Grand Theft Auto
The Game Boy Color version of Grand Theft Auto was unabridged, which was quite a technical achievement due to the sheer size of the cities, converted tile-for-tile from the PC original, making them many times…
Grand Theft Auto is a video game, released 22 October 1999 on Game Boy Color.
What Grand Theft Auto is
Grand Theft Auto was released in 1999. It is available on Game Boy Color only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Game Boy Color version of Grand Theft Auto was unabridged, which was quite a technical achievement due to the sheer size of the cities, converted tile-for-tile from the PC original, making them many times larger than most Game Boy Color game worlds were because of the handheld's limited hardware. This Game Boy Color version also had an exclusive character named Kelly, who could be renamed Sumner, and activate a cheat code which unlocks 15 characters, based on the games' creator. Wanted Levels were represented by a trouble bar in the Game Boy Color. The game also features a radically different soundtrack from the PC and PS1 versions, replacing all the songs that play on the radio and…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Grand Theft Auto series
Grand Theft Auto is the seventh of 59 entries we hold in the Grand Theft Auto series. The next entry was Grand Theft Auto 2 in 2000.
What it launched against
Grand Theft Auto launched on 22 October 1999, within three weeks of Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Grand Theft Auto 2, Thief Gold and Half-Life: Opposing Force.
Released around the same time: Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Grand Theft Auto 2, Thief Gold, Half-Life: Opposing Force.
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