Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

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Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

System(s): Sega Chihiro, Xbox, Windows PC

Publisher:

Sega

Sega PC

Empire Interactive

Developer:

Hitmaker

Strangelite

Distributor:

Infogrames (EU)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2003	¥?	?
US	2003	$?	?
UK	2003	£?	?

JP	2004-02-26^[1]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)^[1]	HCJ-0353
DE	2004		EI-1705
DE (Xplosiv)	2005		XP-1705
DE (Screen Fun)	2006
ES	2004		7732
ES (FX Interactive)	200x		MVM06 DVD
FR (Xplay)	200x
NL	2004		EI-1705
UK	2004		EI-1705
UK (Xplosiv)	2005		XP-1934
IT (FX Interactive)	200x		MVM06 DVD
RU (Akella)	2004	109руб109^[2]
RU (Рай для таксистов. 3 в 1)	2009-02-04^[3]
KR	200x
JP	2002-07-25^[4]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)^[4]	L48-00001
JP (Platinum)	2003-10-23^[4]	¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)^[4]	Y61-00001
US	2002-07-24	$49.9549.95^[5]^[6]	64002
DE	2002-09-20
ES	2002-09-20
FR	2002-09-20
UK	2002-09-20
IT	2002
AU	2002	$99.9599.95^[7]

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (クレイジータクシー３ハイローラー), known simply as Crazy Taxi: High Roller in the arcades due to Crazy Taxi 2 being a Dreamcast exclusive, is a Sega Chihiro arcade game released in 2003. It has since been ported to the Xbox and Windows PCs.

The game was originally announced as Crazy Taxi Next, and was meant to have online multiplayer and an in-game day/night cycle. These elements were then dropped project was re-worked into Crazy Taxi 3.

Gameplay

Crazy Taxi 3 is similar to its predecessors, so much so that some levels are identical (though have received a slight graphical update). The main part of the game takes place in "Glitter Oasis", modelled loosely on Las Vegas, and contains four new drivers not seen in previous installments.

Production credits

Xbox version

Chief Graphic Designer: Takeo Iwase
Graphic Designers: Kyoshi Ieizumi, Hiroyuki Izuno, Seiichi Yamagata, Satoru Okano, Sachio Hatayama, Shinsuke Miyamura, Taku Sato, Harumi Azuma, Mizuki Totori, Takaomi Hirono, Yoshitane Sakamoto, Rie Sakurai, Wataru Sakomura
Chief Programmer: Masaaki Ito
Programmers: Toshikazu Goi, Yoshio Hirasawa, Takashi Yamada, Takahiro Naka
Technical Supervisor: Yoshihiro Sonoda
Technical Support: Masaki Miyashita, Yoshimasa Hayashida
Sound Supervisor: Takeshi Isozaki
Music
- Bad Religion: "Punk Rock Song", "Empty Causes", "Hear It", "Inner Logic", "Ten In Twenty Ten"
- The Offspring: "Special Delivery", "All I Want", "Want you Bad", "No Brakes"
- Brian Setzer '68 Comeback Special: "Ignition", "hot rod girl"
- Methods of Mayhem: "Who The Hell Cares", "Crash"
- Citizen Bird: "BOOM BOOM BOOGIE", "King of the Line", "RAW POWER ANGEL"
Voice
- Angel: Kevin Miller
- Bixbite: David Nowlin
- Mrs. Venus: Marci Henderson
- ZAX: Kevin Blackton
- Slash/Customer: Alan‑J
- Iceman/Customer: Dave Fromm
- Cinnamon/Customer: Mibu Minami
- Hot‑D/customer: Marvin Dangerfield
- Axel/System: Bryan Burton-Lewis
- B.D. Joe: Darrell Harris
- Gena/Customer: Marie Cochrane
- Gus: Chris Peppler
- Customer: Casey Robertson, Justin Worsham, Gianna Guista, Rashida C, Lisle Wilkerson, Tony Cloud
Public relations: Taku Sasahara, Nobutaka Arii
Director: Satoshi Horie
Producer: Kenji Kanno
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
Special thanks to: Burger King Brands Inc., Fila, Fao Schwarz, Gap Inc., Hard Rock Cafe International Inc., HMV, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Levi Strauss & Co., Pizza Hut, Tower Records (MTS Inc.), Greg Weber (Webtone Productions), Yoichiro Maekawa (Chris Peppler's Office), Kim studio, Fumitaka Shibata (Wave Master)
- Sega Corporation: Kazuhiko Yoshida, Masaru Igarashi, Yasusi Yamashita, Shinobu Shindo, Kyoichi Hashimoto, Takashi Nishimura, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami
- Sega of America: Rich Briggs, Jason Kuo, Klayton Vorlick, Takuma Hatori
- Sega Europe: Kats Sato, Pete O'Brien, Mark Fisher, Elliott Martin, & of course you
Created by: Hitmaker

Original Game ©Sega

©Hitmaker/Sega, 2002

Presented by: Sega

Source:

In-game credits ^[8]

Note: Details of music sections have been omitted.

PC version

Chief Graphic Designer: Takeo Iwase
Graphic Designers: Kyoshi Ieizumi, Hiroyuki Izuno, Seiichi Yamagata, Satoru Okano, Sachio Hatayama, Shinsuke Miyamura, Taku Sato, Harumi Azuma, Mizuki Totori, Takaomi Hirono, Yoshitane Sakamoto, Rie Sakurai, Wataru Sakomura
Chief Programmer: Masaaki Ito
Programmers: Toshikazu Goi, Yoshio Hirasawa, Takashi Yamada, Takahiro Naka
Technical Supervisor: Yoshihiro Sonoda
Technical Support: Masaki Miyashita, Yoshimasa Hayashida
Sound Supervisor: Takeshi Isozaki

Music

"Cyber Christ": Performed by Pivit, Chris Lewis (Writer), Chris Moore (Writer), Micah Alboa (Writer), Adam Rapps (Writer), James Bannister (Writer), From the album 'Thanks for Coming Back', Courtesy of Pivit, By arrangement with Media Creature Music, www.pivit.com
"Drive All Night": Performed by Pivit, Chris Lewis (Writer), Chris Moore (Writer), Micah Alboa (Writer), Adam Rapps (Writer), James Bannister (Writer), From the album 'Thanks for Coming Back', Courtesy of Pivit, By arrangement with Media Creature Music, www.pivit.com
"Face Off": Performed by The Briggs, Jason LaRocca (Writer), Joey LaRocca (Writer), From the album 'Numbers', Courtesy of Disaster Records, By exclusive arrangement with Media Creature Music, www.disasterrecords.com
"Fingercuffs": Performed by Pivit, Chris Lewis (Writer), Chris Moore (Writer), Micah Alboa (Writer), Adam Rapps (Writer), James Bannister (Writer), From the album 'Thanks for Coming Back', Courtesy of Pivit, By arrangement with Media Creature Music
"Jungle Man Robot Girl": Performed by 13 Cats, Danny B. Harvey (Writer), Tim Worman (Writer), Slim Jim Phantom, From the album '13 Tracks', Courtesy of Cleopatra Records, By arrangement with Media Creature Music
"Keeps you Running": Performed by Psychotic Youth, Jorgen Westman (Writer), From the album 'Stereoids', Courtesy of Bomp Records, By exclusive arrangement with Media Creature Music, www.bomp.com
"La Chupacabra": Performed by The Kings of Nuthinn, Justin Chubbard (Writer), From the album 'Fight Songs', Courtesy of Disaster Records, By exclusive arrangement with Media Creature Music
"Let it Roll": Performed by Total Chaos, Robert Clawson (Writer), Shawn Bodden (Writer), From the album 'In God We Kill', Courtesy of Cleopatra Records, By arrangement with Media Creature Music
"Middle Children": Performed by Pivit, Chris Lewis (Writer), Chris Moore (Writer), Micah Alboa (Writer), Adam Rapps (Writer), James Bannister (Writer), Courtesy of Pivit, By arrangement with Media Creature Music
"Ordinary" [Instrumental]: Performed by Dunamus, Nathanael Lew (Writer and Producer), Courtesy of Media Creature Music, www.dunamusrock.com
"Pity": Performed by SX‑10, Senen Reyes (Writer), Jeremy Fleener (Writer), Andy Zambrano (Writer), Sean McCormick (Writer), Courtesy of Latin Thug Records, By arrangement with Media Creature Music, www.sx10.com, www.srh.com
"Redo": Performed by Pivit, Chris Lewis (Writer), Chris Moore (Writer), Micah Alboa (Writer), Adam Rapps (Writer), James Bannister (Writer), From the album 'Thanks for Coming Back', Courtesy of Pivit, By arrangement with Media Creature Music
"What You Gonna Do": Performed by Total Chaos, Robert Clawson (Writer), Shawn Bodden (Writer), From the album 'In God We Kill', Courtesy of Cleopatra Records, By arrangement with Media Creature Music
"Where Do We Go?": Performed by The Kings of Nuthinn, Justin Chubbard (Writer), From the album 'Fight Songs', Courtesy of Disaster Records, By exclusive arrangement with Media Creature Music
Voice
- Angel: Kevin Miller
- Bixbite: David Nowlin
- Mrs. Venus: Marci Henderson
- ZAX: Kevin Blackton
- Slash/Customer: Alan‑J
- Iceman/Customer: Dave Fromm
- Cinnamon/Customer: Mibu Minami
- Hot‑D/customer: Marvin Dangerfield
- Axel/System: Bryan Burton-Lewis
- B.D. Joe: Darrell Harris
- Gena/Customer: Marie Cochrane
- Gus: Chris Peppler
- Customer: Casey Robertson, Justin Worsham, Gianna Guista, Rashida C, Lisle Wilkerson, Tony Cloud
Public relations: Taku Sasahara, Nobutaka Arii
Director: Satoshi Horie
Producer: Kenji Kanno
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
Special thanks to: Burger King Brands Inc., Fao Schwarz, Gap Inc., Hard Rock Cafe International Inc., Kentucky Fried Chicken, Levi Strauss & Co., Pizza Hut, Tower Records (MTS Inc.), Greg Weber (Webtone Productions), Yoichiro Maekawa (Chris Peppler's Office), Kim studio, Fumitaka Shibata (Wave Master)
- Sega Corporation: Kazuhiko Yoshida, Masaru Igarashi, Yasusi Yamashita, Shinobu Shindo, Kyoichi Hashimoto, Takashi Nishimura, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami
- Sega of America: Rich Briggs, Jason Kuo, Klayton Vorlick, Takuma Hatori
- Sega Europe: Kats Sato, Pete O'Brien, Mark Fisher, Elliott Martin, & of course you
Created by: Hitmaker

Original Game ©Sega

©Hitmaker/Sega, 2002

PC version

Strangelite
- Lead Programmer: Andy Morton
- Programming: Doug Binks, Chris Whitworth, Mike Brown
- Art: Richard Jones, Andrew McCann
- Head of Studio: Mike Brown
Empire Interactive
- Producer: Danny Rawles
- QA Manager: David Cleaveley
- Assistant QA Manager: Steve Fraser
- Lead Tester: Phil Octave
- Testers: Chris Matlub, Darren T. Bennett, Gareth West, Mark Jones, Olivier Banal, Ryan Kalis, Vernon Richards
- Marketing: Chris East
- Product Manager: Adrian Arnese
- Production: A J Bond
- Packaging: Artwork & Design: Jayshree Mistry, Tom Hodge, Paul King
Special Thanks: Joe Okabe (Sega of Japan)
Presented by: Sega

Source:

In-game credits ^[9]

Digital manuals

Chihiro US manual
Chihiro US wiring diagram
Chihiro UK manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Chihiro US flyer (front)

Chihiro US flyer (back)

Chihiro UK flyer

Chihiro UK flyer (alt)

Xbox AU print advert

Xbox print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #2002-10: "10/2002" (2002-09-04)

Artwork

Photo gallery

Sit-down cabinet
NAOMI cabinet

Physical scans

Chihiro version

Chihiro, US

Chihiro, EU

Xbox version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Click!Konsole (PL)

50

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

86

^[11]

Digitiser (UK)

40

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[13]

GMR (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[14]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

62

^[15]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

85

^[16]

Official Xbox Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[17]

	70
Based on 8 reviews

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Xbox, US
Cover
Disc

Xbox, JP
Cover
Disc

Xbox, JP (Platinum)
Cover
Disc

Xbox, UK
Cover

Xbox, FR/NL
Cover

Xbox, DE
Cover

Xbox, ES
Cover

Xbox, IT
Cover

Xbox, AU

PC version

PC, JP
Cover

PC, UK
Cover
Disc Manual

PC, UK (Xplosiv)
Cover
Disc

PC, FR

PC, FR (Xplay)
Cover

PC, DE
Cover

PC, DE (Xplosiv)
Cover

PC, DE (Screen Fun)

Disc

PC, ES
Cover
Disc

PC, ES (FX Interactive)
Cover

PC, IT (FX Interactive)
Cover

PC, NL
Cover

PC, RU (Unlicensed)
Cover
Disc

PC, RU (Licensed)
Cover

PC, KR

PC, KR (DVD)
Cover

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Xbox, PC (archive)
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller on Xbox.com: US (archive)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://sega.jp/pc/craztax3/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-04-16 22:44)
↑ http://cdgames.ru/mods.php?op=mod&name=Vishop&action=goodinfo&id=3959 (Wayback Machine: 2004-10-21 15:04)
↑ https://dist.1c.ru/news/novinki_pc_ray_dlya_taksistov_3_v_1_gonki_3154/?sphrase_id=13128
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 http://sega.jp:80/x/craztax3/ (Wayback Machine: 2003-12-09 14:31)
↑ Press release: 2002-07-23: SEGA Ups The Ante With Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Exclusively for Xbox
↑ Xbox.com (en-us; default.htm/) (Wayback Machine: 2003-09-19 01:19)
↑ Xbox.com (en-AU; default.htm/) (Wayback Machine: 2004-01-25 02:23)
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak615e86wM4
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyq4ctrW2F0
↑ Click!Konsole, "Wrzesień 2002" (PL; 2002-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 118
↑ Digitiser (UK) (2002-11-11)
↑ GamePro, "September 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 110
↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 95
↑ Hyper, "November 2002" (AU; 2002-10-02), page 68
↑ MAN!AC, "10/2002" (DE; 2002-09-04), page 55
↑ Official Xbox Magazine, "October 2002" (UK; 2002-09-06), page 68

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Books: Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2002) | Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Perfect Guide (2002)

Demos: Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Taikenban (2002)

Prototypes: 2002-04-15 | 05-29

Games in the Crazy Taxi Series
	Crazy Taxi (1999) \| Crazy Taxi: High Roller (2003)
	Crazy Taxi (2000) \| Crazy Taxi 2 (2001)
	Crazy Taxi (2001)
	Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2002)
	Crazy Taxi (2002) \| Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2004)
	Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride (2003)
	Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars (2007)
	Crazy Taxi (2010)
	Crazy Taxi (2012) \| Crazy Taxi: City Rush (2014) \| Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire (2017)
	Crazy Taxi (2013) \| Crazy Taxi: City Rush (2014) \| Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire (2017)
Sampler Discs
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Taikenban (2002)
Crazy Taxi related media
	Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Crazy Taxi (2000) \| Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Crazy Taxi 2 (2001) \| Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Crazy Taxi for PlayStation 2 (2001) \| Crazy Taxi 2 Driver's Manual (2001) \| Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2002) \| Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Perfect Guide (2002)
	Crazy Taxi (?)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20040416224427.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fpc.2Fcraztax3.2F-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://sega.jp/pc/craztax3/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-04-16 22:44)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20041021150421.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fcdgames.ru.2Fmods.php.3Fop.3Dmod.26name.3DVishop.26action.3Dgoodinfo.26id.3D3959-2] ttp://cdgames.ru/mods.php?op=mod&name=Vishop&action=goodinfo&id=3959 (Wayback Machine: 2004-10-21 15:04)

[3] ttps://dist.1c.ru/news/novinki_pc_ray_dlya_taksistov_3_v_1_gonki_3154/?sphrase_id=13128

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20031209143122.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp:80.2Fx.2Fcraztax3.2F-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 http://sega.jp:80/x/craztax3/ (Wayback Machine: 2003-12-09 14:31)

[Press_release:_2002-07-23:_SEGA_Ups_The_Ante_With_Crazy_Taxi_3:_High_Roller_Exclusively_for_Xbox-5] Press release: 2002-07-23: SEGA Ups The Ante With Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Exclusively for Xbox

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20030919011927.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.xbox.com.2Fen-us.2Fcrazytaxi3.2Fdefault.htm-6] Xbox.com (en-us; default.htm/) (Wayback Machine: 2003-09-19 01:19)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20040125022340.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.xbox.com.2Fen-AU.2Fcrazytaxi3.2Fdefault.htm-7] Xbox.com (en-AU; default.htm/) (Wayback Machine: 2004-01-25 02:23)

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DAk615e86wM4-8] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak615e86wM4

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3Doyq4ctrW2F0-9] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyq4ctrW2F0

[10] Click!Konsole, "Wrzesień 2002" (PL; 2002-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_128.pdf_p118-11] Consoles +, "Septembre 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 118

[digitiser2002-11-11-12] Digitiser (UK) (2002-11-11)

[:File:GamePro_US_168.pdf_p110-13] GamePro, "September 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 110

[:File:GMR_US_01.pdf_p95-14] GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 95

[:File:Hyper_AU_109.pdf_p68-15] Hyper, "November 2002" (AU; 2002-10-02), page 68

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2002-10.pdf_p55-16] MAN!AC, "10/2002" (DE; 2002-09-04), page 55

[:File:OXM_UK_008.pdf_p68-17] Official Xbox Magazine, "October 2002" (UK; 2002-09-06), page 68

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Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Xbox version

PC version

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Photo gallery

Physical scans

Chihiro version

Xbox version

PC version

External links

References