Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride is a driving game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Graphic State and published by THQ in North America and Sega in Europe. It condenses the original Crazy Taxi into two cities, one unlockable, with all four cabbies and nine Crazy Box minigames. Fares pay out based on speed, near misses, jumps, and drifts. It uses multiple save slots per cartridge.
How To Play Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride
Control
Action
D-Pad
Steer left and right; pick cabbies, cities, and minigames on the menus
A
Accelerate; confirm a menu selection
B
Brake and reverse; back out of a menu
L
Shift into reverse gear for the Crazy Dash and Crazy Back manoeuvres
R
Shift into drive gear; combined with accelerate it launches the Crazy Dash
Start
Pause the game and open the menu
About Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride
Release date
NA: April 8, 2003; AU: June 13, 2003; EU: August 1, 2003
Developer
Graphic State
Publisher
THQ (NA), Sega (EU), distributed by Infogrames in Europe
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Racing, action driving
Series
Crazy Taxi; a handheld version of the original, built on Graphic State’s Rush engine
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