• Completed
& Reviewed by Neil Collins
"Hey, Taxi!" Space Taxi is, without doubt, a classic
Commodore 64 game. Today it's still played by many
retro-gamers, and hailed as one of the best games of all
time.
The
idea of the game is simple: you play the part of a
futuristic cab driver that must pick up and drop off
customers to designated zones. Once you have made enough
drops, an exit appears for you to fly off to the next
world. The level designs are beautiful and bizarre, and
the game controls and physics make the game a lot of fun
to play. The graphics aren't amazing, but good enough
for the job - and there's some fairly good digitized
speech although it lacks in the music department. It's a
game that doesn't take itself too seriously, and you can
just fly around crushing passengers to death with your
cab if you like, it's entirely up to you. It's an
experience you must try for a few minutes and you will
understand why so many people love this game. I can't
think of anything else like it. This game gets top marks
from me. Respect to John Kutcher for his wonderful
programming.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
The Space Taxi drops
of the last of the customers.
"Up, up and
awaaaaaaaay!"
The End.
HOW WAS IT COMPLETED?:
I used a cheat that allowed me to skip levels. (I'm not
very good at this one !)
SO WHAT HAPPENS?:
Once you have picked up the final passenger, a small end
scene is shown. The passenger is dropped off on a
platform below a backdrop of a large valley, with a
river running through it. The cab fires up it's engine
one last time and blasts off into the distance through
the clouds.
Space Taxi
