Hey, Taxi!

Hey, Taxi! was an entry in the 2025 BASIC 10Liner competition (it placed 4th out of 32 entries in the PUR-80 category).

It is for the Commodore 64, and was developed by Roman Werner. The game is essentially an homage to the 1984 C64 classic, Space Taxi.

From BASIC 10Liner itch.io page:

"Life is hard and money short in the moon orbit. Not many customers here - at all. All the more I need to provide a fast and excellent service with my space cab to get an additional tip now and then. The old lady is a bit rusty but nothing that can't be covered with a little coat of yellow paint. I should check the left nozzle though - it rattles a bit when I give full throttle. But let's not talk to the stars - the next customer is waiting. Cheers!"

Task and Goal

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Carefully manoeuvre your space cab to the next platform where you see a new waiting customer. Gentle landing provided you get paid 10$ as soon as you have touched solid ground. But don't flambé your guest with your cab's thrust and watch the fuel meter to have enough rocket fuel left for the landing phase. You may choose to land on a platform in between to refill your tank on the way. Good luck! The game is won when you earned more 100$ (or more).

Control:

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Joystick in Port 2

Joystick left: Activate right thrust to glide to the left

Joystick right: Activate left thrust to glide to the right

Joystick up or fire button: Activate both engines to raise faster