GTA for free!

digitalwanderer · Mar 7, 2003, 07:13 PM

Yup, Rockstar is now giving away the original GTA (326MB) under "classic games" on their site.

Thanks to Blue's News for turning me on to the info, and thanks to GTA3 Center for bringing it to their attention.

The site is pretty hammered right now, but I'm marking it for a later download.

I loved the classic GTA, I wanna see what their new "optimized for newer computers" bit means...

EDITED BITS: Changed "GTA3" to "GTA" where applicable. Sorry if I got anyones hopes up, it was just a brainfart on my behalf.

Dom · Mar 7, 2003, 07:15 PM

Kick a$$, thanks for the link Digi.

***craig5320*** · Mar 7, 2003, 07:25 PM

Its the original not gta3

Zardon · Mar 7, 2003, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by craig5320
Its the original not gta3

I was about to say holy shi...................

*CATALYST maker* · Mar 7, 2003, 08:12 PM

hey cool Im going to check it out as well

digitalwanderer · Mar 7, 2003, 08:16 PM

The damned server is hammered, I'm gonna go and dig out me old disk. The original was a TON of fun, I hope they added in hardware support for something besides Glide though...

*CATALYST maker* · Mar 7, 2003, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
The damned server is hammered, I'm gonna go and dig out me old disk. The original was a TON of fun, I hope they added in hardware support for something besides Glide though...

Yeah, personally I am looking for Truform support, Pixel Shaders 2.0 and a little bump-mapping.

Zardon · Mar 7, 2003, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CATALYST maker
Yeah, personally I am looking for Truform support, Pixel Shaders 2.0 and a little bump-mapping.

lol ! wonder how it plays on this 9800 pro ?

dipstick · Mar 7, 2003, 08:57 PM

Damn, I don't remember that game being 326mb

But what the heck, it makes a good addon to the colection. Thx for the heads up

Holy crap...multiplayer

Edit-Looks really good but runs like crap for me. I guess they used only nVidia cards again when testing this

DriveEuro · Mar 8, 2003, 12:24 AM

I used to play this all the time. I hacked it so I could use the tank all the time.

DriveEuro · Mar 8, 2003, 12:57 AM

Anyone have the direct link to the file? Me being on 56k I cannot download it through IE, I can't be guarenteed to be online for 20 hours straight. I signedup and tried to download but just to find that it has to download throgh IE. What's the main link? Or does anyone have a mirror?

-={420}=- · Mar 8, 2003, 02:27 AM

GTA? Is it worth downloading if I already have GTA3. What's different from the original GTA that they "improved"? Any feedback (that's all I seem to want these days-feedback) ???

DriveEuro · Mar 8, 2003, 02:33 AM

Dude, you never played GTA like 5 years ago? It's where the idea of GTA2 and GTA3 came from. OMG, I cannot believe you haven't played it....unless you are young.

Aerowinder · Mar 8, 2003, 03:26 AM

It's an ISO? I'm there!

digitalwanderer · Mar 8, 2003, 03:59 AM

Not an ISO, a self-installing execuatable. I only got about another hour 'til it's done. Just make sure you check the e-mail address that you submit to them for the download link, don't just keep re-submitting the form like some moron waiting for the download to start. (....like me...

)

***craig5320*** · Mar 8, 2003, 01:41 PM

Yeah it's an installer pack, but you can extract it and make an ISO, it runs like dog @ 800x600@16bit but 1024x768@32bit flies LOL! nice nostaglia but it's too dated and actually quite hard to control now LOL.

As for the download link, it gives you a user ID on it, and after the download it's supposedly useless?

try www.filemirrors.com for mirrors popping up it's called 'GTAInstaller.exe' or 'GTAINSTALLER.ZIP'

-={420}=- · Mar 8, 2003, 05:57 PM

Why am I always misunderstood? YES I played it! What I am asking is Did they change anything since the original. The reason I am asking this is because I read that it's supposed to have something "optimized for newer computers"... So I was just wondering what it is that changed.

Mar 7, 2003, 07:13 PM	#1
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	GTA for free! Yup, Rockstar is now giving away the original GTA (326MB) under "classic games" on their site. Thanks to Blue's News for turning me on to the info, and thanks to GTA3 Center for bringing it to their attention. The site is pretty hammered right now, but I'm marking it for a later download. I loved the classic GTA, I wanna see what their new "optimized for newer computers" bit means... EDITED BITS: Changed "GTA3" to "GTA" where applicable. Sorry if I got anyones hopes up, it was just a brainfart on my behalf. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs? Last edited by digitalwanderer; Mar 7, 2003 at 08:14 PM.

Mar 7, 2003, 07:25 PM	#3
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,565 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	Its the original not gta3 __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Mar 7, 2003, 08:16 PM	Thread Starter #6
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	It's a great game. The damned server is hammered, I'm gonna go and dig out me old disk. The original was a TON of fun, I hope they added in hardware support for something besides Glide though... __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Mar 7, 2003, 08:57 PM	#9
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Damn, I don't remember that game being 326mb But what the heck, it makes a good addon to the colection. Thx for the heads up Holy crap...multiplayer Edit-Looks really good but runs like crap for me. I guess they used only nVidia cards again when testing this Last edited by dipstick; Mar 7, 2003 at 09:50 PM.

Mar 8, 2003, 12:24 AM	#10
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	I used to play this all the time. I hacked it so I could use the tank all the time. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Mar 7, 2003, 07:15 PM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Kick a$$, thanks for the link Digi.

Mar 7, 2003, 08:12 PM	#5
CATALYST maker ATI driver guru Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: ATI, Canada Posts: 678 Rep Power: 63	hey cool Im going to check it out as well

Mar 8, 2003, 12:57 AM	#11
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Anyone have the direct link to the file? Me being on 56k I cannot download it through IE, I can't be guarenteed to be online for 20 hours straight. I signedup and tried to download but just to find that it has to download throgh IE. What's the main link? Or does anyone have a mirror? __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Mar 8, 2003, 02:27 AM	#12
-={420}=- DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	GTA? Is it worth downloading if I already have GTA3. What's different from the original GTA that they "improved"? Any feedback (that's all I seem to want these days-feedback) ??? __________________ [COLOR=red]My eBay Auctions[/COLOR]

Mar 8, 2003, 02:33 AM	#13
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Dude, you never played GTA like 5 years ago? It's where the idea of GTA2 and GTA3 came from. OMG, I cannot believe you haven't played it....unless you are young. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Mar 8, 2003, 03:26 AM	#14
Aerowinder DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	It's an ISO? I'm there!

Mar 8, 2003, 03:59 AM	Thread Starter #15
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Not an ISO, a self-installing execuatable. I only got about another hour 'til it's done. Just make sure you check the e-mail address that you submit to them for the download link, don't just keep re-submitting the form like some moron waiting for the download to start. (....like me... ) __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Mar 8, 2003, 01:41 PM	#16
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,565 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	Yeah it's an installer pack, but you can extract it and make an ISO, it runs like dog @ 800x600@16bit but 1024x768@32bit flies LOL! nice nostaglia but it's too dated and actually quite hard to control now LOL. As for the download link, it gives you a user ID on it, and after the download it's supposedly useless? try www.filemirrors.com for mirrors popping up it's called 'GTAInstaller.exe' or 'GTAINSTALLER.ZIP' __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Mar 8, 2003, 05:57 PM	#17
-={420}=- DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	Why am I always misunderstood? YES I played it! What I am asking is Did they change anything since the original. The reason I am asking this is because I read that it's supposed to have something "optimized for newer computers"... So I was just wondering what it is that changed. __________________ [COLOR=red]My eBay Auctions[/COLOR]