just right - mechanically right. We're not exactly sure why - it's either because of critical reviews or Microsoft's loosening of the XBLA restrictions - but Root Beer Tapper is a Spartan affair that does just exactly what it's supposed to and nothing more. Digital Eclipse has handled this port differently from the rest of the XBLA games we've seen. Thanks to Digital Eclipse, the core development team responsible for so many ancient arcade conversions on Xbox Live Arcade, the controls work nearly identically to the arcade game from 24 years ago. It seems like a simple concept, but the mechanical motion felt just right and back in 1983 everything was simple. ![]() Players would push down on the stick to pour a root beer from the tap. The original arcade game, issued in 1983, was unique because of its game design, but also because of the unusual use of the joystick. His love for Root Beer Tapper is well founded. Drink like an old-school dude without getting drunk.
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