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Grand Theft Auto III
Developer(s)	Rockstar North
Publisher(s)	Rockstar Games
Release date(s)	PlayStation 2  October 22, 2001 Windows  May 21, 2002
Genre(s)	Action
System(s)	Windows, PlayStation 2, Steam, Direct2Drive
Players	1
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature
System requirements (help)	450MHz 96MiB 512MiB 16MiB 8x
Preceded by	Grand Theft Auto 2
Followed by	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Grand Theft Auto III is a non-linear driving and shooting game released by Rockstar North on October 22, 2001 for the PlayStation 2 and May 21, 2002 for the PC, as well as in the Grand Theft Auto Double Pack and Grand Theft Auto Triple Pack re-releases. As the title implies, the game involves an amount of crime and plenty of carjacking.

The game takes place in October 2001. The nameless player character (later revealed in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to be named "Claude") was betrayed by his girlfriend, Catalina, during a bank heist in Liberty City and arrested. However, Claude escaped when the police convoy he was in was attacked, allowing him to flee and rise in the ranks of the Liberty City underworld and seek revenge on Catalina.

In more recent years, fan projects have resulted in a multiplayer component called Multi Theft Auto and a Grand Theft Auto: Vice City total conversion called GTA: Liberty City that adds the newer Vice City elements (such as bikes and helicopters, as well as improved controls) to GTA III.

[edit] Icon explanations

Throughout this guide you will see two distinct icons. These help identify the version of the game that a tip or feature applies to:

• The GTA III icon means that this can only be done or only works in the original GTA III.
• The GTA: LC icon means that this can only be done or only works in the GTA: Liberty City mod for Vice City.

[edit] Table of Contents

• Getting Started
• Missions
• Vehicles
• Weapons