Ports and Sequels
Space Taxi was ported to the Amiga by Andreas Spreen. The ported version, however, had a different set of levels and minor modifications to the game rules. Most prominently, landing on top of a customer no longer made him leave. An attempt at a more faithful port was Galactic Taxi, but the game never made it past prototype stage.
Space Taxi 2, an authorized sequel to Space Taxi, was released by Twilight Games in 2004.
A Space Taxi Remake completely faithful to the original in graphics, game play, and sound was made by Michael LeSauvage in 2004 shortly after the release of Space Taxi 2. John F. Kutcher allowed the release of the first eight levels as a way to raise interest in Space Taxi 2. There were plans to release a version for sale as an add-on to Space Taxi 2 that would have all the original levels, but the work was not completed.
A similar game on the PC was called Ugh!, where the player controls a caveman with a flying contraption.
For Windows Phone a remake of the first eight levels has been created and published in 2012. The game is named Sketch Taxi and was published by Vernal Equinox. The name of the game refers to the sketch-style graphics which give the game a cartoon like look. Advanced features are that - once unlocked - each level can be played individually and that there are achievements which can be earned. The rest of the gameplay and overall level design is kept as it was in the original game.
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