Crazy Taxi
from: "Sega of America, Inc."
Price: $32.99
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Editorial Review:
If you think it's hard to flag down a cab in a big city, try driving one in Sega's zany straight-from-the-arcade port of Crazy Taxi. If you're one of the teeming fans who eagerly played CrazyTaxi in the arcade at a buck a pop, then this game is a must-buy, if only from a purely economicstandpoint. Even those who don't know the difference between Crazy Taxi and the long-runningTV series Taxi will immediately recognize the appeal of this game. In fact, this game is soimpressive and addictive that it should easily convince a whole new wave of buyers to purchase a SegaDreamcast.
What's so hot about Crazy Taxi? For starters, the graphics sport the most impressive re-creation ofa living city ever seen in a video game. The level of detail is astounding and never ceases to surprise theplayer as block after unique block speeds by. The city is a distilled version of San Francisco with somelandmarks and neighborhoods left intact. Making it seem all the more real are apparent product placementsof real-world retail locations such as KFC, Tower Records, and Pizza Hut. And just about everything yousee on the screen is interactive: boxes, phone booths, and mailboxes topple when bumped or smashed,pedestrians leap and tumble out of your path, and the myriad of traffic attempts to avoid your erratichigh-speed antics. While some driving games brag about a lack of boundaries, this one delivers--playersdrive on the ocean floor, off the second floor of a parking garage, through parks, and down stairs. A helpfulhovering arrow points drivers in the correct direction, but you can truly drive wherever you want at anytime, making for tons of replay value.
While the game is a direct port from the arcade game of the same name, there's plenty more depth in thehome version. In addition to the city that appears in the coin-op version, the Dreamcast version alsoincludes an entirely new city. Crazy Taxi includes a trunk-load of mini-games that help to teachdrivers how to perform the special speed boosts and maneuvers in the game.
Though this game would be plenty exciting without any sounds at all, it has an adrenaline-pumpingsoundtrack supplied by punk crossover bands the Offspring and Bad Religion, as well as some good, ifsometimes monotonous, dialogue between the driver and the passengers. --Jeff Young
Pros:
If you think it's hard to flag down a cab in a big city, try driving one in Sega's zany straight-from-the-arcade port of Crazy Taxi. If you're one of the teeming fans who eagerly played CrazyTaxi in the arcade at a buck a pop, then this game is a must-buy, if only from a purely economicstandpoint. Even those who don't know the difference between Crazy Taxi and the long-runningTV series Taxi will immediately recognize the appeal of this game. In fact, this game is soimpressive and addictive that it should easily convince a whole new wave of buyers to purchase a SegaDreamcast.
What's so hot about Crazy Taxi? For starters, the graphics sport the most impressive re-creation ofa living city ever seen in a video game. The level of detail is astounding and never ceases to surprise theplayer as block after unique block speeds by. The city is a distilled version of San Francisco with somelandmarks and neighborhoods left intact. Making it seem all the more real are apparent product placementsof real-world retail locations such as KFC, Tower Records, and Pizza Hut. And just about everything yousee on the screen is interactive: boxes, phone booths, and mailboxes topple when bumped or smashed,pedestrians leap and tumble out of your path, and the myriad of traffic attempts to avoid your erratichigh-speed antics. While some driving games brag about a lack of boundaries, this one delivers--playersdrive on the ocean floor, off the second floor of a parking garage, through parks, and down stairs. A helpfulhovering arrow points drivers in the correct direction, but you can truly drive wherever you want at anytime, making for tons of replay value.
While the game is a direct port from the arcade game of the same name, there's plenty more depth in thehome version. In addition to the city that appears in the coin-op version, the Dreamcast version alsoincludes an entirely new city. Crazy Taxi includes a trunk-load of mini-games that help to teachdrivers how to perform the special speed boosts and maneuvers in the game.
Though this game would be plenty exciting without any sounds at all, it has an adrenaline-pumpingsoundtrack supplied by punk crossover bands the Offspring and Bad Religion, as well as some good, ifsometimes monotonous, dialogue between the driver and the passengers. --Jeff Young
Pros:
- Wonderful, realistic graphics
- Easy to get into, and full of many long hours of addictive play
- Even more to offer than the fantastic arcade game upon which this is based
- On very few occasions players will encounter some graphic slowdown
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Cool Game
Just bought a Dreamcast for cheap off Ebay and this was one of the games included. The game is awesome at first. I mean I had never played it before or anything like it for that matter. The graphics are pretty solid and the music goes well with the game. Not sure how long it remain fun but If you can get this game for around 5 bucks then go for it.
Rating: 
- Crazy Taxi
The game is one of the many Sega Dreamcast classics.Well worth the money.
Rating: - Crazy Taxi
This game was good back in the day when I was younger. But now I wouldnt be as interested in playing it. But the game has pretty good graphics. The city scenes are pretty nice. The gameplay isnt bad, has pretty good control over the Taxi you drive and stopping etc. Its fun picking up people then afterwards dropping them off at their certain destination within a certain amount of time. And you have to drive through heavy traffic etc. Fun game but VERY repetitive. The WHOLE game is this. You cant really ... Read More
Rating: - CRAZY FUN!
One of my favorite reasons for still owning a Dreamcast is this game. I love this game because it is so much fun. I love racing games. Even though this isn't a typical racing game you do have to race to get your taxi customers to their destinations in a certain amount of time. I love the scenery and I like that it is suppose to resemble San Francisco because that is an awesome city with all of the hills. It's also cool how you get to pick up some people under water. Even though I don't usually listen to ... Read More
Rating: - A good game to come back to from time to time
This game is a lot of fun to play.There are very different pretty large cities that can be fun to explore some time if you get tired of driving people around.The only real problem with this game is that after a while you can get pretty bored, especially after you find the handful of awesome places to get stunt points, and you end up going no where else.Outside of this the game is great, and if you get bored try playing the arcade mode where you get little time, but gain more as you drop people off. ... Read More
- Cool GameJust bought a Dreamcast for cheap off Ebay and this was one of the games included. The game is awesome at first. I mean I had never played it before or anything like it for that matter. The graphics are pretty solid and the music goes well with the game. Not sure how long it remain fun but If you can get this game for around 5 bucks then go for it.
- Crazy TaxiThe game is one of the many Sega Dreamcast classics.Well worth the money.
- Crazy TaxiThis game was good back in the day when I was younger. But now I wouldnt be as interested in playing it. But the game has pretty good graphics. The city scenes are pretty nice. The gameplay isnt bad, has pretty good control over the Taxi you drive and stopping etc. Its fun picking up people then afterwards dropping them off at their certain destination within a certain amount of time. And you have to drive through heavy traffic etc. Fun game but VERY repetitive. The WHOLE game is this. You cant really ... Read More
- CRAZY FUN!One of my favorite reasons for still owning a Dreamcast is this game. I love this game because it is so much fun. I love racing games. Even though this isn't a typical racing game you do have to race to get your taxi customers to their destinations in a certain amount of time. I love the scenery and I like that it is suppose to resemble San Francisco because that is an awesome city with all of the hills. It's also cool how you get to pick up some people under water. Even though I don't usually listen to ... Read More
- A good game to come back to from time to timeThis game is a lot of fun to play.There are very different pretty large cities that can be fun to explore some time if you get tired of driving people around.The only real problem with this game is that after a while you can get pretty bored, especially after you find the handful of awesome places to get stunt points, and you end up going no where else.Outside of this the game is great, and if you get bored try playing the arcade mode where you get little time, but gain more as you drop people off. ... Read More
