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You control the bartender as you attempt to clear the bar by serving drinks to every patron. As patrons wait for a beer, they inch down the bar, closer and closer to the end of the bar. To serve drinks, you must hold the tap down fully until the entire mug is full. Release the tap to send the mug down the bar.

When a customer gets a mug, they are pushed back. If they are pushed back far enough, they may exit the bar. If a customer is not pushed out of the bar, they will drink the beer and slide the empty mug back down the bar, waiting for more beer. If you send a mug down the bar when no customer is there to pick it up, you lose a life. If a bar patron makes it all the way to the end of the bar without being served, you lose a life. If you fail to collect an empty mug before it reaches the end of the bar, you lose a life.

Some patrons leave money. Collect the money to made dancers appear in the back that distract some of the patrons. In the bonus round, select the one beer can that wasn't shaken for bonus points.

[edit] Controls

• Joystick: Use the joystick to guide the bartender through each bar. By pressing up or down, the bartender instantly whisks to the beer tap above or below his current bar position regardless of where he is with respect to the tap. This means even if you are on the opposite side of the bar from the next tap, you will be instantly positioned in front of the tap. Press left or right to run down the bar, primarily to collect tip money.
• Tap: Pull the tap just to fill a new mug with beer. In order to send a full mug of beer to a customer, you must hold the Tap down long enough to fill the mug. This usually takes about one second. If you release the tap too soon, the partially filled mug will disappear, and you will have to start over with a new mug. Once the mug is full, release the tap to send the beer down the bar.
• 1-2 Players: Press either button to begin a one or two player game.