Tap Tap Revenge, also known as Tap Tap Revenge Classic, was a music game created by Nate True, and developed and published by Tapulous for the iOS in July 2008. It is the first game in Tapulous' Tap Tap series. Development for the game began prior to the release of the iPhone SDK, and was originally entitled Tap Tap Revolution. The goal of the game is to tap each of the colored balls when they reach a line at the bottom of the screen. If the ball is hit on the beat, the player gains points, but if not, it counts as a miss. There are also "shakes", which require the player to move the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to the right, left, or middle. Tap Tap Revenge was originally created by Tapulous which was absorbed into Disney Mobile in July, 2010.
On January 9, 2014, Tapulous, Inc. announced via a Facebook post on the Tap Tap Revenge page that the company, after 5 years running, shut down and removed all its remaining games from the App Store and Google Play Market, writing:
“ | It’s been over 5 years since the screen pounding music game phenomenon Tap Tap first launched from the small Palo Alto offices of Tapulous, and it’s been a roller coaster ride that we’re extremely sad to say is coming an end. With the ever changing mobile and music markets it no longer makes sense for us to maintain the Tap Tap franchise. So starting today, we’re sunsetting the Tap Tap games from the app store and removing the premium Tap Tap content from availability to users. Further, at the beginning of February (currently scheduled as February 5, but subject to change) we will be shutting down our Tap Tap franchise servers. Once the Tap Tap servers are off, Tap Tap users will still be able to play any tracks that you have properly downloaded to your device, but you won’t be able to restore any tracks or access new tracks. If you need help restoring your account or track purchases on your device before the beginning of February please head to http://disneyinteractivestudios.custhelp.com/ for help as soon as you can. We hope that you have enjoyed the Tap Tap franchise as much as we have! | ” |
—Tap Tap Revenge |
Tap Tap Revenge: Lady Gaga Edition
Tap Tap Revenge: Lady Gaga Edition is the first special edition Tap Tap Revenge by Tapulous, Inc. designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch.
This edition features:
- Fourteen tracks by Lady Gaga, including four remixes.
- Four boss tracks, that, for the first time ever in the Tap Tap Revenge series, feature horizontal play mode and four rails.
- New themes, graphics and effects, inspired by The Fame.
- Four difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme) each with unlockable boss tracks.
- Superior stability, multi-player mode, a Lady Gaga news feed, and Facebook Connect to share scores worldwide.
Featured tracks
Artwork | Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Extreme |
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Beautiful, Dirty, Rich | |||||
Boys, Boys, Boys | |||||
I Like It Rough | |||||
Just Dance | |||||
Just Dance (Boss) | |||||
Just Dance (Glam As You Club Mix) |
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LoveGame | |||||
LoveGame (Boss) | |||||
LoveGame (Robots to Mars Remix) |
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Money Honey | |||||
Paparazzi | |||||
Poker Face | |||||
Poker Face (Boss) | |||||
Poker Face (Glam As You Club Mix) (Boss) |
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Poker Face (Space Cowboy Remix) |
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Starstruck | |||||
The Fame |
Note: "LoveGame", "Poker Face", and "Just Dance" appear twice in the game. Once as a regular level, and again as the boss tracks for Easy, Medium, and Hard respectively. "Poker Face" (Glam As You Club Mix) appears only once as the boss track for Extreme.
Tap Tap Revenge 3
Tap Tap Revenge 3 was the third installment in the Tap Tap series. It was a game developed by Tapulous and published by Tapulous only for iOS. Initially the app cost $0.99, but it soon became free to download. In Tapulous, commenting on the price change from $0.99 to zero, they say that the launch in free mode could have taken place in October, 2009 (when Tap Tap Revenge 3 appeared in the App Store), but then Apple's policy did not allow organizing In-app purchases in free applications. And then Apple changed their policy and the app became free. But in-app Lady Gaga's track pack consisted of two songs and cost $0.99.
Featured tracks
Lady Gaga Revenge 2
Lady Gaga Revenge 2 is the first premium Lady Gaga Tap Tap Revenge game by Tapulous, Inc. designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch.
This edition features:
- Ten tracks by Lady Gaga, including 2 remixes.
- Four boss tracks (horizontal play mode with 4 rails and each are unlockable).
- Themes, graphics and effects inspired by The Fame Monster.
- Four Levels (Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme).
- Faceboook and Twitter connectivity to share scores worldwide.
Description from Tapulous, Inc. official website:
- Last year we brought you the glamourous, best-selling Lady Gaga Revenge, and now we're doing it again... because once is never enough when it comes to the queen of pop. LADY GAGA REVENGE 2 ups the ante with new themes, tracks, and features inspired by Lady Gaga's wild style. Other special features in this exciting new release include:
- - Brand new social features including Lady Gaga's twitter feed, exclusive Gaga chat rooms, and facebook, twitter, and email sharing from within in app!
- - 4 slammin' Lady Gaga themes and 4 unlockable boss tracks
- - 10 hot new tracks and all-new visuals, including a Gaga photo gallery!
- Lady Gaga Revenge 2 on iTunes Store
Description: Gaga fans: your wishes have been answered! Introducing the BRAND-NEW LADY GAGA REVENGE 2! From the makers of Tap Tap Revenge, the #1 music game for iPhone/iPod, this version includes the SMASH HITS Bad Romance and Alejandro plus 8 more never-before-tapped Gaga tracks! Not to mention FOUR BOSS TRACKS. Plus you can now share your love for Gaga on Facebook, Twitter AND email right from the game! Download it now to experience this Gagalicious wonderland...
Price | $4.99 |
Category | Games |
Released | November 17, 2010 |
Size app | 19.7 MB |
Language | English |
Seller/Developer | Tapulous, Inc. |
What's new? | Fixes to news feed on home screen Fix to Challenge email |
Service Provider | © Tapulous, Inc |
Compatibility | Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later |
Featured tracks
Artwork | Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Extreme |
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Alejandro | |||||
Alejandro (Boss) | |||||
Bad Romance | |||||
Bad Romance (Boss) | |||||
Dance in the Dark (Monarchy Stylites Remix) |
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Fashion | |||||
LoveGame (Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix) |
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Monster | |||||
Paper Gangsta | |||||
Paper Gangsta (Boss) | |||||
So Happy I Could Die | |||||
Speechless | |||||
Speechless (Boss) | |||||
Teeth |
Note: "Alejandro", "Bad Romance", "Speechless", and "Paper Gangsta" appear twice in the game. Once as a regular level, and again as the boss tracks for Easy, Medium, Hard, and Extreme respectively.
Lady Gaga: Born This Way Revenge
Lady Gaga: Born This Way Revenge is the second premium Lady Gaga Tap Tap Revenge game by Tapulous, Inc. designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch. This game was only available in the AppStore for $4.99.
Launching this game Tim O’Brien, vice president of business development and marketing at Disney Mobile, said about features of Lady Gaga: Born This Way Revenge:
- "Lady Gaga is one of the most passionate and creative storytellers in music today. Her fanbase is equally as passionate, so it was important that the new Born This Way Revenge features ways for fans to stay connected to all things Lady Gaga, in addition to the ability to interact with her and download content."
This edition features:
- All of the tracks from the expanded version of Born This Way excluding remixes.
- Four unlocked boss tracks.
- Themes, effects and graphics inspired by Born This Way and "Judas".
- Four levels (Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme).
- Official lyrics for all the songs.
- "Little Monsters Access"
- Social (Facebook and Twitter connectivity).
- Apple's GameCenter support and plenty of ways to share scores with friends.
- Connectivity to Gagavision webisodes on YouTube.
- Video shorts from Lady Gaga.
- Three exclusive chat rooms.
- In-app Lady Gaga's biography.
Fans can also interact with each other via three different chat rooms and keep up with Lady Gaga's tweets within the game. The Haus of Gaga event list is also easily accessible providing Gaga's Facebook events within easy virtual reach.
Featured tracks
Artwork | Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Extreme |
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Americano | |||||
Bad Kids | |||||
Black Jesus † Amen Fashion | |||||
Black Jesus † Amen Fashion (Boss) | |||||
Bloody Mary | |||||
Born This Way | |||||
Electric Chapel | |||||
Fashion of His Love | |||||
Government Hooker | |||||
Hair | |||||
Hair (Boss) | |||||
Heavy Metal Lover | |||||
Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) | |||||
Judas | |||||
Marry the Night | |||||
Marry the Night (Boss) | |||||
Scheiße | |||||
The Edge of Glory | |||||
The Edge of Glory (Boss) | |||||
The Queen | |||||
Yoü and I |
Note: "Hair", "The Edge of Glory", "Marry the Night", and "Black Jesus † Amen Fashion" appear twice in the game. Once as a regular level, and again as the boss tracks for Easy, Medium, Hard, and Extreme respectively.
App design
Lady Gaga: Born This Way Revenge app design was created by Wildlife — Los Angeles-based digital creative and production agency which create interactive experiences, microsites, VR/AR, mobile apps and live-action and animation. Also AvenirLTStd-Heavy and Born This Way fonts were used for this game.
Introductions
A video excerpt from various Gagavision episodes are played before starting each song.
In-app biography
As mentioned earlier, Lady Gaga: Born This Way Revenge features an in-app Lady Gaga's biography in the "BIO" section that is written in AvenirLTStd-Heavy font with only capital letters. Below is a transcription of an in-app Lady Gaga's biography:
When Lady Gaga was a little girl, she would sing along on her mini plastic tape recorder to Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper hits and get twirled in the air in daddy's arms to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The precocious child would dance around the table at fancy Upper West Side restaurants using the breadsticks as a baton. And, she would innocently greet a new babysitter in nothing but her birthday suit.
It's no wonder that little girl from a good Italian New York family, turned into the exhibitionist, multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics that she is today: Lady GaGa.
"I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I'm a ham today," says Lady GaGa, 23, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song "Beautiful Dirty Rich," and wild, theatrical, and often tongue-in-cheek "shock art" performances where GaGa - who designs and makes many of her stage outfits -- would strip down to her hand-crafted hot pants and bikini top, light cans of hairspray on fire, and strike a pose as a disco ball lowered from the ceiling to the orchestral sounds of A Clockwork Orange.
"I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three," says Gaga, who nicked her name from Queen's song "Radio Gaga" and who cites rock star girlfriends, Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. "I look at those artists as icons in art. It's not just about the music. It's about the performance, the attitude, the look; it's everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish."
That goal might seem lofty, but consider the artist: Gaga is the girl who at age 4 learned piano by ear. By age 13, she had written her first piano ballad. At 14, she played open mike nights at clubs such as New York's the Bitter End by night and was teased for her quirky, eccentric style by her Convent of the Sacred Heart School (the Manhattan private school Nicky and Paris Hilton attended) classmates by day. At age 17, she became was one of 20 kids in the world to get early admission to Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Signed by her 20th birthday and writing songs for other artists (such as the Pussycat Dolls, and has been asked to write for a series of Interscope artists) before her debut album was even released, Lady GaGa has earned the right to reach for the sky.
"My goal as an artist is to funnel a pop record to a world in a very interesting way," says GaGa, who wrote all of her lyrics, all of her melodies, and played most of the synth work on her album, The Fame (Streamline/Interscope/KonLive). "I almost want to trick people into hanging with something that is really cool with a pop song. It's almost like the spoonful of sugar and I'm the medicine."
On The Fame, it's as if Gaga took two parts dance-pop, one part electro-pop, and one part rock with a splash of disco and burlesque and generously poured it into the figurative martini glasses of the world in an effort to get everyone drunk with her Fame. "The Fame is about how anyone can feel famous," she explains. "Pop culture is art. It doesn't make you cool to hate pop culture, so I embraced it and you hear it all over The Fame. But, it's a sharable fame. I want to invite you all to the party. I want people to feel a part of this lifestyle."
The CD's opener and first single, "Just Dance," gets the dance floor rocking with it's "fun, L.A., celebratory vibe." As for the equally catchy, "Boys Boys Boys," Gaga doesn't mind wearing her influences on her sleeve. "I wanted to write the female version of Motley Crue's 'Girls Girls Girls,' but with my own twist. I wanted to write a pop song that rockers would like."
"Beautiful Dirty Rich" sums up her time of self-discovery, living in the Lower East Side and dabbling in drugs and the party scene. "That time, and that song, was just me trying to figure things out," says GaGa. "Once I grabbed the reigns of my artistry, I fell in love with that more than I did with the party life." On first listen, "Paparazzi" might come off as a love song to cameras, and in all honestly, GaGa jokes "on one level it IS about wooing the paparazzi and wanting fame. But, it's not to be taken completely seriously. It's about everyone's obsession with that idea. But, it's also about wanting a guy to love you and the struggle of whether you can have success or love or both."
Gaga shows her passion for love songs on such softer tracks as the Queen-influenced "Brown Eyes" and the sweet kiss-off break-up song "Nothing I can Say (eh eh)." "'Brown Eyes' is the most vulnerable song on the album," she explains. "'Eh Eh' is my simple pop song about finding someone new and breaking up with the old boyfriend."
For the new tour for this album, fans will be treated to a more polished version of what they saw (and loved) at her critically acclaimed Lollapalooza show in August 2007 and Winter Music Conference performance in March 2008. "This new show is the couture version of my handmade downtown performance of the past few years. It's more fine-tuned, but some of my favorite elements to my past shows - the disco balls, hot pants, sequin, and stilettos - will still be there. Just more fierce and more of a conceptual show with a vision for pop performance art."
It's been a while since a new pop artist has made her way in the music industry the old-fashioned/grass roots way by paying her dues with seedy club gigs and self-promotion. This is one rising pop star who hasn't been plucked from a model casting call, born into a famous family, won a reality TV singing contest, or emerged from a teen cable TV sitcom. "I did this the way you are supposed to. I played every club in New York City and I bombed in every club and then killed it in every club and I found myself as an artist. I learned how to survive as an artist, get real, and how to fail and then figure out who I was as singer and performer. And, I worked hard."
Gaga adds with a wink in her eye, "And, now, I'm just trying to change the world one sequin at a time."
Tap Tap Radiation
Tap Tap Radiation is a Tap Tap Revenge spin-off by Tapulous Inc. exclusively for the iPad. This new game features a completely different play mode, with tapping all over the screen and not in rails. A six-track Lady Gaga pack was released as a premium bundle.
Featured tracks
Artwork | Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Extreme |
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Alejandro | |||||
Bad Romance | |||||
LoveGame | |||||
Poker Face | |||||
Speechless | |||||
Telephone |
Tap Tap Revenge 4
Tap Tap Revenge 4 is the fourth installment in the Tap Tap series. It is a game developed by Tapulous and published by Tapulous for iOS and Android OS.
Leading up to New Year’s Eve 2011, Tap Tap Revenge 4 is giving away a song a day, including a few holiday favorites, Grammy nominations, and hit singles from the world’s biggest music acts, including Coldplay, who's hit new song "Hurts Like Heaven" is Sunday's free track. Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night" was New Years Eve Special Free Tap Tap Thursday track. This track included a special New Years Theme which featured "Marry the Night" single artwork.
Also "Judas" and "Marry the Night" were used in Tap Tap Revenge 4 with themes from Born This Way Revenge as Free Tap Tap Thursday tracks.
Featured tracks
Tap Tap Revenge Tour
Tap Tap Revenge Tour was the last game in the Tap Tap series, released on July 12, 2012. This version features a new intro, menu, and tapper as well as a new mode of playing, 'Tour'. The App was free to download in the App Store. A new song was released everyday to play for free and users could also purchase several new premium tracks. This series featured 4 Lady Gaga songs from Born This Way – The Remix.
Featured tracks
Artwork | Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Extreme |
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Born This Way (Zedd Remix) | |||||
Judas (Hurts Remix) | |||||
Marry the Night (The Weeknd & Illangelo Remix) | |||||
The Edge of Glory (Foster The People Remix) |