Product Description

The smash hit arcade game has been faithfully converted to the Dreamcast console, featuring an exclusive new city, bonus missions, and hidden extras. Take control of one of four unique taxis and become the craziest driver by collecting passengers with attitude and delivering them to the various location around the mind boggling expancive living breathing Cities. Remember drivers, careful, skilful driving increases your fares and ranking but get them there by any means possible!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6557 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: Sega Dreamcast
• Number of items: 1

Amazon.co.uk 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 Crazy Taxi in the arcade at 50p a pop, then this game is a must-buy, if only from a purely economic standpoint. Even those who don't know the difference between Crazy Taxi and the long-running TV series Taxiwill immediately recognise the appeal of this game. In fact, this game is so impressive and addictive that it should easily convince a whole new wave of buyers to purchase a Sega Dreamcast.

What's so hot about Crazy Taxi? For starters, the graphics sport the most impressive re-creation of a living city ever seen in a video game. The level of detail is astounding and never ceases to surprise the player as block after unique block speeds by. The city is a distilled version of San Francisco with some landmarks and neighbourhoods left intact. Making it seem all the more real are apparent product-placements of real-world retail locations such as KFC, Tower Records and Pizza Hut. And just about everything you see on the screen is interactive: phone boxes and post boxes topple when bumped or smashed, pedestrians leap and tumble out of your path and the myriad traffic attempts to avoid your erratic high-speed antics. While some driving games brag about a lack of boundaries, this one delivers--players drive on the ocean floor, off the second floor of a car park, through parks and down stairs. A helpful hovering arrow points drivers in the correct direction, but you can truly drive wherever you want at any time, making for tonnes of replay value.

While the game is a direct port from the arcade game of the same name, there's plenty more depth in the home version. In addition to the city that appears in the coin-op version, the Dreamcast version also includes an entirely new city. Crazy Taxi includes a trunk-load of mini-games that help to teach drivers how to perform the special speed boosts and manoeuvres in the game. Though this game would be plenty exciting without any sounds at all, it has an adrenaline-pumping soundtrack supplied by punk-crossover bands the Offspring and Bad Religion, as well as some good, if sometimes monotonous, dialogue between the driver and the passengers. --Jeff Young

Manufacturer's Description
Crazy Taxi is a mad race against the clock--and the traffic. As any of four fearless cabbies, players are driven by a single goal: to rack up the mega-bucks in fares and tips before their shift ends. Drivers pick up passengers and take them to their destination by any way possible. It's a comic cab opera of collisions and decisions where courtesy takes a back seat to coin.

Customer Reviews

Addictive , But No Longlasting Thrills
I was impressed by the fact that this game was pretty much exactly as the arcade version . This obviously has its plus points in terms of excellent graphics , a snappy game idea with instant appeal , and a 'just one more go' factor about it . Unfortunately it also suffers from the fact that the instant appeal can wear out after a short period of time without any feeling of accomplishment beyond a slightly higher score than previously attained . Nevertheless , the game is to be recommended as a classic .

Pure class game
Crazy taxi is a game that makes the dreamcast worth buying. A superb game that should be owned by everyone. If you like games like Driver or Toca then this mindless driving game will appeal to you.

The game is not just mindless it has a detailed arcade and original modes. You can ride with four taxi drivers in two cities. With great background music from the offspring and detailed graphics this will be a game that will live in the memory.

BUY THIS GAME, this game will always be fun.

Crazy Taxi
This game is simply amazing! You'll never put it down. The graphics are superb when you consider the speed the game is played at. The music by The Offspring is great and well suited to the game. The shrieks from your passengers makes you want to scare them even more and even chuck some out before arriving at their destination.

Licences are hard but challenging, especially for Mum & Dad!! However keep at it and you'll get there. Easy controls make it very easy to pick up and drive.

A real family game with lots of excitement.