Crazy Taxi Coming to iPhone and iPad This Month [Updated With Hands-On Video] - Page 2

palmerc2 · Oct 8, 2012, 05:02 PM

Cool! One of my favorite games on dreamcast.

Mr Kram · Oct 8, 2012, 05:08 PM

awesome. love this game.

janderson0719 · Oct 8, 2012, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dazed

And the worst.

Damn. You beat me to it.

Love the game back on Dreamcast, but damn that had to be the most pathetic trailer ever made.

Westside guy · Oct 8, 2012, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Icaras

Their current stock prices beg to differ.

Stock price has very little to do with current profitability.

Some would argue it has very little to do with reality.

skate71290 · Oct 8, 2012, 06:27 PM

Hey Sega, maybe you fix Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and 2 first, include Retina Icon support, iPhone 5 support.... and you know iOS 6 support so it actually works

Westside guy · Oct 8, 2012, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Pechente

This is the shortest Trailer I've ever seen.

Wait until the BlipVert version is released.

Icaras · Oct 8, 2012, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Westside guy

Stock price has very little to do with current profitability.

Some would argue it has very little to do with reality.

True, but in this case it has a lot to do with reality.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...79Q1GC20111027

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...088351874.html

jessica. · Oct 8, 2012, 07:50 PM

I used to love this game so much. I'm down for buying it.

The Economist · Oct 8, 2012, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Westside guy

Stock price has very little to do with current profitability.

Some would argue it has very little to do with reality.

Stock prices also reflect the market's expectations on that company; which, of course, has a lot to do with past, present and future revenue, e.g., RIM's stock behavior.

Technarchy · Oct 8, 2012, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Carl Sagan

Totally!

Kinda cool that the notion is entirely feasible. The iPhone5 and iPad3 are capable of producing graphics on the level with Dreamcast and Playstation2. Proof being Soul Caliber.

For someone like myself, who owned a spinach screen Gameboy back in 1989, that absolutely blows my mind.

Navdakilla · Oct 8, 2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ugahairydawgs

Awesome news. Never was one for playing video games too much, but I bought a Dreamcast back in the day solely for this game.

I got this on dreamcast as well. Loved it, easy purchase for me

iBaloney · Oct 8, 2012, 08:42 PM

the REAL question is...will it have the original soundtrack?

JS82712 · Oct 8, 2012, 11:40 PM

I pressed play, sneezed and missed it.

justjohn025 · Oct 8, 2012, 11:50 PM

Do you really need a trailer? The game's been out 10 years.

tmagman · Oct 9, 2012, 12:18 AM

guess i dont have to reinstall my PC copy anymore!

K0P Bacon · Oct 9, 2012, 12:35 AM

Just want to say I enjoyed way more the Simpsons version of Crazy Taxi for the game cube. It was so much fun. Those were the days.

WeegieMac · Oct 9, 2012, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by schittfan

great, a 20 years old game!

Crazy taxi feels snappier!

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curmi · Oct 9, 2012, 04:13 AM

If it has the original soundtrack, this is an easy purchase. Even though I have all of The Offsprings stuff on iTunes, it isn't the same as having bits and pieces of them playing in the game at the right moments.

However, I'm not hopeful given other ports have had the original soundtrack missing...

Parkin Pig · 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by justjohn025

Do you really need a trailer? The game's been out 10 years.

If the game's coming out this month, you'd expect they'd have more than 2 seconds of available footage, and maybe more than just one car and no pedestrians or street 'furniture' in the scene.

Having said that, I'd welcome many of the classic Dreamcast titles onto my iPad/iPhone.

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This is more like it - 3 minutes of iOS gameplay.

APlotdevice · Oct 9, 2012, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Parkin Pig

If the game's coming out this month, you'd expect they'd have more than 2 seconds of available footage, and maybe more than just one car and no pedestrians or street 'furniture' in the scene.

Having said that, I'd welcome many of the classic Dreamcast titles onto my iPad/iPhone.

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This is more like it - 3 minutes of iOS gameplay.

YouTube: video

Auto-gas? ****! That means no crazy dash.

Chupa Chupa · Oct 9, 2012, 07:14 AM

I loved this game on dreamcast, but I think and iOS version is going to suck more than some of the ladies on Sunset Blvd back in the day. It's just one of those games that demands a physical controller. I wish companies would stop digging up classic games from another era and create something designed for iOS. Far too little of this going on.

Also - how come there is yet to be one decent baseball game? Every other major sport is covered, but all we have from baseball are home run derbys and such. Nothing like MLB '12.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Westside guy

Stock price has very little to do with current profitability.

Some would argue it has very little to do with reality.

True. Especially in this era of quantitative easing.

Drunken Master · Oct 9, 2012, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Icaras

Great news, but I'm still waiting for Sega's promised port of Jet Set Radio for iOS. They said summer and we're kind of past that...

Truth!

I still listen to the soundtrack.

Granted a physical controller is usually better but Jet Grind Radio would work great on iOS because of the way you create graffiti (unlike Jet Set Radio Future which really ruined the graffiti).

My Dreamcast eventually died so it's been a while since I fired up that, Shenmue, Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur (thankfully my PS2 still worked for Street Fighter III and Marvel vs. Capcom 2).

mistertomlinson · Oct 9, 2012, 08:33 AM

I can't wait for this, but hugely disappointed it isn't in iPhone 5 resolution.

Still, assuming the price isn't too high, I can guarantee this makes it to the #1 spot in the App Store.

WeegieMac · Oct 9, 2012, 02:59 PM

My only worry is whether SEGA will be good enough to make the game run at full resolution on the new iPad. I don't want to play a pixelated piece of crud.

To think though, I once paid £70 for the Japanese copy of this game.

How times change.

jlgolson · Oct 9, 2012, 06:17 PM

Just updated the post with hands-on video from TouchArcade.

Oct 8, 2012, 05:08 PM	#27
Mr Kram macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2008	awesome. love this game. __________________ 21.5" iMac • 23" ACD • 11" Air • iPad 4 64GB • iPad Mini 32GB •4G 64GB iPod Touch • 3G 32GB iPod Touch • 4G 8GB iPod Nano • 3G 8GB Nano • Apple TV2 • 160 GB Apple TV • iPhone 5 32GB
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skate71290 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK	Hey Sega, maybe you fix Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and 2 first, include Retina Icon support, iPhone 5 support.... and you know iOS 6 support so it actually works __________________ Too many Apple products
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tmagman macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Calgary AB	guess i dont have to reinstall my PC copy anymore! __________________ rMBP 15" 2.7 i7, 16GB, 512GB Asus G73SW-A1 2.0Q i7, GT460M 1.5GB, 12GB iPad2 64-3G, iPhone 4S 64GB 7D, 15-85, 70-300 DO, 50 1.4, LB Composer DG, LB Scout Fisheye, Canon S100
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Oct 9, 2012, 12:35 AM	#41
K0P Bacon macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012	Just want to say I enjoyed way more the Simpsons version of Crazy Taxi for the game cube. It was so much fun. Those were the days. __________________ Team Bacon 2006 Macbook; 3rd generation iPod Touch 1st generation iPad; (Coming soon we hope) iPhone 5
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Oct 8, 2012, 05:02 PM	#26
palmerc2 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles	Cool! One of my favorite games on dreamcast.
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Oct 8, 2012, 08:42 PM	#37
iBaloney macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2010	the REAL question is...will it have the original soundtrack?
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Oct 8, 2012, 11:40 PM	#38
JS82712 Banned Join Date: Jul 2009	I pressed play, sneezed and missed it.
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Oct 8, 2012, 11:50 PM	#39
justjohn025 macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2011	Do you really need a trailer? The game's been out 10 years.
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Oct 9, 2012, 04:13 AM	#43
curmi macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Original soundtrack If it has the original soundtrack, this is an easy purchase. Even though I have all of The Offsprings stuff on iTunes, it isn't the same as having bits and pieces of them playing in the game at the right moments. However, I'm not hopeful given other ports have had the original soundtrack missing...
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Oct 9, 2012, 08:33 AM	#48
mistertomlinson macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2007	I can't wait for this, but hugely disappointed it isn't in iPhone 5 resolution. Still, assuming the price isn't too high, I can guarantee this makes it to the #1 spot in the App Store.
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Oct 9, 2012, 02:59 PM	#49
WeegieMac macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Glasgow, UK	My only worry is whether SEGA will be good enough to make the game run at full resolution on the new iPad. I don't want to play a pixelated piece of crud. To think though, I once paid £70 for the Japanese copy of this game. How times change. __________________ 20" iMac, 2.4GHz C2D - iPhone 4S 16GB - iPad 3 64GB WiFi + Cellular.
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Oct 9, 2012, 06:17 PM	#50
jlgolson Editor Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Durango, CO	Just updated the post with hands-on video from TouchArcade. __________________ Jordan Golson -- Editor at MacRumors -- jlgolson@macrumors.com -- @jlgolson
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