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A | [[Image:Street musician (GTA4).jpg|150px|thumb|A busker playing the saxophone in Grand Theft Auto IV]] | ||
[[Category:GTA IV]] | '''[[wp:Busking|Buskers]]''' are street performers that perform in public places for money. Such pedestrians were only introduced late in the Grand Theft Auto series, with [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] being the only game to feature them to date. | ||
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== Description == | |||
=== Design === | |||
Buskers debuted in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] in the form of saxophone-playing street musicians commonly spotted in affluent portions of [[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]] in [[Broker]], [[Dukes]] and [[Algonquin]], mostly in various parks, subway stations and waterfronts, as well as stages of the [[Superstar Café]]. | |||
Evidently having only a saxophone as a music instrument, the Busker will only play songs that may also be heard on the [[Jazz Nation Radio 108.5]] radio station. In most of his appearances, the busker is depicted with a buttoned up brown trench coat, and his music can easily be heard within hearing distance, a hint he is near the player. Most buskers also wear occasionally a hat depicting he may be poorer then others by its wornness. | |||
Buskers return [[Grand Theft Auto V]] in some more affluent areas of [[Los Santos]], this time playing guitars instead of saxophones. | |||
=== Behavior === | |||
When standing close to a busker, the player has the option of giving him [[Money|$]]10, restoring the player's health and receiving an expression of gratitude from the busker, in the form of a simple "thank you". However, should the player push the busker, he may stop playing, drop his music instrument and respond unfavorably to the player. Running past a busker in close proximity will also force him to drop his saxophone and walk away. Unlike many minor items dropped by pedestrians, the player cannot pick up a busker's dropped saxophone. | |||
=== Ringtone === | |||
After giving the busker $10 multiple times, the player will eventually receive the instrumental ringtone "St. Thomas" for their [[Phone|cell phone]]. This is one of the songs the busker plays and is also featured on Jazz Nation Radio. | |||
== Trivia == | |||
* Buskers were planned to make an appearance in GTA III but was dropped during development of the game. Remnants of their existence can be seen within the game files.<ref>[http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=451819 GTA III buksers]</ref> | |||
* The busker is voiced by Walter Houser, father of the Houser brothers. Walter Houser was "part-owner of London’s seminal jazz club Ronnie Scott’s, where the brothers were exposed to jazz stars throughout their youths."<ref>[http://jazztimes.com/articles/19900-roy-haynes-get-in-the-game Roy Haynes: Get in the Game], JazzTimes.com</ref> | |||
* [[Trevor Philips|Trevor]] seems to dislike buskers. When switching to Trevor, one of his switch scenes shows him assaulting a busker with his own guitar. | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Features in GTA IV]] | |||
[[Category:Pedestrians]] | |||