Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride

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Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride
System(s): Game Boy Advance
Publisher: Sega (Europe), THQ (US)
Developer:
Distributor: Infogrames (Europe)
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Game Boy Advance
US 		AGB-P-A3CE
AGB-A3CE-USA
ESRB: Everyone
Game Boy Advance
EU 		AGB-A3CP
AGB-A3CP-EUR
Game Boy Advance
DE 		AGB-A3CP
AGB-A3CP-EUR
USK: 12
Game Boy Advance
ES 		AGB-A3CP
AGB-A3CP-EUR
aDeSe: Todos los Publicos
Game Boy Advance
FR 		AGB-A3CP
AGB-A3CP-EUR
SELL: Tous Publics
Game Boy Advance
UK 		AGB-A3CP
AGB-A3CP-EUR
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Game Boy Advance
FI 		AGB-A3CP
AGB-A3CP-EUR
VET: 3+
Game Boy Advance
AU 		$69.9569.95[3]
OFLC: G

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Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride is an entry in the Crazy Taxi series, and was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. Despite using one of Sega's intellectual properties, the game was developed by Graphic State Limited and published by THQ in the US and Infogrames in Europe.

Despite running on inferior hardware, Catch a Ride attempts to mimic the first Crazy Taxi game, running in 3D and using a similar street layout. Hardware restrictions mean the graphics are far blockier and less detailed, and there are less objects and detail on the roads, but it is still seen as something quite remarkable as most GBA games are 2D.

Production credits

THQ Product Development
  • VP - Product Development: Phillip Holt
  • Executive Producer: Jim Flaharty
  • Producer: Kevin Elrod
  • Assistant Producer: Razmig Pulurian
THQ Quality Assurance
  • Lead Tester: Mark Vance
  • Testers: Christopher Goo, Shirley Alovera, David Langeliers
  • QA Technician: Mario Waibel
  • QA Database Administrator: Jason Roberts
  • QA Manager: Monica Vallejo
  • Director of Quality Assurance: Jeremy S. Barnes
  • Special Thanks to: Brian Farrell, Jeff Lapin, Alison Locke, Robert Riley, Richardo Fischer, Jack Suzuki, Cordon Madison, Christian Kenney, Paul Rivas, Stacey Mendoza
  • Extra Special Thanks to: Shinobu Toyoda, Kathy Schoback, Judy Jette-Hansen
Developed by: Graphic State Ltd.
  • For Graphic State
    • Managing Director: Claire Hill
    • Project Director: Richard Whittall
  • Development Team
    • Lead Programmer: Francis Lillie
    • Programmers: Gavin Harwood, Martin Cook
    • Support Programmer: Adrian Brown
    • Lead Artist: Andy Evans
    • Artists: Richard Whittall, Gary Simpson
    • Music: Paragon 5

Magazine articles

Main article: Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
GameNOW (US) NTSC-U
0
[4]
Game Play 128 (FR) PAL
68
[5]
Game Station (UK)
70
[6]
Hyper (AU) PAL
40
[3]
Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) PAL
30
[7]
Nintendo Power (US) NTSC-U
60
[8]
N-Zone (DE) PAL
56
[9]
Pocket Games (US) NTSC-U
65
[10]
Game Boy Advance
 49
Based on
8 reviews

Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride

Game Boy Advance, US
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Cover
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Cart
Game Boy Advance, EU
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Game Boy Advance
 ?
CRC32 4aebd704
MD5 603470cb171bc53491b0a8643f1302ef
SHA-1 6c63ac0e57a0125a73248b75f29c58892d17750e
8MB Cartridge (EU)
Game Boy Advance
 ?
CRC32 8ec709d6
MD5 8bcf4e0da6be539f2099c683ff897b43
SHA-1 d41f8528e5d010637ece3a50f22c3c809e49b578
8MB Cartridge (US)
Game Boy Advance
 ?
CRC32 fe0d0b86
MD5 77b95f886779b5c82c726679c498ce09
SHA-1 f00a8ea228f2a569528cebc810a6f54c8db2491c
8MB EPROM cartridge Page

External links

  • Nintendo catalogue pages: US (archive)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk:80/Crazy-Taxi-Catch-Ride-Game/dp/B00005BRLJ (Wayback Machine: 2007-12-17 03:29)
  2. ↑ http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1098 (Wayback Machine: 2003-06-19 16:03)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hyper, "August 2003" (AU; 2003-07-09), page 77
  4. ↑ GameNOW, "May 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 41
  5. ↑ Game Play 128, "Juillet-Août 2003" (FR; 2003-0x-xx), page 83
  6. ↑ Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
  7. ↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "August 2003" (UK; 2003-07-11), page 76
  8. ↑ Nintendo Power, "June 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 139
  9. ↑ N-Zone, "07/03" (DE; 2003-06-18), page 66
  10. ↑ Pocket Games, "Summer 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 39



Games in the Crazy Taxi Series
Arcade
 Crazy Taxi (1999) | Crazy Taxi: High Roller (2003)
Sega Dreamcast
 Crazy Taxi (2000) | Crazy Taxi 2 (2001)
Sony PlayStation 2
Nintendo GameCube
 Crazy Taxi (2001)
Xbox
 Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2002)
Windows PC
 Crazy Taxi (2002) | Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2004)
Game Boy Advance
 Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride (2003)
Sony PlayStation Portable
 Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars (2007)
PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network
Xbox Live Arcade
 Crazy Taxi (2010)
iOS
 Crazy Taxi (2012) | Crazy Taxi: City Rush (2014) | Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire (2017)
Google Android OS
 Crazy Taxi (2013) | Crazy Taxi: City Rush (2014) | Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire (2017)
Sampler Discs
Xbox
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Taikenban (2002)
Crazy Taxi related media
Book
 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)
Film
 Crazy Taxi (?)
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