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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android authority app guy so who owned a Dreamcast no one Bueller well I sure did and one of the best games for it was crazy taxi Sega has now brought that game to Android and we're gonna take a closer look at it if you played the original Crazy Taxi on sega dreamcast or in the arcades then everything we're about to talk about will be wildly familiar to you this is almost an exact part of the dreamcast classic in almost every way even the ridiculous game physics still hold true in terms of control the game gives you two options you can use the tilts or the on-screen controls if you like one or the other better you have both options but it doesn't quite matter which one you use because driving around isn't all that difficult anyway here's how the game works it's a little more than an arcade game you play ranked mode three minute five minute and ten minute modes and then the crazy box mode where you can do really big jumps or Bowl using the taxi you'll earn money by taxing people from place to place with bonus money being earned when you do cool stuff with your taxi that's pretty much the whole game the challenge comes from getting as many fares done as possible in the time allotted and then there's a time limit per fare so if you don't get there in time they'll bail out of the moving vehicle and you lose the money they would have paid you the graphics are about as good as you can expect from a Dreamcast arcade port it's definitely been revamped and sharpened for Android screens so it's not like playing an emulator where it'll get all fuzzy it's sharp and it looks good The Sound of Music is about as awesome as it always was instead of some generic video game music you're treated to some old-style punk rock by bands like The Offspring for those who've never played it's reminiscent of games like the old Tony Hawk series all in all the graphics are what you could possibly hope for out of a sega port and the music is well totally awesome nothing amazing or fantastic but not disappointing either ok so here's what we liked about Crazy Taxi the original gameplay was pretty much perfectly ported if you spent time years ago playing this game and loved it you'll probably love it again thankfully Sega understood what makes the game great to begin with and kept all of those elements the music in this game is awesome if you're into that sort of music the graphics aren't bad either considering what Crazy Taxi is and where it came from it won't win any awards but you can definitely tell what's going on and it's definitely enjoyable it's a simple game there isn't much to learn aside from the controls once you get those down the game is really easy to play so there's no ridiculous learning curve and it's not really difficult to begin with it is fun slightly addictive and a total throwback to one of the few games that made a real splash on the Dreamcast there wasn't much to dislike about this game mostly because there isn't much to the game to begin with and that's the first thing we didn't like about it it's an arcade game through and through which means no story no campaign and no real content outside of the arcade modes once you get sick of the time challenges you pretty much get sick of Crazy Taxi if you don't like 90s punk rock you'll likely play this game only on mute even if the offspring and similar band sold tens of millions of albums in the 90s the kids today just don't like that kind of stuff anymore hey at least it's not a bunch of Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj tracks at the end of the day would we recommend this game the answer is yes we would for five dollars you can get a game that lived through the death of the arcade generation through the crushing depressing lifecycle of the Sega Dreamcast and a few more systems there aren't many other games out there with those kind of bragging rights we would also like to acknowledge the loyal if somewhat small fanbase this game had over the course of its existence for those people $5.00 is well worth throwing at a game many of us played in our childhood everything is there just like it used to be and kudos to everyone involved for keeping it that way so for the final thoughts I'll say this the game earned a four point five rating in the Play Store and if you're into arcade-style games from the 90s and early 2000s pick this one up it's well worth it once again I'm Joe Hendy the Android authority app guy feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel and if you like this video check out some of our other ones don't forget to check out the written companion to this video and the social media links in the video description thanks for watching and have a wonderful day