8-Ball Autos
8-Ball Autos, also referred to as Eightball's Autoyard in Grand Theft Auto III, is an automobile bomb shop in the GTA III Era. The business appears in GTA III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The business is owned by explosives expert 8-Ball, who at one point in 2000/2001 employs Slick at the Portland Island shop in Liberty City. This shop arms the player's vehicle with a remote, timed and engine ignition bomb. In Grand Theft Auto 1 and in its expansion packs there are similar shops and they sell only timed bombs.
Locations
Liberty City
- Harwood, Portland Island, Liberty City
- Newport, Staunton Island, Liberty City
- Pike Creek, Shoreside Vale, Liberty City
Vice City
San Andreas
- El Corona, Los Santos, San Andreas (near Unity Station)
Cost
- In GTA III and GTA Advance each bomb fitted costs $1,000.
- In GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories each bomb fitted costs $500.
Trivia
- The 8-Ball Autos Portland Island branch in GTA Advance is still in Harwood, but is incorrectly called Portland Beach.
- The telephone number of 8-Ball Autos in GTA San Andreas is (555) 010012, with 010012 being the zip code of Rockstar Games in New York City.
- Detonation in GTA III and GTA San Andreas occurs automatically about eight seconds after the detonation sequence is triggered. Whilst in GTA Vice City, the detonation is triggered by a detonator button.
- Bombs from the business are used in the missions Mike Lips Last Lunch, Bomb Da Base Act II and Kanbu Bust-out (GTA III), Shogun Showdown, Blow Up 'Dolls' and Bringing the House Down (GTA Liberty City Stories).
- The shop in Harwood, Portland Island serves as the starting location for 8-Ball's missions in GTA Advance.
- In GTA San Andreas, bikes and motorcycles can't be armed with bombs.