Crazy Taxi (Arcade)
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| Publisher: | Sega |
| Developer: | Sega |
| Alternative Title: | N/A |
| Release date: | JP: date/monthintext/year NA: date/monthintext/year EU: date/monthintext/year AU: date/monthintext/year |
| Genre: | Arcade Racing |
| Number of Players: | 1 |
| Rating: | ESRB - N/A PEGI/ELSPA - N/A CERO - CERO-rating |
| Platform: | Arcade
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| Media: | N/A |
| Online Functions: | No |
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Description
Crazy Taxi is an arcade game by Sega, where you have to travel a vast city as one of four characters, picking up as many cab fares as possible.
Story
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Gameplay
The arcade version of the game includes one level, and an additional "original" stage was added for the console versions. Both are based in sunny coastal California locales, with steep hills and other strong similarities to San Francisco. For both levels, the player has a choice of four drivers and their cabs, each of whom has slightly different attributes: Axel is the well-balanced cab choice, BD Joe has the fastest floored speed but least controllable, Gena has the best acceleration/deceleration and braking and Gus is the heaviest cab that can drive well off-road and even onto most oncoming traffic.
The main objective of the game is to pick up customers and take them to a chosen destination as fast as possible. Along the way, money can be earned (the game is primarily a score attack title) by performing outrageous stunts such as the "Crazy Through" (near-misses with other vehicles; both risk and reward are higher when driving against the flow of traffic) and "Crazy Drift" (extended, barely-controlled skidding).
When the destination is reached, that customer's fare is added to the player's total money earned, while "Speedy", "Normal" or "Slow" ratings are awarded depending on how long the player took to complete the delivery. If the player is too slow in reaching the objective and the customer's timer runs out, a "Bad" rating is given before even reaching the destination, and the customer jumps from the cab. There is no penalty for a "Bad" rating, but time will have been wasted attempting to deliver this customer. However, there should still be sufficient time available on the main clock for the player to pick up another passenger and hope to make up for their loss. On the arcade version, if a player earns a "Bad" rating, the next fare starts at $0.00.
For each level, one can play under different time conditions: three-minute, five-minute or ten-minute settings, or the "Arcade Rules" used in the original coin-op version of the game but which was also included in the home versions. In the three time-limited settings, play continues for the designated period of time, after which the cab automatically stops and no more points can be scored. Under Arcade Rules, the player starts with an initial time limit of around a minute (although in this first Crazy Taxi game it can be changed in the options screen), which can be extended through time bonuses earned for "Speedy" and "Normal" deliveries, as well as by making good use of whatever time is left over after making a delivery. Expert players, able to memorise the best route from pick-up to delivery, can thus continue playing for long periods of time - however, as time goes on, the "best" passengers will have been taken to their destinations, leaving fewer potential customers remaining, so as the game continues the challenge increases.
All versions other than the PC version are also notable for their soundtrack featuring Bad Religion ("Inner Logic," "Ten in 2010," "Them and Us", and "Hear It") and The Offspring ("All I Want," "Change the World," "The Meaning of Life," and "Way Down the Line").
The home versions of the game also feature the "Crazy Box", a set of minigames that features challenges such as stopping by hitting a pole, bowling using the cab as a ball, and popping giant balloons in a field.
Trivia
- There are both a sitdown and upright version of the arcade cabinet, both with a steering wheel, two pedals and a gear stick
- This is one of the few modern arcade games where you can play for hours on a single credit if you are good enough as the game doesn't "cheat" you into losing
- There are a limited amount of cab fares in the game, so the game is theoretically completable
- There is a cheat code to allow you to drive a rickshaw on all versions
- The PC version of the game was the last to be released, and differs in a variety of ways. Examples include missing shops (such as Levis), and the changing of the Pizza Hut logo to the more recent one. Anecdotal evidence suggests the devloper paid for the rights to use these logos.
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