Grand Theft Auto is an action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. It is the first title of the Grand Theft Auto series and was released in November 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, in December 1997 for the PlayStation and in October 1999 for the Game Boy Color. The game's narrative follows a criminal who climbs in status within the criminal underworld across three fictional cities, inspired by real-life locations. The gameplay is presented from a top-down perspective and takes place within an open-world environment in which the player is required to gather a certain number of points (ranging in the millions) to progress through the game's chapters. Said points are gathered by completing various missions throughout each city, although the player can gather the points through other means as well.
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Protagonists | Claude · Tommy Vercetti · Carl "CJ" Johnson · Mike · Toni Cipriani · Victor Vance · Niko Bellic · Johnny Klebitz · Luis Lopez · Huang Lee · Michael De Santa · Franklin Clinton · Trevor Philips |
Characters | Grand Theft Auto III · Vice City · San Andreas · Advance · Liberty City Stories · Vice City Stories · Grand Theft Auto IV · The Lost and Damned · Chinatown Wars · The Ballad of Gay Tony · Grand Theft Auto V |
Locations | Liberty City · Vice City · San Andreas (Los Santos · San Fierro · Las Venturas) · London · Anywhere City |
Soundtracks | Grand Theft Auto · Grand Theft Auto 2 · Grand Theft Auto III · Vice City · San Andreas · Liberty City Stories · Vice City Stories · Grand Theft Auto IV · Chinatown Wars · Grand Theft Auto V |
Other | Voice actors · Marketing for Grand Theft Auto IV · Grand Theft Auto IV controversies · List of gangs · Compilation packs · Multi Theft Auto · Hot Coffee controversy |