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[[File:RoadKill-GTAVC.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Tommy Vercetti]] recieving instructions from [[Mr. Black]] from a payphone in [[Grand Theft Auto:Vice City]].]] | [[File:RoadKill-GTAVC.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Tommy Vercetti]] recieving instructions from [[Mr. Black]] from a payphone in [[Grand Theft Auto:Vice City]].]] | ||
'''Public telephones''', also known as '''payphones''' and '''pay phones''', is a recurring [[communication]] device/machine in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series. | '''Public telephones''', also known as '''payphones''' and '''pay phones''', is a recurring [[communication]] device/machine in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series. | ||
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=== Post-GTA III === | === Post-GTA III === | ||
Emphasis on face-to-face meetings with individuals in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] resulted in fewer occurrences of public telephones as a means to issue missions to the player. Only a handful of characters in games after GTA 2 are known to use public telephones to address the player, including [[El Burro (GTA III)|El Burro]], [[King Courtney]], [[D-Ice]] and [[Marty Chonks]] from GTA III, [[Mr. Black]] from [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], and [[Wade Johnson|The Fixer]] from [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. Public telephones are also used to activate [[races in GTA Liberty City Stories|car and bike races]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. [[Salvatore Leone]] also uses public telephones to address the player for some of his missions in Liberty City Stories because he doesn't trust cell phones, although he also addresses the player face-to-face in other missions. | Emphasis on face-to-face meetings with individuals in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] resulted in fewer occurrences of public telephones as a means to issue missions to the player. Only a handful of characters in games after GTA 2 are known to use public telephones to address the player, including [[El Burro (GTA III)|El Burro]], [[King Courtney]], [[D-Ice]] and [[Marty Chonks]] from GTA III, [[Mr. Black]] from [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], and [[Wade Johnson|The Fixer]] from [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. Public telephones are also used to activate [[races in GTA Liberty City Stories|car and bike races]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. [[Salvatore Leone]] also uses public telephones to address the player for some of his missions in GTA Liberty City Stories because he doesn't trust cell phones, although he also addresses the player face-to-face in other missions. | ||
Aside its use to communicate with players, public telephones have by large been nothing more than decorative street furniture until GTA IV, where pedestrian may enter animation sequences using public phones. | Aside its use to communicate with players, public telephones have by large been nothing more than decorative street furniture until GTA IV, where pedestrian may enter animation sequences using public phones. | ||