A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck
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NoboruWataya today at 9:03 PM
I always feel old when I read Reddit comments by people who say they feel old because they remember when GTA III came out. I played a lot of GTA I and II in the late 90s/early 00s. Admittedly GTA I felt a bit dated at the time but GTA II was great. The top-down view didn't age well I guess but made it feel quite distinctive. I feel like in a lot of people's minds the series only really began at III.
Stevvo today at 9:35 PM
Also available at; https://dos.zone/grand-theft-auto/ where WASM is used to emulate Windows 95 in your browser.
etrvic today at 8:49 PM
You might want to add [2022] in the title
bananaboy today at 10:20 PM
I played a lot of GTA1 and a bit of 2 when it came out. I think we used to play it at LAN parties my friends and I had as well. For me that’s where it stopped and I never clicked with GTA3 and onwards!
OJFord today at 9:11 PM
I'm sure it was officially re-released for modern (of the day) PCs before this? I think I've still got it on discs somewhere, a set of the first trilogy, Vice City, and maybe San Andreas.
AnotherGoodName today at 8:59 PM
Check out Exodos for this type of thing. It's built on launchbox (an emulator front end) and just gives a huge listing of every game you might ever want to play. Those games aren't all installed (assuming you didn't do the full 500GB+ install) but you click the game and it quickly downloads, installs into dosbox and jumps into the game (takes seconds since these are old games).
retired today at 10:03 PM
I vaguely remember Grand Theft Auto being free to download from the Rockstar Games website about ten years ago.
Here is to hoping that Rockstar Games brings these two classics back.
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grebc today at 9:35 PM
The best version - thank you.
badgersnake today at 9:27 PM
Love GTA1, but IIRC my version at least is a 3dfx glide game which makes it quite hard to play on modern kit.
Will give this a try.
nickandbro today at 9:02 PM
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