Grand Theft Auto: London 1961

Grand Theft Auto: London 1961
Developer(s)	DMA Design
Publisher(s)	ASC Games
Release date(s)	PC June 1 1999
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	BBFC: 18 ESRB: Mature (M)
Platform(s)	PC
Media	Download

Grand Theft Auto series chronology of events 2D Universe GTA 1 Era 1961 – London 1961 1969 – London 1969 3D Universe GTA III Era 1984 – GTA Vice City Stories 1986 – GTA Vice City 1992 – GTA San Andreas 2D Universe GTA 1 Era 1997 – Grand Theft Auto 1 3D Universe GTA III Era 1998 – GTA Liberty City Stories 2D Universe GTA 2 Era 1999 – GTA 2 3D Universe GTA III Era 2000 – GTA Advance 2001 – GTA III HD Universe GTA IV Era 2008 – GTA IV – The Lost and Damned – The Ballad of Gay Tony 2009 – GTA Chinatown Wars GTA V Era 2013 – GTA Online 2013 – GTA V

Grand Theft Auto Mission Pack #2: London, 1961 is a freely distributed mission pack, also known as an expansion pack, to the original Grand Theft Auto 1 and London, 1969 - requiring both to play.

A screenshot of Grand Theft Auto: London 1961.

Just as the first mission pack did, London 1961 uses same game engine as the original Grand Theft Auto 1. The game takes place in London eight years before the events of London 1969. The mission pack as implied includes new missions, 22 new vehicles, one new cutscene, and a new multiplayer deathmatch map based upon the UK city of Manchester.

While London 1969, is available for multiple systems, London 1961 is only available for PC, as downloadable freeware (a 7MB executable file). However, it requires the user to have both Grand Theft Auto 1, and GTA London 1969 (which itself requires GTA1).

London 1961 is the least known game in the series, simply because the game was not heavily promoted by Rockstar, is only available as a download, and does not feature prominently on the Rockstar Games website. The game relies upon word of mouth and internet discussion forums to become known to fans of the series.

Trivia

• GTA London 1961 and GTA London 1969 are the only games in the GTA series to be set outside of the United States. In addition, these games are also the only GTA games not set in a fictional city, instead in the real-life city London.
• Chronologically (as far as the story), this is the earliest Grand Theft Auto game.
• This, along with Grand Theft Auto Advance are the only two games in the series that were not released for a PlayStation-series console.

External links

• Official website
• Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961 download (direct link to .exe) - This can be found on the official website by clicking on the black arrow flashing the word "free" near the bottom.