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CRAZY TAXI III™
Version: 1.0
Platform: PC / Microsoft Windows
Genre: Mission-Based Racing
ESRB Rating: 12+
Language: English
Controls: Keyboard
Modes: Single Player
Release Date: January 16, 2004
Developed by: Empire Interactive Europe, Ltd.
Published by: SEGA
Official Website: www.sega.com

Description:
Over the past few years, Empire has quickly built a strong reputation for bringing Sega classics to the PC platform. Games such as House of the Dead 2 and Crazy Taxi are among the most memorable, and now the publisher has brought the third instalment of Crazy Taxi to eager PC fans around the globe.

Three times the size of the previous Crazy Taxi games, Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller brings the frantic arcade action CT players know and love to the bustling night-time streets of Glitter Oasis, a thinly-disguised Las Vegas. Players race the garishly illuminated strips, between brightly-lit casinos and labyrinthine desert back roads in the mad dash for cash that Crazy Taxi vets know so well. CT3's glamorous new locations mean that your cabbie can collect fares from customers ranging from glitzy showgirls to troupes of unruly mime artists or clowns. Cabbies available to choose to play as include eight previously seen in the first two instalments of Crazy Taxi, plus four new faces, and especially in the case of Mrs Venus, figures! She's a big-haired mother of eight, and it's not just her hair that's big, if you know what I mean. Think 'Lilt Lady' and you're almost there. She's the most notable and likeable new character, but you can always choose to play as the surly Zax, tattooed wildman Angel, or super-smooth Bixbite.

A new set of challenging mini-games, dubbed the Crazy X, helps gamers perfect their skills from the crazy dash and crazy hop, to insane combo moves like the crazy drift-hop-dash (!) as they unlock new cars and other secret items. High Roller, so called, we presume, because of its desert-bound gambling location, also features tricked-out versions of the West Coast level from the original Crazy Taxi and the Small Apple from Crazy Taxi 2 for three full games in one. The 'jump' feature from CT2 is also present, making those short hops (ha!) a lot easier.

You will have noticed that we have sounded no bells or whistles about new features and additions to the gameplay. That's because we've told you everything that's been changed for Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller - night-time driving, new locations, new cabbies, and a pounding new soundtrack featuring Brian Setzer, Methods of Mayhem, Bad Religion, Citizen Bird, and yes, The Offspring are here too. The rest you will have seen before if you have previous experience of Crazy Taxi (not a criticism, it's like greeting an old friend) and it all looks grand on PC. Just as good as it did on Microsoft’s Xbox.

Features:

Drive day and night including the new location of Glitter Oasis
Choose from 12 CRAZY DRIVERS and their cabs, including 4 new cabbies
Impress your customers with CRAZY DRIFTING and CRAZY jumping for that extra tip
Play from a range of WILD 'N' Crazy mini-games

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS
Operating System: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
CPU:Pentium 3 @ 1 GHz or Athlon Equivalent
Hard Disk: 500 MB Free
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Sound Card: Direct Sound compliant
RAM: 256 MB
Graphics: 64 MB (nVidia GeForce 3/ATI Radeon 8500)