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| ==Grand Theft Auto III== | | ==Grand Theft Auto III== |
| [[File:GTAIII-logo-beta.jpg|thumb|right|222px|The Beta logo of Grand Theft Auto III before Rockstar chose to revert the logo to its present day format.]]
| | :''Main article: [[Changed Contents in GTA III]]'' |
| [[File:PoliceCar-GTAIII-comparison.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The original GTA III police cars ('''top'''), and the police cars from the released game ('''bottom''').]]
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| [[File:LibertyCity-GTAIII-betamap.jpg|thumb|290px|An early Beta map of Liberty City in GTA III.]]
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| [[File:CallahanBridge-GTAIII-beta.jpg|thumb|290px|The Orignal Callahan Bridge.]]
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| [[File:Chinatown-GTAIII-beta.jpg|thumb|290px|Beta screenshot of GTA III. Notice the prisoner with Claude, the model of the paramedic and different models and colors of specific vehicles.]]
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| '''Logo'''
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| *The Grand Theft Auto III Logo was originally supposed to be '''"GRAND THEFT AUTO 3"''' written in white block writing on a black background with the "3" being orange in colour. The logo was then changed to its current pricedown font.
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| '''Characters'''
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| * [[Claude]]'s appearance went through many different designs. Some screenshots show a poorly detailed Claude, who looks completely different from the final version. Other pictures show a more final Claude with different hair and a chubbier appearance.
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| * [[Curtly]] was removed from the final version.
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| * The character of [[Darkel]], a revolutionary domestic terrorist, was cut.
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| * [[Novy|Tom Novy]] was meant to make an appearance in the game as himself, but was removed along with his song, "Back to the Streets" for unknown reasons.
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| * [[8-Ball]]'s name was originally going to be Mullan.
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| * [[Joey Leone]]'s original surname was Sorvino.
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| * [[Salvatore Leone|Salvatore]]'s original name was Frankie Sorvino.
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| '''Peds'''
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| * Certain player skins, accessible with [[GTA III Cheats (PS2)|cheat codes]], were removed.
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| * Elderly pedestrians with walkers were removed.
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| * Children were planned for the game.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010611042253/www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/previews/0,2160,2056706-2,00.html Grand Theft Auto 3 First Impressions - Gamespot.co.uk retrieved from Internet archive]</ref>
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| * Police Officers originally had mustaches.
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| * Originally the [[Liberty City Triads]] had black outfits and tattoos.<ref>[http://www.gouranga.com/images/gta3/gta3_109.jpg]</ref>
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| * Buskers from GTA 4 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.
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| '''Missions'''
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| * Some, but not all, of [[Darkel]]'s missions were subsequently given to other characters. It has been said that Darkel had 13 missions for Claude, though most of them were cut.
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| * [[Love Hurts|A mission that involved flying the Dodo was cut]].
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| * Originally, when doing [[Vigilante]], [[Paramedic]], or [[Firefighter]] missions, the vehicles radio could go out of range - requiring the player to drive closer to the nearest police station/hospital/fire station.
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| * A mission where you need to bomb a school bus full of children was cut due the violence and gore. {{?}}
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| '''City'''
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| * The [[Old School Hall]] changed appearance. It previously looked newer and lit up.
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| * [[Punk Noodles]] was originally just with a small grass park with two statues. The statue model still exists in the game's files.
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| * The [[Callahan Bridge]] was going to be named West Port Bridge, as referenced by a road sign in Portland.
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| * The Callahan Bridge also had two suspensions.
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| * In the beta, the airport was once in [[Staunton Island]] and there are many roads in [[Shoreside Vale]]. The Callahan Bridge is also absent.
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| * The [[Subway in GTA III|subway and El Train]] stations were explicitly named.<ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>TRAIN_*''<br /><code>Kurowski Station</code>, <code>Rothwell Station</code>, <code>Baillie Station</code></ref><ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>SUBWAY*''<br /><code>Portland Station</code>, <code>Rockford Station</code>, <code>Staunton South Station</code>, <code>Shoreside Terminal</code></ref>
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| '''Gameplay'''
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| * Airplanes landing at [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]] were destroyable with a [[Rocket Launcher]].
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| * The ability to blow limbs off of non-playable characters seemed to used to be enabled by default in the [[PlayStation 2|PS2]] version of the game <ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gta3/gta3_89.jpg Disembodied limb screenshot]</ref> This can still be activated in the PS2 version via cheat codes.
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| * You could originally run with the baseball bat.
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| * Online multiplayer was cut.<ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>FEN_*''<br />Notable strings include:
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| <code>NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET</code>, <code>Number of players:</code></ref> List of game types include:
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| ** Deathmatch
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| ** Team Deathmatch
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| ** Team Deathmatch stealth
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| ** Stash the Cash
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| ** Capture the Flag
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| ** Rat Race
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| ** Domination
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| '''Graphics'''
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| * The graphics were originally more "cartoonish" <ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gta3/gta3_15.jpg "Cartoonish" screenshot]</ref> (possibly due to a rumored cancelled [[wp:Sega Dreamcast|Sega Dreamcast]] release).
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| * The very early [[Heads-Up Display|HUD]] was very different.
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| * The radar was light blue instead of yellow.
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| '''Others'''
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| * The ability to name the [[Claude|character]], much like in [[Grand Theft Auto 1|Grand Theft Auto]], was cut.<ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>DEFNAM''<br /><code>Claude----------------------</code></ref>
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| * Unused lines of text within the game's text files contain phrases, such as "You're perfectly healthy, get out of here!" and "I'll just fix you up". These lines of text seem to imply that the game's hospitals were, originally, accessible/usable.
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| * The "Busted!" text and target arrows were originally red instead of blue.
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| * There was a bus company named Jelly Tours.
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| * The song "Back to the Streets", was deleted out of the soundtrack with no explanation.
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| * The [[Baseball Bat]] was originally red and yellow.
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| * The Rocket Launcher's original scope looked alot like the one of sniper rifle.
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| * Safehouses would gradually improve in their appearance as the player progressed and gained more money
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| * Claude may have originally been planned to have a voice as shown in the first trailer (though the voice saying "Get out of the car" is actually a sound clip from GTA2)
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| * The song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was removed with no explanation.
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| Some of these changes are thought to have been as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, although others were made as well before that time.
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| ==Grand Theft Auto: Vice City== | | ==Grand Theft Auto: Vice City== |
