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GTA London 1969/GTA 2

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Let The Mayhem Continue..... I'm Brown Bread Now! For some reason, when I think GTA London 1969, Austin Powers pops into my head for some reason. But the only thing that GTA taught me was that London in 1969 was not a very inviting place. This expansion pack was released on both the PlayStation and the PC. On the PlayStation, it was released about a year after the first game. There really isn't much to say about the game in that it's essentially GTA 1 with a 1960's British skin over it and people driving on the opposite side of the road, and 60's-ish music playing in the background. One quickly gets use to the Double-Decker buses and Union Jacks galore. The game was developed by RockStar Canada. On the PlayStation, one needs the original GTA disc in order to play the game. I have GTA London installed along with my GTA 1 game on my DOSBox SVN-Daum setup. Like the original game on the PC, the GTA London makes ...

Grand Theft Auto 1

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  Let The Mayhem Begin..... When one heard the rap song, Joyride by Da Shootaz, playing in the background; the world was never going to be the same again. The days of saving the princess out of the castle or being the one lone space cowboy defending the entire planet from murderous aliens from a distant galaxy were over (That trope got old quickly!).  One became a element of the criminal underworld. Your death wouldn't result in the planet being overran by those mutant space pigeons. No, your death in the game would have just been a another insignificant one among many. Yet, that one lone thug on the streets could have that opportunity to rise up the ranks, often with insane results. GTA greatly influenced my teenage years. It was the right game at the right time. At the time, it ranked up there along Civilization, Sim City 2000, Half-Life/CounterStrike, and Unreal Tournament. I still consider San Andreas one of the greatest games ever made. D...