Grand Theft Auto III: Difference between revisions

'''Grand Theft Auto III''' (also known officially as '''GTA III''' or '''GTA 3''') is the third installment and the fifth game of the [[Grand Theft Auto Series]] developed for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Personal Computer|PC]] by DMA Design, now [[Rockstar North]], the [[Xbox]] version by [[Rockstar Vienna]], and published by [[Rockstar Games]]. GTA III was the start of a [[GTA III Era|new era]], which introduced a story element to the GTA series and saw the fan base of the series expand. The game was originally released for the PS2 on October 2001, the PC on May 2002, and the Xbox on November 2003. On 18 August 2011, GTA III was released for the [[Apple Mac|Mac]] [http://itunes.apple.com/app/grand-theft-auto-3/id424714589?mt=12 App Store].

GTA III was the first GTA game to use the over-the-shoulder perspective in gameplay, with the camera located behind and above the [[Protagonist|player character]], as opposed to the [[Top-Down Perspective|top-down perspective]] primarily used in its predecessors ([[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA 1]], [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1969|GTA London 1969]], [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961|GTA London 1961]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]]). This new perspective has been praised as being a key reason for the success of the series, alongside the new control scheme, both of which have been used in subsequent games.

*[[100% Completion in GTA III|100% Completion]]

In 2009, Game Informer put GTA III 4th on their list of "The Top 200 Games of All Time", saying that it "changed the gaming landscape forever with its immersive open world sandbox".<ref>[http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=28230 Game Informer’s top 200 games of all time]</ref> GamesRadar named it 'the most important game of the decade'.

File:GTAIII-GameBoyAdvance-boxart.jpg||Art box of GTA III in the Game Boy Advance version.

File:Menu-GTAIII-GBA version.png|The version Menu.

File:GTAIII-GameBoyAdvance.png|The gameplay is very similar to the original GTA III, but also has similarities to GTA Advance.

File:GTAIII-GameBoyAdvance2.png|Caption 2.

===10th Anniversary Edition===

[[File:GTA3-Anniversary-Cover.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cover art for GTA III 10th Anniversary Edition]]

In October 2011, [[Rockstar Games]] announced<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/19201/announcing-grand-theft-auto-iii-10th-anniversary-edition-for-sel.html Rockstar Games]</ref> a 10th Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto III would be released for mobile phones and tablets, including the [[iPad]], [[iPhone]] and a selection of [[Android]] devices. The game is due to be released later in fall 2011, and support for further devices may be announced.

*'''Apple iOS Devices''': iPad 2, iPhone 4S

*'''Android Phones''': Droid X2, HTC Evo 2, LG Optimus 2X, Motorola Atrix, Samsung Galaxy S2

*'''Android Tablets''': Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

In some PAL territories, Grand Theft Auto III was released with different cover artwork, despite there being no major differences in the game itself. Below are examples of several box arts.

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File:GTAIII-PALBoxart2.jpg|English Artwork.

File:GTAIII-PALBoxart.jpg|The English Boxart with the DMA Design Logo. (See trivia below).

File:GTAIII-Boxart-Australia.jpg|Australian and New Zealand Box Art.

File:GTAIII-Boxart-Europe.jpg|European Box.

[[File:DMADesign-logo.jpg|thumb|right|220px|DMA Design logo before becoming Rockstar North.]]

* The Grand Theft Auto III Logo was originally supposed to be "GRAND THEFT AUTO 3" written in white block writing on a black background with the "3" being orange in colour. The logo was then changed to its current Pricedown font and uses the roman numeral "III" instead of the numeral 3.  

 

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