Overview
Ready to do some Crazy Taxi Drivin’, but wanna do it to the original tunes, voices, and sounds? Here you go!
Hey hey! (Introduction)
Welcome to the guide, let’s go make some Crazy Money!
… Or at least we should, but first, you gotta know where you came from.
Crazy Taxi was originally released in arcades back in late 1990’s, and found it’s way into all sorts of other places too.
Not only did the Crazy Drivin’ and other fun gameplay mechanics make it a fan-favorite, but the Soundtrack also made it AMAZING, right?
It featured The Offspring and Bad Religion, two well-known punk / rock bands, as the main focus of the soundtrack, and man what a great fit! It’s almost synonomous with the Crazy Taxi series!
Alas, licensed musics (and voices) only last so long, and they replaced most of the music in the Steam version with some stuff that sounds just plain blah and unfitting.
Sure, it’s some kind of rock, but it doesn’t sound right. My personal opinion is that it’s more garbage than substance.
The voices are also patched up and such, being the voice actors from Crazy Taxi 2’s cast.
Yes, you can play as Crazy Taxi 1’s cabbies in Crazy Taxi 2 on the Dreamcast and possibly the PSP version.
Beat the Crazy Pyramid completely to unlock them.
How about we at least fix that lousy soundtrack they’ve dubbed in, and put the original voices back? Maybe even get the game sounding even more authentic with the original sounds?
I got you covered on that, soooo..
HERE WE GO!
Ready!? (Download and Extract)
You’ll be needing three different files, which are below.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
You have to remove the space between the “dropbox” and “.com” to access the links. Steam is picky about things sometimes, especially links.
As an added precaution, I’ve created a few mirrors and a MEGAPACK option. Follow the same instructions as above to access them.
MEGAPACKs
Crazy Taxi (Steam Version) – MEGAPACK (gDrive, 114mb, 7zip file, Contains all below packs)
[link] .com/file/d/1aU0EvK-XQh74UhL-XMLeHfR0U25fmNux/
Crazy Taxi (Steam Version) – MEGAPACK (oDrive, 114mb, 7zip file, Contains all below packs)
[link] .ms/u/s!AvZWT9ZlmsC4ki3SlZgWcOL62AvG?e=MTMy5X
Individual Packs
Crazy Taxi (Steam Version) – Original Music (DropBox, 52.5mb, 7zip file, 14 .ADX files)
[link] .com/s/be7n5ezih0s1e89/Crazy_Taxi_Steam_-_Original_Music.7z?dl=1
Crazy Taxi (Steam Version) – Original Music (Crazy Taxi 1 Only) (DropBox, 23.8mb, 7zip file, 14 .ADX files)
[link] .com/s/71gv426sj23rpb8/Crazy_Taxi_Steam_-_Original_Music_CT1.7z?dl=1
Crazy Taxi (Steam Version) – Original Voices (DropBox, 10.8mb, 7zip file, 1 .AFS file)
[link] .com/s/l84fn5v7ktlgf77/Crazy_Taxi_Steam_-_Original_Voices.7z?dl=1
Crazy Taxi (Steam Version) – Original Sound Effects (DropBox, 6.6mb, 7zip file, 5 .AFS files)
[link] .com/s/n20tz4iu7s6tjsj/Crazy_Taxi_Steam_-_Original_Sound_Effects.7z?dl=1
In order to extract these, use 7zip, it’s a near essential program by now.
If you use 7zip, right click the file and extract them to a folder of the same name, as in,
“Extract to “…”
You should end up with the files in subdirectories that match up with the “Crazy Taxi” Steam directory.
Now they’re ready for placement! Let’s roll!
Let’s GO!! (Installation)
Alright, what do you do with these files, you ask?
Right click Crazy Taxi in your Steam Library, click Properties, then click the tab called Local Files. Under that you’ll find Browse Local Files, which when clicked will open up the game’s file directory in your file browser.
Using the overall structure of the extracted files / folders as a guide, you can figure out where the files go, but to be specific…
Crazy Taxi is where VOICE01.AFS goes.
This contains all the original voice clips, and of course, the original voice acting too.
music_adx should be where the .ADX files go.
The Music (.ADX) files are named exactly like the stock stuff, but contain the original good stuff!
Crazy Taxi is where everything related to sound effects goes.
The Sound Effects are in .AFS files, and are labeled as BINC1/2/3.AFS and LANDDC1/2.AFS .
Depending on if you wanna be all safe and such, you could make backups.
Not sure why you would want to though, the stuff included is much better quality!
Now we’re ready to make some CRAZY Money! (In-Game, that is!)
Crazy Cool Music! (What’s Included)
Since the soundtrack for the Steam release has several extra tracks to fill compared to the original game’s lineup, I decided to look to later Crazy Taxi games for music to fill the gaps.
All were mixed and properly compiled using adxencd.exe, a much more useful tool than some soccer game’s file converter. I’ll be detailing how to use my tool of choice later on.
Here’s a listing of music used in this, in chronological order of appearance in the series.
The Offspring – Change the World
Bad Religion – Hear It
Bad Religion – Inner Logic
Bad Religion – Ten in 2010
Bad Religion – Them and Us
The Offspring – Way Down the Line
The Offspring – All I Want
The Offspring – No Brakes
The Offspring – Walla Walla
The Offspring – Come Out Swinging
The Offspring – One Fine Day
The Offspring – Want You Bad
Bad Religion – Empty Causes
Bad Religion – Punk Rock Song
AWESOME! (Conclusion and BONUS!)
I’ve put a lot of work into this, originally was gonna release this kind of thing ages ago, but hard drive failures aplenty set it back quite often.
Well, it’s out there now, and I’m hoping you can enjoy it!
After doing some research on the original PC port of Crazy Taxi, I decided to put together a quick compilation of tracks that should work with it. Same quality tracks, same rockin’ tunes, easy to install!
Download is below..
Crazy_Taxi_OldPC_Original_Music.7z (7 .mp3 files, 1 .wav file, 9.55 mb)
[link] .com/file/d/1GePPJIGlkswkXqv8DotFcUaH4Q3YokGr/
Do you happen to know of Crazy Taxi 2 on the Dreamcast? Around Apple is my jam!
It had DLC long before it was a laughable thing, and this was actually cool.
I’ll boast for a bit, I have one of the highest scores for Crazy Taxi 2’s Another Day mode.
No, I didn’t edit the files. While it’s possible, I don’t mess around when it comes to setting records.
Yes, I have access to the files, and I’m hoping someone out there will step up to the challenge of beating that score.
If you’ve got a Dreamcast and Crazy Taxi 2, you’re welcome to use the this custom DreamExplorer image you can burn to a CD-R, get the DLC for Crazy Taxi 2, and challenge my score!
I don’t expect you to show any proof of accomplishment, but hey, at least you get some game-time with your Dreamcast!
I reccomend using IMGBurn, which should be available out there somewhere.
If you need help setting it up, just send me a shout, I’ll help out!
DreamExplorer – Crazy Taxi 2 DLC (DropBox, 2.77mb, 7zip file, 1 .cdi file)
[link] .com/s/vpnsdsm0mkwekfs/DreamExplorer_-_CT2_DLC.7z?dl=0
Nothing beats a game of Crazy Taxi, whether it’s the classic original, the Dreamcast sequel, or the high roller of the trilogy, Crazy Taxi 3!
Here’s a little video I whipped up about one of Crazy Taxi 3’s “CRAZY X!” minigames. Enjoy!
Crazy Taxi 3 – CRAZY BALL! – Gameplay Video
Alexvgz has made a mod restoring the original licensed locations back into the game. Levi’s, Pizza Hut, KFC, it’s all here!
I’ve included the latest version of this in the MEGAPACK, along with a custom .EXE by Cryoburner, Alexvgz and yours truly, which should also allow Analog controllers to work better. One step closer to making this a real deal as possible.
Thank you for reading, if you have any questions, leave a comment!
Special thanks to BorbingoBoy for the idea to make a “Original Music Only” package!
See the Downloads section above for it, below the normal download link.
Extra special thanks to Alexvgz for the DC Restoration project for this game. Go check ’em out!
Alright, get out there, have fun, and enjoy some Crazy Taxi!