Bartending Games
Key traits associated with successful bartending include attentiveness and quick reflexes, but drink-mixing knowledge perhaps ranks as the most important quality in a good bartender. Bartenders must memorize how to make a large number of drinks if they want to advance on the bar tending ladder. Virtual bartending games challenge players to serve and mix drinks in an accurate, timely manner.
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Computer Games
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Give customers the right cocktail doses and earn big tips in "Happy Hour," available as a one-hour free trial Windows download at sites like iWin. After winning ownership of Joe's Bar and the Cocktail-O-Matic 6000, click and drag glasses to the drink stations and click levers to add the requested flavor and amount. Give customers peanuts and play CDs to boost their patience meter.
Compete to become New York City's best bartender in Simon & Schuster Interactive's Software's "Last Call," available for Windows and Mac systems. Learn to mix more than 100 drinks and check patrons' IDs before letting them in the bar. Charm customers, prevent drunken episodes and play music to earn the most tips by the end of the night. The Entertainment Software Rating Board rated the game "M" for audiences 17 and up.
Customer-Driven Online Games
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Mix drinks and slide them down the bar to the right customers in "The Bartender," accessible at sites like DailyFreeGames. Click the "Mixing Recipe" sheet to see how to make drinks. After pressing the correct ingredient tabs, press the "Mix" button and then "Throw" to deliver drinks. Players lose one life for every impatient customer who leaves.
Throw and catch bottles to keep waiting customers happy in "Drunken Masters," available at sites like Kongregate. Double-click drink orders to see ingredients and click on ingredients to locate them at the bar. Pour the proper amounts in the right glass for mixed drinks, and click and drag drinks to customers. Earn bigger tips for speedy service and performing tricks. The boss sends players home for giving more than two VIP coupons per shift to dissatisfied customers.
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Drink-Mixing Online Games
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Concentrate on mixing without the pressure of demanding customers in games like "The Right Mix," accessible at Y8. In this pre-party cocktail mixing game, choose from 20 beverage ingredients, as well as ice and lemon. Click "Pour" to distribute ingredients, and keep an eye on how much fills the glass. Click "Shake" to mix the ingredients and "Serve" to let barman Miguel taste the drink.
Home Bartending Series
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Learn techniques for making exotic drinks in ArcMedia's "Home Bartending," available for Windows systems. The software includes 300 drink recipes, guides to bar equipment and spirits, and video demonstrations on drink mixing. "Home Bartending 101: Tropical & Exotic Drinks" includes more than 450 recipes, while "Home Bartending: 101 Shooters" includes more than 500 recipes. Both of the aforementioned titles test players' drink-mixing skills with a bonus bartending game.
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