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GAME · 1999 · JAPAN

Crazy Taxi

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An arcade game in which you drive a taxi through a virtual San Francisco. Pick up passengers and drop them at their destinations before time runs out to earn big fares.

9 Interesting Facts About Crazy Taxi

Interesting Facts (8)

  1. #001

    Sonic and Tails, Sega's flagship characters, appear in the game's Dreamcast TV commercial. Sonic stands in line with other people to register for a taxi license, while Tails works alongside the receptionist who explains the game's features.

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  2. #002

    Legal console and PC copies included punk alternative tracks by The Offspring, but the pirated PC version circulating on P2P networks carried techno music by obscure artists.

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  3. #003

    In Original mode, the navigation arrow gets in the way, since it cannot handle the sharp corners and crowded streets.

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  4. #004

    The crazy dash and crazy drift special moves call for several button combinations and precise timing, and the author only found out about them after playing the console version.

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  5. #005

    Ramming other cars brings no reward and usually just slows the player down, so the best approach is to drive recklessly while steering clear of other vehicles.

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  6. #006

    Players are rewarded for narrowly avoiding other cars on the way to a destination.

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  7. #007

    The designers picked the numbers so that drivers make more than 3,000 dollars in only a few minutes of play.

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  8. #008

    The Original mode stage includes real-world stores that have since closed, such as Tower Records.

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  1. #009

    The 2007 PlayStation Portable port Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars was developed by Sniper Studios rather than Sega AM3, so signs and references to real-world businesses and chains were removed to avoid a patent infringement lawsuit over the license Sega and its development division held when they built the original game from scratch.

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