publisher crazy taxi 2
___MASK94___ Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the ___MASK94___ Group , which is engaged in business through its four operating components  electronics ( video games , network services and medical business ), motion pictures , music and financial services . These make ___MASK94___ one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world . ___MASK94___ ' s principal business operations include ___MASK94___ Corporation , ___MASK94___ Pictures Entertainment , ___MASK94___ Interactive Entertainment , ___MASK11___ , ___MASK94___ Mobile ( formerly ___MASK94___ Ericsson ) and ___MASK94___ Financial . ___MASK94___ is among the Semiconductor sales leaders by year and as of 2013 , the fourth - largest television manufacturer in the world , after Samsung Electronics , LG Electronics and TCL . The is a home video game console released by ___MASK40___ in ___MASK29___ on September 14 , 2001 ; in ___MASK26___ on November 18 , 2001 ; in Europe on May 3 , 2002 ; and in Australia on May 17 , 2002 . The sixth - generation console is the successor to the ___MASK40___ 64 and competed with ___MASK94___ Computer Entertainment ' s PlayStation 2 and Microsoft ' s Xbox . The PlayStation 2 ( abbreviated as PS2 ) is a home video game console that was developed by ___MASK94___ Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March 4 , 2000 in Japan , October 26 , 2000 in North America , November 24 , 2000 in Europe , and November 17 , 2000 in Australia . It competed with ___MASK19___ ' s Dreamcast , Microsoft ' s Xbox , and Nintendo ' s GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles . Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s , ___MASK40___ then developed into a video game company in the 1970s , ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and ___MASK29___ ' s third most - valuable company with a market value of over $ 85 billion . From 1992 until 2016 , ___MASK40___ was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball ' s Seattle Mariners . The is a home video game console released by ___MASK19___ on November 27 , 1998 in Japan , September 9 , 1999 in North America , and October 14 , 1999 in Europe . It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles , preceding Sony ' s PlayStation 2 , Nintendo ' s GameCube and Microsoft ' s Xbox . The Dreamcast was ___MASK19___ ' s final home console , marking the end of the company ' s 18 years in the console market . Crazy Taxi 2 was released on Dreamcast early in 2001 and is part of the Crazy Taxi series . It was ported to the PSP as part of Crazy Taxi : Fare Wars in 2007 . It is the last Crazy Taxi game to be made on the Dreamcast after it was discontinued on March 31 . Crazy Taxi 2 introduced several new features not found in the original , including two new cities , `` Around Apple '' and `` Small Apple '' , both somewhat based on New York City . The new cities share four new drivers as default , bringing the total playable characters to eight but it started with 4 new characters . ___MASK19___ All Stars was ___MASK19___ ' s budget series for the Dreamcast , similar to Platinum Hits , Greatest Hits , and Player ' s Choice , for games that have sold many copies . When a title became a ___MASK19___ All Stars title , it was sold at a lower price ($ 19 . 95 ) and given reprinted labeling . ___MASK19___ All Stars was exclusive to North America , game covers were given an orange bar ( as opposed to Europe ' s blue color scheme ) with the brand name written from top to bottom . The disc labels were also changed to include a small circle with the ___MASK19___ All Stars brand printed inside of it . 17 titles were made into ___MASK19___ All Stars titles . The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units , 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch . Its successor , the PlayStation 2 , was released in 2000 . The PlayStation 2 is the best - selling home console to date , having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28 , 2012 . ___MASK94___ ' s next console , the PlayStation 3 , was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013 . ___MASK94___ ' s latest console , the PlayStation 4 , was released in 2013 , selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale , becoming the fastest selling console in history . ___MASK87___ ( or simply Windows ) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed , marketed , and sold by Microsoft . It consists of several families of operating systems , each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture . Active Windows families include Windows NT , Windows Embedded and Windows Phone ; these may encompass subfamilies , e . g . Windows Embedded Compact ( Windows CE ) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x ; Windows 10 Mobile is an active product , unrelated to the defunct family Windows Mobile . ___MASK60___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK60___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , ___MASK15___ Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK60___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK60___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK60___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . The racing video game genre is the genre of video games , either in the first - person or third - person perspective , in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land , air , or sea vehicles . They may be based on anything from real - world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings . In general , they can be distributed along a ___MASK18___ anywhere between hardcore simulations , and simpler arcade racing games . Racing games may also fall under the category of sports games . PlayStation Network ( PSN ) is a digital media entertainment service provided by ___MASK94___ Interactive Entertainment . Launched in November 2006 , PSN was originally conceived for the PlayStation video game consoles , but soon extended to encompass smartphones , tablets , Blu - ray players and high - definition televisions . As of April 2016 , over 110 million users have been documented , with 65 million of them active monthly . ___MASK42___ ( XBLA ) is a digital video game download service available through the Xbox Games Store , Microsoft ' s digital distribution network for the Xbox 360 . It focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers . Titles range from classic console and arcade video games , to new games designed from the ground up for the service . Games available through the XBLA service range from $ 5  20 in price , and as of October 2016 , there have been 719 ___MASK42___ titles released for the Xbox 360 . Prior to the Xbox 360 , " ___MASK42___ " was the name for an online distribution network on the original Xbox , which was replaced by the Xbox Live Marketplace . ___MASK44___ Corporation ( commonly referred to as ___MASK44___ or MS ) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond , Washington , that develops , manufactures , licenses , supports and sells computer software , consumer electronics and personal computers and services . Its best known software products are the ___MASK87___ line of operating systems , ___MASK44___ Office office suite , and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the ___MASK44___ Surface tablet lineup . As of 2016 , it was the world ' s largest software maker by revenue , and one of the world ' s most valuable companies . iOS ( formerly iPhone OS ) is a mobile operating system created and developed by ___MASK48___ exclusively for its hardware . It is the operating system that presently powers many of the company ' s mobile devices , including the iPhone , iPad , and iPod Touch . It is the second most popular mobile operating system globally after ___MASK22___ . iPad tablets are also the second most popular , by sales , against ___MASK22___ since 2013 . Crazy Taxi is an open world racing video game developed by Kenji Kanno and his team at Hitmaker and published by ___MASK19___ . It is the first game in the " Crazy Taxi " series . The game was first released in arcades in 1999 and then was ported to the Dreamcast in 2000 . Gameplay is based on picking up taxi customers , and driving to their destination as quickly as possible . Reception to " Crazy Taxi " has been mostly positive . It was ported to other platforms numerous times , including the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube by Acclaim in 2001 , and then Microsoft Windows in 2002 . The game has also been re - released for the PlayStation Network , Xbox Live Arcade , iOS , and is featured on the " Dreamcast Collection ". It became one of the few ___MASK19___ All Stars on the Dreamcast , and also earned Greatest Hits and Player ' s Choice status on PlayStation 2 and GameCube respectively . ___MASK19___ followed up on the success of " Crazy Taxi " with numerous sequels , the first being " Crazy Taxi 2 " for the Dreamcast , which included several gameplay changes .