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Grand Theft Auto Released For Free
Snover writes "It's already incredibly difficult to actually get to the site due to its extreme popularity, and can only get worse after the inevitable slashdotting, but Rockstar Games has updated their original hit, Grand Theft Auto, to run on 'modern' computers and released it for free to the public. It'd be nice if more gaming companies did this! Unfortunately, it (of course) is Windows-only and utilises the propietary DirectX API, but hey, free game for anyone that's paid the Microsoft tax! (The download speed, once you actually manage to connect to the site, is quite excellent -- it's maxing out my 2Mbps connection.)" Ah, what a classic game.
Damn, I already paid for it :(
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Can anyone afford the OS to run it on?
this site has already been shacknewsed, bluesnewsed, posted on several big news forums, and likely more high traffic locations. now slashdotted!
oh the pain.
"Free game for anyone who paid the Microsoft tax?"
A little bitter about this are we?
~S
Free software is evil.
:P
Cop killing video games are evil! You have to repent to the lord Gates and be forgiven of your sins, washed away by the blood of the lame (Jobs).
Actually, never played the game myself. I remember ALL of the churches and law enforcement agencies in my area pitched a raving hissy fit though.
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
An unknown suspect, or suspects, rammed the Rockstar Games server, waited for the admin to get out and then reversed over them several times.
police suspect slashdotting...
No. It's not fun anymore when it's legal.
Anyone else think these kinds of games are partly the reason why we're going to invade Iraq, North Korea, and various African countries once we're done there?
Let us all join hands and sing "Kumbaya" then...
(hint: that won't help)
I pledge allegiance to the flag...
of the Corporate States of America...
But then concidering wine(x) is crap, most probably not.
I'm not a native speaker, so I am always happy to learn new idioms. Does "concidering" mean "drink some cider together"? Please concider this with me!
I can't get to the site, so apologies if it's answered there.
Are they releasing the source too, as I think ID did with Doom?
That way we can kill processes by crashing into them. But seriously, if there is source released, we can get it ported to Linux.
Get your own free personal location tracker
Yes. We're going to steal Iraqi cars and run over police officers with them.
Then how come the most popular games in the world are "The Sims" and "Myst"?
*cough* *cough* counter-strike *cough* *cough*
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#include <malloc.h>
free(your.mind);
A modern game that will run on Linux :-)
http://apex-designs.net
Have fun.
Wonderful.
I've just weaned my 11 year-old off the mindless violence that is (PS2) GTA Vice City, and now he gets to go back in time on his computer and kill people without even having to buy the game.
Of course, this comes at a time when I'm trying to get him interested in Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance so he can become a more productive sneaky assassin type.
Way to go, Konami!
Why do they call it 'freeloader' when it requires a subscription?
I will boycott his until they release a Mac version!
That'll show'em...
One of the reasons why the original GTA is near the top of my "Fave games" list, is that it was increadibly hard. With the modern concept, of being able to "save" wherever you want, or maybe just alot, hardcore gaming has virtually dissapeared. GTA Managed to get around this, by having huge levels, that took ages to complete.
:)
The last of the 6 levels, required you to get $5,000,000 iirc, a task that took all afternoon. I've never met anyone in RL who actually managed to complete the whole game without cheating. Everyone who i knew who played it, just used to use the large amounts of cheats to mess around and have fun. In any of the online conversations i've had about it, i've also never come accross anyone who finished it without cheating. Is there anyone else out there who was hardcore enough to complete this game?
I had it on the PSX when it first came out, and i managed to finish it about 6months later. The greatest gaming achievement of my life? Well, if i go another 5 years without finding anyone else who managed to complete it, then i'd have to say yes
Long live hardcore gaming! \o/
Man, it's a memorable day when somebody on Slashdot gives advice on how to get laid.