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''Grand Theft Auto'' is an action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. It is the first title of the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series and was released in November 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, in December 1997 for the PlayStation and in October 1999 for the Game Boy Color. The game's narrative follows a criminal who climbs in status within the criminal underworld across three fictional cities, inspired by real-life locations. The gameplay is presented from a top-down perspective and takes place within an open-world environment in which the player is not required to perform missions, although they are necessary to progress through the levels. ''Grand Theft Auto'' began development as a game titled ''Race 'n' Chase'', in which the player controlled a police officer pursuing criminals. However, the game was considered dull, and the concept of playing as a criminal was adopted. The development team worked to ensure that the player would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DMA Design
Rockstar North Limited (formerly DMA Design Limited) is a British video game development company and a studio of Rockstar Games based in Edinburgh. The company was founded as DMA Design in Dundee in 1987 by David Jones, soon hiring former classmates Mike Dailly, Russell Kay, and Steve Hammond. During its early years, DMA Design was backed by its publisher Psygnosis, primarily focusing on Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64 games. During this time, they created successful shooters such as '' Menace'', and ''Blood Money'', but soon turned to platform games after the release of ''Lemmings'' in 1991, which was an international success and led to several sequels and spin-offs. After developing '' Unirally'' for Nintendo, DMA Design was set to become one of their main second-party developers, but this partnership ended after Nintendo's disapproval of ''Body Harvest''. In 1997, DMA released ''Grand Theft Auto'', which was a huge success; the game sparked a successful series. The compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jones (video Game Developer)
David Scott Jones (born October 1965) is a Scottish video game programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded video game developers DMA Design (now Rockstar North) in 1987, Realtime Worlds in 2002, and Cloudgine in 2012. Jones created '' Lemmings'' and ''Grand Theft Auto'', which both spawned many successful sequels. He also created the ''Crackdown'' franchise for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles, and the open-ended massively multiplayer online game, '' APB: All Points Bulletin''. Biography David Scott Jones was born in Dundee in October 1965. His career started with the indie game '' Menace'', which he developed himself under the company name DMA Design and released in 1988. The game sold 15,000 copies and earned him £20,000, which he used to buy a car. DMA Design expanded and went on to make a second game, ''Blood Money'', which Jones saw as a "further development" of the concept used in ''Menace''. DMA created a third game in 1991, '' Lemmings'', which was commercially and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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