CRAZY TAXI: CATCH A RIDE SHIPS FOR GAME BOY ADVANCE

Why Pay Rising Gasoline Costs When You Can Take A Crazy Taxi?

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - April 8, 2003 - THQ® Inc. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that CRAZY TAXI™: CATCH A RIDE™ has shipped and is available at retail outlets nationwide.

“Thanks to productive relationships with leading game developers like SEGA, THQ remains the largest independent publisher of Game Boy Advance games,” said Alison Locke, executive vice president, North American Publishing, THQ. “Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride captures all of the frantic driving action of its console predecessors and crams it into the portable powerhouse Game Boy Advance without losing any of the horsepower.”

“Continuing in our successful relationship with THQ, SEGA is bringing some of it’s leading content to the Game Boy Advance Platform,” said Shinobu Toyoda, executive vice president of content strategy and business development, SEGA of America, Inc.

“The wide appeal and fast-paced gameplay of SEGA’s ‘Crazy Taxi™’ franchise, make it a perfect title for Game Boy Advance.”

About CRAZY TAXI™: CATCH A RIDE™

Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride races onto the Game Boy Advance with one wild and hilarious joy-riding jaunt. Players rack up the mega-bucks in fares and tips as they pick up passengers and white-knuckle it through busy streets and back alleys to their various destinations. Players can choose from the four original Crazy Taxi cabbies and cars and race across two cities filled with manic traffic and insane shortcuts. Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride features nine challenging mini-games, crazy maneuvers and all of the commentary you’ve come to expect from Crazy Taxi - cabbie hails, and cries of delight as you race them to their destination.