Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars
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Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars is a PSP
game, which is a port of both Crazy Taxi
and Crazy Taxi 2
. There is also a multiplayer aspect which was not available in the games' predecessors, where players compete against one another for customers and fare money. The game was developed by newly created Sniper Studios
.
Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars gives users the ability to record about 80 seconds of gameplay footage and then transfer it to a computer for media uses. Another feature unseen in previous Crazy Taxi games is the ability to play any MP3 files stores on a memory stick, in the game. Almost all of the sound effects have been re-recorded and are completely different than older versions of Crazy Taxi.
and The Offspring
has been removed, as well as many of the real-world stores in game, due to licensing issues. However, the game allows custom soundtracks; MP3
files stored on the memory stick can be played in-game.
Other differences include the afforementioned multiplayer via Ad-Hoc wireless, and game sharing, using only one copy of the game, and the
ability to record your game footage; about 80 seconds of game footage is recordable and transferable.
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
game, which is a port of both Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi is a sandbox racing video game developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega. It is the first game in the Crazy Taxi series. The game was first released in arcades in 1999 and was ported to the Dreamcast in 2000. Subsequently, it was ported to the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube by...
and Crazy Taxi 2
Crazy Taxi 2
Crazy Taxi 2 was released solely on Dreamcast early in 2001 and is part of the Crazy Taxi series. It was ported to the PSP as part of Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars in 2007....
. There is also a multiplayer aspect which was not available in the games' predecessors, where players compete against one another for customers and fare money. The game was developed by newly created Sniper Studios
Sniper Studios
Sniper Studios is a newly created American game studio formed by veteran developers from companies such as Electronic Arts, Sega, etc. Their most recent game they developed was Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars for the PSP gaming system...
.
Gameplay
Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars combines both Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2 with new features that allow players to interact with their opponents in brand new ways unseen on other systems. Giving players the ability to play wirelessly with other PSP systems nearby through Ad-Hoc or game sharing. Players can ram their opponent's cab to steal their fare or use the new interference feature to make them crash or slow down their fare delivery time.Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars gives users the ability to record about 80 seconds of gameplay footage and then transfer it to a computer for media uses. Another feature unseen in previous Crazy Taxi games is the ability to play any MP3 files stores on a memory stick, in the game. Almost all of the sound effects have been re-recorded and are completely different than older versions of Crazy Taxi.
Differences
The original game's soundtracks contained songs by the bands Bad ReligionBad Religion
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...
and The Offspring
The Offspring
The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada...
has been removed, as well as many of the real-world stores in game, due to licensing issues. However, the game allows custom soundtracks; MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
files stored on the memory stick can be played in-game.
Other differences include the afforementioned multiplayer via Ad-Hoc wireless, and game sharing, using only one copy of the game, and the
ability to record your game footage; about 80 seconds of game footage is recordable and transferable.