Grand Theft Auto

Chillum · Post by **Chillum** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 22:43

I've heard that Rockstar has made the first of the Grand Theft Auto games free, but I am not sure if it's freeware.. I cant find anything that says it is, but I also can't find anything that says that it isn't..

If anyone could/would check it, it would be great, cause I think it would be a great game to have on this site..!

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In Grand Theft Auto, the player takes the role of a small-time criminal trying to make it big with the mob. Stealing cars, doing jobs for the gangsters and behaving generally anti-social are the way to success.

The action moves through six levels spread over three different cities, each based on a real US city: Liberty City (based on New York City), San Andreas (based on San Francisco) and Vice City (based on Miami). To finish a level, a certain score must be reached. Stealing cars and crashing into traffic, driving over pedestrians and killing cops all raise the score, but the big points are made through jobs. Answering phones or entering special cars brings mission assignments, from simple "ditch-a-hot-car" jobs to supporting bank robberies or carrying out assassinations. Completing a mission will raise the score substantially and also increase the score multiplier, so that completing the next felony will gain even more points.

Criminal behavior comes with a price of course: if policemen witness a crime, the player's wanted level rises. At the lowest level, a single police car might give chase, whereas at the highest level whole car squads hunt the player, the police set up roadblocks and shoot to kill. The only way to evade the cops is to find a respray shop and get a new paint job with new license plates. This costs money which is deducted from the score, however. But even dying or being arrested are not the end. The player has several lives, and ending up in jail simply results in being stripped of all weapons and armor and the score multiplier being lowered.

The entire action is viewed from a top-down perspective, which zooms out while driving a car, for a better overview at high speeds. The cities are many screens large and can be freely explored. Crates are scattered over the cities, which might include weapons (from pistols to rocket launchers), armor or other bonus items: extra lives, police bribes (used to reduce the wanted level to zero) and get-out-of-jail-free cards (used to retain score multiplier and weapons when busted). Dozens of different vehicles are available for the taking, each with unique characteristics: a bus will handle very differently than a sports car.

Source: MobyGames

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Developer: DMA Design Limited (now Rockstar North Limited)

Download:

http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/gta.html

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 23:45

Hi Chillum,
I posted this in the 'old games that are available as freeware now'-thread in the Nostalgia-Forum:

I think that GTA 1 is freeware now and can be found on the Rockstargames Homepage. Even heard that the second was freeware too.
...here's the link, both are freeware:
http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/

Chillum · Post by **Chillum** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:02

Oh. I havent seen that.. sorry

But if someone could check it? I couldn't find out myself...

Mistergreen maybe?

We shoud definately have it on this site IMO!

Post by **Chroelle** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:22

From that page:

"PLEASE NOTE that while this game may be downloaded for free by all who register by filling out the form on this page, it is NOT freeware and may not be mirrored or duplicated by any third parties without express written consent from Rockstar Games."

So please make that written consent before we upload it.

mistergreen77 · Post by **mistergreen77** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 20:30

I don't like our chances on this one. Express written consent does not mean a email saying it is okay. I can't even find an appropriate email address to request their consent.

Chillum · Post by **Chillum** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:31

Hmm.. I didn't saw that

Then GTA it isn't

Post by **Chroelle** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 17:23

Dammit. But hey it would have been great. If someone would try and look into it more properly, then it would be great. We are after all trying to make a GREAT site here, so imagine what it could do for us if we had some of those games on our site too

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 17:38

If not email then what? You have to be chosen by Rockstar?

If that's true we better make really great site, maybe they'll choose us then...

I think I saw some freeware pages hosting GTA file or at least they have direct link. Dont know if they have allowance for this though. I'll look into this.

mistergreen77 · Post by **mistergreen77** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 18:06

That would be great if you can. I would say express written consent means a letter signed by authorised representative of the company. We should be able to make email enquiry about what criteria there is for them giving this consent. Maybe we could try emailing them at [email protected]. There is phone numbers and correspondence info at http://www.take2games.com/

Tank · Post by **Tank** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 18:25

Good luck then. It would be great to have GTA here.

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 20:25

Having in mind that there's no legal freeware site hosting GTA, we (I

) can forget about fighting for permission??

I need thumbs up or down for this, because I'm the one self-chosen.

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:44

Well, it would of course be cool to have permission for it, so I say ok to going for it. We might as well try, and though our site doesn't look to professional yet, I doubt it will change much in the next year or so.