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<topics>
1. Series Origin Amnesia
Related: Many commenters feel the GTA series 'began' with GTA III for most players, making early fans feel old when younger gamers express nostalgia only for the 3D era games
2. Fallout Franchise Parallels
Related: Extended discussion comparing GTA's generational divide to Fallout, where many fans never played the 2D isometric originals and consider Fallout 3 the series start
3. Elder Scrolls Comparison
Related: Users acknowledge similar patterns with Elder Scrolls, recommending Daggerfall as essential gaming history, with mentions of Daggerfall Unity modernization project
4. Aesthetic Tone Differences
Related: Debate about how Bethesda's Fallout games missed the dark irony of originals, becoming too goofy and leaning too heavily into 1950s references rather than post-apocalyptic evolution
5. Childhood Gaming Restrictions
Related: Multiple commenters recall secretly playing GTA games behind parents' backs due to violence concerns, including GameBoy Color versions and borrowed copies
6. GTA II Appreciation
Related: Several users express continued love for GTA 2, calling it their favorite in the series, with memories of LAN parties and multiplayer sessions
7. Demo Disc Memories
Related: Nostalgia for PC gaming magazine demo discs, particularly the timed GTA demo with exploits to maximize the ten-minute limit and reach one million dollars
8. Boundary Exploration Gaming
Related: Fascinating observation about how players remember exploiting unintended game boundaries, glitches, and out-of-bounds areas as memorable gaming experiences
9. School Computer Gaming
Related: Stories of installing GTA and other games on school computers, getting in trouble for shareware Doom, and sharing gaming experiences with classmates
10. Control Evolution
Related: Discussion of how GTA III and Vice City had problematic shooting controls that prevented enjoyment until GTA IV improved them enough for some players
11. 3D Gaming Adaptation
Related: Observation about difficulty some players have adapting to 3D game controls when not growing up with them, comparing to Fortnite's build-play complexity
12. Retro Game Preservation
Related: Appreciation for community efforts like this Ready2Play package, Exodos, and various emulation projects to keep classic games playable on modern systems
13. Carmageddon Comparison
Related: Memories of playing Carmageddon alongside GTA, noting Carmageddon had more modern graphics but GTA was ultimately more fun
14. Easter Egg Discovery
Related: Fond memories of discovering Easter eggs like 'Elvis has left the building' when running over Elvis impersonators, and Twisted Metal 2's Statue of Liberty secret
15. Graphics Perception
Related: Discussion of how GTA 1's graphics felt retro even at release compared to 3D games and Wipeout, yet the top-down view gave it distinctive charm
16. DOS Gaming Era
Related: References to classic DOS games like GORILLA.BAS, Alley Cat, Dangerous Dave, and the broader context of gaming history these GTA games emerged from
17. Rockstar Classics Releases
Related: Historical note about Rockstar releasing GTA 1 and 2 as free 'Rockstar Classics' downloads in 2003-2004, with links to archived versions
18. Browser Emulation
Related: Mention of dos.zone where WASM is used to emulate Windows 95 in browsers, allowing classic games to be played directly online
19. FPGA Emulation
Related: Brief discussion of advanced emulation rabbit holes including FPGA emulation and projects like 0mhz.net and amiga.vision for retro gaming
20. GTA IV Remaster Hopes
Related: Surprise that Rockstar hasn't re-released GTA IV with community-discovered performance improvements, noting they're too busy with GTA V revenue
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{
"id": "46939734",
"text": "I remember downloading the RealPlayer version"
}
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{
"id": "46939748",
"text": "I need GTA II on modern consoles. I've begged Rockstar for years but I'm just a single person in their contact form."
}
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{
"id": "46938555",
"text": "I'm sure it was officially re-released for modern (of the day) PCs before this? I think I've still got it on discs somewhere, a set of the first trilogy, Vice City, and maybe San Andreas."
}
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{
"id": "46939286",
"text": "Your memory is correct! They released GTA1 (all expansions) and GTA2 as free “Rockstar Classics” in 2003 and 2004 respectively: https://web.archive.org/web/20130116055920/https://www.rocks...\n\nOne can get those versions here: https://archive.org/details/rockstar-classics_202107\n\nThey're great on XP-era machines! I have both installed on my HITACHI FLORA 270HX"
}
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{
"id": "46938673",
"text": "Those were GTA3 versions. The linked version is for the original GTA with the classical top view perspective."
}
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{
"id": "46941022",
"text": "For the benefit of anyone else trying to read along, it ?seems? there are 2 separate re-releases being referred to.\n\nThe first was the Rockstar Classics, which were slightly more modern repackagings of GTA and GTA 2 in the early 2000s https://www.ebay.com/itm/168127378760 which came out around the time gp also got their discs for San Andreas and Vice City\n\nThe second was The Trilogy, a much more current and deeper remaster of GTA III as well as those latter two OG games gp had (Vice City and San Andreas) which is actively distributed https://store.steampowered.com/sub/817628/\n\nSpeaking of all of these re-releases, I'm surprised Rockstar hasn't re-released GTA 4 recently. There are community made ways to make it run miraculously better on modern PCs as noted in https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV but I'm sure many would pay for something prepackaged (and maybe one or two other improvements). I guess they are too busy printing money with GTA V and hoping the next one will be the same :)."
}
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"id": "46941399",
"text": "> hasn't re-released GTA 4 recently\n\nI did start trying to replay GTA4 recently, and although I loved playing it the first time, this time I couldn't stop noticing that each mission's Niko/NPC dialog feels very forcefully-timed to match almost to the second how long it takes to drive to the first objective. I found it really immersion-breaking.\n\nPCGW sez “Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties” but IMO if one wants to reinstall, use FusionFix and Radio Restoration mods and no need for anything else. No packaged GTA4 re-release from Rockstar would be good enough to re-license all the removed songs anyway if the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition is any indication: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/333629-grand-theft-auto...\n\nIf they really wanted to get my money they would re-release Midnight Club Los Angeles on PC instead :)"
}
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{
"id": "46939000",
"text": "I vaguely remember Grand Theft Auto being free to download from the Rockstar Games website about ten years ago.\n\nHere is to hoping that Rockstar Games brings these two classics back."
}
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{
"id": "46938450",
"text": "Check out Exodos for this type of thing. It's built on launchbox (an emulator front end) and just gives a huge listing of every game you might ever want to play. Those games aren't all installed (assuming you didn't do the full 500GB+ install) but you click the game and it quickly downloads, installs into dosbox and jumps into the game (takes seconds since these are old games)."
}
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{
"id": "46938583",
"text": "Slightly related, if like me you have gone far to far down the emulation rabbit hole and find that you are now onto FPGA emulation, you might enjoy:\n\nhttps://0mhz.net/\n\nhttps://amiga.vision/\n\nI really want to get these working on my steamdeck too but it looks like a lot of work."
}
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{
"id": "46939011",
"text": "https://www.retro-exo.com/exodos.html"
}
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{
"id": "46941367",
"text": "Opened the game, picked a car and immediately went over the Hare Krishnas. Fucking classic, I remember playing this game at school somehow, then played GTA2 until my eyes bled, amazing games."
}
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{
"id": "46938741",
"text": "The best version - thank you."
}
,
{
"id": "46938666",
"text": "Love GTA1, but IIRC my version at least is a 3dfx glide game which makes it quite hard to play on modern kit.\n\nWill give this a try."
}
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{
"id": "46939708",
"text": "It has an 8-bit color, a True Color and a 3dfx executable side-by-side in the installation folder."
}
]
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- Each comment can have 0 to 3 topics
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- Use index 0 if the comment does not fit well in any category
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