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==Descriptions== | ==Descriptions== | ||
In [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]], the TW@ café (in [[Torrington]]) is accessible, but not interactive. Two monitors inside the café show screenshots from [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]], respectively. A [[Unique Stunt Jumps# | In [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]], the TW@ café (in [[Torrington]]) is accessible, but not interactive. Two monitors inside the café show screenshots from [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]], respectively. A [[Unique Stunt Jumps#GTA III|stunt jump]] can be completed inside the café through the staircase. | ||
In [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]], due to the earlier setting than GTA III, the TW@ café is only just being constructed. Its posters state - ''"Come and see the grand opening of TW@"''. | In [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]], due to the earlier setting than GTA III, the TW@ café is only just being constructed. Its posters state - ''"Come and see the grand opening of TW@"''. | ||
In the [[GTA IV | In the [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]], TW@ internet cafés can be used to browse the in-game [[Websites in GTA IV|websites]] from the start of the game. The Internet is formally introduced to the player in the mission [[Logging On]] where the player has to set up an [[Eyefind.info|Eyefind]] e-mail account. It costs $1 to use the computer. The stores can be robbed by simply opening the cash register and taking from $10 to $170, but doing so will usually result in a one star [[Wanted Level in GTA IV|wanted level]]. But this can be avoided, if the player crouches behind the counter of the Snack Shop, out of sight and then opens the cash register, no one will notice and will act as if nothing has happened. | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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[email protected]|TW@ at the border between [[Belleville Park]] and [[Bedford Point]], [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto III]]. | |||
TW@-GTALCS.jpg|The same outlet in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], circa 1998, under contruction. | |||
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[[Outlook]], | [email protected]|The Onieda Ave, [[Outlook]], [[Broker]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]] TW@ in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. | ||
[[Frankfort Ave]], | [email protected]|The [[Frankfort Ave]], [[North Holland]], [[Algonquin]], Liberty City TW@ in Grand Theft Auto IV. | ||
TW@-GTA4-Alderneyexterior.jpg|The Vitullo Ave, [[Berchem]], [[Alderney]], Liberty City TW@ in Grand Theft Auto IV. | |||
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Vitullo Ave, | |||
[[Berchem]], | |||
Liberty City | |||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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* TW@ in the GTA III rendition is filled with random pedestrians that will walk around aimlessly, bumping into the windows trying to get out. | * TW@ in the GTA III rendition is filled with random pedestrians that will walk around aimlessly, bumping into the windows trying to get out. | ||
* One could speculate that between the III-era Liberty City's still under-construction TW@ internet cafés and those, fully interactive in the IV-era that there is a correlation between the two, which might be blurring the line between the two renditions of Liberty City. | * One could speculate that between the III-era Liberty City's still under-construction TW@ internet cafés and those, fully interactive in the IV-era that there is a correlation between the two, which might be blurring the line between the two renditions of Liberty City. | ||
* In [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], the computers have a new wallpaper: a dark background with a silhouette of the Liberty City skyline and the phrase "I [heart] LC". This may be a reference to the first mission of | * In [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], the computers have a new wallpaper: a dark background with a silhouette of the Liberty City skyline and the phrase "I [heart] LC". This may be a reference to the first mission of TBOGT: [[I Luv LC]]. | ||
=== Easter eggs === | |||
* The GTA III rendition of TW@ features two computer monitors, beside the staircase to the second floor, depicting screenshots of [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]]. | |||
* At all TW@ internet cafes in GTA IV, the photocopier behind the cashier's desk is a [[Kakagawa]] Power Ultra 3000 Pro. The screen of the photocopier also has an easter egg as the screen reads: ''ERROR Unleash ninja guru lol''. | |||
== Additional images == | == Additional images == | ||
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[email protected]|The old logo as depicted in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories (as of 2001 and 1998). | [email protected]|The old logo as depicted in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories (as of 2001 and 1998). | ||
[email protected]|Interior of the TW@ in GTA III. | [email protected]|Interior of the TW@ in GTA III. | ||
[email protected]|A GTA III advertising of TW@ in Torrington | [email protected]|A GTA III advertising of TW@ in Torrington in GTA III. | ||
Tw@ Internet Cafe (2008).png|TW@ logo in GTA IV (as of 2008). | Tw@ Internet Cafe (2008).png|TW@ logo in GTA IV (as of 2008). | ||
[email protected]|The TW@ wallpaper seen on computers at TW@ in GTA IV. | |||
[email protected]|The "I ♥ L.C" version of the TW@ wallpaper seen on TW@ computers in the DLC version of [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], or the [[Episodes from Liberty City]] versions of [[The Lost and Damned]] and The Ballad of Gay Tony. | |||
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