Me and my friend programed alot of them lol.
But it was when i had the class i would play.
The teacher didnt know much about the pc they where pretty new to the school
thas like saying gran turismo 2 sucks because its old
it was well reviewed and well loved upon release, which you'd know if you were at least willing to research a little. if you didn't like it, it's probably because you went in expecting something more similar to gta 3
play chinatown wars and try and say THATS a bad game
Gran turismo 2 I remember it had 2 cds one for arcade and one for simulation. Which was the story mode and the other one was more of pick and choose your races to play.
Which really doesnt have to be the case on a top down gta. Chinatown wars is to this day one of my favorites. Sure it is a "top down" but it is the best a top down could ever be and it is addictive and to some level, very forgiving
They're talking about a memory wipe that would make them completely forget their original experience of playing the game for the first time so they could relive it. Not just downloading an emulator to play the game again.
Yeah. Me too. Now lets discover where GTA II cover pic is from....oh wait, [is in the same place/different spot? ](https://preview.redd.it/can-someone-tell-me-why-there-is-a-gta-2-and-a-grand-theft-v0-hay78kh298tb1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=791b8033e1843ab384dda4f1fd6b16016a76d552)
It simply *couldn't.* Too much has changed. A game like GTA 1 wouldn't really survive in today's gaming landscape. Maybe have niche appeal like Shakedown Hawaii, but it wouldn't reach very many people. I probably wouldn't play it though, just too lacking in features for what it is.
As someone who played a ton of GTA2 back in the days I can appreciate the 2D style but I tried the first after 2 and it feels so sluggish in comparision, feels like an alpha build.
As for people complaining about the speed to react, the camera zooms out when you go fast and I never had problems going through corners and it never took me out of the gameplay. In that regard I can also complain about the 3D games, where it's not that rare to have cars spawning way too close near your position.
Its a nice game but its pretty old made in 1997 for that time it was a masterpiece and its still pretty good now i sadly cant get it on steam cuz they took it off sale
It wasn't even a masterpiece by 1997 standards. It was pretty mid and had pretty lame graphics and weird controls. Most people didn't really think much of this game at the time and a lot of people were even surprised there was a sequel
The uprising in popularity of music/sound design and free roaming in games in the late 90s is really what made this game be considered a "commercial success" in the late 90s.
I don't think I ever bothered to complete it, me and my mates just like driving around and messing about and shooting people just for the fun of it. There was no other game that you could really do that on. Overall I enjoyed it, a lot of fun with your mates and one of those games you didn't need to think about, just have fun and do what you wanted.
No, unfortunately they aren’t. Even worse, GTA: London 1961 is no longer possible to obtain legally. It was available for free on the GTA: London 1969 website from 1999 onward, but all older GTA websites shut down in 2020.
The only legal way to get GTA 1 and GTA: London 1969 is to buy original PC or PS1 copies or for GTA 1 buy the Gameboy port or the PlayStation Classic.
But how do some youtuber have them legally? There is a yotuber and he has 1961 london he isnt allowed to crack games due to youtube rules. They didnt even have to remove the games from steam
They must have bought physical copies. For GTA: London 1961 they could have downloaded it before the site went down. I have a copy, downloaded in 2015. It’s a self-extracting zipped file, so you can keep it on your PC and use it whenever you want to install London 1961. It’s the same idea as games bought on GOG, where you can download the offline installer.
I could possibly be wrong about the legality of course. Maybe they wrote somewhere that you’re allowed to share it, but I haven’t seen it myself.
Honestly I probably would just because unless you have a Dreamcast or PS1 copy of the game there’s no easy way to play it officially gta 1 it’s dlcs and gta 2 really need to be rereleased somehow to keep their legacy alive
No. I’ve never been able to get into the classic GTA entries. III and up for me. I like old games but just not those. Fallout 1 & 2 for example, but not this.
Hotline Miami did what GTA1&2 couldnt. Only difference was having stages. Cool open world games with some of the most frustratingly slow and unintuitive controls I’ve ever felt. I miss mechanics like farting and burping, Rampages, and the maps were genuinely pretty cool in terms of design, but even for 96, the game was lackluster. There’s a reason why GTA didn’t pop off until 3, which revolutionized games forever. On my PS1, I could play RE2, MGS, FF7, the underrated South Park games, and a whole bunch of other classics. The main thing missing I felt was that 3D perspective, you didn’t get to really see the chaos you were causing, and the overhead ‘micro machines’ tank controls just got irritating to me.
If the controls are better I might consider it. Until today, I can't finish a single mission just because of how bad the controls are, and I thought GTA II Was hard lol.
you're asking if a 27 year old game came out in today's world, would i play it?
maybe if it was an arcade game in a pizzeria... can't possibly see why else i would go out of my way to play something so prehistoric with a release date of July 2, 2024.
Yes! The game is very nostalgic for me! It was the first game I bought with my own money after my parents got a Pentium 2 in late 1997. Which was our first PC. Basically this game started my gaming hobby and my career in IT 😄
When I bought it, it didn’t feel outdated. Just a lot of fun, it gave you so much freedom and room to just play. Roaming around in the game, blowing up cars in chained explosions etc.
Honestly yeah. The whole birdseye view and poor handling is all part of the experience you should come to expect when playing a video game of its time. It's the experience that makes the game enjoyable for me at the end of the day
I think I would. I kind of like simple games like that sometime. I play a lot of games that are "simple" in their art style, but still offer a lot of depth or fun.
I think GTA1 would make for a nice, simple driver/shoot em up.
There are a few different ways to take this question:
Are you proposing that the entire video game landscape is returning to the way it was back then? If so, then yes, I would play it. It was great back in the day compared to the other options to choose from.
Are you suggesting this would be a remake of GTA1 with updated graphics and gameplay like GTAV? If so, then yes, I would play it.
Are you asking if I would play GTA1 today as a new game made with PS1-era tech in the current age of video game technology? If so, then no, I would rather play current, more updated games instead.
As a side note, if anyone is looking for a modern take on the old top-down style GTA games, then check out Retro City Rampage DX.
Not if the others existed and even if they didn’t, it’d be a bit of why? The only reason I’d buy it today would be if rockstar were worth throwing money at and supporting but that’s not the case.
Chinatown wars is about as solid as it gets when it comes to a top down gta. I don’t even remember the early ones being all that good. There were better games to play until gta was the better game.
No. It was good for it's time. But not up to today's standards. If they made it look like today's games, then maybe, but it would need a story and the London expansion pack
Of course I would. I started playing gta 2 as my first game. So if i played that one i would've played ALL of the games. It's the only one I haven't played
Yes! That game is fun and hilarious. You can fart and burp and it’s a large open world map with Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City. I own it on PC
I would yes. Not going to lie most the people that saying they would skip school have probably never played the original gta on ps1 or wat ever console were out bk then as it's came in 1997 like u didn't exist yet I'd go play the original. Plus u kids also missed out on
gta London.
Well depends if all the games would be worse than this if the games were like they are now and this just released I might buy it just to laugh at the graphics but since this came out above all the games in its time
They would put every kind of inclusive LGBTQ agenda in it effectively making it a shitting game and would damage Rockstar's reputation so no if it was in today's market nobody would like it
I remember skipping school to play this on my homeboy pc...
I would play it without a condom on
Til you can play GTA without a condom on.
Fym bro
Bend over lil bro
Oh I’m gonna do more than that
Oil up
whats up with this nasty work... *grabs lotion*
Wdym without a condom on?
He didn't have a condom on
Skip school? I played it at school, pc room lol...
How did you sneak into the computer lab? I couldn’t get in there because it’s locked and your only allowed in during class
Me and my friend programed alot of them lol. But it was when i had the class i would play. The teacher didnt know much about the pc they where pretty new to the school
Same I faked being sick in school to stay home and play GTA 1
No you didn’t
how exactly tf would you know? 
Exactly have the same experience, the only thing I did it's gone to the nearest market to buy sweets
it was a shit game then, and shit game now... Not sure what made people like that garbage...
Because back then that was a good game for its time. You where probably born when gta 5 came out because there's no way you where born near gta 1💀
I wouldn’t necessarily say it was good for its time. Even when it came out, players and critics hated many aspects of the game.
Bros hating on a game he definitely didn't play
Wrong sub dude !!
thas like saying gran turismo 2 sucks because its old it was well reviewed and well loved upon release, which you'd know if you were at least willing to research a little. if you didn't like it, it's probably because you went in expecting something more similar to gta 3 play chinatown wars and try and say THATS a bad game
Gran turismo 2 I remember it had 2 cds one for arcade and one for simulation. Which was the story mode and the other one was more of pick and choose your races to play.
Bro thinks Roblox is peak game
19 day clown account
No, if this came out today it'd probably be one of those games critikal plays for bad game night.
Watching him play it would be better than actually playing it. This game really did suck though
Nah, it’s challenging bro.
I have yet to beat gta iv, gta sa and gta vc
As person who played many rockstar titles, I always didn't like the 2D gta games, so I probably wouldn't have played it
Great concept but shitty controls is how I remember it
And driving fast cars was the worst. You had no time to react with the above angle. It was tough.
I diddnt play for long but I know I didn't like it much and that's why 3 is the first gta for me
liberty city is the first for me, good old days
Grrrrrr, great days 👌
Which really doesnt have to be the case on a top down gta. Chinatown wars is to this day one of my favorites. Sure it is a "top down" but it is the best a top down could ever be and it is addictive and to some level, very forgiving
Give Chinatown wars a shot. It’s actually really good.
Probably not, vice city and liberty city tho i would give a kidney to replay that like it was the first time.
the things i would do for that experience.
download an emulator?
They're talking about a memory wipe that would make them completely forget their original experience of playing the game for the first time so they could relive it. Not just downloading an emulator to play the game again.
The GTA defective... I mean Definitive version
Wheres this original pic from? N.Y?
I just noticed Trump Tower is in the background..i saw this cover dozens of times and owned the actual game and its the first time i notice this
Yeah. Me too. Now lets discover where GTA II cover pic is from....oh wait, [is in the same place/different spot? ](https://preview.redd.it/can-someone-tell-me-why-there-is-a-gta-2-and-a-grand-theft-v0-hay78kh298tb1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=791b8033e1843ab384dda4f1fd6b16016a76d552)
It definitely looks like new york..it would be pretty cool if it was the same spot
yes, Manhattan.
Yep, Trump Tower
If it was top down view? Absolutely not
It simply *couldn't.* Too much has changed. A game like GTA 1 wouldn't really survive in today's gaming landscape. Maybe have niche appeal like Shakedown Hawaii, but it wouldn't reach very many people. I probably wouldn't play it though, just too lacking in features for what it is.
Hotline Miami 1 and 2 did very well tho…
Hotline Miami has literally nothing in common with GTA other than you can kill people
Hell yes driving over the harechristna munks in orange all over. But gta London is what made it popular. GTA 3 was next level
GTA 1 was fairly popular from the get go and the GTA London expansions sold less than the main game did
Yeah but was downloaded illegally way more.
If it was re made to look like today's games hell yea.
I actually tried gta1 on the ps1. I just couldn’t get into it
What kind of question is that?😅
As someone who played a ton of GTA2 back in the days I can appreciate the 2D style but I tried the first after 2 and it feels so sluggish in comparision, feels like an alpha build. As for people complaining about the speed to react, the camera zooms out when you go fast and I never had problems going through corners and it never took me out of the gameplay. In that regard I can also complain about the 3D games, where it's not that rare to have cars spawning way too close near your position.
I will play it because I wasn’t born yet when it come out
Its a nice game but its pretty old made in 1997 for that time it was a masterpiece and its still pretty good now i sadly cant get it on steam cuz they took it off sale
It wasn't even a masterpiece by 1997 standards. It was pretty mid and had pretty lame graphics and weird controls. Most people didn't really think much of this game at the time and a lot of people were even surprised there was a sequel The uprising in popularity of music/sound design and free roaming in games in the late 90s is really what made this game be considered a "commercial success" in the late 90s.
Ik half life surpasses it but gta 1 had free roam thats gotta be something
I don't think I ever bothered to complete it, me and my mates just like driving around and messing about and shooting people just for the fun of it. There was no other game that you could really do that on. Overall I enjoyed it, a lot of fun with your mates and one of those games you didn't need to think about, just have fun and do what you wanted.
Look up GTA Max Pack and GTA Ready2Play edition. Both are fan made packages containing GTA 1 and the London games that work on modern PCs.
Thanks but are they legal? cracking games isnt allowed in my country
No, unfortunately they aren’t. Even worse, GTA: London 1961 is no longer possible to obtain legally. It was available for free on the GTA: London 1969 website from 1999 onward, but all older GTA websites shut down in 2020. The only legal way to get GTA 1 and GTA: London 1969 is to buy original PC or PS1 copies or for GTA 1 buy the Gameboy port or the PlayStation Classic.
But how do some youtuber have them legally? There is a yotuber and he has 1961 london he isnt allowed to crack games due to youtube rules. They didnt even have to remove the games from steam
They must have bought physical copies. For GTA: London 1961 they could have downloaded it before the site went down. I have a copy, downloaded in 2015. It’s a self-extracting zipped file, so you can keep it on your PC and use it whenever you want to install London 1961. It’s the same idea as games bought on GOG, where you can download the offline installer. I could possibly be wrong about the legality of course. Maybe they wrote somewhere that you’re allowed to share it, but I haven’t seen it myself.
Yes lol
No. If you wanted something like the first GTA but more up to date you'd be better off with American Vigilante.
Still do on the PSP. It’s great fun.
Honestly I probably would just because unless you have a Dreamcast or PS1 copy of the game there’s no easy way to play it officially gta 1 it’s dlcs and gta 2 really need to be rereleased somehow to keep their legacy alive
If it was on the switch, yes
You can play it on psp With the ps1 version
Absolutely. It's a lot better than many games released today, even GTA v.
No. I’ve never been able to get into the classic GTA entries. III and up for me. I like old games but just not those. Fallout 1 & 2 for example, but not this.
Probably. If anyone wants to play a similar experience, just play Shakedown: Hawaii. It’s on Nintendo Switch, PC, and PS5.
Hotline Miami did what GTA1&2 couldnt. Only difference was having stages. Cool open world games with some of the most frustratingly slow and unintuitive controls I’ve ever felt. I miss mechanics like farting and burping, Rampages, and the maps were genuinely pretty cool in terms of design, but even for 96, the game was lackluster. There’s a reason why GTA didn’t pop off until 3, which revolutionized games forever. On my PS1, I could play RE2, MGS, FF7, the underrated South Park games, and a whole bunch of other classics. The main thing missing I felt was that 3D perspective, you didn’t get to really see the chaos you were causing, and the overhead ‘micro machines’ tank controls just got irritating to me.
If the controls are better I might consider it. Until today, I can't finish a single mission just because of how bad the controls are, and I thought GTA II Was hard lol.
GTA6 needs a fart/belch button again.
The zoom out/in when accelerating a vehicle is what make these games unplayable for me
yes sir
Nah, the controls were horrible even for the time. Half-Life released less than a year later btw.
Nah, this game was outdated even when it came out
I guess
you're asking if a 27 year old game came out in today's world, would i play it? maybe if it was an arcade game in a pizzeria... can't possibly see why else i would go out of my way to play something so prehistoric with a release date of July 2, 2024.
Nope, it’s got the only style of gameplay I hate more than platformers, games that’re 3rd person top down view.
Was never a big fan but I couldn't stop playing Disco Elysium
Hell yeah. It would probably look so much better with today's tech. I hope they remaster the originals one day.
I played it when it came out, loved it for what it was. I'd never play it again, I hate top down.
I have the PlayStation classic and I tried to play it couldn’t figure out what I was doing
Yes! The game is very nostalgic for me! It was the first game I bought with my own money after my parents got a Pentium 2 in late 1997. Which was our first PC. Basically this game started my gaming hobby and my career in IT 😄 When I bought it, it didn’t feel outdated. Just a lot of fun, it gave you so much freedom and room to just play. Roaming around in the game, blowing up cars in chained explosions etc.
Honestly yeah. The whole birdseye view and poor handling is all part of the experience you should come to expect when playing a video game of its time. It's the experience that makes the game enjoyable for me at the end of the day
Absolutely. Why not?
I want it for the switch. Switch should also have a chinatown wars remaster
if it came out today i sure as hell hope it would be free or really cheap
Yeah I would play it, I would love it for being like a old-school game, and then wait for what comes next
I know right! I'd definitely give it a try.
If it's third person perspective with a 3d open world then you i probably would play it.
I think I would. I kind of like simple games like that sometime. I play a lot of games that are "simple" in their art style, but still offer a lot of depth or fun. I think GTA1 would make for a nice, simple driver/shoot em up.
Would the graphics be as good as RDR2? Or what ...
Is that Trump tower on the front?
Yep
yes ofc kids back in the day would get this
It should be the game that you could play on your TV in gta 6
Yeah like an arcade app or something
a solid mobile version would rip. i used to rent this over and over again when it came out
There are a few different ways to take this question: Are you proposing that the entire video game landscape is returning to the way it was back then? If so, then yes, I would play it. It was great back in the day compared to the other options to choose from. Are you suggesting this would be a remake of GTA1 with updated graphics and gameplay like GTAV? If so, then yes, I would play it. Are you asking if I would play GTA1 today as a new game made with PS1-era tech in the current age of video game technology? If so, then no, I would rather play current, more updated games instead. As a side note, if anyone is looking for a modern take on the old top-down style GTA games, then check out Retro City Rampage DX.
Maybe
Not if the others existed and even if they didn’t, it’d be a bit of why? The only reason I’d buy it today would be if rockstar were worth throwing money at and supporting but that’s not the case. Chinatown wars is about as solid as it gets when it comes to a top down gta. I don’t even remember the early ones being all that good. There were better games to play until gta was the better game.
no, cuz it was already too "old" for that times. i could play it as an indie game for like 10 minutes, but without even saving system... just no
Absolutely!
“Trying to find his way round the map, might be pretty hard cus he fucked on crack!!”
Played yesterday with both London expansion packs. The best of the series in my opinion. So the answer is DEFINITELY YES.
I remember it was the "forbidden game" back in the day. GOURANGAAA!
No, it'd end up feeling like a flash game project you'd find online. Wouldn't be anywhere near as popular
I enjoyed Chinatown Wars on Nintendo DS, so it may be a yes
No. It sucks ass
This what karma farming does to a mf:
No
Let's be real, compared to modern games like rdr2 this is kinda meh
I still want to play it right now
I want to play it and it came out in 97’ 😭
On mobile, sure.
Yes
Not quite sure
Only if there was covid-19 restrictions
?
It was suppose to be a joke..
I don't get it
nope
Without fail.
If they remade it and kept with the original story yeah
200% No
No. It was good for it's time. But not up to today's standards. If they made it look like today's games, then maybe, but it would need a story and the London expansion pack
Of course I would. I started playing gta 2 as my first game. So if i played that one i would've played ALL of the games. It's the only one I haven't played
I probably would just to try it
Me and my friends wrecking the demo over and over 
with all the ray-tracking gluten-free cupcake Napoleon rtx 9000-i9 setting maxx frfr
It was my first game ever good times.
No
Lmao no
1997 gta in 2024 gaming landscape prob not but in 1997 yea
absolutely not especially because of what other games look like today
No
I would play gta 2 if it came out today
Yeah it’s pretty good ngl.
No. Not a 2D game fan
Honestly, I'd play a remake of this (with the same top down camera)
Yes.
Yes! That game is fun and hilarious. You can fart and burp and it’s a large open world map with Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City. I own it on PC
If not for the tank controls, yes.
No, no arcade game is gonna make me want to sit and play it for hours on end being that I could pick literally any other game.
If it was updated. Yeah.
I would yes. Not going to lie most the people that saying they would skip school have probably never played the original gta on ps1 or wat ever console were out bk then as it's came in 1997 like u didn't exist yet I'd go play the original. Plus u kids also missed out on gta London.
As someone who did end up beating it a year ago, I would not do it again. It’s easily one of the most frustrating games I ever played.
I didnt grew up with it, but Id still play. The murders I did.... Best crime game EVER
Trump tower on the cover. lol no
Hell yeah.
No. Dont like the direct top down gameplay, BUT i would make an exception for another game using Chinatown Wars engine. Made for Phones
Gta 1 feels like a mini game from gx corner
It has a fart button. Nuff said.
Yes Thats a nice game
GTA 2 is my absolute favorite title in the series. If it had a modern twist, fuck yeah I would.
In the same state as its original? Hell nah man
I play still sometimes
If it’s $70 and $12.99 a month with pay to win micro transactions…no
No lol
What a bizarre question, if super Mario bros 1 came out today would you play it?
Now driver you are the wheelman. And driver 2 the wheel man strikes back were pretty solid games for the time period
Well depends if all the games would be worse than this if the games were like they are now and this just released I might buy it just to laugh at the graphics but since this came out above all the games in its time
Definitely! Count me in.
I already still play it
No
No
Hall naw
Even if it was a free mobile game with almost no space taken up on my phone, I wouldn’t play it.
Nah
Nah
No. It wasn't even that good when it came out.
If it wasn't good when it came out then we wouldn't have gotten gta 2 or any of the future gtas
It did well because it was a curiosity. Some games do dwell in that realm.
Fck no it'd be part of the woke agenda look what they did to Saints Row no ty
Wtf are u on about, what does that have to do with it
They would put every kind of inclusive LGBTQ agenda in it effectively making it a shitting game and would damage Rockstar's reputation so no if it was in today's market nobody would like it
jesse what the fuck are you talking about
Who tf is Jesse?
How prophetic putting Trump Tower on the cover of a game about committing crimes.
Hell nah