Jonathan Thomas, alias Chicane, is working on a new mini-game: In Cavey Taxi, passengers must be transported through a cave.
Players battle gravity, fuel shortages, and narrow cave passages. The game incorporates elements from Space Taxi (C64) and Thrust-like games, which require sensitive control of the ship’s thrusters.
Each level is larger than a screen and offers parallax scrolling. Chicane is no stranger to Atari fans and has made a name for himself with the new arcade conversion of Pole Position (2017) and, in particular, the lightning-fast STE racer FASTER (2024). This is also evident in Cavey Taxi: full-screen parallax scrolling and a particle system. The game is being developed exclusively for the STE and requires 1 MB of RAM.
The taxi is scheduled to be ready to roll in February or March 2026. Until then, ST gamers can practice with Thrust…
