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[[Image:Pager-GTA3.jpg|thumb|right|222px|The [[Sumo]] [[Sumo Wordman|Wordman]] pager in GTA III.
[[File:SumoWordman-GTAIII.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A [[Sumo]] [[Sumo Wordman|Wordman]] pager in GTA III.]]
[[Image:Pager-GTAVCS.jpg|thumb|right|222px|The [[Beeper 220]] pager in GTA Vice City Stories.]]


The '''Pager''', also known as the '''Beeper''', is a one-way [[communication]] device used to receive text messages that debuted in the [[Grand Theft Auto 1|first Grand Theft Auto]].


The '''Pager''', also known as the '''Beeper''', is another communication device that debuted in the first GTA. Used during and after missions, the delivery of message to the player's pager is one of several methods players may be provided with further instructions upon completion of a certain task. For much of its appearances in the series, pager messages are delivered via a scrolling line of text on the device. In addition to messages, pagers are also used as stopwatches to inform the player of the time remaining before a deadline expires.
== Description ==
=== GTA 1 — GTA 2 ===
Used during and after missions in GTA 1, the delivery of message to the player's pager is one of several methods players may be provided with further instructions upon completion of a certain task. For much of its appearances in the series, pager messages are delivered via a scrolling line of text on the device. In addition to messages, pagers are also used as stopwatches to inform the player of the time remaining before a deadline expires.


The pager is also featured in the GTA London mission packs with a 1950s/1960s design, seemingly appearing to be an anachronism as the [http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/pager.htm first successful consumer pager was only released in 1974], however, the game explains the "pager" is merely a portable device that receives [[wp:Electrical telegraph|telegrams]], an even older communication system, printing out a scrolling tape of text based on incoming [[wp:Morse code|Morse code]]-based messages; the telegraph is even touted in the game to be the "communication of the future", far from the reality of modern times. For GTA 2, a pager-like device is similarly used to measure the time remaining before a [[Rampages|Kill Frenzy]] ends and the kill count is featured, but does not possess the functionality of a pager.
The pager is also featured in the [[Grand Theft Auto: London|Grand Theft Auto: London mission packs]] with a 1950s/1960s design, seemingly appearing to be an anachronism as the [http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/pager.htm first successful consumer pager was only released in 1974], however, the game explains the "pager" is merely a portable device that receives [[wp:Electrical telegraph|telegrams]], an even older communication system, printing out a scrolling tape of text based on incoming [[wp:Morse code|Morse code]]-based messages; the telegraph is even touted in the game to be the "communication of the future", far from the reality of modern times.


The pager as a communication device was reintroduced in GTA III for largely the same purpose as GTA1, but to a more limited extent, such as updates on newly available weapons at [[Ammunation]], messages to meet new contacts, or information during a mission. The pager in GTA III is also notable for playing a ring tone based on the song ''Grand Theft Auto'' by Da Shootaz, one of several GTA games that adopted the song in a certain form. [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] is also known to depict a pager when characters relay information to the protagonist.
For [[Grand Theft Auto 2]], a pager-like device is similarly used to measure the time remaining before a [[Rampages|Kill Frenzy]] ends and the kill count is featured, but does not possess the functionality of a pager.


The introduction of the mobile phone and a verbal protagonist in GTA Vice City rendered the pager obsolete as a slower form of communication. [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], however, saw the use of the [[Beeper 220]] pager as a matter of historical accuracy, assuming practical mobile phone technology in [[1984]] had yet to mature.
<gallery width="auto" perrow="2" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left" widths="160">
File:Pager-GTA1.png|The pager in GTA 1.
File:Pager-GTAL.png|The pager in GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1961.
</gallery>
 
=== GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories ===
The pager as a communication device was reintroduced in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] for largely the same purpose as GTA 1, but to a more limited extent, such as updates on newly available weapons at [[Ammunation]], messages to meet new contacts, or information during a mission. The pager in GTA III is also notable for playing a ring tone based on the song ''Grand Theft Auto'' by Da Shootaz, one of several GTA games that adopted the song in a certain form. [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] is also known to depict a pager when characters relay information to the protagonist, justifiable given the use of the pager in GTA III, set just a year after events in GTA Advance.
 
The introduction of the [[Mobile Phone|mobile phone]] and a verbal protagonist in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] rendered the pager obsolete as a slower form of communication. [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], however, saw the use of the [[Beeper 220]] pager as a matter of historical accuracy, assuming practical mobile phone technology in [[1984]] had yet to mature.


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|<gallery width="auto" perrow="5" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="160">
File:SumoWordman-GTAIII.jpg|The [[Sumo]] [[Sumo Wordman|Wordman]] pager in GTA III.
Image:Pager-GTA1.png|The pager in GTA 1.
File:Pager-GTAA.png|The pager in GTA Advance. The text is displayed to the right of its image.
Image:Pager-GTAL.png|The pager in GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1961.
File:Pager-GTAVCS.jpg|The [[Beeper 220]] pager in GTA Vice City Stories.
Image:Pager-GTA3.jpg|The [[Sumo]] [[Sumo Wordman|Wordman]] pager in GTA III.
Image:Pager-GTAA.png|The pager in GTA Advance. The text is displayed to the right of its image.
Image:Pager-GTAVCS.jpg|The [[Beeper 220]] pager in GTA Vice City Stories.
</gallery>
</gallery>
|}


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Latest revision as of 09:57, 11 November 2012

A Sumo Wordman pager in GTA III.

The Pager, also known as the Beeper, is a one-way communication device used to receive text messages that debuted in the first Grand Theft Auto.

Description

GTA 1 — GTA 2

Used during and after missions in GTA 1, the delivery of message to the player's pager is one of several methods players may be provided with further instructions upon completion of a certain task. For much of its appearances in the series, pager messages are delivered via a scrolling line of text on the device. In addition to messages, pagers are also used as stopwatches to inform the player of the time remaining before a deadline expires.

The pager is also featured in the Grand Theft Auto: London mission packs with a 1950s/1960s design, seemingly appearing to be an anachronism as the first successful consumer pager was only released in 1974, however, the game explains the "pager" is merely a portable device that receives telegrams, an even older communication system, printing out a scrolling tape of text based on incoming Morse code-based messages; the telegraph is even touted in the game to be the "communication of the future", far from the reality of modern times.

For Grand Theft Auto 2, a pager-like device is similarly used to measure the time remaining before a Kill Frenzy ends and the kill count is featured, but does not possess the functionality of a pager.

  • The pager in GTA 1.

    The pager in GTA 1.

  • The pager in GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1961.

    The pager in GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1961.

GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories

The pager as a communication device was reintroduced in Grand Theft Auto III for largely the same purpose as GTA 1, but to a more limited extent, such as updates on newly available weapons at Ammunation, messages to meet new contacts, or information during a mission. The pager in GTA III is also notable for playing a ring tone based on the song Grand Theft Auto by Da Shootaz, one of several GTA games that adopted the song in a certain form. Grand Theft Auto Advance is also known to depict a pager when characters relay information to the protagonist, justifiable given the use of the pager in GTA III, set just a year after events in GTA Advance.

The introduction of the mobile phone and a verbal protagonist in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City rendered the pager obsolete as a slower form of communication. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, however, saw the use of the Beeper 220 pager as a matter of historical accuracy, assuming practical mobile phone technology in 1984 had yet to mature.

  • The Sumo Wordman pager in GTA III.

    The Sumo Wordman pager in GTA III.

  • The pager in GTA Advance. The text is displayed to the right of its image.

    The pager in GTA Advance. The text is displayed to the right of its image.

  • The Beeper 220 pager in GTA Vice City Stories.

    The Beeper 220 pager in GTA Vice City Stories.

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