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Afterburner Climax and Crazy Taxi are half-off on Xbox Live Marketplace this week

by David Hinkle on Mar 28th 2011 11:30PM

Starting tomorrow, March 29, frugal gamers looking to dip their toes into Sega's franchise pool for something new to play will find two entries from its most iconic series to be half-off. After Burner Climax and Crazy Taxi will have their prices slashed down to $5 (400 MS Points). The sale is only extended to these two titles from Sega's staple and lasts until Friday, April 1.

After Burner Climax is the obvious choice between the two here, but if you're vehemently against The Offspring or Pizza Hut, then maybe the XBLA port of Crazy Taxi is for you. Either way, remember: you can always download the free trial first. Try before you buy, people!

More coverage: After Burner Climax (XBLA in Brief), Crazy Taxi (XBLA in Brief)

Tags: After-Burner-Climax, crazy-taxi, microsoft, sega, xbla, xblm, xbox, xbox-live-marketplace

Reader Comments (31)

I was late to the party on Afterburner but when I picked it up on the Christmas deals it was an excellent game. Well worth the price.

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

@(Unverified)

NO NO NO NO NO

I guess you could say that XBLA is at a...

*sunglasses*

Crazy Climax

The sale prices are live right now.

might pick up after burn climax...then again i got snoopy flying aces.

@bargaingamer
Which has nothing to do with Afterburner except that both have planes.

ugh, i was so excited for crazy taxi before it was released. then there was no offspring and i decided not to buy it for $10. now at $5?? i'm still not sure it's worth it to listen to that crappy punk replacement music.

@ravissimo

You mean Offspring wasn't the crappy punk music included on this release? What did they put in its place that could really be worse?

@ravissimo
You do know that on both the PSN and XBLA versions, you can play your custom soundtrack, right? So... um... play Offspring in the background?

Or buy SEGA ALL STARS RACING, which is also good.

@foxhound i DO know that you can do that. in fact, i did that with the trial just to see if it's the same as when i used to play it. It's not. there's a difference between in-game music and a soundtrack you have constantly running in the background even in the menus. tried the same thing with music in the new need for speed hot pursuit game. it's fun, until i'm in the menus and the music is still playing. microsoft should patch their soundtrack feature with an option for in-game only or constantly streaming. you may not feel a difference, i do. it's just personal taste.

SOLD!

Are you ready to make some KURAAAAAZEYYYY MONEY?!?!??

Dude. I've been holding out on getting Crazy Taxi on the XBLA because of a lack of Offspring. Half-price though? Don't mind if I do!

@OrangeGamer
Orange you glad it went on sale?

@OrangeGamer You can do what I'm going to do and just play the track via custom soundtrack and just smile in the nostalgia. Never understood why people complained i usually played Crazy Taxi to AC/DC anyway TNT. Im picking this up now.

Afterburner is definitely worth that fiver. Not sure about Crazy Taxi though.

And next week.... it's my game! :D

@Jamezila
And next week... It's gonna be back to its regular price.

@TheShaper No no no... next week my game comes out on XBLA! And I'm excited!

@Jamezila
Wow, cool man, congrats!
I'm still way off from that... =/

Actually there's a ton more than just those two games on sale. Check out the link below (and this doesn't include the Deal of the Week)

http://www.xblafans.com/huge-xbla-dashboard-sale-10227.html#more-10227

@Teancum
Now THAT was useful, I haven't logged on for a week or so. Zeit², you're mine!

Thanks sir. +1 to you.

@Teancum Sweet I've been waiting on a sale on 3D Mini Golf 2.
Thank you!

@zero2dash

OMG, how did no one mention that Costume Quest is on sale?!? I've been waiting for that!

I thought After Burner Climax was well-worth its original $10. Even if you achieve its 200G in about 4h or less, the unlockables kept me comingx. And I wasn't even fan of the original(s).

Funny story...
After playing the Crazy Taxi demo, I decided it was time to just track down a used Dreamcast and some of the games I loved playing when I had one.

Long story short, I'm getting one for free, along with about 50 games, from a friend.

WINNING!

the "sale" isn't advertised on "deal of the week" and doesn't show as a discount, it just shows the new lower price (like a price reduction)...doesn't look like you need to be a GOLD member to get the price.

hard to fathom these being sale prices at this point. especially for crazy taxi, which received horrible reviews. 400pts/$5 should be the new standard price with a sale at $2.50.

Afterburner Climax is great arcade fun - short but very nice graphics. $5 is a steal for that game... esp compared to Capcom charges you $5 for a DLC character or character outfits. SUPPORT SEGA!!

WUT?? afterburner climax?!?!?! I spent a lot of credits on the arcade version of that game =D man its so cool to have the seat move you around like a ragdoll :S

ABC is one of the most intense games you will play. Also incredibly hard at first but incredibly easy if you enable the "cheats" you earn.

Why isn't Afterburner $5 all the time? It's a much more suitable price point.

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