Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

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Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
System(s): Sega Chihiro, Xbox, PC
Publisher: Sega,
Windows PC
Empire Interactive
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Windows PC
JP 		¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140) HCJ-0353
Windows PC
EU 		EI-1705
Windows PC
UK
(Xplosiv)
Windows PC
RU
Xbox
JP 		¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140) L48-00001
Xbox
JP
(Platinum) 		¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940) Y61-00001
Xbox
US 		64002
Xbox
EU
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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.

Gallery

  • Sit-down cabinet

  • NAOMI cabinet

Production Credits

PC version

staff

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

  • "CyberChrist"
Performed by Pivit
Written by Chris Lewis, Chris Moore, Micah Alboa, Adam Rapps and James Bannister
From the album "Thanks for Coming Back"
Courtesy of Pivit
By arrangement with Media Creature Music
www.pivit.com
  • "Drive All Night"
Performed by The Kings of Nuthinn
Written by Zack Brines
From the album "Fight Songs"
Courtesy of Disaster Records
By exclusive arrangement with Media Creature Music
www.disasterrecords.com
  • "Face Off"
Performed by The Briggs
Written by Jason LaRocca and Joey LaRocca
From the album "Numbers"
Courtesy of Disaster Records
By exclusive arrangement with Media Creature Music
www.disasterrecords.com
  • "Fingercuffs"
Performed by Pivit
Written by Chris Lewis, Chris Moore, Micah Alboa, Adam Rapps and James Bannister
From the album "Thanks for Coming Back"
Courtesy of Pivit
By arrangement with Media Creature Music
  • "Jungle Man Robot Girl"
Performed by 13 Cats
Written by Danny B. Harvey, Tim Worman and 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
Written by Jorgen Westman
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
Written by Justin Chubbard (The Kings of Nuthinn)
From the album "Fight Songs"
Courtesy of Disaster Records
By exclusive arrangement with Media Creature Music
  • "Let it Roll"
Performed by Total Chaos
Written by Robert Clawson and Shawn Bodden
From the album "In God We Kill"
Courtesy of Cleopatra Records
By arrangement with Media Creature Music
  • "Middle Children"
Performed by Pivit
Written by Chris Lewis, Chris Moore, Micah Alboa, Adam Rapps and James Bannister
Courtesy of Pivit
By arrangement with Media Creature Music
  • "Ordinary" [Instrumental]
Performed by Dunamus
Written and produced by Nathanael Lew
Courtesy of Media Creature Music
www.dunamusrock.com
  • "Pity"
Performed by SX‑10
Written by Senen Reyes, Jeremy Fleener, Andy Zambrano and Sean McCormick
Courtesy of Latin Thug Records
By arrangement with Media Creature Music
www.sx10.com / www.srh.com
  • "Redo"
Performed by Pivit
Written by Chris Lewis, Chris Moore, Micah Alboa, Adam Rapps and James Bannister
From the album "Thanks for Coming Back"
Courtesy of Pivit
By arrangement with Media Creature Music
  • "What You Gonna Do"
Performed by Total Chaos
Written by Robert Clawson and Shawn Bodden
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
Written by Justin Chubbard (The Kings of Nuthinn)
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
customer: Justin Worsham
customer: Gianna Guista
customer: Rashida C
customer: Lisle Wilkerson
customer: 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.)
Webtone Productions - Greg Weber
Chris Peppler's Office - Yoichiro Maekawa
Kim studio
Wave Master - Fumitaka Shibata
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

Digital Manuals

  • UK manual

Promotional Material

  • Chihiro US flyer (front)

  • Chihiro US flyer (back)

  • Chihiro UK flyer

  • Chihiro UK flyer (alt)

  • Xbox AU print advert

Physical scans

Chihiro Version

Chihiro, US
Chihiro, EU

Xbox Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
86 №128, p118/119
Xbox
 86
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Click!Konsole (PL)
50
[1]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
86
[2]
Digitiser (UK)
40
[3]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[4]
GMR (US) NTSC-U
80
[5]
Hyper (AU) PAL
62
[6]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
85
[7]
Official Xbox Magazine (UK) PAL
80
[8]
Xbox
 70
Based on
8 reviews

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Xbox, US
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Cover
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Disc
Xbox, JP
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Cover
Xbox, JP (Platinum)
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Cover
Xbox, UK
CrazyTaxi3 Xbox EU Box.jpg
Cover
Xbox, FR/NL
CrazyTaxi3 Xbox FR Box.jpg
Cover
Xbox, DE

Xbox, ES

PC version

PC, JP
CrazyTaxi3 PC JP Box.jpg
Cover
PC, UK
CrazyTaxi3 PC UK Box.jpg
Cover
CrazyTaxi3 PC UK Disc.jpg
Disc
CrazyTaxi3 PC UK Manual.pdf
Manual
PC, UK (Xplosiv)
CrazyTaxi3 PC UK Box Xplosiv.jpg
Cover
PC, FR

PC, FR (Xplay)
CrazyTaxi3 PC FR Box Front XPlay.jpg
Cover
PC, DE
CT3 PC DE Box.jpg
Cover
PC, DE (Xplosiv)
CrazyTaxi3 PC DE Box Xplosiv.jpg
Cover
PC, DE (Screen Fun)

CrazyTaxi3 PC DE Disc ScreenFun.jpg
Disc
PC, ES
CT3 PC ES Box.jpg
Cover
CT3 PC ES Disc.jpg
Disc
PC, ES (FX)
CrazyTaxi3 PC ES Box FX.jpg
Cover
PC, RU
CT3 PC RU Box Back.jpgCT3 PC RU Box Front.jpg
Cover
CT3 PC RU Disc.jpg
Disc
PC, RU (Alt)
CT3 PC RU Box Alt Back.jpgCT3 PC RU Box Alt Front.jpg
Cover

External Links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Xbox, PC



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 (?)
  1. ↑ Click!Konsole, "Wrzesień 2002" (PL; 2002-xx-xx), page 32
  2. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 118
  3. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (2002-11-11)
  4. ↑ GamePro, "September 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 110
  5. ↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 95
  6. ↑ Hyper, "November 2002" (AU; 2002-10-02), page 68
  7. ↑ MAN!AC, "10/2002" (DE; 2002-09-04), page 55
  8. ↑ Official Xbox Magazine, "October 2002" (UK; 2002-09-06), page 68
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