Time to make some craazzZZYYYY MONEY! - Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)

[@alexpimentel7170]

About once a month I see someone from The Offspring bemoaning the fact that this franchise isn't going anymore. I gotta agree with them

[@MrSilnev]

There was a reboot being developed by the guys who made Split/Second but it got canceled when Disney closed Black Rock.

[@darthmaul589]

Came for The Offspring, was not disappointed.

[@squeemlives]

Yeah, this is more like the video game companion to the Ixnay On The Hombre album

[@laidback93]

Same. Can't do a Crazy Taxi video without the iconic soundtrack.

[@ztm999]

Besides maybe the SmackDown! vs Raw early soundtracks, I think this game has the best licensed soundtrack

[@sethran2501]

Video claimed by, Pizza Hut, KFC, Offspring, Tower Records (if they’re still a thing), Sega (they need the money), taxis, EA (for just mentioning their name), Nintendo (because they like claiming videos, it’s like a hobby for them), and so many more.

[@d3v1lsummoner]

As of my last using Tower Records (like 3 or 4 years ago?) they were still a thing. In Japan.

[@Kevinsyel]

I appreciate you not throwing Epitaph under the bus... however, I can't remember if Bad Religion was with Epitaph when they recorded The Gray Race... which is the album these songs are from... Greg Graffin had a falling out with Brett Gurewitz... and left Brett in charge of Epitaph label... oh yeah, this was released under Atlantic Records.

[@ehmwhy]

FILA?

[@GenerationWest]

Man, I miss Crazy Taxi, it's a 90's time capsule, oh yeah, knew about the underwater for years, yet baffled it was one of the only games that allowed you to do so.

[@shizlnit]

I loved that the original arcade cabinet included subwoofer that was on display in addition to the normal speakers. "We payed a lot of money for this licensed music from these big name bands. No way are we gonna shit it up with tiny baby speakers for children"

[@tonyk7000]

I had this on Gamecube growing up and it heavily influence my tastes in green hair and music.

[@captainnegativity9269]

You can absolutely hire Crazy Uber. There have been many court cases caused by people accidentially recieving Crazy Uber instead of the nice, normal Uber that they thought they'd engaged.

[@Bubbabyte99]

Underrated comment.

[@madrandomize5115]

I have the arcade machine in my warehouse, it still rocks.

[@vintagevideogamenights2923]

You need to do the crazy dash move (gear up + accelerate) in order to get some crazy money.

[@imreadyreadygogo]

I was JUST talking to someone about this game! I had this on Dreamcast, and I was saying how in rereleases they didn’t have the best damn song in the game, All I want by The Offspring.

[@imreadyreadygogo]

AND IT’S THE FIRST SONG THAT PLAYS!

[@suicidalfetusx]

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[@epicjake354]

Idk I always kinda liked Ten in 2010

[@MrDeadcell22]

I did play this on Dreamcast and played it ALOT. Watching this.. the strats are still fresh in my mind. Power slide into all destinations, cut through the multi-storey, what routes to take.

[@MrCactusfish]

When i was a kid we went to the jersey shore with my grandmom and my uncle's family. We got hit by a freak thunderstorm that lasted 3 days so we couldn't go to the beach but the motel had a built in diner with a Crazy Taxi machine so me and my cousin spent 3 days just taking turns playing Crazy Taxi. Had a blast. Lots of good memories with the arcade version

[@ReviewTheCrew]

I love this game so much. I remember back in 2001 when my friends and I used to take turns every time we failed in Crazy Box. Same goes for Crazy Taxi 2 with the Big Apple.

[@greatmuta2]

I was ready to be pissed he played the Dreamcast version without the music but Matt knows what's up!

[@morganaensland1105]

Dang this is a classic right here! And kuddos for keepin the music Matt!

[@snavii]

Crazy Taxi 3 also had a arcade release! I saw and played the machine at the transport museum here

[@ChrisGower]

The soundtrack. The soundtrack. The soundtrack. That is all.

[@HYPNOGLANCE87]

Playing this in the arcades and later on the dreamcast was fucking amazing.Yea it felt like a demo but the gameplay was insane and addicting.The dreamcast was an arcade console.House of the Dead 2,Crazy Taxi,Marvel vs Capcom 2.Just insane.

[@TheRealDpb100]

Crazy Taxi was my favorite arcade game as a kid. There was 1 pizza place in my town that had it and I always had to beg my parents for 2 quarters to play it

[@ChrisGower]

I remember my mate getting this on PS2 and we took the disc out without turning the console off. Entire city disappeared. Can't remember if there was collision detection still or not, but all peds and cars were just floating in a blue sky box

[@everetth-top4760]

I loved playing this game back in the day! That soundtrack was the bomb. It's right up there with stuff from Tony Hawk games.

[@jamesd4223]

I wasn’t a big arcade kid growing up(Nathan’s Hotdogs was the closest thing to a real arcade by me) so Crazy Taxi was always more synonymous with Dreamcast to me. If you owned a Dreamcast your friends made sure you had Crazy Taxi.

[@Kevinsyel]

Its weird that I didn't get into this game until College in the early 2000s... Because both Bad Religion's "The Gray Race", and Offsprings "Ixnay on the Hombre" albums came out '96/97... and they are the soundtrack for this game. Although, I remember there's a mode where you can unlock the credits in this game, which Bad Religion's "Inner Logic" plays which is from "Stranger than Fiction"

[@flumphflumph6021]

In the UK, all of our Taxi's are black with a Taxi Sign on the roof.

[@ralphenstein9105]

FYI, there's a few little techniques to learn to level up at this. I haven't played it in ages, so this might not be 100% accurate, but you can dash if you let off the throttle for a sec and then quickly tap gear shift up, and then quickly back on throttle. You'll see the cab jerk forward and hear the engine whine. That's when you know you've got it right. There's a few more little things like this you need to know to break the high scores. I think there's another, faster dash where you shift down and then up. I think there's a couple of braking things, too, but one is too difficult and risky for me. It's a good idea to drift sideways into poles when you stop. You stop dead and you can point your car where you want to go next.

[@DrknssRules1]

Matt straight up sounded like Otto Mann there at the beginning.

[@Sasquatch4811]

Always had to play crazy taxi at the arcade, me my mom and brother would always try to see who could get the best rating... Good times...

[@imreadyreadygogo]

Lmao “Get in my fucking cab, it’s crazy!”

[@ShaunTheCHB]

"It's party time! Let's have some fun" "Shut up and let's roll" "Hey Heeey, c'mon over and have some fun with Craaaazy Taaaxi!" "You're alright, get in!" I love love loooove Crazy Taxi. Played it heaps on PS2.

[@Robin0928]

This is the only port that I really want on Switch. Also, if they made a new Crazy Taxi on modern platforms, it would be super cool if you could sync something like Spotify to it and listen to whatever you want while you play.

[@zekegonzalez1845]

That's a wondeful idea!!

[@Robin0928]

@@zekegonzalez1845 Listen, i love the Crazy Taxi soundtrack, but I'd love to listen to whatever id want.

[@planbrent]

This game introduced so many of us to Offspring, and it remains one of my favorites from them ❤

[@2097xl]

Ah the game that made me a huge offspring fan

[@jackrotz2139]

ABSOLUTELY WAS AN ARCADE VERSION!!! ME and my buddy in high-school used to break the shit out of that game at our local game works, used play for hours off 1 credit, God i feel old now I was happy and then made myself sad

[@ravageduckmanguy]

I remember playing Crazy Taxi 3 on Xbox as a kid as well as having played 1 on PS2. 3 had the main "arcade" city from 1, the main(?) city from 2 that was like New York, and the new Las Vegas city. Aside from being stuck on an Xbox or being a early 00s PC port I'm not sure if it has many drawbacks compared to 1, but I'm not a Crazy Taxi historian.

[@meatshield_]

Is that what he's saying? "All I want"? I always heard "Sonic wars", which gave me images of all the Sonics from the different games fighting in a Clone Wars style army.

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

This game was so much freaking fun. Wish I'd known you could go underwater though lol

[@calimantis]

I remember the sunday bar, Matt. 90s Pizza Hut is one of those things where you couldn't really understand how magical it was unless you had lived with and been a part of it.

[@RogueCarrot]

I love this game so much. I have the Dreamcast version too. As well as the sequel. I have a poster for the game on my wall that I've had for almost 20 years I got from the back room at work when our store closed in 2002. It has Axel on it with the cute redhead with the pom-pom pigtails in the back seat. It says "The smash arcade hit is now on Sega Dreamcast!" I wish I had an arcade cabinet. I'd sit down in it and play it every day. I had the iOS version years ago. Sucks that they had to remove the music and product placement from all the ports. That's why I'm glad I own it on a disc that can't be updated to remove stuff.

[@OreoChimp]

Ahhhh!! The best time attack game ever made. IMO... BEST ARCADE GAME EVER MADE. No score based game ever put as much joy in my late 90s kid heart than this... they need another one. Now excuse me... im going to listen to some The Offspring.

[@samfisher8850]

This arcade took so much of my time/quarters back in the early 2000s my dad has to buy me a copy for Dreamcast. Also big ups for keeping the music

[@entity447b]

10 in 2010... Dodged that bullet, I guess

[@sir_hammy]

The 90's Hut also gave kids free personal pan pizzas for reading AND the one we went to had the classic X-Men side scroller cabinet.

[@hypnovike]

KZbinr: * Plays Crazy Taxi * Music Records Industry *WE OWN YOUR VIDEO!*

[@kayame18]

I really like these upbeat videos. I would love to see you play Smashing Drive and Jambo!Safari. Those were my favorite car arcade games.

[@Robin0928]

YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!

[@CleverCover05]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure my anxiety about timed games started with Sega and their love of "one minute arcade runs".

[@SonJazrin]

Thanks for showing this, I haven't played this game since the Dreamcast. I'm going to grab it on Steam right now.

[@jesseking1403]

I wasn't born early enough to experience 80s/90s to experience good pizza hut with the bonus X-Men vhs and comics. I was born at the wrong time to enjoy being alive, dammit!

[@AfroDragon]

Or when McDonald's had n64 for kids play.

[@Chenso2099]

Afro Dragon I think some McDonald’s still had gaming consoles to play with in the early to mid-2000s, though, I forgot what they were-could’ve been a Dreamcast, PS2, or N64.

[@TheChiefSteve]

Every Person who doesnt go wild and start singing at the Moment you hear "YAYAYAYAYA!!!!!!!!" is a Psychopath! All i Want is a fcking Classic!

[@kammhia397gaming9]

back then I use to always confuse axel with Zoro from one piece because of the green hair only defense is one is a badass dual wielding swordsman/samurai and the other is a CRAZY freaking taxi driver with a better sense of direction.

[@dakotajensen181]

I remember getting ps1 demo disks at my pizza hut!

[@ViccVegaa023]

Matt got me thinking and I really can't personally remember too many 2D arcade games from Sega EXCEPT for the various Shinobi games and an Ikari Warriors tipoff named Gain Ground. When Sega wasn't doing polygons they were doing that forced perspective stuff like Outrun.

[@a.jcheshiremen7822]

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!

[@squeemlives]

*YA YA YA YA YA

[@evanhanley6437]

Loved this game. So simple and yet so fun. The songs made this game way more badass.

[@Redzero062]

pro hint. Start of the run, bak up a few seconds and you find a green off the bat. It's close, easy money and good time boost

[@AndyKazama2]

The ports of this game are rubbish, it needs The Offspring and Bad Religion.

[@ethanirey3401]

I have the PS2 version, it also has dem tunes, thankfully! I know they probably replaced the licensed tracks with generic royalty free rock or something, but in my head a Crazy Taxi without the iconic soundtrack has absolutely no music or spoken lines, just the sound of the taxi and the occasional distant keening of eldritch monsters to break up the oppressive silence. Truly, an fate worse than death.

[@TheMichaelDesjardins]

I have the GameCube version. It still has the songs and product placement.

[@AndyKazama2]

@@thejman5683 console peasant here. 😉

[@mayonaise000]

best soundtrack in a game ever. fite me

[@MrPauliusMaximus]

I remember the pizza hut ice cream bar

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

This was my shit back in the day.

[@NucleaRaptor]

*YA YA YA YA YA*

[@mattiedoa4070]

I used to love this game 😁 It I remember rightly you have to drop it into reverse then back into drive to powerslide

[@TheShadowMan172]

Brought a tear to my eye when the music hit and i heard "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah"

[@ztm999]

I love Crazy Taxi on PS2, it’s the same Offspring soundtrack it’s beautiful. I actually played it last night with my youngest siblings because my cell service went out

[@dakotajensen181]

I remember my step brother smashing this game to pieces cause he got so flustered lol

[@viraleffectz]

Anyone else remembering how they could cheese the game by using the accelerator simultaneously with the gear shift "up" to get a boost of speed whenever you wanna start moving?

[@jackrotz2139]

Yes used to get hours of play off 1 credit at the arcade, my highschool go was bored to death watching me and my boy try to beat eachothers high scores

[@ChrisCaputoGNRadio]

Crazy Taxi 3 was on Xbox & PC. I may still have the PC version somewhere if you want

[@brandonhartman6065]

YESS DUDE, I am SO glad that you decided to do this despite the claim culture. I feel like I can take more risks because of this and I am so damn happy I asked you to play this some time ago. Even if you didn't do this because of my comment this is a DAMN FINE DAY!!!

[@brandonhartman6065]

By the way, If you ever thought about it... You could technically do something like this every six months... no worries just content.

[@brandonhartman6065]

I was talking about risks on my alt youtube btw. Not gonna self promote

[@MatteoTomatto]

Hell YES I remember the ice cream sundae bar!

[@nicholasgerecitano631]

There's another version you've probably never heard of before. Crazy Taxi Slot Machine!

[@codenamekendall2780]

Crazy taxi and Jetset Radio are the hype bringers!!!!!’

[@bagelfan6]

Would really love to see ya play Crazy Taxi 3 High Roller!

[@richmass6556]

There is a hiding spot on the Dreamcast version at the beginning on the right hand side after the jump. If you take a female passenger into the bushes at the right angle you make mad money and she is going crazy. Funny thing is my wife found it when we had a bet. That damn spot alone was over $3,000 and I lost the bet.

[@Flounderboy15]

Man, I used to fuck up my hands doing the boost move......good times...

[@britzman9905]

that was craaaaazy! please do more aracde sega games of this style (house of the dead, sega bass fishing, vf3)

[@NAPH170]

I still have my copy of Crazy Taxi for the Dreamcast. not sure if my DC works anymore, but I've still got it. only version worth playing, besides the arcade cabinet, of course.

[@ThomasTheCure]

Thanks, Matt, for giving my girlfriend and I a video of yours we can both watch and enjoy! She loves Crazy Taxi

[@CandGoods]

Honestly, loving those Gray Race-era Bad Religion tracks on the soundtrack. The Gray Race was the best non-Brett/Atlantic Records-era Bad Religion album.

[@ozg89]

The Simpsons hit and run lawsuit was mostly because sega has/had a copyright on using a big floating arrow to tell you were to go.

[@RockstarMazy]

you get a like just for the risk. great game.

[@THEBULLETPROOFKINGDOM]

"Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!"

[@Chenso2099]

I remember I had this game for the PS2, though, I don’t know if it was a demo of a companion piece to another game....it’s been a loooooong time. It’s a shame I don’t have it any more Bc it was lots of fun from what I played, and I also love the style, look, and feel of the game with the bombass music and high speed kinetic energy.

[@Freeasacar]

I played the hell out of the Gamecube version and it was a great port with all the music included. The PC port that's available on Steam is a huge letdown in comparison. The trick to getting a high score is to just take all the green or teal colored passengers while also doing as many Crazy Throughs as possible. What usually screws over runs at high levels of Arcade play is not being able to find a decent passenger before your time runs out after you've dropped somebody off.

[@diesinjapanese4754]

7:57 "We're goin' ocean right?"

[@luckykennedy7364]

The original songs are on the Ipod port

[@psyduck8025]

Give us that Crazy Taxiii

[@theshadow2952]

Dude u really gotta try Crazy Taxi 3 It's better than the original It has better graphics and visuals (specifically The Crazy boost and jump effects) 2 new maps (one from Crazy Taxi 2 (small apple) and a third New one (glitter oasis)) A total of 12 characters (the 4 from CT1, 4 more from CT2, and 4 new characters) The controls are tight and great as well In short, Crazy Taxi 3 is pretty much the G.O.A.T of the Crazy Taxi franchise

[@fearthepointman3134]

This made me think of Twisted Metal's Yellowjacket....whoaaa yeeeahhhgghh

[@RobertWCrouch]

My wife and I used to play Original mode with Arcade rules on the Dreamcast a lot when we were dating. We’d try to top each others highscore...crazy and frustrating-at-times fun. STUPID BUS, GET OUT OF MY WAY!!! THIS LADY NEEDS KFC!!!!

[@KylePhantasm]

Wait a goddamn minute! i not ONLY remember the sundae bar BUT bring it up in conversation all the time, i sure as hell don't remember "mini comics"

[@JenMistress]

I remember playing this when I was a little girl on the PS2, didn't even realize that it ever was on the Dreamcast. I loved the PS2 port, so maybe I should scroll through my Dreamcast ROMs, see if it's there. Thank you.

[@electrickoathanger]

If you do, you should also download the ROM for Crazy Taxi 2.

[@yesarosman]

this game is my childhood!

[@tiend15]

Literally just bought this from vintage stock

[@BADeByrd]

Wasn't Axel the name of the main character in the original Phantasy Star game? I swear that a bunch of Sega games had Axel as a main character name.

[@fearthepointman3134]

There was an Axel in Twisted Metal 2, not sure about sega games other than SoR.

[@ManaAdvent]

From Yeyeyeyeyeyes to YAYAYAYAs!

[@AgentCell]

Zombies Revenge ☠️

[@Dee28music]

This really needs a HD remastered edition I miss this game so much

[@MattMcMuscles]

They did, on the Xbox 360 and PS3.

[@Dee28music]

@@MattMcMuscles @Matt McMuscles WHAT! No one told me. I had the gamecube version. Also I love the Channel I have a special request could you do a flop house or wha happun to "Mark Echoes presents getting up" I love that game as a kid I thought there was going to be a sequel but it never happened

[@jailson6306]

Dreamcast crazy taxy 1 📺🎮🔥

[@danyp127]

Arcade 2000 on Ste-Catherines Street?

[@Bearcade]

“I could walk to the KFC but I need to take a cab to devour the KFC”

[@Lazy2320]

I would ride in a Crazy Uber.