Grand Theft Auto
GTA
Release Date: October 27, 1997
Action, cars, gangster, sandbox, 2D, top-down, shooters, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN
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A controversial action game developed by the Scotch studio DMA Design. The game takes place in three American cities, based on Miami, New York and San Francisco. The objective of the game is to complete various missions received from mafia bosses.
Grand Theft Auto is the first installment in the popular and controversial series of action games in which the players may abandon all moral norms and simply loot, steal and kill without any limits.
The action takes place in three big American metropolises: Miami (Vice City), New York (Liberty City) and San Fransico (San Andreas), where our job is to perform all sorts of tasks commissioned by the mafia bosses. At first, those are easy missions, such as stealing cars, but with our progress, measured in wealth and prestige, the difficulty level will increase, and so we will eventually take part in bank robberies, murders and other audacious crimes.
Our basic working tool is a car. It is essential to effectively move through the street and perform quick robberies, as well as getting away from the furious police. The car is our only "true friend", so we have to learn to drive it, take turns at high speed, use handbrake and make the most of all its capabilities.
Grand Theft Auto uses 3D graphics (with aerial view) and allows for both single- and multiplayer gameplay for up to four players at the same time. The developers gave us almost unlimited possibilities – we may steal, drive and destroy every car we see and beat up or run over every passerby we meet. All of that “earned” the game the “adult only” rating.
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Grand Theft Auto Series
A series of open-world action games, considered one of the most profitable and at the same time controversial in the history of the industry. The fathers of the Grand Theft Auto series are David Jones and Mike Dailly and the DMA Design studio. The publishing rights to the franchise are owned by Take-Two Interactive, and its development is handled by Rockstar Games.
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Grand Theft Auto Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows October 27, 1997
PlayStation 1 December 12, 1997
Developer: DMA Design
Publisher: BMG Interactive
Age restrictions: 18+
Grand Theft Auto System Requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Pentium 200 MHz, 64MB RAM
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