Arcade Longplay [242] Crazy Taxi

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Hey, hey, hey, it's time to make some crazy money. Are you ready? Here. We. GO!
Crazy Taxi is an open world racing video game developed by Hitmaker (Sega AM3) and published by Sega. The game was released in arcades in 1999.
Although there only is one stage, the game is highly addicting.
There are a few slowdowns from time to time due to the fact that NAOMI emulation still is far from being perfect. -
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[@masterknife8423]

I love how American this game is even though it was made entirely by the Japanese

[@xXblazmodzXx]

I saw someone somewhere describe this game as a "Japanized-American" game, and I've never found something so fitting. I always love American/Western games made by Asian countries, they're always such fun spins and takes on American culture, if not a bit stereotypical at times. (Which I don't really care if it is in fact I find that quite funny and entertaining, but I'm sure it bothers some people.)

[@j.1684]

You'd be surprised how many "American" games they've made lol

[@johncarl5505]

​@J. Not just Japan. There are a lot of European games that take place in America.

[@imafreakinninja12]

Thank god. Kool Aid haired, waifu monstrosities ruin games.

[@thisispkmadness]

So most games?

[@blturn]

3:20 I love how this guy just hates walking. "Can't you park closer? Anyway take me to the park within walking distance."

[@UPBEATFOREVER]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😲😳

[@_Hi_There_]

🤭

[@long_strong8843]

Omg 8 months ago only

[@thetreyceratops2242]

Same goes with the lady at 24:28, “I need to go to the mall!” Literally is in the mall

[@isc077]

What about of the guy that wants to go to the church but it's right there

[@indierockguitar6875]

The vibe of playing this game is one of the best memories I still have today.

[@creepyghostgamez8861]

SAME. Was just telling my gf about how many hours of my life I gladly "wasted" on this game. 😅

[@indierockguitar6875]

@@creepyghostgamez8861 I played this game so much I cleared the customers, and didn't need arrows. Remember my hands just being super sore. They don't make games like Crazy Taxi anymore.

[@creepyghostgamez8861]

@@indierockguitar6875 They don't, unfortunately 😩. At least we have this...let's forget about crazy taxi 2&3. Lol.

[@indierockguitar6875]

@@creepyghostgamez8861 Sega is making another Crazy Taxi. Lets hope it captures the vibe of the first one.

[@creepyghostgamez8861]

@@indierockguitar6875 yeah, for real.

[@kazuhirala]

Thumbs up if everytime you walk in an arcade and you heard "The Offspring" music bumping, and you immediately knew it was Crazy Taxi

[@Robert-nl3fd]

And to think, it was the same deal with it on Dreamcast...

[@1996donte]

Robert Carter llll

[@juanluis8043]

My dollar making record IS OVER 9000!

[@jammychoo]

Is it just me or do you have trouble getting speed in Crazy Taxi.

[@MrSlaveSP]

And bad religion

[@0axel078]

When I was young, I never appreciated how much the makers of this game went all in on the brand names. Really is the icing on the cake.

[@joyconboyasmr6499]

Back then copy right wasnt as big as a deal

[@DaniTheDead]

@@joyconboyasmr6499 Yeah, now the kfc is just fried chicken place

[@vegasvanga5442]

@@joyconboyasmr6499 that's... not the case at all. Brand deals eventually expire

[@callumcc8897]

@@joyconboyasmr6499How do you know that? You an expert Gen Z?

[@joyconboyasmr6499]

@@callumcc8897 I'm 31 lol

[@WaveGazer]

This game is very 90s.

[@flyinggardengnome1]

You a Nagel fan too? Nobody knows Nagel anymore these days!

[@andykishore]

@FBI Breaker Sure feels like it.

[@Devilsblood]

And still a good game

[@houstonhelicoptertours1006]

No shit.

[@ninja_mcawsome1300]

2019 anyone

[@TheGOAT-hj6sl]

I felt like a kid again seeing my childhood returned today.

[@vicentefuentes]

2019 and i am crying with this

[@youtuberk1577]

Why

[@chaffy5862]

@@youtuberk1577 because it’s nostalgic

[@tashahatzidakis5680]

This was my fave game

[@Nelsea7190]

its a crazy game and none of the people die like GTA and you get rewarded for bad driving.

[@ZenofireX]

2021, whistfully smiling

[@gc3k]

Sega predicted Uber

[@Davethe3rd]

More like Sega has taken a taxi ride in San Francisco. Cabbies in The City are FUCKING INSANE and give NO FUCKS if they hit anyone...

[@stevehoward4465]

Pretty much yo.

[@drippinwet774]

Bro, this is how I practice when I'm not driving fools around

[@MuhammadRidho-vb2fb]

Uber boss inspired from tis game

[@squiggle3801]

Lol

[@HaaskaChan]

This game is pure gold. And I still own this game.

[@HaaskaChan]

@Irinel not anymore and it was original copy too. but I do have steam version of it. it's ok if you ask me but it does miss some original music.

[@TangerineWallaby343]

@@HaaskaChan Remember the early-1999 prototype of Crazy Taxi for Sega Naomi hardware? It feels very different from the final (no music, different textures, and a cut character) and had some elements from the cancelled Goofy Taxi! project for Model 2/Model 3.

[@MVC2fan1]

I remember playing this on Sega Dreamcast. I own it on the Xbox via Xbox on February 16, 2018 where it was free with gold.

[@ultimatebreak827]

I just bought this on ebaym, gonna be really fun

[@EkremJevric667]

Still own it also..it's a huge beast but worth it\m/

[@ffarquharlinesproductions4106]

ALL WHO HAVE RETURNED HERE AFTER THE GAME AWARDS, ASSEMBLE!!!

[@CDiddy404]

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

[@PossiblyCoolAnimations]

Yep thats me

[@fortunes_youtube]

YUP. And still bumping to this soundtrack.

[@krispynachos9980]

Its All I waaaaant, its all I waaaaant

[@Koyumasa_Art]

Day After Day!

[@frankiesmith6977]

The nostalgia. Use to love this game as a kid. The music and everything it's like it was yesterday. Time goes too quick

[@TheShadowfan9000]

I love this game's realism, it captured the essence of true taxi drivers in new york city. As well as the lazyness of the people who use them lol...

[@earth70s]

Mettaton hi

[@alexislupo2603]

Amount 1408 For you know

[@desireemendoza6725]

its San Francisco not NYC

[@murrfeeling]

Palm Trees, street level trolley tracks, huge indoor malls. Definitely New York City

[@desireemendoza6725]

@@murrfeeling trams. its definitely San Fransisco

[@phillipsmith4473]

ALL I WANT, is an crazy taxy remake!

[@spyro115]

+Phillip Smith yeah with the possibility of picking up more people instead of just one person at a time within a time limit. lol

[@phillipsmith4473]

Yeah, and use NOFX, Pennywise songs too.

[@unast1507]

spyro115 you do that in CT3

[@andykishore]

Well The Simpsons Road Rage is similar to Crazy Taxi.

[@kaisser8915]

I unironically want a new Crazy Taxi game for Switch, or at least a port/remaster of the first two games

[@jimbeaux89]

Dude the opening gameplay footage is so sweet. This was my favorite game of the Dreamcast! Actually aged pretty well

[@MegaYelawolf]

shenmue and jet set radio too

[@TangerineWallaby343]

@@MegaYelawolf The PC version feels like if it's on location test in mid-1999, different than this final arcade version and Dreamcast, but the earliest prototype had a different logo (written in graffiti instead of white italic Impact text on red flames), cut characters, no music, different textures, and of course elements from the cancelled Goofy Taxi! project for the Sega Model 2 and later Sega Model 3 (going to be developed in partnership with Disney).

[@RJ-hk7oj]

@@TangerineWallaby343 where can I find this "earliest prototype"?

[@cbrmax4192]

srsly your favourite DC game?? I mean, it's cool and fun, but cmoon 😂😂

[@Shy_Flames]

24:32 YOU'RE ALREADY AT THE MALL!

[@Nazband]

i was looking for this comment xD

[@dalaxdercrisper957]

+2001HRM Maybe she has no sense of direction.

[@pedro75557]

HotRodMario Lazy bitch

[@Hwje1111]

Not even a different mall

[@101Volts]

One of the most pointless customer fares ever. Wait 'till that customer's dollar sign's not deep red and you'll get a better fare.

[@nytheris2848]

3:23 What a lazy bastard! He could have walked there in like 2 minutes!

[@NoBoDy-qe2ww]

NeonHydra "beach is not pretty closer ,you know "

[@baroqueobama6199]

I ❤️ Crazy Taxi

[@Kappatalist]

NeonHydra You think he's bad? Look at 8:16. Guy coulda walked there in like 30 seconds. And he was going to KFC. I think SEGA's trying to tell us something.

[@Aqua.man045]

+NeonHydra My question to Taxi Drivers are Have you ever made 20,000 in one day?

[@3ZX8Ball]

And he said "can't you stop closer?". Lol.

[@ShortFingeredShreder]

I have so many memories with this game. I remember in either 1999 or 2000, my local roller rink got one of these. I was probably 6 at the time, and my older brother would go to this place every Friday to hang out with his friends. I used to tag along just to play in the arcade; I played the shit out of this and The House Of The Dead until I ran out of money. When it came out for Gamecube and Dreamcast, I rented those games often until I eventually bought them. Also, this game introduced me to The Offspring, which I cannot thank SEGA enough for. That was one of my first musical interests, and they're still one of my favorite bands all these years later.

[@4you7reviews]

+ShortFingeredShreder There is also a PS2 version, which I got.

[@coreydeluna5258]

looks the calforncation music video lol

[@TangerineWallaby343]

@@coreydeluna5258 This game was going to be developed in 1996 and 1997 as a Model 2/Model 3 game featuring Goof Troop characters.

[@marcoantonio7469]

BEST SOUNDTRACK EVER!

[@Shy_Flames]

+Silent_ John77 same with the offspring

[@matthewgustafson5225]

I totally agree with you.

[@flagtheoffense]

ALMOST! This is #2 to Burnout: Takedown. But, you can't lose either way.

[@JoshuaBrownGames]

bpstyles yeah U can, the time limit

[@MrOrthopedia]

Agreed, the XBOX 360 and PSN versions don't have the same energy as the Dreamcast/arcade versions.

[@NVMviktor]

WOW, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET HERE SO FAST

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Yeah, we'd be on our way!

[@dalaxdercrisper957]

+Viktor Gustafsson TAXI!

[@pabloflores1396]

Let's ride golden child

[@italuxpx]

It's obvious they'll get there that fast, the fucking driver crashes everything on the way! lol

[@millerbeez9310]

I loved this game. In retrospect, it's hilarious how impressed I was with these graphics! CLASSIC!! 💚

[@tyjohnson3540]

The Offspring rule too. They were my absolute favorite band in that era. I even went as far as to track down all of their albums on vinyl, Americana in particular is a pretty rare and valuable album (very common on CD)

[@moe4li]

Still alive mate?

[@humanbeing4841]

@@moe4li He dead

[@moe4li]

@@humanbeing4841 bruh how do you know

[@sloth8320]

By far the best Guy Fieri simulator to date.

[@mattmartino1]

+Sloth A trip to Flavor Town

[@TheRealPaul527]

+Billy Herrington hahaha

[@TheFlightsimNerd]

LMAO

[@TangerineWallaby343]

@@TheFlightsimNerd Need a 1997 prototype of this game for Model 3 Emulator featuring Goof Troop characters? ATEI 1997 had a taxi game with Goofy.

[@TurboWheeler]

A few things: - I abused the hell out of that 'stuck in the wall' glitch to the point where my highest combo was over 50 and I earned several grand just going to the cable car at the bottom of the hill. - I'll never understand why they had a few customers literally across the street from their destinations - I always made sure to get the granny at the top of the parking garage, even if I almost never got a Speedy rank with her - I got 20 grand on Arcade Rules ONCE and could never get within 2 grand of it ever again after - I wish the 2nd and 3rd games were ported to other platforms

[@ugh.idontwanna]

You know how we have "talk like a pirate day"? I think we should have a "talk like the announcer from Crazy Taxi day" as well.

[@SkeetSeinfeld]

i didn't even know we had talk like a pirate day

[@wormaheldharrier3122]

Daniel Flugt And a “talk like Terry Bogard day”.

[@framedcargo_prints4337]

Great times on dreamcast have this game on ps2 and 360 dreamcast collection

[@rotyler2177]

@@wormaheldharrier3122 f*** yeah

[@KatJustice97]

That's every day for me

[@Pudgie]

NEW CRAZY TAXI GAME IS COMING CONFIRMED!!! LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

[@acetrigger1337]

the soundtrack of this game is pretty much why it is amazing. such a mix of 90's rock and goofy gameplay... perfection.

[@flexxluger1521]

Pure nostalgia, remember playing this on Dreamcast as a jit

[@GrungeJeans]

15:28 CJ from GTA SA

[@Marjill_katzen888]

I used to believe GTA and Crazy Taxi were in the same universe as a kid because of that.

[@Victor_2000s]

Looks Will Smith from Bad Boys game.

[@fatherfvcker9]

YUP😂😂💔

[@giraffeman326]

*ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TAXI CJ!*

[@awildfurret]

CJ probably took a vacation

[@keikosuzuski]

I used to play this game when I was young never understood anything they said but now I do at least I still remember the "hey hey hey!"

[@PlayerWM86]

_"Shut up and move your butt!"_ -B.D. Joe I _never_ played the arcade version or _3_, but I _did_ play the Dreamcast version of this first. When I was 14-15, I had no idea what to do (and constantly got the purple "BAD" marker, mostly because I didn't get to the destination fast enough), but as I got older, I started making the arcade high score table...repeatedly, but with Axel and Gena (around 12th~19th). Years later, I got back into playing this, and started using B.D. Joe a little more (I use him a lot in _Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed_ along with Sonic, Tails, Joe Musashi, NiGHTS and Ralph). I even broke my personal best records last night and this morning on the PS3 version, using Axel and Gus--claiming the 1st-place arcade high score table position (not the leaderboards--I can't do jack (bleep) for the life of me in _any_ game online, scoring in the 5-6 digit ranks and always coming in near the back in racing games). With that said, keep up the good work.

[@ZenoPopo]

wow, you are good

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

For me, it was the PSP.

[@robertcop2159]

"I need to go to the mall." *Standing in mall*

[@LinkofHyrule1996]

8:21 "Drive me down to the KFC". *The KFC is literally just around the corner.*

[@Aflay1]

*DIDN’T EXPECT TO GET HERE SO FAST!*

[@Iggy67392]

CRAZY TAXI IS BACK!!!

[@iongabriel2683]

Really

[@imafreakinninja12]

Ya but doesn't it have stupid jets on the Taxi?

[@DavidJones-ye2if]

20:53 "Didn't I just drop you off at the mall? Or do you have a twin brother?"

[@MarcoMazziniYT]

Black Girl: "Go straight!" B.D.Joe: "Shut up and move your butt!"

[@vivekjangra5453]

Damyumm

[@klonoa_thecabbitanimations2515]

‘This is like, playing loads of crazy taxi games for hours at Bruce Willis’s House!!’

[@101Volts]

5:47 That car-stuck-on-wall thing happened to me with the same passenger. Only thing is it lasted so long that the time ran out for her and she was mad but since I was in the zone she didn't leave until after she tipped me past the $1,000 mark.

[@laceneil4570]

lol, that old lady wanted to go to the police station to report a crazy taxi driver. XD

[@goldgirl3624]

Yeah u r right 😆

[@mysticalpotato86]

@@goldgirl3624 Well, at least she aint no ball and chain

[@angellegion273]

2022, I miss this game so much. So much nostalgia

[@Study--Materials]

Me tooo

[@tylerbell5113]

This game is truly one of my favorites. I have so many memories about playing this game when I was younger and I remember it was just crazy and insane!!! One of the best games in my opinion and still doesn’t get old!!!!👍👍👍

[@imarock.7662]

Came here after Sega dropped that bombshell of an announcement at the Game Awards. CRAZY TAXI IS BACK

[@bruddanecessity34]

I love how as soon as the SUV passes by the credits start rolling 1:09

[@Veroxzes]

"Shut up and move your butt!" "Shut up and move your butt!"

[@RosheenQuynh]

+Veroxzes dammit someone beat me to t xD

[@Veroxzes]

+RoseOfTheNight4444 Shut up and move your butt! XD

[@RosheenQuynh]

Veroxzes x'D

[@dff1140]

الو

[@jakubhadrian864]

Siara mówi tak!

[@sanks9701]

Me and my friend were talking about our childhood memories and suddenly I remembered this game, now we both are 20s and we used to play that game when we were just 10 or 11 something, there was some magical in that era

[@chipskylark172]

“Insert coins” dude I miss those days I had this on the Dreamcast but I was way more fun to go to the arcade and play with people. Thats how you made your best friends in the late 90s. It’s sad this era is gone forever and kids will never experience the fun of just being a kid with no worries. Not saying the world was perfect but we didn’t have social media and as kids it didn’t matter to us.

[@Mosky_2000]

CRAZY TAXI IS FUCKING BACK!! ONE MF MY FAVORITE SEGA IPS IS COMING BACK IN FULL GLORY!!

[@Chyrosran22]

So is this the arcade version then? How did you get it working?

[@BobInGreek]

There was always pc version also

[@kitterbug]

@@BobInGreek This is emulated, see the “NAOMI” intro

[@BobInGreek]

@@kitterbug dude i was playing it on pc i took it from cheerios, it may be emulated but there is pc version also so stfu

[@somethingiguess9783]

The original PC release has major performance issues, even on newer hardware. The Steam version fixed a few of them, but it still lags on good hardware.

[@adenarrington7607]

@@BobInGreek um no the pc version doesn’t have the Naomi intro and it has updated text

[@swishdish720]

3:20 you definitely could've walked there lmao .... this game cracked me up with the red dollar sign people asking to go to their destinations so close to where they are XDDD

[@felipekretschmera.5812]

The music really fits in this game

[@fongsungjaupseio5542]

This is the real inspiration for the uber and lyft apps

[@bedrockcastle777]

this game's soundtrack is a bop

[@lolusuck386]

It's up there with Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Need For Speed

[@bedrockcastle777]

@@lolusuck386 For sure. Tony Hawk 1 is just the best thing.

[@-saus1077]

I remember playing this as a kid 14 years ago and was blown away by the graphics Now its nostalgia thats getting to me lol

[@shinkibigami9]

The graphics were crazy to everyone back then. The Dreamcast/Naomi was the first of that gen and we couldn't believe this shit when it hit the arcades 🤯🤯

[@Danniboithekid]

8:15 dude couldn’t just walk to Kentucky Fried Chicken?

[@BoredTomcat9774]

LOGIC

[@andykishore]

It was so close to him.

[@houstonhelicoptertours1006]

Nobody walks in America.

[@victoroliver990]

that's what happens when you eat too much kfc. can't walk to save your life.

[@mienislav]

He's too fat!

[@cwing1028]

I love it, original soundtrack, voice actors, and locations!

[@avikbellic911]

Childhood right here!

[@19sunbeamalpine67]

I remember playing this game in the little arcade whenever my family went to Spaghetti Warehouse as a little kid. I wasn’t very good at it, but I loved it! The cars, music, speed, characters, it was all great!

[@supercommie]

I wish they would make a remake.

[@jerenzecuaki7274]

It's finally coming!!

[@evo2500]

LMFAOOOO

[@evo2500]

WISH GRANTED

[@hagriddy8]

damn this guy saw the future

[@HUNdebLeonidasX]

Wow I have many childhood memories with this game I liked theese angry clients

[@demonviper7711]

I remember playing this game as a kid and I really miss those times now

[@1230james]

4:10 Game Physics. If only real life was like that...

[@DaNgEr88GiRL]

" Oh No! That was too dangerous " I lolled so hard @ 2:54 XD XD

[@SuperPlushAnimation]

It’s coming back boy’s 🎉🎉🎉

[@rovhalt6650]

This game was da BAWMB. So many good memories of entering the game store and seeing kids playing this at the monters next to 1080 Snowboarding and Street Sk8er. There was so much to choose from and so much color. That was back when game stores where owned by small business owners, before Game Stop drove them all out of business across the globe.

[@neenee17able]

I’m here because me and my sister are looking into getting taxi chaos!. growing up we LOVED playing Crazy Taxi together. 🥰💕

[@pinkymii072]

this is very reminiscent of that one time i took a taxi in New York Taxi drivers there are on another level of awesome

[@hardpunk8]

That game was totally crazy that was the first time I saw clients cheering for charging them money by driving close to other vehicles.

[@evo2500]

we made it boys

[@jadekris]

This was a mad game. Still loved my Dreamcast version back in the day.

[@emperorofkekistan6852]

Got this game on a cornflakes package when i was a kid, nostalgia... Want to go back :(

[@JimboMarsh]

Nobody: Taxi Hailers: WOW. I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET HERE SO FAST!

[@adriendm]

1:58 The rap tag you were looking for

[@jsplash424]

Adrien D thank u lmaooo

[@moneymakinmitch8130]

Adrien D Brent rambooo

[@Cam-ru8il]

goated😭

[@amirapaschal]

B.D Joe: “Yea we gon have some fun “😎, Fear taking out confidence: “we gonna see about that “💀

[@IMP72357]

"Shut up and moved your butt!" BD Joe said.

[@marianaonofrei1359]

He's the boss

[@lizjane398]

I remember back in late 2002/early 2003 the arcade version of this game was available on the 4 hour slow ferry from Wales to Ireland, I was able to play it for virtually free because for some reason it kept rejecting my coin but still registering it as a credit, so I'd just keep putting the same coin in over and over every time I wanted to play. My cousin and I had a blast, I'd also played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the first time and thought this game looked kinda like it, and thought that was awesome.

[@cheese9505]

MY CHILDHOOD

[@zeroderorero3948]

3:22 Hey cant you stop closer? Drives 100 meters in a straight line 3:30 Hey thanks for the ride!

[@tinytimbo456]

thank you for letting the beginning title screen to play through, i wish there were more arcade machines around with these gems.

[@olibernstein6834]

This is how i discovered The Offspring as a toddler :') the memories. I wish my dad never gave away his dreamcast ;-;

[@RetroPixelLizard]

1:51 To skip to the gameplay.

[@einmalloweimmerlowe1951]

This brings back the memories. I always played this in Italy in Arcades. What a time

[@promaja2]

Playing this game together with my cousin will forever be in my memories ❤

[@CocoTheMii]

“I didn’t expect to get here so fast!” *immediately gets run over*

[@thelizardwizard3172]

greatest game ever created better than anything ever made, deserves game of the year every year

[@thelizardwizard3172]

Im not kidding i know every arcade within 50 miles of me with crazy taxi

[@qaharnetic3919]

man this just unlocked memories that were locked away for over 10 and more years and now my eyes are raining hard ;(

[@Niqua10023]

This was my game as a kid growing up. This game was so much fun. My parents brought me the actual game. I loved it. Good times. I missed the good ol days.

[@aaronthebox]

I used to love walking into the movie theater arcade and just hearing "YA YA YA YA YA!!"

[@mundajattvip9785]

OMG this was my favourite game in my childhood.. thnx ..❤️🇮🇳❤️

[@vault1021]

8:35 bro really just transcended beyond normal human limits that he managed to walk through that bus

[@yyygggggg10]

Hell yeah,this is what got me jamming Offspring, I remember this in the arcade.

[@phillipmennor2585]

One of my favorite games ever. Had it for the Gamecube!

[@Januszz81]

Never heard of this game, looks like great fun to play.

[@joker12769]

Whoever was playing is a beast! I could only complete 2-3 rides in this game!

[@Ratworks]

bro you pulled every single move i did when i was young. fist bumps for days man.

[@cyride7095]

A l'époque j'avais 6 ans environ, je joués a ce jeu, c'était trop cool ! En ce temps des jeux comme ça on les gagné dans des boites de Kelloks !

[@Trackmaster_Tehachapi]

Spongebob whenever he enters a boat:

I Still Remember this game i played when i was 5-4 year old

[@toddysurcharge771]

5:48 is the only song I needed playing during this game back in the day.

[@Galactis1]

MY god this game was EXTREMELY FUN.

[@tylerblade3020]

2:35 this part is actually in sa2 as well

[@chiakinanami3110]

Man I haven't seen this game in forever. We use to have it to dreamcast when I was little. Loved this and 101 Dalmatians.

[@porabkares]

I remember playing it with my dad when i was little