ATARI 2600 Tapper Is RARE, But Is It Any Good?

Apparently I'm not the only one who thought it looked like the game was flipping the player off with that blue hand on top 😂

If it wasn't for Wreck It Ralph, I would never even know this game existed.

This looks fantastic honestly

Good graphics

Still have my original cart and manual from 1984, no box tho :(. Haven't played my atari today, maybe I should throw this in and try the harder difficulty for a change…lol

Awesome 😊

great video jon…great version of tapper….on a side note …jon my mother started to forget alot of things and i am sick…..i have no family left and i dont about her finances .or she pays bills……….thanks jon for these great videos the last few years…….i am in deep trouble…..thanks again jon….😢

One game that I never see anyone posting about is Zork. I played the heck outta that as a kid, we had it on the school computer in our classroom. It was on a cassette, and used a attached cassette drive to a TRS-80 computer to play it. It is a text based game, so it won't get much fanfare from many players on YouTube, but I loved that game. I played some of the sequels, but nothing captured the imagination like the first time being worried about getting eaten by a grue 🙂

Looks fun. I hever had this game.

I first discovered this game a few years ago in a retro arcade. It's a lot of fun and I'm sure I would have loved to have it on my Atari 2600, even though I really like the tap control on the arcade version. It would have been good if the control worked by holding the button and then pulling the joystick down to simulate the tap.

OK, I didn't not know this was rare, but it does explain why the copy I say in a used video game store was asking for close to $80 for the copy they had.

This one looks great!
A very acceptable port of the arcade classic for me
Thanks Jon !!

I have this as a part of my collection, but have never played it! Thanks for showing it! Pretty great for the VCS

Of course it's refreshing! It's root beer!

I've got Tapper on my "to buy" list for Atari 2600. It's got an Atari Age rarity score of 6+ out of 10, and it goes for under $100 on eBay listing. It's not the rarest or most expensive on my list, but still gonna have to wait a while to buy it 😞

Little Johnny getting around….going to SFGE. I'm jealous. Hope you make a video or 2 in Atlanta. Have a great time😎

I'll stick with the arcade version.

I liked it at the arcade and on PlayStation but never played the 2600 version. So many interesting games came out in 1982-3 (and a couple in 1984), that it wasn't possible to buy them all at the time (at full price).
SEGA!

It's never been high on my list but definitely a fun quick run. Nicely done, Jon!!

Rad

Did not realize there was an Atari port of Tapper! That looks way better than I would've other wised guessed. Pretty neat it has all four bar types as well as the bonus round in there (seems Atari 2600 ports of arcade games leave out complete levels, i.e, only the two level types in Donkey Kong, missing the third dungeon in Venture, etc). Even has the background music. Of course, I would not expect it to have graphics like the arcade version. Still bummer it is missing customers leaving tips, though. As for can punk rockers drink? I sponsor a heavy metal festival, and believe me, they can drink!

Hmm I think I have only played the atari 400 vesion, which I have heard is bootleg its really fun bit better graphics I will keep an eye out for this one.