Grand Theft Auto (video game)
Grand Theft Auto is an action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. It was first released in Europe and North America in October 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. It was later re-released on 12 December 1997 in Europe and 30 June 1998 in North America for the PlayStation. It is the first instalment of the "Grand Theft Auto" series, to be followed by 1999's "Grand Theft Auto 2". The series, which has led to five main entries and several special edition games over 16 years, has sold more than 150 million units as of September 2013. The story follows a group of criminals in three fictionalised versions of US cities as they perform bank robberies, assassinations, and other illegal activities for their respective crime syndicates.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" was released for Microsoft Windows on 12 May 2003, supporting higher screen resolutions and draw distance, and featuring more detailed textures. A GameCube release was planned, but later cancelled. For its release on the Xbox in December 2003, "Vice City" was bundled with "Grand Theft Auto III" in a compilation titled "Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack". The Xbox port features custom soundtrack support as well as improved audio, polygon models, and reflections over the previous ports. "Double Pack" was later bundled with "San Andreas" in a compilation titled "", released in October 2005. "The Trilogy" was also released for OS X on 12 November 2010. For the game's tenth anniversary in December 2012, War Drum Studios ported "Vice City" to several iOS and Android devices. The port is almost identical to the Windows version of the game, but with enhanced visuals and a customisable layout. A PlayStation 3 version of "Vice City" was released on 30 January 2013 via the PlayStation Network. The original PlayStation 2 version of the game was released for the PlayStation 4 on 5 December 2015.