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Grand Theft Auto (DOS, Windows, PSone)

Developed by DMA Design (which would later be known as Rockstar North) GTA prime was released in 1997. Though it was from a top-down view, many series hallmarks like, well, crime and stealing cars were already in place. More importantly, the game allowed the player to roam freely around Liberty City, an idea perpetuated by GTA games to this day.

The whole of the game was later ported to the Game Boy Color, but with much of the adult content censored.

Fun fact: The game was originally known as Race N Chase internally, but the name had already been used by toy car company Matchbox.

16/04/08