Talk:Grand Theft Auto (video game)

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Development timeframe/length

The article currently states:

The development of Grand Theft Auto began on 4 April 1995 at DMA Design in Dundee. It originally had a protracted four-year development, which included a title change and numerous attempts to halt development.
Released 28 November 1997

I don't understand how all three bolded points can be concurrently true. That's barely 2.5 years. Even in the loosest terms, one could only say it spanned the 3 separate years of 95/96/97. Sergecross73 msg me 17:34, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Palm OS

I found by chance that Take-Two announced a

Global Star Software's website as "Coming Soon" alongside a demo. Other than that, I cannot find any sources on when or even whether the game was actually released. The platform's generic name doesn't make finding info easier, so I hope someone can help with some insight. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 11:21, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply
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Yeah, that about lines up with what I found in, uh, less reliable sources. Gouranga! most likely is not reliable but at least it has some good pointers to external information. I investigated the game itself a bit more and it looks like a straight port of the GTA2 GBC game. The credits in the game files also match with only a handful of names missing. The version from PalmDB is manually patched, so I assume that it is a modified version of the demo. Do we assume that the Palm version was cancelled? We should find a way to state this cleanly in the article. IceWelder [✉] 18:54, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I think we can safely assume it was cancelled, but I can't find any sources for us to be able to verify that in the article. Perhaps we can just mention its announcement/existence in past tense? Something like "In March 2001, Take-Two announced
he/him) 02:11, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply
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That should do, definitely better than nothing. IceWelder [✉] 15:35, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Takes Lead in Expanding Palm Pilot Gaming Market" (Press release). Take-Two Interactive. 26 March 2001. Archived from the original on 7 May 2001. Take-Two also announced that its critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto title will be available for the Palm Pilot later this year.
  2. ^ "Take-Two Takes Palm Market". Daily Radar. Future US. 26 March 2001. Archived from the original on 16 April 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ Bramwell, Tom (26 March 2001). "Take 2 dominate Palm gaming market". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. EBSCOhost 6916084
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  5. Global Star Software. Archived from the original
    on 1 December 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

Basis of San Andreas

I corrected the article to say that the state of San Andreas is based on two U.S. states, California and Nevada. That's what the article Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas says, as well as the citation that accompanies it (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review). ... discospinster talk 17:54, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In Grand Theft Auto (1997), San Andreas is a single city, and that city is based on San Francisco. Sources for that are easy to come by, e.g. [1]. You can also find a detailed description of the city here. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was released several years later (2004) and plays in a different continuity (the 3D Universe), so I fail to see how it is relevant here. IceWelder [✉] 22:27, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

English-only?

I recently had my addition of the Japanese release date reverted due to "only English-language regions". Is there any reason as to why only English-language regions can be mentioned? PrincessKaori94 (talk) 00:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Oh, thank you ^_^ PrincessKaori94 (talk) 01:05, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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