The first time I stole a car and the radio was on Chatterbox. I’ll never forget that.
*”You call me, Cinco-Cinco-Cinco Nueve-Dos, Nueve-Dos. It will be a miracle. I guarantee it.”*
LavitzOfBasil
I still remember how much this game absolutely blew my mind as a kid. I don’t think any other game has ever had that kind of effect on me.
Pizza_For_Breakfast_
I agree. Was absolutely mind blowing at the time and I’ve loved GTA ever since. ❤️
SolidColorsRT
I dont remember which GTA it was but I used to play it on a PSP from sony in my friend’s garage. Those were the days.
SterileProphet
I played this game for 6 months straight. I knew the in game city better than the city I lived in. I would spend hours just fucking around. It’s a revolutionary game that changed the industry.
Onyx4124
….I think GTA 3 has gotten plenty of flowers wtf?
Creski
I’ll do one better and say there is no GTA3 without Body Harvest
IllustriousLP
Totally agree . Mind blowing game . Could never fly that dodo properly though . 😆
BigBaws92
I remember the first time I played as a 9 year old boy and I pulled someone out of a random car and beat them to death and I was just floored. YOU CAN DO THAT??
Adeno
GTA 3 was one of the other games that made me want a PS2. I remember watching gameplay footage of it on some cable tv video game show. The show kept being replayed every few nights and I kept watching it for GTA 3! Then later on, I finally managed to obtain a PS2 and play GTA 3 along with Dynasty Warriors and others.
macbanan
I remember my friends mind was blown when I showed him this game. I felt so cool.
I sprayed an ambulance with an uzi, made it crash and then it exploded. He’d seen nothing like it before and I remember the look on his face.
He’d seen driving games, shooting games, and open world 3D games. But combining everything into one, that was crazy at the time.
Devendrau
You know, I played Need For Speed, thinking this was so awesome. Driving around and just doing whatever.
Then I played GTA SA, III, 4, then 5, and made me barely go back to NFS, because it was like, this is how it should be. Actual freedom to drive around the whole map, and not have to stay on the road. GTA really blew my mind how much you could explore in a car.
AngrySteelyDanFan
In the Navy!!!
empty_other
They took what was the trend around then; open world 3D city driving games, and just added their already well-done GTA formula. And did it damn well.
Think-Tumbleweed2088
now try every citizen has a weapon and every citizen go crazy cheat codes, you’re welcome 😇
SmiteyMcGee
Sex Club! I thought they shut that place down!
FistaZombie
GTA3 was revolutionary to me as a kid. You just can’t get that same feeling from video games these days.
WashGodMega
Mafia Sentinel, Game FM and a passion for running people over .. ahhhhh smells like one of the greatest games ever made
Think-Tumbleweed2088
i swear the map (3 parts) looked so huge to me as a kid, i fucking loved it, i know how small it is comparing to modern open world games but i was so excited back then
patrick119
I didn’t play any gta until just recently when I bought the remastered collection of 3, Vice City, and San Andreas. Even without any nostalgia glasses, this game was a lot of fun
DNF_zx
I consider this and Metal Gear Solid the two best games made in my life time.
Soviet_DogePup
I remember my sister showed me this game on pc, she was beating a ped with a bat on the side walk and laughing. So I had to play it after I seen that
UltimateD123
Body Harvest for N64
Mast3rBait3rPro
Unironically completely agree. I played this over and over as a kid. Fascinated a game so good could exist
shawndw
Man I remember that game having better graphics.
sagsfour20
God that game was mind blowing at the time. I spent hours just cruising around, causing mayhem, etc. It really changed video games forever.
ricardo9505
Most ppl have no idea how revolutionary that game was. The radio tunes, dialogue. Dave Chappelle did a skit on it.
blueblurspeedspin
This screen shot is not doing the game justice. Dark, sometimes rainy, character and car trails. Nothing matched the charm of GTA 3. Revolutionary progress in story, gameplay, and art
jeStR65
My son was literally just playing this on my old iPhone 7 😂 love it
HomerOfDuty
Damn, I still love the music from the radio stations. Especially Scientist‘s Your Teeth In My Neck. Finest reggae dub
villings
*my mother’s my sister!!*
MadSeason04
Unfortunately Rockstar doesn’t think so, otherwise they wouldn’t take it off for sale for a terrible remaster
FuckM0reFromR
Going from top-down GTA to 3D GTA is a core gaming memory for me. The one time my parents let me play games on a school night, they knew how hyped I was. The first game I ever pre-ordered, still have the box.
The only thing that’s come close to that leap was trying VR for the 1st time when the HTC Vive was being demoed at a microsoft store. My dumb ass actually tried kicking a balloon -__-
Zealousideal_Sun8519
Classic! Loved it so much
Vice city, 4 and 5
nogoodgreen
I remember going to my cousins the day he got it and prior to this game the idea that you could drive a car, get out shoot at people get back in the car with cops chasing you, evade them drive it into a spay and pray and drop your wanted level BLEW MY MIND.
Man I shit on this game so hard when its preview came out in PSM. I thought there was no way GTA could transition from top down to full 3D. I was so wrong. Come Vice City I was the first mofo in 7th grade getting the game and spilling sweet deets in the lunch room.
thisguyoverhere77
PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT
Corleone648
Don’t go to St. Mark after whacking Sal.
Kitakitakita
maybe if Morrowind wasn’t released 6 months after and puts it “open world” aspect to shame. Do GTA npcs have schedules? Dialogue? Are they important in any way? What about hunting and gathering materials, does it have any of that? The only thing memorable about GTA 3 is how it reacted to the player doing crimes, and that’s the aspect they really wanted to focus on. How the cars exploded, how the NPCs fled, how the game tries to throw stuff at you, but to say it set the bar of open world games? You can’t even enter any of the buildings outside of a handful.
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The first time I stole a car and the radio was on Chatterbox. I’ll never forget that.
*”You call me, Cinco-Cinco-Cinco Nueve-Dos, Nueve-Dos. It will be a miracle. I guarantee it.”*
I still remember how much this game absolutely blew my mind as a kid. I don’t think any other game has ever had that kind of effect on me.
I agree. Was absolutely mind blowing at the time and I’ve loved GTA ever since. ❤️
I dont remember which GTA it was but I used to play it on a PSP from sony in my friend’s garage. Those were the days.
I played this game for 6 months straight. I knew the in game city better than the city I lived in. I would spend hours just fucking around. It’s a revolutionary game that changed the industry.
….I think GTA 3 has gotten plenty of flowers wtf?
I’ll do one better and say there is no GTA3 without Body Harvest
Totally agree . Mind blowing game . Could never fly that dodo properly though . 😆
I remember the first time I played as a 9 year old boy and I pulled someone out of a random car and beat them to death and I was just floored. YOU CAN DO THAT??
GTA 3 was one of the other games that made me want a PS2. I remember watching gameplay footage of it on some cable tv video game show. The show kept being replayed every few nights and I kept watching it for GTA 3! Then later on, I finally managed to obtain a PS2 and play GTA 3 along with Dynasty Warriors and others.
I remember my friends mind was blown when I showed him this game. I felt so cool.
I sprayed an ambulance with an uzi, made it crash and then it exploded. He’d seen nothing like it before and I remember the look on his face.
He’d seen driving games, shooting games, and open world 3D games. But combining everything into one, that was crazy at the time.
You know, I played Need For Speed, thinking this was so awesome. Driving around and just doing whatever.
Then I played GTA SA, III, 4, then 5, and made me barely go back to NFS, because it was like, this is how it should be. Actual freedom to drive around the whole map, and not have to stay on the road. GTA really blew my mind how much you could explore in a car.
In the Navy!!!
They took what was the trend around then; open world 3D city driving games, and just added their already well-done GTA formula. And did it damn well.
now try every citizen has a weapon and every citizen go crazy cheat codes, you’re welcome 😇
Sex Club! I thought they shut that place down!
GTA3 was revolutionary to me as a kid. You just can’t get that same feeling from video games these days.
Mafia Sentinel, Game FM and a passion for running people over .. ahhhhh smells like one of the greatest games ever made
i swear the map (3 parts) looked so huge to me as a kid, i fucking loved it, i know how small it is comparing to modern open world games but i was so excited back then
I didn’t play any gta until just recently when I bought the remastered collection of 3, Vice City, and San Andreas. Even without any nostalgia glasses, this game was a lot of fun
I consider this and Metal Gear Solid the two best games made in my life time.
I remember my sister showed me this game on pc, she was beating a ped with a bat on the side walk and laughing. So I had to play it after I seen that
Body Harvest for N64
Unironically completely agree. I played this over and over as a kid. Fascinated a game so good could exist
Man I remember that game having better graphics.
God that game was mind blowing at the time. I spent hours just cruising around, causing mayhem, etc. It really changed video games forever.
Most ppl have no idea how revolutionary that game was. The radio tunes, dialogue. Dave Chappelle did a skit on it.
This screen shot is not doing the game justice. Dark, sometimes rainy, character and car trails. Nothing matched the charm of GTA 3. Revolutionary progress in story, gameplay, and art
My son was literally just playing this on my old iPhone 7 😂 love it
Damn, I still love the music from the radio stations. Especially Scientist‘s Your Teeth In My Neck. Finest reggae dub
*my mother’s my sister!!*
Unfortunately Rockstar doesn’t think so, otherwise they wouldn’t take it off for sale for a terrible remaster
Going from top-down GTA to 3D GTA is a core gaming memory for me. The one time my parents let me play games on a school night, they knew how hyped I was. The first game I ever pre-ordered, still have the box.
The only thing that’s come close to that leap was trying VR for the 1st time when the HTC Vive was being demoed at a microsoft store. My dumb ass actually tried kicking a balloon -__-
Classic! Loved it so much
Vice city, 4 and 5
I remember going to my cousins the day he got it and prior to this game the idea that you could drive a car, get out shoot at people get back in the car with cops chasing you, evade them drive it into a spay and pray and drop your wanted level BLEW MY MIND.
Modern [videogame open world structure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68tCnWFxMTM) was literally was invented with this game.
Man I shit on this game so hard when its preview came out in PSM. I thought there was no way GTA could transition from top down to full 3D. I was so wrong. Come Vice City I was the first mofo in 7th grade getting the game and spilling sweet deets in the lunch room.
PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT
Don’t go to St. Mark after whacking Sal.
maybe if Morrowind wasn’t released 6 months after and puts it “open world” aspect to shame. Do GTA npcs have schedules? Dialogue? Are they important in any way? What about hunting and gathering materials, does it have any of that? The only thing memorable about GTA 3 is how it reacted to the player doing crimes, and that’s the aspect they really wanted to focus on. How the cars exploded, how the NPCs fled, how the game tries to throw stuff at you, but to say it set the bar of open world games? You can’t even enter any of the buildings outside of a handful.