Grand Theft Auto

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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. Mullen, Micheal (24 March 1998). "Grand Theft Auto Available". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 6 December 1998. ASC Games' Grand Theft Auto Races Into Stores" (Press release). ASC Games. 24 March 1998. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999 – via grandtheftauto.com.

One of the hidden Easter Eggs in the game is the now famous "Gouranga" bonus, given for swiftly killing an entire group of Hare Krishna monks.Staff (12 February 1999). "Milia News; ECCSELL Awards Name Winners". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 30 August 1999 . Retrieved 1 January 2020. 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).

An original design document, dated 22 March 1995, was posted online by Mike Dailly on 22 March 2011. [17] [18] [19] The credited author of the document is K.R. Hamilton, and the released version is 1.05. It contained information about elements of the game discussed in various meetings held from 23 January 1995 to the writing of the document. IGN were critical of the graphics which were said to be "really quite shoddy" and dated. They were also unimpressed by the "fast-food programming and careless design", including the controls. Overall the game was considered to be fun but with problems which could have been fixed. [38] When a young street hustler, a retired bank robber and a terrifying psychopath find themselves entangled with some of the most frightening and deranged elements of the criminal underworld, the U.S. government and the entertainment industry, they must pull off a series of dangerous heists to survive in a ruthless city in which they can trust nobody, least of all each other.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.

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. Continue your journey on PS5™ and transfer your GTA Online characters and progression to PS5™ with a one-time migration. Grand Theft Auto". 10 July 1998. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023 . Retrieved 5 August 2017. 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.

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Machine Gun - Rapid rate of fire, but it is only in specified places and it doesn't have much ammo. It is used by police when player has wanted level of four. There is a graphical glitch where, if the player achieves a multiplier of 10x, the number showing the player's lives will disappear, resulting in the player being unable to know how many lives they have left. 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. The original Grand Theft Auto was first available for DOS, and then later ported to Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color. A Sega Saturn version was also planned, but canceled early, and there are rumors that Grand Theft Auto 64 was also a port for GTA.