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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! Amazon.com 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. Review Crazy Taxi is now available for the PS2, the Xbox, and the GameCube. And it's superb. The aim of the game is simple. Drive a ludicrously fast taxi and make oodles of cash as quickly as possible. Playing as one of four drivers, each with his or her own skill set, the player needs to locate and pick up passengers and race through crowded streets to get passengers to their destinations while picking up healthy tips for speed on the way. Tips can be increased through the execution of stupidly dangerous stunts and the cunning use of the shortcuts and back alleys the game offers. Graphically, Crazy Taxi is a treat. Big, bold vehicles fairly rocket around the streets of the sprawling city, which has environments ranging from shopping malls to freeways and beaches. Everything crusies along at a fairly steady 60 frames per second, and the only gripe with the graphics is the pop-up at long distance, which is irritating but doesn't ultimately doesn't affect gameplay. Sound is excellent, with some thumping skate-punk tunes provided by the Offspring and friends, and comedy back chat from the cab drivers and their passengers. If only there was multiplayer capability, there would be icing on this cake. Still, this is pure, blissful arcade entertainment. --Chris Russell -- Amazon.co.uk