The multi-passenger option allows allows those who have mastered the map to enjoy more efficient money-making as you don’t have to search around for fares and a few new areas have been added in. The jumping ability allows you to not only avoid tight spots in the city’s map, but also make huge money right away from the San Fran-style hills and cable cars as you can leap over things and boost your fares. Going game to game, the West Coast area benefits the most from the improvements seen in 2. The inclusion of all three core cities, sans the DC-exclusive remixed city of the first game and the remixed city of the second) gives you a lot of areas to run through. The end result is one that manages to create a must-play experience not only for Crazy Taxi veterans, but newcomers alike. The Small Apple area from the second was given a night time makeover.

The West Coast area from CT 1 is kept fully intact as it was, with some new areas added in. The new area would be based on Las Vegas, and as a bonus that helps make CT 3 the definitive experience for the franchise, both cities from the first two entries are featured. Instead of trying to make the series something it wasn’t, they opted to create the biggest overall experience they could.

It was a niche series after the first game and a third entry would have to compete with far grander-scale games like GTA and the emerging open-world genre. With the death of the Dreamcast in 2001, it left the series’ future in a state of flux. A Dreamcast-only sequel was released that introduced a New York City setting that fit in nicely with the first game’s San Francisco one and added in not only the ability to jump, but also pick up multiple fares at a time to double up on your bonus points. While the core game may have been simplistic, it was also fun and has remained an enjoyable romp for twenty years. There, its fast-paced race against time gameplay and Offspring and Bad Religion soundtrack became the stuff of legend. The Crazy Taxi series began as an arcade hit that quickly gained a huge audience on the Dreamcast. You’ll see both good and bad souls unearthed every month as we search through the more… forgotten…parts of history. Inside, we’ll be digging up games that have long been without a pulse.

Watch your step, for you’ve just entered the Graveyard.

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