New York Taxi

Moby ID: 146316

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Released

1978 on Ohio Scientific

Credits

1 person

Publishers

Ohio Scientific, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Action
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay: Arcade
Interface: Direct control
Setting: Contemporary

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Type-in
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Players Supported: 1 Player

Description

New York Taxi is a simple game with the goal to hail a cab in New York. The player can move around the screen and must flag down a cab by standing directly in front of it and pressing the right button, without getting hit by said taxi. Score is deducted when you get hit by a vehicle.

Groups +

Setting: City - New York

Credits (Ohio Scientific version)

Written by

B. Bennett

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MobyGames ID: 146316

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Game added by vedder.

Game added June 3, 2020. Last modified February 13, 2023.