Grand Theft Auto Released For Free

Posted by Hemos on Saturday March 8, 2003 @03:54AM from the ka-blam-ka-blam dept.

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.

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Re:Society loves violence by rmohr02 · 2003-03-08 04:12 · Score: 0, Redundant

No
Re:What tax? by Guppy06 · 2003-03-08 04:50 · Score: 0, Redundant

"When I bought my computer I fairly compensated programmers for their hours of work."

Did you have a choice about having Windows installed? If you couldn't say "no," it's essentially a tax.
Re:Old News by DarkKnightRadick · 2003-03-08 07:01 · Score: 0, Redundant

Offtopic?

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"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
where to go? by cornjones · 2003-03-08 14:08 · Score: 0, Redundant

everywhere I am seeing wants me to reg or is slashdotted. any links that are working?

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