Crazy Taxi

Crazy Taxi
Cover art used for both the European and Japanese versions on the Dreamcast and was used for the PS2 and GameCube worldwide. The North American Dreamcast version had Axel and one of the customers on the box art.
Developer(s)	Hitmaker Acclaim Cheltenham (PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions) Strangelite (PC) Sega Studios (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Publisher(s)	Sega Acclaim Entertainment (PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions (Excluding Japan)) Activision (Microsoft Windows)
Designer(s)	Kenji Kanno
Series	Crazy Taxi
Platform(s)	Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Cloud , iOS, Android
Release	1999 Arcade NA: 1999 Dreamcast NA: January 24, 2000 JP: January 27, 2000 EU: February 25, 2000 PlayStation 2 NA: May 14, 2001 EU: June 1, 2001 JP: November 22, 2001 Nintendo GameCube NA: November 18, 2001 EU: May 3, 2002 JP: May 30, 2002 Microsoft Windows EU: June 28, 2002 JP: September 26, 2002 NA: September 30, 2002 WW: March 4, 2011 PlayStation Network NA: November 16, 2010 EU: November 17, 2010 JP: November 24, 2010 Xbox Live Arcade WW: November 24, 2010 iOS WW: October 10, 2012 Android WW: July 10, 2013
Genre(s)	Racing, Action
Mode(s)	Single-player
Arcade system	Sega NAOMI

Review scores
Publication	Score
Publication	Dreamcast	GC	iOS	PC	PS2	PS3	Xbox 360
AllGame
EGM	36.5/40				8/10
Eurogamer						3/10	3/10
Famitsu	34/40				30/40
GameFan	96%
Game Informer	8.75/10	7.5/10			8.25/10
GamePro
Game Revolution	B+	C			C+
GameSpot	8.7/10	4.9/10		5.4/10	7.8/10
GameSpy	9/10	83%			80%
GameZone		9/10			9.5/10		7/10
IGN	9.6/10	6.9/10	7.1/10		7.1/10	6/10	6/10
Nintendo Power		3.3/5
OPM (US)
OXM (US)							6.5/10
PC Gamer (US)				40%
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Escapist
Aggregate scores
GameRankings	90.19%	70.46%	78.87%	55.67%	78.72%	64.33%	61.68%
Metacritic		69/100	78/100	54/100	80/100	60/100	59/100

Award
Publication	Award
Electronic Gaming Monthly	Game of the Month

Crazy Taxi is an open world racing video game developed by Kenji Kanno and his team at Hitmaker and published by Sega. It is the first game in the Crazy Taxi series. The game was first released in arcades in 1999 and then was ported to the Dreamcast in 2000. Gameplay is based on picking up taxi customers, and driving to their destination as quickly as possible. Reception to Crazy Taxi has been mostly positive. It was ported to other platforms numerous times, including the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube by Acclaim in 2001, and then Microsoft Windows in 2002. The game has also been re-released for the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, iOS, and is featured on the Dreamcast Collection. It became one of the few Sega All Stars on the Dreamcast, and also earned Greatest Hits and Player's Choice status on PlayStation 2 and GameCube respectively. Sega followed up on the success of Crazy Taxi with numerous sequels, the first being Crazy Taxi 2 for the Dreamcast, which included several gameplay changes.

The main objective of the game is to pick up customers and take them to their chosen destination as quickly as possible. Along the way, money can be earned by performing stunts such as near misses with other vehicles. The player is directed to a destination by a large green arrow at the top of the screen. The arrow does not adjust based on obstacles, but rather points in the general direction of the destination. Once the player arrives near the destination, they must stop within a specified zone. When the destination is reached, that customer's fare is added to the player's total money earned. Ratings are then awarded depending on how long the player took to complete the journey. If the customer's timer runs out before the player reaches the destination the customer jumps from the taxi without paying the driver.

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