10 Facts About Crazy Taxi

Crazy Taxi is a series of racing video games that was developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega.

Additionally, Crazy Taxi 2 introduced a new stunt move called the "Crazy Hop" that allowed the player to make the taxi jump to clear some obstacles or reach higher drivable surfaces.

Crazy Taxi producer Kenji Kanno noted that the time extension on gameplay was a breakaway of the current "100 yen for 3 minutes" that persisted at the time for arcade games, and rewarded players with longer playing times by performing well in the game.

Certain versions of the Crazy Taxi game include in-game counterparts of real-world businesses, including Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, FILA, and Tower Records; these were often destination targets for the passengers.

Soundtrack of the Crazy Taxi series has typically been licensed hard rock and punk rock music.

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Arcade version of Crazy Taxi was released in February of 1999, and featured only the San Francisco-inspired map .

The Dreamcast version of Crazy Taxi was playable through emulation via GameTap on PC systems.

Crazy Taxi 2 was well received by reviewers with the new features helping to expand play from the original game, though some thought that more drastic changes could have been made in the sequel.

Crazy Taxi segment is featured in the "Sega Carnival" track in Sonic Riders, including a hidden shortcut allowing racers to receive a ride from taxi driver Axel; a Crazy Taxi extreme gear can be unlocked as well.

Donner said that he loved playing Crazy Taxi and thought it had the potential to be a big summer event movie.