GTA : San Andreas Gone Gold?

Thanks to still_sick, who alerted us that GTA: San Andreas has probably gone Gold. From the Inside Gamer Article: "Arguably the most anticipated game for the Playstation 2, GTA: San Andreas is gold. In a report confirmed by Inside Gamer Online's own Steve Dotolli, GTA: San Andreas is finished and looking great. GTA: San Andreas is the latest in a series of Grand Theft Auto games that only became popular when GTA 3 came out for Playstation 2. "

Comments

Wasn't popular until PS2?

[vasqzr]

Hah. Lets look at this:



The following Top 100 contains the most popular PC games at this time ...
Internet PC Games Top 100 Edition 285 - Week 25 - June 15, 1998
1 1 10 Starcraft
2 2 7 Might and Magic 6
3 3 37 Total Annihilation
4 4 26 Quake 2/Add-on {!}
5 5 35 Fallout
6 8^ 3 Unreal
7 7 13 Battlezone
8 6 34 Age Of Empires
9 10^ 82 Heroes of Might & Magic 2/add-on New World
10 9 30 The Curse of Monkey Island
11 11 75 Diablo
12 13^ 29 Tomb Raider 2
13 19^ 31 Grand Theft Auto
14 12 20 Gag
15 15 46 X-Com 3
16 16 81 Master of Orion 2
17 14 25 Wing Commander
18 21^ 7 Forsaken
19 20^ 81 Command & Conquer/Add-on
20 26^119 Civilization 2/

It was a pretty popular demo/shareware game. I'd be willing to bet the poster/submitter has never played it.

Re:Wasn't popular until PS2?

[TheBot]

I agree the first one was fun. And for it to be on a top 100 or top 13 chart like that is good. The kids these days may not realise it, but without that game there wouldn't be GTA3 or VC. So bow down to your king you children, GTA 1 was where it was at those days. 3 and VC do so well nowadays because of the different technology. They didn't have the greatest technology back then to run something like GTA3 or VC. So all you fan boys, don't give us older players your whining petitions that 3 and VC are the best. Because you wouldn't have nothing without 1.

Re:I guess I shouldn't hope for a sooner release?

[HaloZero]

Originally, it had a release date of 10/19; I have the reservation ticket to prove it, but at last report, the date was 10/26. As far as I know, that hasn't changed, but a friend of a friend of a friend (yadda yadda) inside Rockstar has mentioned that it MIGHT get held back another two weeks.

C'mon, breathe with me.... mmmm.... Huhhhhh

[The-Bus]

Alright, calm down. You, with the "GTA #1" foam finger, calm it down. Sit down. Shut up. Be quiet.

I'm directly going to be referencing (but not attacking) this post which shows the popular games from 1998.

Alright, let's see Grand Theft Auto is in the top 20! Of course it is. So are other "classics" like... um, Gag! And, uh, Battlezone! Right, Battlezone. That's made a substantial, uh, impact on gaming today.

Like it or not, Grand Theft Auto III was wildly, almost inconcievably popular, and not just amongst us Gamers, but in the general populace. It had incredible impact in the console world, still sold well last year (as an XBox version), and has made it on countless "Best of All Time" / "Most Influential Games" lists. It is similar to Pac-Man, Mario, Doom, etc. in that even non-Gamers are aware of it. Of course GTA was popular, as was GTA2. But that's like saying Unreal is as popular as Unreal Tournament.

So, please, don't overreact. The poster was correct. That doesn't mean GTA wasn't known or popular, but it in NO way compares to what GTAIII is.

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