Crazy Taxi

by Nintendo

Product Features

• You're driving through the most populated cities, picking up as many fares as you can, with four different cabs & drivers to choose from
• Wild mission-based games with tons of destructive humor
• Avoid crashing into objects & people to get the fare there as fast as possible
• Realistic driving dynamics
• Soundtrack features Offspring and Bad Religion

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005QDPX
• Item Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 27, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,984 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: GameCube

Amazon.com Product Description

Crazy Taxi is a mad race against the clock and traffic. As any of four fearless cabbies, players are driven by a single goal: to rack up megabucks in fares and tips before their shifts end. Drivers pick up passengers and take them to their destinations by any means possible. It's a comic cab opera of collisions and decisions, where courtesy takes a back seat to coin. Crazy Taxi offers all the enthralling features that made it a must-play arcade and console game, including four different cabs and drivers, each with his or her own style and attitude, two expansive and interactive courses for extensive gameplay, nine minigames to challenge various driving skills, true driving dynamics, wild, mission-based gameplay infused with humor, and a rockin' soundtrack by Offspring and Bad Religion.

Product Description

Crazy Taxi is an incredible driving game where you play a cab driver trying to get the most fares in shortest time -- no matter what you have to hit to do it!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hop in and let's go! It's Crazy Taxi!, November 24, 2001

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Blayze (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Taxi (Video Game)

For the people who didn't get it for the Sega Dreamcast can now get their hands on it. It's true that it is only a remake of an old classic and there isn't anything new but if you never played it like me it's a wonderful game. The point of the game is picking up passengers and taking them where they want to go. As for your cabbies you get 4 fearless drivers to choose from. Axel,a slick young driver whose ready for anything! B.D. Joe,a fast party loving hip hop driver! Gena,a hot cool girl who loves the open road. Gus,a old yet ready to go driver with keen looks and attitude! As for the cities you drive through they present huge challenges and many people to pick up. The cities are like Los Angelos and San Franciso complete with beachs,malls,heavy traffic and even cable cars litter the streets making your job harder as you drive through the crowed city! Your passengers that you pick up will want to go anywhere from Kentucky Fried Chicken to the City Bank and the passengers have attitudes of their own too! But aside from the to huge cities and it's residents the point of the game is collect as many fares as you can and get your passengers to their destionation points as soon as possible. Don't worry! No cops will be on your tail so ram into cars and drive wherever you want so you can give your passenger a good time while collecting tips for the craziest stunts you can perform on your way to their dropoff point. It's easy to learn and easy to master. No brains needed. Crazy Taxi may be old but it's still alot of fun!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A hard game not to like. But it gets old fast., May 11, 2002

By 

Ben Rowland (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Taxi (Video Game)

Crazy Taxi is nothing more than it seems, a simply fun game. There are no real missions, no complex plot twists, no real story, just you and the open road...oh, and your customers.

The object of the game is to pick up and drop off as many people in as little time as possible, often easier said than done. You can choose between four different driver, which are different in personality, but the same in driving skills. It really makes no difference which one you choose. The controls take a bit of getting used to, and unlike most driving games, the "A" button is not the gas pedal. Instead the "R" button is the gas, and the "L" button is the breaks.

Graphically, this is a great game. The city is nicely detailed, and there is a wide variety of people, places, cars, and people at large. In the sound department, the game also has the edge. The car, street, and voices are all nicely done, and the music suits the game perfectly. What it lacks is variety, which means that you will be hearing the Offspring's "All I Want" twice in the same game.

The flaws in this game come purely from the lack of variety. There is only one city, four drivers, the same passengers, the same four songs played over and over again. There is also no multiplayer mode. The list goes on. But keep in mind that that Crazy Taxi is not meant to be played for hours on end, it is a fun, wild, and wickedly enjoyable game. I would not recommend it to people who favor long, mission-based drivers, for them I would recommend "Grand Theft Auto 3". For others who just want a bit of fun, this is your game. It is fun, but will get old fast and is unlikely to have a long life in your video game collection.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good only if you have not played the DC version, November 3, 2001

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"buddyjeans" (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Taxi (Video Game)

This was a really fun game on the Dreamcast back when it came out, and it's gonna be pretty much the exact same thing on GameCube, with graphics just a little bit better. But if you already have it on Dreamcast, there is no reason to spend 50 bucks on a game you already have. If you have not played it, I suggest getting it because it's pretty fun, especially if you have friends over and you can see who gets more money.

A little about the game itself- the game is based on driving a taxi around a city (there are two huge San Francisco type cities to choose from) and go around, getting customers for your taxi. Choose from 4 drivers, each with their own car things that they'll say like "Hop in" or "Hey, what's up!"
Once you get your customer, they'll tell you where they wanna go and then there will be a little arrow telling you directions. Get them to their destination within a certain time and you will get paid an extra tip, and if you don't make it in time or have a slow time you won't get quite as much money. You'll do that for a preset time (5 minutes, 10 minutes, etc) or you can play arcade mode where you get more time when you get more customers.

The gameplay in this game is what makes it great- the controls are just awesome. Driving around is easy to learn yet challenging to master because there are special moves that you learn like the crazy spin I believe it's called where you can turn really fast and easy.

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