Ludography
Taz Express cover

2000 · Action · Adventure

Taz Express

Nintendo exclusive

Taz - a delivery boy? Would you trust THIS guy to deliver your fragile package?

Released
1 August 2000
Platforms
Nintendo 64
Genres
ActionAdventure
Developers
—
Publishers
—
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English

About

Taz Express is a 2000 puzzle-platform game developed by Zed Two and published by Infogrames for the Nintendo 64. Based on the Looney Tunes franchise, the game was only released in Europe and Oceania.

Keywords

  • licensed game
  • anthropomorphism
  • rumble pak
  • nintendo 64 exclusive
  • taz the tasmanian devil

Media

Taz Express screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

In the game, the player takes control of Taz and must deliver crates to various destinations in the game. The crate must remain intact until it reaches its intended destination. Each player starts with three lives that are shaped like crates. If the crate is destroyed by dropping it, Taz's spin or if it falls into a hole and water, the player will lose a life.

if the player loses all three lives, the game is over. If the player collects all fifty tokens in each level, at the end of the level, they obtain an extra life for a crate. At the beginning of the level, Taz has full energy, which allows him to run faster, low energy will cause Taz to slow down. if he is hit by cars, lasers, falls into water, holes, ground, or other things, he will lose a health point.

Development

Taz Express was developed by Zed Two. It was shortly shown at E3 1998, but had a longer showing at the next year's E3. It was set to release in 1999, but was then delayed into 2000.

Originally scheduled to launch in North American in October 2000, the release was ultimately canceled following poor sales of the game in Europe. It was only released in Europe in August 2000.

Reception

The game received polarizing feedback from critics. Some reviews were favorable, such as Nintendo Acción's 88/100 score and Official Nintendo Magazine's 85% praise, while other reviews like N64 Magazine's 27% rating and Consoles +'s 5% criticism were far less positive.

Jeuxvideo.com said "Taz Express has all the ingredients of a good license game, but not really those of a good game at all."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo 641 August 2000Worldwide

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