Games of your childhood
Crazy Taxi
For this thread, I thought that I would get some feedback from you guys about what games really shaped your childhood. I think that we have all played games for a long time now and since it become a popular thing to do, generations upon generations of children have leapt at the opportunity to throw themselves into the ever-expanding world of games. I, for one, got my first game console when I was about 5 or so and since then, I have not looked back. I got a Sega Mage Drive with games like Alex The Kid, Sonic and Tails 2 and Indian Jones and just adored it. However, the game that I want to cover in this post is:
That’s right, Crazy, mother-fucking, Taxi.
This was a game that really started my love affair with driving games. Before that, I had played very little and wanted to play even less. However, a chance meeting with this game set up a world of fun and some of the nest gaming memories I have to date. I remember getting this game. My brother and I shared a Dreamcast and it was in the bedroom, that we both shared. We put out pocket money together for a couple of weeks and decided that we had to but another game. We finally salvaged enough to go and get a new game and we seen Crazy Taxi. I immediately did not want it. I saw House Of The Dead and crued my eyes out because “I got to pick the last one” and my big brother picked Crazy Taxi. For the longest time, I wouldn’t even touch the game. It sickened me that I did not get what I wanted and out of principal I decided not to play it. I mean, I am very lazy and it was already in.
Anyway, I must have played that game that day for 23 out of the 24 hours of that day, it was ridiculous. It opened up a gaming world that I quickly became embroiled in quickly. The game was so simple but was just genius at the same time. I can quite honestly say that Crazy Taxi is one of the best games I have ever played and I can guarantee that if I was to get the game now, I would play it so far before any of the recent additions to my gaming collection. The thing about it was that it was so simple, yet so efficient in garnering your interest. Mostly though, it was just heaps and heaps of fun and had me stuck to the screen for days upon days, months upon months.
I remember being on holiday in Cyprus last year and in my hotel, they had a Crazy Taxi arcade game. I looked at it and it looked back at me and we both knew it was a match made in Heaven. I swear to God that I spent about 70 Euros on that game and I spend eve more time on it than that. At one point, I played it at 2 o’clock in the morning for about an hour and a half. The only think that kept me from playing it more was that the manager came down and asked me to get off of it because people couldn’t sleep as they kept hearing The Offspring rattling through “All I Want” as I delivered customer upon customer to their destination.
An amazing game that I would gladly play forever. However, I am curious to see which games shaped your childhood and how you fell about them now.
Crazy Taxi
For this thread, I thought that I would get some feedback from you guys about what games really shaped your childhood. I think that we have all played games for a long time now and since it become a popular thing to do, generations upon generations of children have leapt at the opportunity to throw themselves into the ever-expanding world of games. I, for one, got my first game console when I was about 5 or so and since then, I have not looked back. I got a Sega Mage Drive with games like Alex The Kid, Sonic and Tails 2 and Indian Jones and just adored it. However, the game that I want to cover in this post is:
That’s right, Crazy, mother-fucking, Taxi.
This was a game that really started my love affair with driving games. Before that, I had played very little and wanted to play even less. However, a chance meeting with this game set up a world of fun and some of the nest gaming memories I have to date. I remember getting this game. My brother and I shared a Dreamcast and it was in the bedroom, that we both shared. We put out pocket money together for a couple of weeks and decided that we had to but another game. We finally salvaged enough to go and get a new game and we seen Crazy Taxi. I immediately did not want it. I saw House Of The Dead and crued my eyes out because “I got to pick the last one” and my big brother picked Crazy Taxi. For the longest time, I wouldn’t even touch the game. It sickened me that I did not get what I wanted and out of principal I decided not to play it. I mean, I am very lazy and it was already in.
Anyway, I must have played that game that day for 23 out of the 24 hours of that day, it was ridiculous. It opened up a gaming world that I quickly became embroiled in quickly. The game was so simple but was just genius at the same time. I can quite honestly say that Crazy Taxi is one of the best games I have ever played and I can guarantee that if I was to get the game now, I would play it so far before any of the recent additions to my gaming collection. The thing about it was that it was so simple, yet so efficient in garnering your interest. Mostly though, it was just heaps and heaps of fun and had me stuck to the screen for days upon days, months upon months.
I remember being on holiday in Cyprus last year and in my hotel, they had a Crazy Taxi arcade game. I looked at it and it looked back at me and we both knew it was a match made in Heaven. I swear to God that I spent about 70 Euros on that game and I spend eve more time on it than that. At one point, I played it at 2 o’clock in the morning for about an hour and a half. The only think that kept me from playing it more was that the manager came down and asked me to get off of it because people couldn’t sleep as they kept hearing The Offspring rattling through “All I Want” as I delivered customer upon customer to their destination.
An amazing game that I would gladly play forever. However, I am curious to see which games shaped your childhood and how you fell about them now.
