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Crazy Taxi holds nostalgia in my heart forever, and not even from when i was a kid. About 10 years ago, a friend of mine found a dreamcast and crazy taxi on the side of the road. I had played it as a kid but was bad at it, to be sure. He and I started playing, and learned about the boosting glitch. We spent months and months going back and forth, playing it every time i was over and swapping who could get the high score. First, we started hitting Bs, then As, then realizing there was S grade runs. At that point, it was just point value competition between us and it was still so much fun. One day, we played for hours, and on one specific run for me it was like everything clicked. It felt the run of a lifetime. Truly, I did not think I could ever get a better run. Content in my performance, I sat back to watch the points tally and collect my inevitable S rank. Points tally, and instead of one BOOM sound for the S grade we hear BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM I sat dumbfounded, realizing I achieved a letter grade I did not know the existence of: AWESOME It straight up spelled the word out. I'm smiling just thinking about it. Truly one of my favorite moments that I have ever had playing video games.
You know what is really crazy? People rushing to comment only 10 secs after dunky vids are posted like a black friday sale to get internet points or top comment before even watching the video. What happened to the internet and humanity? You commented 1min after he posted a 4 min vid, so how did you watch it?
1:20 fun fact! the guy who says "YA YA YA YA YA" is Dexter Holland, lead singer of 90's punk band The Offspring. Dexter Holland has a PhD in molecular biology
Bargain Binkey once drove me to my best friend's wedding. He crashed his cab through the walls of 3 different Pizza Huts that day, including the one my friend was getting married in. Then he offered the bride-to-be a ride to Quiznos, which she instantly accepted. Bargain Binkey may have ruined a marriage that day, but to his credit, the cab fare was so low that I could still buy hash browns after.
My local cinema had a arcade and every time my dad took me to see a movie I got to play at the arcade. Crazy Taxi was my favorite, seeing gameplay again after all these years was an experience. I recognized so many places, I instinctively knew where on the map you were
i had this on the gamecube, and a very core part of my childhood was going to the roller rink with my sisters and my father and watching him just absolute SHRED IT on crazy taxi in the arcade. thank u mr. bargain binkie
When I was a kid I would drive the taxi like a normal person following traffic regulations and it would blow my mind when one of the cars would stop behind me at a red light
@@kamikeserpentail3778 NPCs "realizing" the player is there and reacting accordingly was definitely mindblowing at the time. We'd just come out of an era where NPCs just followed a script obliviously from the player
i feel like everyone has been or known at least one kid that did that with driving games that encourage breaking road rules lmfao i remember i did that with gta once when i was like 12 then gave up 5 minutes later because some NPC rammed into me (which is clearly not my fault smh)
@@kamikeserpentail3778 pff cyberpunk is childs play. all the traffic lights turn green when you arrive. do that in gta v. you need 5 red bulls to stay awake haha
My cousins had this on Dreamcast and we played it like -crazy- as kids, the longjump gamemode had us screaming at eachother. It's such a fever dream game and i love it so much, great video.
That “yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah” was incredibly accurate to Offspring’s All I Want. Yelling HEY HEY HEY YOU’RE GOING THE WRONG WAY or “ITS CRAAAAAZEEEE TAXI” has lived rent free in my head for 20 years now.
I didn't remember the soundtrack to crazy taxi at all. Then he said "yah yah yah yah" and immediately I remembered the whole fucking thing. He didn't even really sing it. He just said it and my brain flashed back.
I remember when I was a kid I wanted sonic adventure 2 but I didn’t know what it was called. I only remembered that sonic looked like a ball when he rolls up. So being the dumb kid that I was, when I saw the cover of Crazy Taxi, I thought that it was Sonic, so I had my dad buy it for me. Man was I shocked when I first played the game.
I got this game together with Total Immersion Racing (2002) and Driver (1999) inside my cereal box as a kid for pc and had a blast, thank you for reviewing!
dunkley is so smart because this video is actually a commentary on the issue of cheap older generation games against expensive older generation consoles
This brings me back! The game was clearly designed for arcade, hence the countdown mechanic. Very stressful when constantly paying quarters as a teen. Used to play a half dozen rounds before a movie at the local AMC theater, though they had the seated version with a gas pedal version and steering wheel. Thanks for the vid Dunkey
Man you are a freaking legend. I turned 32 a few weeks ago and this game randomly keeps popping up in my brain here and there. This game was really fcking intense and so good that I’m still having memories of this gem! What a wholeheartedly fcking feeling man thanks. Greets from Holland! ❤
There's a part in Joker 2 where Joker Phoenix goes to the barcade and plays Regular Taxi and that's where he meets Harley Gaga (played by Angelina Jolie I think) because she thinks it's crazy how regular the guy is
You know what is really crazy? People rushing to comment only 10 secs after dunky vids are posted like a black friday sale to get internet points or top comment before even watching the video. What happened to the internet and humanity? You commented 1min after he posted a 4 min vid, so how did you watch it?
Dunkey, been a fan of your since 2016. Love your vids man. My dad got crazy taxi on ps2, its one of the oldest games i remember playing in my life. that ya ya ya ya ya soundtrack is branded on my soul. This game is goated thanx for recognizing it.
I'm so glad you reviewed the sequel to the Die Hard Trilogy with a Vengeance game. The first one lacked Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson but you can clearly see they really tried to represent them in Crazy Taxi.
Worth noting that Crazy Taxi isn't just a silly gimmicky arcade thing that happened to hit the mark in its aesthetic. It's actually got a sky-high skill ceiling. With the car's forward/reverse gear, you actually get special moves that alter your driving physics when you perform them. Most of the Crazy Box stages are just "master this move." Infamously, the final mission is something of a puzzle. Once you figure out the Limiter Cut, it turns from nerve-wracking to piss-easy.
I’ve got a local record for Crzy Taxi at my local arcade Almost two years up . Played it along with family when we all younger. This game makes you feel like your a crazy taxi driver
One of game’s passengers is a swimmer, complete with snorkel, fins, and inner tube around the waist; but the funny part is that he actually has a fish inside the goggles he wears! Crazy!
Fun fact: this game was actually inspired by Yakuza Infinite Wealth’s minigame where you deliver burger to a guy who ordered pizza and then the game goes “SUPER CRAZY DELIVERY.” Not many people know that
The Dreamcast version had tons of minigames, like using your taxi as a bowling ball to drift and knock over pins. Learning to drift was super important to high scores and handling the physics.
What blows my mind is when I got this game on console, after playing and loving it in the arcade, there’s an entirely different map available! There’s the arcade map and then there’s the “original” map that’s console exclusive! Not to mention the driving challenges! My favorite was the one where you had to do an entire lap around the map within the time limit.
I like that even in this sillier video, Dunkey couldn't bring himself to say he would choose Crazy Taxi over Mario Galaxy. Like that was a line he couldn't cross
I just started driving for Lyft and I'm always making a reference to crazy taxi and here Donkey is uploading this. The universe is speaking to me, I know it
PRO TIP: the steam version of crazy taxi is vary easy to change files around, all you have to so is locate the app file and remove the shitty music and replace with the OG sound track and BAM! classic nostalgia blast is best music
hey dunk, i been watching your videos since the league days and i really love your stuff. you have put out so many entertaining videos over the years and i just wanted to say that i really appreciate what you do, although i do wish you would bring back drama mondays and among us tuesdays. wishing you and leah all the best
I remember a miniature golf place near me had the huge sit down in the car arcade machine, and when the Dreamcast port was released it was a huge friggin deal. Still the best taxi-type game.
"The steering is super twitchy, it feels unwieldly, in a good way, where deep down you feel like you might get better one day." Dunkey is always on point with his observations, but this? I had waited my entire life to hear such an apt description that fit most pre-2000 games.
Crazy thing is I picked it up for ps2 at a yard sale for $1 complete and scratch free 3 days ago. These deals still exist I remember seeing it for the dreamcast as a kid but I was to stuck on Sonic adventure at the time.
The amount of time I spent on this game was insane. My buddy and I would play this non-stop and pull of some of the craziest moves. One of my most loved games.
I remember playing this in the good old arcades. Never made it far, but it was fun. Then I got my hands on another classic called Radikal Bikers. I never got far in that one either, but it was just as fun.
1:06 I always considered "Power Stone" as THE Dreamcast game, but that could just be me. I think most people consider "Sonic Adventure 2" to be THE Dreamcast game...
I think most people consider it to be Shenmue, the game aged extremely badly (depending on who you ask) but the wow factor of those graphics and freedom back in 1999 was really big.
For me it's Jet Set Radio I'd say Crazy Taxi is all the way up there too, but it's just that I like the third one slightly better, specially because of the other mechanics (and also being able to play other characters on the stages)
