pc.ign.com: News Briefs". 1 March 2000. Archived from the original on 1 March 2000 . Retrieved 9 October 2019. NEW MENU DESIGN — Immediately access everything GTA Online has to offer right from the Main Menu, including the latest and most popular updates The three cities in which the game is set are modeled after certain cities, in terms of landscape and style. They are Liberty City ( New York City), San Andreas ( San Francisco), and Vice City ( Miami). Bird, Drayton (20 November 1997). "Advertising & Promotion: BMG plans spree with crime game". Campaign. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021 . Retrieved 21 October 2021.

Grand Theft Auto": Computer Game (Hansard, 20 May 1997)". api.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022 . Retrieved 22 September 2022. Now the player works for Brother Marcus. Most jobs involve killing. When the player gets enough points and goes to see him, Brother Marcus is proud, and apparently the player got the job done. He thinks the player has done a good job. Now he doesn't think he'll be seeing the player for a long time. Years of bogus GTA 6 leaks mean fans might finally know peace as reported official reveal looms, and they're struggling to cope But the GBC port still displays technical limitations. For example, Pedestrians rarely ever spawn on the streets, unless the Protagonist is driving a vehicle, and the Police have notoriously inferior AI that can result in cars spawning and being trapped behind a building before they even come close to the player's position. These make most combat outside of missions highly impractical, and evading the police is turned into a cakewalk, even at the highest wanted level.The payphones all stop ringing while a player is on a phone mission, but the car missions are still available. By accepting a car mission the player can override a phone mission (failing it but without a failure notice) and do that mission instead, but a phone mission cannot override a car mission as the phones stop ringing. a b c The Guardian (16 September 2013). "The making of Grand Theft Auto: 'Like nailing jelly to kittens' ". YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013 . Retrieved 26 September 2013. The missions for GTA2 are pretty weak when compared with the first game. Expect no surprises really. The idea of having rival gangs is a good one, but the fact is that that there are no real differences between any gang's missions. There's no improvement on the graphics. Usually a sequel attempts to improve on the standards set in the previous game. Sadly with GTA2 this is not the case.

Plus, all of the enhancements available on latest generation consoles bringing the world of Los Santos and Blaine County in greater detail than ever before, including: The 50 Best Video games: A Legend In Your Own Living-Room". The Independent. 6 February 1999. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017 . Retrieved 5 May 2022. At the start of each mission, the player will be given a series of instructions they must follow. The instructions are given in stages, so the objectives can change in a given situation. After doing several jobs for Brother Marcus and helping his gang, Brother Marcus calls the protagonist one last time, asking them to meet him to collect their retirement pay, implying the end of the protagonist's career as a criminal. Tristan Donovan; DuPz0r (31 January 2011). "The Replay Interviews: Gary Penn". Informa PLC. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021 . Retrieved 25 August 2013. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)Those three cities later became the settings for the 3D era games and HD era games. In GTA San Andreas, San Andreas is expanded from a city to an American state, which contains three major cities of its own: Los Santos (Los Angeles), San Fierro (San Francisco) and Las Venturas (Las Vegas). Grand Theft Auto is an action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. It is the first title of the Grand Theft Auto series and was released in November 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, in December 1997 for the PlayStation and in October 1999 for the Game Boy Color. The game's narrative follows a criminal who climbs in status within the criminal underworld across three fictional cities, inspired by real-life locations. The gameplay is presented from a top-down perspective and takes place within an open-world environment in which the player is required to gather a certain number of points (ranging in the millions) to progress through the game's chapters. Said points are gathered by completing various missions throughout each city, although the player can gather the points through other means as well. The score counter doubles as a money meter; the player can spend this money on paint jobs and various other things. However, any money spent is of course taken away from the score, making the goal that little bit further away. The game, with its violent subject matter, generated a great deal of controversy. However, this was deemed to be intentional, and was the first game known to have been publicized in such a way. Take-Two Interactive, the publishers of Grand Theft Auto, hired publicist Max Clifford to generate an aura of controversy about the game in the local media. As a result, politicians stepped into the fray. Whatever the impact on game censorship and the perception of video gaming, the publicity worked - the title was hugely successful simply because those attempting to ban the game were inadvertently generating publicity for it. This has been a known and recognized phenomenon of violent video games ever since its release. Now, the player works for El Burro. Once the player does enough jobs, pleases him, and gets enough points, he'll ask them to come over to his place. The player did good work for him, and he is grateful. Now he's going to return the favor. He's going to reward the player "personal" this time.

The game is set in 1997 in three American cities: Liberty City (including its neighbouring state of New Guernsey as part of the same map), San Andreas, and Vice City. The player chooses the role of one of a group of eight silent criminals, four males and four females, looking to work their way up the career ladder of the cities' organized crime. Despite its age, GTA 1 even included a multiplayer function, which allowed players to battle with human opponents. This was possible over either a LAN connection or using a null modem cable. Grand Theft Auto began development as a game titled Race 'n' Chase, in which the player controlled a police officer pursuing criminals. However, the game was considered dull, and the concept of playing as a criminal was adopted. [8] The development team worked to ensure that the player would have the freedom to play however they intend. Grand Theft Auto created a great deal of controversy even before its launch due to its violent content, with discussions taking place in the British House of Lords about banning its sale. [9] The game's marketing campaign, organised by publicist Max Clifford, exploited this stirring of controversy as free promotion. [ citation needed] Grand Theft Auto went to sell over 1 million copies in 1998 and 3 million copies in its lifespan. And despite the mediocre reception, it was considered to be a commercial success. GTA dev releases original design document". GameSpot. 22 March 2011. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015 . Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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Mullen, Micheal (24 March 1998). "Grand Theft Auto Available". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 6 December 1998. Fist - People cannot be killed with this weapon. However, it can immobilize enemies for a few seconds. Flamethrower - Can easily blow up a car or catch people on fire. It is most useful for killing groups of enemies, but it is a rare weapon. The game was originally titled Race'n'Chase. [16] It was originally planned to be released on MS-DOS, Windows 95, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64. However, it was never released for the two latter consoles. During the development of Grand Theft Auto, many people overseeing the game's progress attempted to halt the development, which led the crew at DMA Design to have to convince them to allow them to continue. [15] According to GTA artist Paul Reeves, he and several others working on DMA Design's other game, Body Harvest, suggested at the time that the original GTA game could be a 3rd person experience in a 3D world, similar to how Grand Theft Auto III would later end up. Unfortunately for the team at the time, this fell on deaf ears. [10] Reception [ ] PC & PlayStation 1 Versions [ ]

The original Grand Theft Auto is made up of a series of levels each set in one of the three cities in the game. In each level, the player has a target number of points to achieve, and five lives to attain the score. Launch business ventures from your Maze Bank West Executive Office, research powerful weapons technology from your underground Gunrunning Bunker and use your Counterfeit Cash Factory to start a lucrative counterfeiting operation. Because the game now features multiple criminal gangs, the player must choose allegiances. Performing missions for one gang, will decrease the player's reputation for another. When the player commits crimes he also becomes wanted by the local police, but as more crimes are committed without shaking the police, they will give way for first SWAT Teams, then Special Agents and finally the army.Once again, the player must do several jobs to complete the level. Right away, Bubby calls saying "Sasha" has been kidnapped (failing the mission will reveal that Sasha is actually the boss' puppy). The player can choose to rescue her or fail it; if the player fails the mission, the cops find and bring her in, for someone heard her scream in a trunk. Once the player does some jobs (including killing Sonetti) and has enough points again, Bubby will ask the player to come see him. Bubby will say the player did a good job, but the cops are close enough to look up his ass with flashlights. Bubby, in an effort to get rid of the unneeded police attention, booked the player a flight to San Andreas. Grand Theft Auto Review". GameSpot. 24 March 1998. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013 . Retrieved 13 February 2013. ACCESS TO ALL CURRENT AND PREVIOUS UPDATES — Dive into more than 40 massive updates with more to come, featuring everything from the high-stakes hunt for Dr. Dre’s missing music files with Franklin Clinton in The Contract to the high-octane underground street racing action of Los Santos Tuners; Heists on the lush tropical island of Cayo Perico to the nightlife circuit of After Hours and The Diamond Casino & Resort. All this and more available alongside a wide range of races, modes, activities, and social spaces to enjoy solo or with friends — including nightclubs, arcades, penthouse parties, car meetups, and much more