Grand Theft Auto
(1997 DMA Design)


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.  



NOTE: This version includes Mission Pack #1 (London, 1969).  
Gtal1961.zip = the freeware Mission Pack #2 (London, 1961).  


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To be able to play this game properly your computer will need to 
have these specs at the least.

Minimum Specification
75 MHz Pentium or equivalent
16 Mb of RAM
1MB VESA compatible SVGA graphics card
DOS 6.0, Windows 95, Windows 98
80 MB of Hard Disk Space
Sound Card
Keyboard

Recommended Specification:
166MHz Pentium or equivalent
16Mb of RAM
2Mb VESA compatible SVGA graphics card
Windows 95 or Windows 98
80 MB of Hard Disk Space
Soundblaster Compatible Sound Card
Keyboard
Windows NT (any version)