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(→‎10th Anniversary Edition: From what I've seen, headlights, traffic lights and everything work fine in the iPad version.)
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===10th Anniversary Edition===
===10th Anniversary Mobile Edition===
[[File:GTA3-Anniversary-Cover.jpg|thumb|200px|Promotional art for GTA III 10th Anniversary Edition.]]
[[File:GTA3-Anniversary-Cover.jpg|thumb|200px|Promotional art for GTA III 10th Anniversary Edition.]]


In October 2011, [[Rockstar Games]] announced<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/19201/announcing-grand-theft-auto-iii-10th-anniversary-edition-for-sel.html Rockstar Games]</ref> a 10th Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto III would be released for mobile phones and tablets, including the [[iPad]], [[iPhone]] and a selection of [[Android]] devices. The game was released on December 15, 2011. A week later, Rockstar announced updates which fixed some gameplay issues and also added support for more mobile phones. Support for further devices may still be announced.
In October 2011, [[Rockstar Games]] announced<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/19201/announcing-grand-theft-auto-iii-10th-anniversary-edition-for-sel.html Rockstar Games]</ref> a 10th Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto III would be released for mobile phones and tablets, including the [[iPad]], [[iPhone]] and a selection of [[Android]] devices. The game was released on December 15, 2011. A week later, Rockstar announced updates which fixed some gameplay issues and also added support for more mobile phones. Support for further devices may still be announced.


'''Supported Devices:'''
'''Supported Devices:'''
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*'''Android Tablets''': Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Dell Streak 7, LG Optimus Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, Sony Tablet S, Toshiba Thrive
*'''Android Tablets''': Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Dell Streak 7, LG Optimus Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, Sony Tablet S, Toshiba Thrive


'''Differences from Original Version'''


Due to the technical limitations of mobile devices, a number of cosmetic features have been altered or removed. Many of these features were present in the iPhone version of [[GTA Chinatown Wars]]; however, GTA III is a more resource-heavy game, so these features may have been removed to reserve resources for other, more important aspects of the game. It should be noted that the following changes do not apply to the more enhanced iPad version.
;Differences from Original Version
 
Due to the technical limitations of mobile devices, a number of cosmetic features have been altered or removed from the game. However, the iPad version does not have these limitations.
 
Many lights do not show, including vehicle headlights, brake lights, lightbars on [[:Category:Emergency Vehicles|emergency vehicles]], street lights and traffic lights. However, the game still operates as if these lights were correctly functional - so vehicles move over when a siren is sounding, and stop in turn for a red light that does not show.


*Similarly to GTA Chinatown Wars, turning on the [[siren]] in an [[:Category:Emergency Vehicles|emergency vehicle]] does not turn on the lightbar, which it does in most GTA games, including the original version of GTA III. Unlike GTA Chinatown Wars however, the siren stops when the player exits the vehicle, which is the usual behaviour in most GTA games with the lightbar continuing to flash.
This functionality was present in the iPhone version of [[GTA Chinatown Wars]], and in all other versions of GTA III. However, GTA III is a more resource-heavy game than GTA Chinatown Wars due to its age and featureset, so it appears this functionality was removed to reserve the limited resources on those mobile devices for other, more important functionality.
*Vehicle headlights and brake lights do not function.
*Street lights do not turn on at night. To compensate for the lack of light from street lights and car headlights, it doesn't seem to get as dark in this version.
*Traffic lights do not function. Strangely, vehicles still behave as they would if the lights were operating, stopping for seemingly invisible red lights, and proceeding through the intersection when the cars travelling in the other direction have stopped for an invisible red light.


===Alternative Cover Art===
===Alternative Cover Art===
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