Taxi Driver

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Name: Taxi Driver
Developer: Papaya Studio
Systems: PS2, Xbox
Due date: Spring 2006

Taxi Driver is a cancelled PS2 and Xbox game from Papaya Studio.
The game would be a GTA-style game based on the 1976 hit movie.

Plot

Taxi Driver is set two months after the movie.
Travis Bickle is cleaning up the scum in the city.

Gameplay

The gameplay is akin to Crazy Taxi: pick up people and drop them off at their destination.
Some pedestrians give missions when picked up, like a drive-by shooting or driving to a soon-to-be crime scene.

One interesting gameplay mechanic is the stress meter: killing innocents builds the meter.
If the stress gets too much, Travis passes out and you restart at the last checkpoint.

Since Travis wants to take out scum, there are plenty of missions that involve killing mobsters.
Run around on foot, gun in hand, and peer around corners to shoot.

Development

This game was developed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film.

Cancellation

Majesco was running out of money.
Big budget titleslike Psychonauts drained finances money.
Majesco cancelled Taxi Driver in January 2006.

Video

E3 2005 trailer.

Gameplay.

Gallery

  • Play Zone (June 2005)

    Play Zone (June 2005)

  • PC Games (July 2005)

    PC Games (July 2005)

External Links

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