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Developed by Sega AM3 and first released in arcades in 1999, Crazy Taxi lets players take the wheel as one of four unique characters on a mission to wrecklessly pick up and drop off as many passengers as possible before time runs out.

The Dreamcast version of the game, released in 2000, may be the most well known, but the game is widely available on a plethora of other platforms such as Gamecube, Playstation 2, XBLA, Playstation Network and various mobile devices, making it an easily accessible (as well as affordable) choice for a community playthrough.

So let's all crank up the Offspring and Bad Religion and earn a Class S license!

Achievements:

Week 1: Dec 1-7
Crazy Box
1-1 Crazy Jump - Longest Distance - 371.75yd - techwizard
1-2 Crazy Flag - Best Time - 0'11''25 - Disposed Hero
1-3 Crazy Balloons - Best Time - 0'37''44 - Disposed Hero
1-S Crazy Bowling - Best Time -

Week 2: Dec 8-14
2-1 Crazy Drift - Best Combo - 17 - Disposed Hero
2-2 Crazy Turn - Best Time - 0'32"27 - Disposed Hero
2-3 Crazy Bound - Best Time -
2-S Crazy Zig-Zag - Best Time -

Week 3: Dec 15-21
3-1 Crazy Rush - Best Time - 1'06"39 - techwizard
3-2 Crazy Jam - Best Time - 0'36"81 - techwizard
3-3 Crazy Pole - Best Time - 0'54"87 - techwizard
3-S Crazy Zig-Zag 2 - Best Time - 0'37"24 - techwizard

All Month:
Arcade Mode: Play By Arcade Rules - Best Bank - $3152.65 - techwizard


Like our friends in the Retro Community Playthrough, our achievements will be weekly score challenges and an overall high score challenge for the whole month. This is a low-pressure playthrough. Put your name on the list and participate in the challenges you like from week to week.

Participants:
grayghost81
disposed hero
fokakis79
singlebanana
techwizard
fleach
raidou
shadow kisuragi
thesaintofpain
ericeskapade

Oh no, that Offspring song is already stuck in my head....

Count me in

I am in

Put me in the mix.

i'm in too! i think this will be my first playthrough since The Last Story where i already have the game in my collection and don't have to hunt down a copy.

I'm about to order the Dreamcast version from eBay right now.

i wish i had the dreamcast version too, maybe someday, but for now i'm content with PS2.

Just ordered a PS2 copy. I'm game.

Based on the research I did the Dreamcast version is the preferred platform. It seems that one didn't have any licensing issues regarding the music. I also simply wanted to get my Dreamcast collection rolling.

Crazy Taxi bowling? Oh hell naw...
Who am I kidding? Was already planning on breaking out the DC.

Got it for GBA, so yeah, I'll get in on this one.

Saint I put you on the list, but the GBA port doesn't have all the crazy box events, just so you know.

http://kotaku.com/happy-15th-birthday-dreamcast-1472719094

fitting time for a dreamcast game

never played it more than 15 minutes... but i lika racing: maybe it hit's me this time on the DC: COUNT ME IN!

Welcome back Eric!

Just a heads up that my copy of the game won't arrive until December 5th so I might not have enough time to complete Week 1's challenge.

thank you Playthrough-moderator of the newer consoles :)

I've added the challenges for week one. I put myself in for the best crazy jump though I'm certain it will be beaten before weeks end. We won't be requiring pics but I took one just to kick things off:

[img width=700 height=393]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h32/grayghost81/IMG_20131201_144231_404_zps282443c8.jpg[/img] (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/grayghost81/media/IMG_20131201_144231_404_zps282443c8.jpg.html)

So go get jumping and drifting. Note that Crazy Bowling doesn't unlock until you clear the minimums for the three main events. Also note that Crazy Bowling is f*cking impossible :)

The mechanics of this game are harder to master than I remembered. Getting a good distance in the jump requires doing the crazy dash multiple times in a row which is very challenging. As for the crazy drift, I completed 1-2 and 1-3 without even using it, though my times were nothing to write home about.

When you get done with section one of the crazy box, try the arcade mode, by arcade rules, and rack up the crazy money all month long to be the champion of arcade mode. Have fun and please discuss your thoughts and strategies here!

Only one missing for this week is the Bowling, but that's okay.  I'd forgotten just which ones it had, so thanks for reminding me to actually look. :P

I took at crack at this week's challenges the other day.  I'm sure my scores are nothing special, but I'll go ahead and post them:

1-1:  305.95
1-2:  0'11''25
1-3:  0'37''44

I couldn't actually complete the Crazy Bowling game, but I came close a few times.  I might take another shot at it later today.

On the final day of week one we finally have a few participants. Will anyone complete Crazy Bowling before time runs out?

Stay tuned, I will have week two up later today (yes it's crazy box section two, I just want to play through it to establish the parameters).

Week two is on the op. I gotta be honest, for the life of me I cannot do a crazy drift. Curious to see how everyone else does. Please post tips! 

still saturday for another 4 and a half hours for me ;) going to give this a shot tonight

371.75!!!

[img width=700 height=525]http://i.imgur.com/tKE9g4O.jpg[/img]

edit: it's still the 7th on the west coast ;)

Alright, week one is closed so let's get cracking on week two. Don't forget to try arcade mode-play by arcade rules. Submissions for arcade mode are open for the whole month.

I did finish what I could on the Week One challenges, but didn't get anything posted until now because we've been sitting under about 10" of snow that's sitting on top of about 2" of ice, and have spent pretty much every daylight hour through yesterday (12/8) clearing our driveway to where it was passable and so I could get to work later today.  So, here's what I got playing the GBA version:

1-1: 159.86 yds
1-2: 0'18"29
1-3: 19/20 Balloons  (I have NEVER been able to complete this one, no matter how hard I try.)

Week 3 is up. I put myself in for week 2 but I will relinquish my titles to anyone who actually completes week 2's events so consider the time limit extended.

My game finally arrived from ebay so now I can have a go at the challenges. It's been a long wait and I'm excited to revisit this game. Hopefully I can make it onto one of the leader boards.

At this point all you have to do is play the game and you'll be the champ.

Looks like we need a little more excitement in here. I know this game isn't as great as Streets of Rage, but come on people, let's see some competition here!

Ah, I'm so focused on the Streets of Rage playthrough that I keep forgetting about this one.  I'm gonna try to play some Crazy Taxi for a while tonight or tomorrow.

I played this for a bit last night and got a couple of scores to post:

2-1:  17
2-2:  0'32"27
Arcade Mode:  $2988.46

Nothing impressive, but there were no scores posted for those.

You rock man. It's nice to have some real numbers up there.

i gave this game another try, but also my 2nd attempt in this month wasn't successful. maybe i am to stupid for the turbocontrols...mmmh, but i managed the drift-turboslides in the mario karts for example...but here?! and without the turbos i think the most times are unreachable. the only good i got out of the game really is the soundtrack. but you, who enjoy the game: have fun with it and  merry christmas!

Arcade Mode: Arcade Rules - $3152.69
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3-1 Crazy Rush - 1'06"39
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3-2 Crazy Jam - 0'36"81
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3-3 Crazy Pole - 0'54"87
[img width=700 height=406]http://i.imgur.com/XjrsUQI.jpg[/img]

3-S Crazy Zigzag 2 - 0'37"24
[img width=700 height=411]http://i.imgur.com/5kRXYJD.jpg[/img]

techwizard killing it week three. Thanks for bailing me out here buddy ;)

anytime ;) i got really into it. i think on 3-S someone could easily beat my score if they have any idea how to do the drifting properly, i could never figure that one out