{"id":314564,"date":"2025-10-16T14:13:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2162191"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:13:47","slug":"crazy-taxi-on-steam-now-has-original-pizza-hut-kfc-and-fila-destination-names-thanks-to-modders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crazy-taxi-on-steam-now-has-original-pizza-hut-kfc-and-fila-destination-names-thanks-to-modders\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Taxi on Steam now has original Pizza Hut, KFC and FILA destination names &#8211; thanks to modders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/crazy-taxi-on-steam-now-has-original-pizza-hut-kfc-and-fila-destination-names-thanks-to-modders.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Modders have restored the original destination names to Crazy Taxi on Steam.<\/p>\n<p>Sega&#8217;s wonderful 1999 arcade racing game first launched with prominent product placement, including destinations modelled after real-life brands such as Pizza Hut, KFC, Tower Records and FILA. Remember FILA? There was a time FILA trainers were all the rage. I remember.<\/p>\n<p>The original arcade version of Crazy Taxi and its initial ports to Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube and PC included this product placement, but when it came to the 2010 release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the 2011 release on Steam, the brands were replaced by fakes. Pesky video game re-licensing strikes again!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-09-crazy-taxi-on-steam-now-has-pizza-hut-kfc-and-fila-destination-names-thanks-to-modders\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-09-crazy-taxi-on-steam-now-has-pizza-hut-kfc-and-fila-destination-names-thanks-to-modders\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modders have restored the original destination names to Crazy Taxi on Steam. Sega&#8217;s wonderful 1999 arcade racing game first launched with prominent product placement, including destinations modelled after real-life brands such as Pizza Hut, KFC, Tower Records and FILA. Remember FILA? There was a time FILA trainers were all the rage. I remember. The original arcade version of Crazy Taxi and its initial ports to Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube and PC included this product placement, but when it came to the 2010 release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the 2011 release on Steam, the brands were replaced by fakes. Pesky video game re-licensing strikes again! 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