https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/feb/24/taxis-sega-pop-punk-classic-crazy-taxi-at-25

Despite its early detractors at Sega, the legendary driving game was released to great success and millions of sales

Kenji Kanno, director of Sega’s legendary driving game Crazy Taxi, remembers the exact moment he knew the game had made a seismic impression. “I was going to Las Vegas for promotional work,” he says. “I got into the taxi and the driver drove me very fast, arriving at my destination quickly. At the end, he laughed and said: ‘I am the real Crazy Taxi!’ It was a strange experience.”