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Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:39 pm**

If we all support this video game release perhaps Bluth can raise the funds to produce his pet project "Dragon's Lair: The Movie" using hand-drawn animation.

Bluth and his longtime artistic associate Gary Goldman have teamed up with Square One and Warner Bros. to create the visuals for Tapper World Tour, a jazzed-up reboot of the 1983 arcade demi-classic that came in two versions: the Budweiser-themed Tapper and the non-alcholic Root Beer Tapper. The new version, with 100 levels, rich animation and audio, and the same basic twitchy gameplay as the original--pour drinks, then send them rocketing down counters towards impatient patrons--ships for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad in early spring.

Bluth told me that his working methods haven't changed all that radically in the three decades since he first worked on videogames: "Absolutely, pencils were involved." With his work for animated features, early games, and the new Tapper he's always wanted to illustrate human foibles, not just move things around on a screen. Games, he says, "are more mesmerizing if the characters are interesting."

Might there be more games in his future? Sure, if he comes across subject matter that excites his imagination: "I like the gaming industry, as long as you get the chance to do something that isn't a shoot-'em-up. And especially if you get to make people laugh."

Source: http://techland.time.com/2011/03/07/don ... es-tapper/

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcYGnn_L0ik

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/TapperWorldTour

Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:49 pm**

That doesn't look like his style which is something different and interesting.

Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:08 pm**

Cool! I'd never imagined Bluth working on a video game. Hmm, the snakes in the Anaconda Crush mini game and the old man and the blond girl running the joint look like the only things done in Bluth's art style. The other characters seem generic.

Posted: **Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:20 pm**

I'd love for Don to make a come back. I'd hate for his last film to be "Titian A.E.," which was maybe his worst film ever. "Dragon Lair" would be a much better to film to end on.

Posted: **Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:51 pm**

^Dragon Lair?

anyway, this isnt Bluth's first video game. I forgot what the other one was called....

Posted: **Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:54 pm**

ajmrowland wrote:^Dragon Lair?

anyway, this isnt Bluth's first video game. I forgot what the other one was called....

Space Ace.

Posted: **Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:59 pm**

Don Bluth has worked on the following video games previously to this one:

Dragon's Lair

Space Ace

Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair

Posted: **Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:07 pm**

^ah yeah.

Posted: **Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:59 pm**

Tapper World Tour Interview with Don Bluth: Part 01 / Part 02 / Part 03 / Part 04 / Part 05 / Part 06

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Don Bluth's Tapper: World Tour

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