Crazy Taxi 3! Sega's Dreamcast and Arcade Racing Game goes to Xbox!

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I have been teasing this series for a very long time...and that's because it took a VERY LONG TIME to make...a twenty episode retrospective on every Sega developed arcade racing game in 3D! Because whether its retro gaming or modern pc gaming...Sega is the KING of the arcade racing genre! So buckle up and get ready for a retrogaming ride!
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Up next: Crazy Taxi 3 on the original Xbox! Because everyone loves Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2 on the Sega Dreamcast and NAOMI arcade board...so why not talk about the third entry in the franchise on the original Xbox...and show levels from all three games! This might not be an Xbox hidden Gem but its still an absolute ton of fun and Sega history as far as games are concerned!
But this is a bonus episode as this is more of a time attack game / score attack game and really doesn't involve arcade racing at all!
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@sweetwizzle 11 ай бұрын

Funny you mention taking turns with friends, that's exactly what I did when I was a kid! Takes me back.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

That was always the classic way to make it multiplayer without it actually being multiplayer

@SpookySkellyGurl 11 ай бұрын

I first played the original Crazy Taxi on Dreamcast in the mid 2000s and fell in love, then I stumbled onto High Roller at a used game store a few years later and it became hands down one of my favorite games. It's the Xbox game I most wanna see added to back compat.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

I wish 100% of the library was backwards compatible

@J.A.Z-TheMortal 11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, thanks to the greed of the music record industry, most if not all games with licensed soundtracks could not be ported. Sadly CT3 is one of them.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Pretty much yeah

@r1l426 11 ай бұрын

Nice video. I love crazy taxi 3, it's the best way to play crazy taxi nowadays imo (short of playing on an actual arcade machine of course.) For those interested, it also got a PC port which is basically abandonware now. Sadly it doesn't come with the same OST as the Xbox version but there are ways to change that. There are also mods to play it in 16:9 and at 60 fps. It's not hard to setup at all and it runs on my shitty laptop so it's definitely worth trying if you're curious.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

potato laptop for the win!

@r1l426 11 ай бұрын

The people at Sega who decided to port this and Outrun 2006 to PC in the 2000s are my heroes.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Sega did something right for once!

@cliptrashbin2389 11 ай бұрын

The mid 2000's was a weird time to be born because i remember growing up with crazy taxi, 18 wheeler, jambo safari, daytona usa and other games aswell as the 2010's arcade games. I think my best memory with the series would be when i was staying at a hotel and they had a naomi upright crazy taxi which i spent a lot of time playing when an older janitor came up to me and told me how he was impressed a little kid like me was playing that game and doing well. Man gave me free credits and taught me how to drift. Great time

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Haha a magic gaming janitor showed you the ways!

@Andrea-di2ew 11 ай бұрын

Crazy taxi 4 would be awesome! I played crazy taxi in a holiday resort in sardinia last year... amazing moments

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

in VR too pls Sega k thx lol

@HappiestRogue 11 ай бұрын

Today did not disappoint, great vid and an under appreciated gem. Looking forward to the finale of your series.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Two more episodes left!

@PixelCherryNinja 11 ай бұрын

Hey Hey Hey!

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

An iconic line

@JohnnyBagHead 11 ай бұрын

Funny enough Sega originally had much grander plans for what Crazy Taxi 3 was going to have a big online multiplayer component and each stage was going to have a day and night cycle, which would change where passenger locations and goals were. Sad we never got that but Crazy Taxi 3 is still a decent package, one thing I like is the West Coast map actually has some new areas, mainly there's a themepark area added between the stadium and the highway, but it's also a very odd package for not including the 2nd map from the home port of Crazy Taxi 1, and I don't know why they used Small Apple from Crazy Taxi 2 instead of Around Apple, it was the far better map of the two.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Classic Sega…give us X but not Y and never explain why

@Zoyous 11 ай бұрын

This is my favorite Crazy Taxi. Just having the crazy hop on the original city expands the possibilities so much.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

It does add a whole new component to the older maps

@Hreasvalgor 11 ай бұрын

Las vegan here if you drive on Las Vegas Blvd on the strip it is stop and go traffic. We locals avoid that street like the plague you’re not going to do any “crazy taxiing” on the strip lol. It does seem like a fun game though!

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

I mean never say never 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Charlie-Cat. 11 ай бұрын

What a game Crazy Taxi 3 is for sure VGE. I was all over this one when it was on the Xbox. I still take it out to play it from time-to-time bro. Thank you for sharing this with us. 8^) I still think the first Crazy Taxi is the best IMO Anthony...

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

It’s still a classic for sure

@Jabjabs 11 ай бұрын

So Crazy Taxi... there is a little trick that works on all version of this where if you switch the gear from reverse to drive and then hit the accelerator immediately, you get a speed boost. Now while this is meant to be used when you first take off, there is no limit on how often you can use this and you can spam it repeatedly while driving. This means you can max out your speed endlessly if you get the rhythm down. So this does two things. One means you can rack up intense scores as you are basically playing the game far faster than it is designed. My high score on the original was about the 500,000 (it only takes 10,000 to get the "CRAZY" rating). Secondly, this hits the disc drive far harder than normal as it is streaming a lot more data (Textures/Geometry/Audio Samples/Music). This was done because of the different RAM setup between Dreamcast and Naomi. This causes the disc laser to be constantly moving. Normally this wouldn't be an issue in normal play. So when Crazy Taxi 2 came out with more dense environments and multiple passengers (streaming a lot more audio samples), you could play it so fast that you end up pausing the game simply to wait for the whole system to catch up - and in my case, burnt out the Dreamcast laser motor... yeah! Not so great! But that is what happened when you push the motors to hard for too long. Then Crazy Taxi 3 came along, the whole game is cached on the hard drive. So it runs off a drive with far faster seek and access times and is designed to handle work loads like this, to say I abused it is an understatement. You can play as fast as you want and the Xbox would just take it. Absolutely brilliant game - highly recommended.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Haha broke a Dreamcast cheesing boosts. Love it!

@BerryZitoo 11 ай бұрын

Playing this when I get home tonight. ❤

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

A wise choice

@STAXONDECK1 3 ай бұрын

This is the best cray taxi game they really refined the graphics, controls and physics. Should have been on Dreamcast along with Toe Jam & Earl 3

@VideoGameEsoterica 3 ай бұрын

We really need a new Crazy Taxi game

@simon41978 11 ай бұрын

This looks really good and sharp. I'd like to Sega GT 2002 looking this good.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Throw it in xemu and see how it does

@mackieken 11 ай бұрын

I played this once back in 2004. I did like it a lot but I was also confused. I saw the maps from CT 1 and 2. And I never knew if there was a reason to ever go back to the first two outside of the daytime aesthetic. But damn you. I just wanna play this game again 🤣

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Haha that’s what Crazy Taxi does…you see it again and you instantly want to play

@Riz2336 11 ай бұрын

Crazy taxi is a really addicting game. I’ve seen a few arcade cabs of the first game. Never played 3 unfortunately

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Yes you think you are gonna be playing for 20 minutes then suddenly 2 hours goes by

@SP95 11 ай бұрын

1:23 EA Sports devs chuckling as you said that

@SP95 11 ай бұрын

I prefer Crazy Taxi 3 as well

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Lol

@GzegzolkaDA 11 ай бұрын

I have played first two games on DC, never played third one. Las Vegas seems interesting place with lot of unique landmarks. For me best game was first Crazy Taxi even with no jumping mechanic. Sega nailed map, it got interesting places and it's fun to play, both maps. As for Crazy Taxi 2 it is not as good as first one, but still fun. I like drivers design and first map.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Yes the original is still the “classic” Crazy Taxi for sure

@juppukun 11 ай бұрын

I used to love playing Crazy Taxi high roller at the arcade. On one game, especially in Glitter City, I would last an hour on the same game before either the game removed the customers to make me lose on purpose or I used up all the passengers for that game. People would even stop at times and look at me play which was cool. I would even make my own shortcuts jumping off the dam and cliffs despite what the directional arrow said which way to go and would reach the destination on time nonetheless. Man, I miss that game. If only it would release on Steam and not just the first version of the game.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

You could def create your own very unintentional shortcuts and I did love that

@srvuk 11 ай бұрын

Bonkers fun.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Truly is

@Fattydeposit 11 ай бұрын

I'd say Crazy Taxi fatigue was due more to successful Crazy Taxi clones than Sega making a couple of sequels.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

It was def a popular genre for like four years there

@ActuallySanFrancisco 10 ай бұрын

i really wish crazy taxi 3 got the backwards compatible treatment on current gen consoles. sega's habit of ONLY rereleasing the first game in their arcade driving series' like this is truly annoying. also, random info, sega of america was headquartered in san francisco (i live here and up until just a few years ago, the "SEGA" sign was still on the building even) which is probably the main reason they used SF so much in their games. granted it is a really versatile city to make game maps from.

@VideoGameEsoterica 10 ай бұрын

Yes Sega just keeps giving us the same game over and over and over…and over…and over lol

@ActuallySanFrancisco 10 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica i mean i can't wait until they release... ... DaYtOnA uSa for the playstation 6 and xbox 1080 zero series Q. it'll be the greatest!

@gunsmithx 11 ай бұрын

Love me some crazy taxi

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Such a classic series

@METR0lD 11 ай бұрын

I didn't get into Xbox until the 360, so I remember being sad about Sega's Xbox games at the time because I couldn't play them! Not a problem these days, but back then I really wanted their Xbox games on GCN or PS2.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Yeah Sega fans really needed an OG Xbox back in the day to not miss out

@RyRyTheBassGuy 11 ай бұрын

The NY and LV maps are cool to play a couple times, but SF is the only one worth going back to, IMO.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

I mean the original is the most iconic after all

@RyRyTheBassGuy 11 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica It's also the most dynamic! Both the NY and LV are too flat and LV feels especially empty.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

The height of SF does add to the overall fun in spots for sure

@dogey8831 11 ай бұрын

it was weird seeing crazy taxi runs without any drifting or boosting, either way crazy taxi 3 is my favorite game from the series, shame steam deck has graphical issues playing the pc version

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

I didn’t know Deck had issues. Bummer

@dogey8831 11 ай бұрын

game works but menus are glitched after finishing a game (including the ranking screen, which kinda kills the whole "get the most cash you can" deal) and 2d graphics seems to glitch out randomly

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Bummer. Hopefully an update fixes it eventually

@dogey8831 11 ай бұрын

i've seen the dxvk issue on github, and no one seems to really care much so we might be in a bummer for a long time

@arcadeapocalypsemusic 11 ай бұрын

...STILL waiting on Crazy Uber

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Never know

@BobbyHo2022 10 ай бұрын

i never got an xbox so i missed out on their sega stuff.

@VideoGameEsoterica 10 ай бұрын

Still time to get one

@Goatlowski 11 ай бұрын

Finally

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Haha been waiting for this one?

@tiagopereirasantossilva556 11 ай бұрын

Sega shoud try bring back Crazy Taxi to Nintendo Switch, Nintendo SwitchUP , PS5, PS4, Xbox One , Xbox Serie X/S and Steam

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Lol Nintendo SwitchUP? that what they calling it now?

@tiagopereirasantossilva556 11 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica why not ??

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Haha works for me

@Asteroids-i8h 11 ай бұрын

Was it on the DC? Crazy taxi 2 yes.

@r1l426 11 ай бұрын

No, it was on Xbox and PC

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

No. Crazy Taxi 3 never came to Sega hardware

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

yep!

@MichaelM28 11 ай бұрын

You mentioned the xbox felt like a successor to the Dreamcast due to Sega releasing so many of their games on the xbox but didn't all those games come to PS2 as well?

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Sega went to Microsoft first in arcades with Chihiro so it’s always felt more like the direct successor

@MichaelM28 11 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsotericaprobably because they were salty towards Sony for beating them 😅

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Haha a bit I’m sure

@Ed-eq5kd 11 ай бұрын

Definitely prefer the 1st game

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

That’s fair

@PopeTheRevXXVIII 11 ай бұрын

I never got this back in it's day it's the first game I'm getting when I find a working referbished Xbox. The PC abandonware version floating around has something wrong with it. Love these games though 1 and 2 are my most played Dreamcast games. Taxi Chaos is a spiritual indie sequel that isn't as good because of its repetitive dialogue "Ya knoe one day closer to retirement and living out my days in an old folks home" over and over. Simpsons Road Rage was the best of the clones though

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

This version is great because you get all the Crazy Taxi 3 goodness along with the originals. Great way to play it all

@PopeTheRevXXVIII 11 ай бұрын

With a little bit of Brian Setzer too. That's one thing missing from modern clones. I need an offspring song that has nothing to do with reckless driving.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

The worst part is getting these videos past flags due to the soundtrack

@PopeTheRevXXVIII 11 ай бұрын

Which is at least 75% of the charm of the game. Clones that play exactly the same don't hit the same. Crazy Taxi it self with out the soundtrack doesn't hit the same

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

Yes the music is what makes the games so iconic. I hear The Offspring play and I immediately think Crazy Taxi

@yogurtroyale831 11 ай бұрын

i just could never get into this game, i dont know why. i loved nearly everything on the dreamcast but this game just didnt do it for me. i think for me it felt "generic". like you kind of just start, youre a cab driver, you do a cab drivers job (although spectacularly i'll admit) but there's not much else to it. i think if i had played it in an arcade it would have made more sense, but highscore just wasn't something i cared about, mainly because my older brothers and cousins had already dominated every game on every memory card haha. little kid me just needed something more i guess. maybe it's time to give it another chance.

@VideoGameEsoterica 11 ай бұрын

I think if you played 3 close to 1 and 2 the formula had gotten a touch stale by then