Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride

by Graphic State

Product Features

• Choose from the four original Crazy Taxi drivers -- each with their own abilities and driving style
• Race your way through 3 different cities and avoid traffic while finding shortcuts
• Time is money, so keep your eye on the clock -- you're racing the clock as you take all the fares you can before your shift is up
• Master the art of cab driving with 11 challenging mini-games
• Earn extra tips by executing Crazy Maneuvers like jumps, drifts, and more

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005BRLJ
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 8, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,528 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride casts you as a fearless cabbie with a single goal: rack up the bucks before your shift ends. It's a race against the clock as you pick up passengers and white-knuckle it through busy streets and back alleys to their destinations. And time is money, so get a grip on the wheel, sharpen your senses, and don't lose your cool. You can choose from the four original Crazy Taxi cabbies and cars, each with his own unique style, and race across two cities filled with traffic and shortcuts. You can also master the art of cab driving with nine challenging minigames. Put your pedal to the metal with five fare difficulty levels, and earn extra tips by executing crazy maneuvers like jumps, drifts, and more.

Product Description

Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride takes you a wild and hilarious ride through the city as a cab driver who believes in getting the fare there -- even if it means breaking every rule to do it!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great transfer from the arcade to the GBA, mediocre graphics, April 19, 2003

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J. B. Davis (Saint Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride (Video Game)

This game plays pretty much the same as the arcade/Dreamcast/PS version. It is a very fun, almost addictive game to play. Due to the memory contraints of the GBA cartridge the graphics and music of the other versions didn't make it into the handheld version, but once you get used to the chunky graphics it's not too bad. I think I turned the music off after the third time I played. Otherwise it plays pretty well on the GBA.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Portable Crazy Taxi isn't half bad, May 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride (Video Game)

Pick up a customer, drive to the location, drop off, repeat - all within a certain time limit for each customer. The basis of Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride is simple but so addicting. If you've played the dreamcast or other version you know what I'm talking about. I love the whole concept of Crazy Taxi and the GBA version conveys it nicely. The sound isn't horrible but it can't compare to Offspring and Bad Religion. My only complaint is the graphics which are choppy, but that issue is ignorable. This a great game for any one looking for a game just to pick up and play anytime.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Average Game !!!!!!, October 1, 2005

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Rogue Fox "Rogue" (the middle of nowhere,.....USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride (Video Game)

When I first saw this game I thought to myself,....yes Crazy Taxi on the GBA. You can now play Crazy Taxi on the run, with this new portable version. I love all the Crazy Taxi games, including this one...yet it's not perfect by any means. When I first began playing it, I had a blast and kept on playing, and playing, like their was no tommorow.

Well, after awhile, their was nothing left to the game,.....!!! Their isn't much depth to the game at all, and after about 2-3 hours I've pretty much mastered the game, which didn't take much effort at all. I still had fun playing with the game awhile after though, but the flaws really killed the game, this game in reality could have been way better. I myself am not picky, but from graphics, to controls, and to the basic depth,... you can tell this game was just thrown together and mass produced to soon.

First, of all the game has some pretty bad graphics. The visuals are all chopy and messed up always has you crashing into something, I don't get it how could you go through part of a wall, but crash into a stupid tree or sign. Besides that the gameplay was fun, and very addictive. The gameplay in fact is probably the only thing that saved the game along with the Crazy Taxi name. The controls took awhile to get used of too, which wasn't a major problem for me but really using the L And R trigger to shift between reverse and forward, gosh.

Another problem was their are only two freakin' maps in the entire game; named city 1 and city 2; man thats original. Yes the maps are pretty decent size, pretty similar to all the other Crazy Taxi games in the past,... their wasn't anything to visually enjoy either. So I'm driving around, the environment is crap, the graphics suck, but oddly enough I still enjoy this game. I guess it's a gulity pleasure, but if the game testers and the rest of the production staff did their jobs this cold've been a masterpiece, but this is barely average, and to alot of people a disgrace.

After reading what I just said, it's most likely dicouraged you and pushed you away from buying this game. Despite the faults the gameplay never fails to satisfy, but it will get repetive. The game will be fun for Crazy Taxi fans, and people who are open minded and are into some "crazy" action on the go. I liked the game, but I feel that when I had to pay $29.99 at the time, that I had really over payed for this game. If, you find this game for around $10 in a bargain bin, be sure to pick it up.

Excellent gameplay, but horrible graphics, along with alot less depth that the other Crazy Taxi games has, but if you love Crazy Taxi cbut constantly on the go, this is a perfect game for that. The music, was annoying to so I ended up turning the volume down too, the sound wasn't that impressive either. So if you aren't picky and looking for something simple and new, or love Crazy Taxi be free to get this game. Yet, it's your call.... it's no must buy, but I saw this on sale at Game Stop for about $5 the other day, which is a steal.

GAME OVERVIEW:

Gameplay: 4/5- Very, fun and addictive. The gameplay is what save the game with, the good old classic feel of the original, now portable. Crazy Taxi fans will enjoy it. Had blast despite downfalls.

Controls: 3/5- A little different, but nothing to complicated. Easy to learn, nothing special, didn't like how the used the L and R trigger though... besides that the same controls as most driving games on the GBA.

Graphics: 1.5/5- Horrible, and no excuse of why they are this bad. Not, pretty at all....I've personaly seen better graphics on the original NES.

Sound: 2.5/5- Not that realistic, along with corny music, but still acceptable. Could have been better, but I've herad worst. The music though will sometimes drive you nuts.

Depth: 2.5/- Not much at all, only 2 maps with 4 drivers. A very simple game, but the mini games were pretty cool. Gosh, I was not impressed though. The maps were a decent size as well.

Overall: 3/5- Not the greatest game ever made, but I had some serious fun. The game doesn't look that good though but, some good action. Nothing to go run out and buy.... only buy if the prices range from $10 or under.

-Rogue Fox
Critic
Mega Gamer (since age:5)

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