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As a fearless cabbie with attitude, your goal is to rack up the mega-bucks before your shift ends. It's a race against the clock as you pick up passengers and white-knuckle it through busy streets and back alleys to their various destinations. To keep that meter collecting cash, you've gotta take the fastest route possible, even if it means bending the traffic laws -- just a little. So get a grip on the wheel, sharpen your senses, and don't lose your cool. [Acclaim]
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more... 90
GameZone
One of the best video games ever made.
 85
Nintendojo
The game is simple, elegant and everything that a "game" should be: fun.
83
GameSpy
While Electronic Art's blatant clone, "Simpsons Road Rage," has much improved graphics, a two-player mode, and free ride option, Crazy Taxi still comes out ahead in pure controllability and gameplay.
80
Operation Sports
A solid port of a great arcade game that does not get fudged in the translation.
80
GamePro
The GameCube controller responds well, and both the silly speech quips and the Offspring punk tunes sound great.
80
Hot Games
It wears on you after a while, but for new players, you have a lot of passengers to pick up before you get jaded.
76
GameBiz
The short sessions ensure you grab as many pedestrians as you can, but, like an arcade game, you get bored of it quickly, and wouldn't play more than 15 minutes at a time after the novelty has worn off.
75
Game Informer
Just a plain and simple port; nothing worth noting has been added. [Jan 2002, p.85]
74
TotalGames.net
If you're one of the lucky ones who haven't had the pleasure then please, go out and buy it; you'll find it an absolute joy. Unfortunately, it's a joy most of us have already experienced and moved on from.
72
GameCube Europe
Good for quick laugh, but that's about it. No multiplayer, and limited gameplay means there's not much life in this game.
70
GamerWeb Nintendo
As good a game as it ever was. If you've never played it before, then now is an ideal time to take the plunge.
70
All Game Guide
The game is ideal for players who have never sat behind Crazy Taxi’s wheel. Veteran drivers, however, would do well to skip this fare.
69
IGN
With only two major cities to explore and nine mini-games it still feels like an arcade game...[but] an awesome game if you didn't play it on previous systems.
69
Gamezilla!
An overall disappointment. As the direct port of a three-year-old game, certain steps should have been taken to bring it up to par.
66
Nintendo Power
Lots of thrills and hills. It just doesn’t have the character and control that the Simpsons game has. [Jan 2002, p.130]
60
GamePen
Perhaps due to its arcade roots, Crazy Taxi has always had a general lack of depth. It’s no different here on the GameCube.
50
GameShark
The gameplay is great in short bursts (which is why it worked so well in the arcade) but if you play for more than a few hours it gets extremely repetitive.
50
Game Revolution
A mediocre port of what can already be considered an old but classic Dreamcast game.
49
GameSpot
The quick-and-dirty port does everything the DC and PS2 releases did--meaning it looks good for a Dreamcast game but pretty awful when compared with anything else released on the GameCube so far.
40
Yahoo! Games
Crazy Taxi’s voices used to be fun...They’ve been replaced with some flat, bored-sounding clips that don’t come close to the original’s amusing, quotable lines.
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