The original arcade game, issued in 1983, was unique because of its game design, but also because of the unusual use of the joystick. Players would push down on the stick to pour a root beer from the tap. It seems like a simple concept, but the mechanical motion felt just right and back in 1983 everything was simple. 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.
Join us as we look back at the root beer dispensing arcade classic, Root Beer Tapper, as played on a ColecoVision.
Believe it or not there have been a number of downright decent games designed to sell junk food.
