Grand Theft Auto
"Grand Theft Auto", the first game in the series, was released for Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS in October 1997, ported to the PlayStation in 1998 and the Game Boy Color in 1999. "Grand Theft Auto 2" was released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows, later receiving ports on the PlayStation, Dreamcast and Game Boy Color.
Gary Penn
Gary Penn is a former British games reviewer who wrote for Zzap!64 in the 1980s and is a games industry veteran. He later was editor of The One from 1988 to 1990 and was Creative Director at DMA Design where he supervised the release of the first "Grand Theft Auto" game in 1997. Penn has described the game as taking years to develop and almost being cancelled.