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Grand Theft Auto
| Title | Grand Theft Auto |
|---|---|
| First release | 1998 |
| Developers | Rockstar Lincoln, Rockstar North, Visual Sciences |
| Publishers | ASC Games, Rockstar Games |
| Platforms | DOS, Game Boy Color, PC (Windows), PlayStation |
| Genre | action-adventure game |
| Also known as | Grand Theft Auto 1 · GTA 1 |
| Players | 1 player |
| Co-op | No |
| ESRB rating | M Mature 17+ |
| Releases | PlayStation: 1997-01-01 (PAL), 1998-06-30 (NTSC) PC (Windows): 1997-10-01 (NTSC), 1997-10-31 (PAL) Game Boy Color: 1999-11-01 (NTSC) |
| Wikidata ID | Q94501 |
Three cities serve as the playground for navigating high-speed car chases and evading police forces. Players drive dozens of varied vehicles through tile-for-tile converted environments. Using a specific character, players can activate a cheat code to unlock 15 additional characters based on the game's creator.
Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.Sources
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Image credits
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Box art
(1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © ASC Games · internal use only.
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Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © ASC Games · internal use only.
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Screenshots
(1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © ASC Games · internal use only.
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Videos
Grand Theft Auto (PS1) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
PSX Longplay [348] Grand Theft Auto (Part 1 of 3)
Part of a multi-part series.
