Developer: DMA Design
Publisher: BMG Interactive, ASC Games
Designer: Joseph Bostic, Aaron E. Powell, Brett Sperry
Platform: PlayStation, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color
Release date: October 1997
Genre: Action-adventure, Open world
Mode: Single-player, multiplayer (PC version only)
Media/distribution: CD-ROM, cartridge, download
About:
Gameplay
Grand Theft Auto is made up of a series of levels, each set in one of the three main cities. In each level, the player's ultimate objective is to reach a target number of points, which is typically achieved by performing tasks for the city's local crime syndicate. Each level has its own unique set of tasks. Successful completion of a mission rewards the player with points and opens the opportunity to attempt harder missions for higher rewards, while failure awards few points and may permanently seal off opportunities for more tasks. Completing missions also increases the player's "multiplier", which increases the points the player gets for doing other tasks.
If the player is arrested then their multiplier is halved. Unlike in later games in the series, the player can be wasted in one hit without body armor. If the player is wasted then they lose a life. In both cases the player loses their current equipment. If the player is wasted too many times they lose and must restart the level from scratch.
Freedom
The player is free to do whatever he or she wants. The player can gain points by causing death and destruction amid the traffic in the city, or steal and sell cars for profit. To get to the large target money required to complete a level, players will usually opt to complete at least some missions to build up their multiplier. Some criminal acts have an inherent multiplier; for example, using a police car for running over people doubles the number of points received.
Even during missions there is still some freedom as most of the time the player is free to choose the route to take, but the destination is usually fixed. It is this level of freedom which set Grand Theft Auto apart from other action based computer games at the time.[10][11] Some places in the game have to be unlocked by completing missions.
Orginal System Requirements:
Pentium 200 MHz CPU
64 MB RAM
60 MB HDD
2 MB VESA + 3DFX VooDoo 4MB
4x CD-ROM
REPACK - System Requirements:
1. CPU 1.0 GHz
2. RAM 64 Mb
3. HDD 60 Mb
Interface:
1. English
2. German
3. French
4. Italian
Installation instruction:
1. Burn to CD/DVD or mount using a virtual drive (Alcohol 52% or Daemon Tools)
2. Install Game
3. Play
