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This is a competent arcade game from Bally Midway/Sega, which is a thinly disguised standard action program.

Actually, it is quite absorbing as many simple ideas are; you are a bartender and your job is to serve customers their drink by sliding it along the counters which run towards you. There are four of these counters, in different positions as the difficulty progresses, and the customers move towards you.

Quite simply it is a case of moving up and down sliding glasses of drink to the customer. However, they come in different groups, and you must not put too many drinks down, nor can you miss any empty glasses which a customer may send back.

Should you clear the room by serving all the customers then a "find the lady" type game is played for bonus points. Bonus points can also be gained by collecting tips.

This is a nicely presented game (albeit a little on the expensive side), with some good options at the start such as define playing keys and a request to "sign on", the graphics are pretty good but some movements are a little jerky. Play is nicely graded so that you can start playing quickly and achieve a score and then want to improve it. I didn't like the high score table starting at 10,000 as most of my early attempts were just below this. However, once I did get in, I admit to feeling pleased with my efforts.