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E-MAIL: rarusk[gnat]netzero[snot]com
FACEBOOK: Robert Allen Rusk (San Antonio, TX, USA)
LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-allen-rusk/15/539/59b
BLOG: http://rarusk.livejournal.com
XBOX LIVE GAMERTAG: RARusk
**NOTE: The [gnat] replaces the "@" symbol in the e-mail address. It is
to thwart spambots looking for email addresses to send spam to.
Simply replace [gnat] with "@" when responding. I chose [gnat]
because it rhymes with "at" and is easy to remember. Same goes
for "." - [snot].
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| General Notices \
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**NOTICE: This guide may only be distributed and/or posted in its
original format (and, most importantly, UNALTERED in any way).
If you wish to post or use excerpts from this guide then please ask for
my permission first before doing so (especially if you work for a
magazine or website). A lot of time and effort was spent putting this
thing together and that should be taken into consideration.
And remember.....
"Respect is everything."
Besides, contacting me will also give me an opportunity to hook up and
talk shop with fellow GTA3 "thuggers".....
I truly want to thank those who have written to me about this guide even if
you haven't received a response. I tend to read my e-mail late at night and
sometimes I'm too tired to respond right away. Mainly because I'm either a)
updating my other FAQs and documents, b) hacking up a console or doing more
RGB experiments or c) I've had a rough night at work (I work retail you
know....).
I've received a lot of nice e-mail about this guide from people around the
world saying how good the guide is and offering suggestions (many of which
made it into the previous revisions). I intend to continue updating and
polishing this document for as long as possible.
"Grand Theft Auto III" is copyright 2001 by Rockstar Games, a subsidiary of
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
"Grand Theft Auto III" Official Strategy Guide (PlayStation 2 Version) -
Written by Tim Bogenn. Copyright 2001 by BradyGames, a division of Pearson
Education, Inc.
The Official Strategy Guide was used as reference during initial construction
of this text based guide for the following:
>>Hidden Package Maps
>>Power Up / Location Maps
All other trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by
their respective trademark and copyright holders.
This is probably the single biggest revision I have done to this guide. I
have reorganized the weapons and items and redid many of the instructions to
finding them. I also did the same for the Hidden Packages, Unique Stunt Jumps
and Rampages.
In addition, I have updated the artistic look and feel of this document. This
is to help give a consistent look and organization to all of my "Grand Theft
Auto" guides.
Plus, I have created tour guides for each major area of Liberty City which
will help the reader to get familiar with this metropolis.
Finally, I have also throughly proofread this guide to clean out errors that
have been there for a long time. And I have added new ideas and information
to the following chapters and sub-chapters:
>>Going to Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale Early - A. The Porter Tunnel
Glitch
>>"Turismo" (El Burro)
>>"Shima" (Kenji Kasen)
>>"Espresso-2-Go!" (Asuka Kasen)
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|                   Additional Sources                   |
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--Grand Theft Auto 3 (Game Manual)
--spaceeinstein (http://www.freewebs.com/spaceeinstein/grandtheftauto.htm)
[PC Controls]
--A1210 [Xbox Controls]
--GameFAQs GTA3 Message Boards
--Huggable Joker Inc. ["Purple Nines Glitch, Darkel, Donald Love
Dissaperance and more questions" topic]
--Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine Demo Disc (Issue 67)
--[Cool Taxi Trick by DeMarlo King]
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--Alex T. Roth                          --Jon Porter
--Glen T. Winstein                      --Scott Exeter
--Richard Juntunen                      --Hari Vikram
--Sal Hatton                            --Huggable Joker Inc
--Kevin Berg                            --Jani Kivisola
--Web                                   --S Page
--Dan Schauer                           --Sri c
--Haenlomal                             --Dennis Zoetebier
--Hadley Box                            --Sherry Alexander
--Shaun                                 --The Baron
--xX-G-MaN-Xx                           --KWoBBS2
--John E. Schneider                     --Austin Taft
--Austin T. Witherspoon                 --kabuki777
--Lindsey Kids                          --LR
--Jesse Huongvilay                      --Charles Wooters
--Blank Blank                           --Danny Williamson
--Josh Dady                             --Demarest
--Vicktor Volpe                         --Nick R.
--Magnamerik                            --Fred Chagnon
--Jim Plate                             --Llwyd Campbell
--Mr. Spock                             --Leo
--Robbert Houtman                       --Mike Unger
--Ian Spears                            --Vanatorul DeVise
--Christopher Mora                      --Alan McKee
--M L                                   --Stuart Summers
--John Fitzgibbons                      --Emilio Rivera
--Reine Larsson                         --Antonino Giuseppe Cardinale, Jr.
--Scotty Boutin                         --Robyn Pearson
--Dan Stephen                           --Liwei Wu
--TerryT                                --Peter Wilmont
--Lee Cochran                           --tebox
--Hollyrotten77                         --Bryan Ste. Marie
--Erick                                 --John Willoughby
--Mike Wilson                           --Peter Korsten
--Armin C. Vucsina                      --John Nowakowski
--Gui Ritter                            --David
--Robin Blackstone                      --Nukey_Shay
--Stuart Burgess
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| Strategy Guides \
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>>"Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories" (PS2)
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" (PS2, Xbox, PC)
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" (PS2)
>>"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (PS2, Xbox, PC)
>>"Grand Theft Auto IV" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"Bully" (PS2)
>>"Bully: Scholarship Edition" (Xbox 360)
>>"Stubbs The Zombie" (Xbox)
>>"The Darkness" (Xbox 360)
>>"Watchmen: The End is Nigh (Parts 1 and 2)" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay" (Xbox)
One of the earlier versions of my "TCoR: EFBB" guide can be found in the book
"GameFAQs Presents.....The Ultimate Xbox Strategy Guide" published (in 2004)
by Future Network USA.
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>>Differences Between The Three Versions Of "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
for PlayStation 2
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" Suggested Music List FAQ (for Xbox and PC
versions)
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" Hidden Text FAQ
>>"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" Hidden Text FAQ
>>"Rumble Roses XX" Character Story FAQ (Xbox 360)
Although my guides and FAQs can be found at many sites around the internet,
the latest versions of my work can always be found first at GameFAQs since
that is my primary contribution site.
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This guide uses a Quick Search Feature which takes advantage of the Find
feature used by many web browsers. This feature will allow you to go to any
chapter or section in this guide quickly.
On the left side of many of the chapters, as well as the right side of each
of the major section headers, in the Table of Contents is a four character
code. To access any of those chapters or sections do CTRL-F (PC) or Clover-F
(Mac) to activate the Find feature in the web browser. Then enter the code in
BRACKETS (or at least the left bracket) like this:
[xxxx] or [xxxx
You will notice that the chapters for the Main Story Missions do not have a
four character code. They are accessed a little differently. To access any of
the Main Story Mission chapters you activate the Find feature and enter the >
character followed by the chapter number like this:
>KR6 or >ZD12
This feature also works backwards. You will notice that the Table of Contents
has it's own four character code. Should you want to quickly go back to the
top of this document input the four letter code for the Table and you will
instantly be back at the top of the guide.
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1. Who Am I?
(MYST) 2. My Setup
(FTAU) 3. From The Author
(ABGD) 4. About The Guide
(SBMS) 5. Submissions
(GRTH) 6. "Grand Theft Auto III"
(GTVD) 7. GTA3 Version Differences (PS2 Only)
(TCDT) 8. Technical Data
A. PlayStation 2
B. Original Xbox
C. Xbox 360
D. Macintosh (BootCamp) Data
(CTRS) 9. Controls and Vehicles
A. On Foot
B. In Cars and Boats
C. In the Rhino
(CLUD) 10. "Claude Speed"
(TMSC) 11. The Main Screen
(GMNU) 12. Game Menus
(LWFM) 13. Law Enforcement
A. Police Vehicles
(UPNS) 14. Using a Pay 'N' Spray
(BSTD) 15. Busted
(WSTD) 16. Wasted
(ATPM) 17. Advanced Tips And Information
(PNGL) 18. The Purple Nines Glitch (All Versions)
(LBCT) 19. Liberty City: 1998 to 2001
(CPLT) 20. 100% Completion List
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(ITBG) 1. In The Beginning.....
(BDMS) 2. Before Doing The Main Story Missions
(YSFH) 3. Your Safehouse
(EPSR) 4. Exploring Your Surroundings
(TRPN) 5. A Tour of Portland Island
(WOHT) 6. Weapons and Other Helpful Items
A. Health, Body Armor, Police Bribe and Adrenaline
(WPTI) 7. Portland Island Weapon and Item Locations
(HCPL) 8. Hidden Packages Explained
(PIHP) 9. Hidden Packages (Portland Island)
(IIEG) 10. Industrial Import Export Garage
(EVCR) 11. Emergency Vehicle Crane
(ABMS) 12. Ambulance Mission
(RGEX) 13. Rampages Explained
(RPGI) 14. Rampages (Portland Island)
(UNJE) 15. Unique Stunt Jumps Explained
(USJP) 16. Unique Stunt Jumps (Portland Island)
(VGPI) 17. Vigilante Mission (Portland Island)
(FTPI) 18. Firetruck Mission (Portland Island)
(PTPL) 19. "Patriot Playground"
(MFDS) 20. "Mafia Massacre" (Toyz Van)/"Diablo Destruction" (Toyz Van)
(GSIV) 21. Going to Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale Early
A. The Porter Tunnel Glitch
B. Hidden Packages [CHT-H19] and [FIA-H97]
C. What You Can Do
D. Hidden Package [SSV-H7] and The Dodo
E. Returning to Portland Island by Boat
F. Early Explorer Bonus
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(LGTR) 1. Luigi Goterelli
L2. "Don't Spank Ma Bitch Up" (Luigi Goterelli)
L3. "Drive Misty For Me" (Luigi Goterelli)
L4. "Pump-Action Pimp" (Luigi Goterelli)
L5. "The Fuzz Ball" (Luigi Goterelli)
(MTCK) 2. Marty Chonks (Bitch 'N' Dog Food Factory)
(JYLE) 3. Joey Leone
J1. "Mike Lips Last Lunch" (Joey Leone)
J2. "Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong" (Joey Leone)
J3. "Van Heist" (Joey Leone)
J4. "Cipriani's Chauffeur" (Joey Leone)
J5. "Dead Skunk In The Trunk" (Joey Leone)
J6. "The Getaway" (Joey Leone)
(TNCP) 4. Toni Cipriani
T1. "Taking Out The Laundry" (Toni Cipriani)
(ELBR) 5. El Burro
E1. "Turismo" (El Burro)
E2. "I Scream, You Scream" (El Burro)
E3. "Trial By Fire" (El Burro)
E4. "Big 'N' Veiny" (El Burro)
T2. "The Pick-Up" (Toni Cipriani)
T3. "Salvatore's Called A Meeting" (Toni Cipriani)
(SVLE) 6. Salvatore Leone
S1. "Chaperone" (Salvatore Leone)
T4. "Triads And Tribulations" (Toni Cipriani)
T5. "Blow Fish" (Toni Cipriani)
S2. "Cutting The Grass" (Salvatore Leone)
S3 and S4. "Bomb Da Base (Acts I and II)" (Salvatore Leone)
S5. "Last Requests" (Salvatore Leone)
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(TRSI) 1. A Tour of Staunton Island
(WISI) 2. Staunton Island Weapon And Item Locations
(SIHP) 3. Hidden Packages (Staunton Island)
(RPGD) 4. Rampages (Staunton Island)
(USJS) 5. Unique Stunt Jumps (Staunton Island)
(RIPR) 6. "A Ride In The Park"
(MLYM) 7. "Multistorey Mayhem"
(TXMS) 8. Taxi Mission
(FTSI) 9. Vigilante and Firetruck Missions (Staunton Island)
(CSCL) 10. "Casino Calamity" (Toyz Van)
(SKSN) 11. Asuka Kasen
A1. "Sayonara Salvatore" (Asuka Kasen)
A2. "Under Surveillance" (Asuka Kasen)
(KJKS) 12. Kenji Kasen
K1. "Kanbu Bust Out" (Kenji Kasen)
K2. "Grand Theft Auto" (Kenji Kasen)
K3. "Deal Steal" (Kenji Kasen)
K4. "Shima" (Kenji Kasen)
K5. "Smack Down" (Kenji Kasen)
A3. "Paparazzi Purge" (Asuka Kasen)
A4. "Payday For Ray" (Asuka Kasen)
(RYMC) 13. Ray Machowski
R1. "Silence The Sneak" (Ray Machowski)
R2. "Arms Shortage" (Ray Machowski)
(AQRS) 14. Acquiring the Rhino (The Safe Method)
R3. "Evidence Dash" (Ray Machowski)
(DNLV) 15. Donald Love
D1. "Liberator" (Donald Love)
D2. "Waka-Gashira Wipeout!" (Donald Love)
D3. "A Drop In The Ocean" (Donald Love)
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(TRSV) 1. A Tour of Shoreside Vale
(VLWI) 2. Shoreside Vale Weapon And Item Locations
(SVHP) 3. Hidden Packages (Shoreside Vale)
(RPGV) 4. Rampages (Shoreside Vale)
(USJV) 5. Unique Stunt Jumps (Shoreside Vale)
(SIEG) 6. Suburban Import Export Garage
(AQRN) 7. Acquiring the Rhino (The Not-So-Safe Method)
(GRPD) 8. "Gripped!"
(FTSV) 9. Vigilante and Firetruck Missions (Shoreside Vale)
(RPRM) 10. "Rumpo Rampage" (Toyz Van)
R4. "Gone Fishing" (Ray Machowski)
R5. "Plaster Blaster" (Ray Machowski)
R6. "Marked Man" (Ray Machowski)
A5. "Two-Faced Tanner" (Asuka Kasen)
D4. "Grand Theft Aero" (Donald Love)
D5. "Escort Service" (Donald Love)
D6. "Decoy" (Donald Love)
D7. "Love's Disappearance" (Donald Love)
A6. "Bait" (Asuka Kasen)
A7. "Espresso-2-Go!" (Asuka Kasen)
A8. "S.A.M." (Asuka Kasen)
(DCEI) 11. D-Ice
DI1. "Uz-I Money" (D-Ice)
DI2. "Toyminator" (D-Ice)
DI3. "Rigged To Blow" (D-Ice)
DI4. "Bullion Run" (D-Ice)
DI5. "Rumble" (D-Ice)
(KCRT) 12. King Courtney
KC1. "Bling-Bling Scramble" (King Courtney)
KC2. "Uz-I Rider" (King Courtney)
KC3. "Gangcar Round-Up" (King Courtney)
KC4. "Kingdom Come" (King Courtney)
(CTLN) 13. Catalina
C1. "The Exchange" (Catalina)
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| I.1. Who Am I?                                                            |
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My name is Robert Allen Rusk and I am a hardcore gamer with about 30+ years
of gaming experience. I am an ex-gametester (Broderbund Software, LucasArts
Games, Point Of View Computing) and an ex-arcade attendant (Namco
Cyberstation - Pier 39, San Francisco, CA).
I also own multiple systems such as the Sega Dreamcast, Super Nintendo,
Nintendo 64, Atari Jaguar, PlayStation 1 and 2, Xbox and Xbox 360.
I currently work at JCPenneys at one of the malls here in San Antonio, TX.
Retail isn't the best job in the world but JCPenneys has given me the job
stability I did not have much of prior to employment there. This also led to
personal stability that allows me to write and maintain the guides I have
built.
I started writing guides in 2003 because I felt it was something I could do
utilizing my writing skills gained in college and gametesting along with my
passion for vidgames.
Over time I have honed my overall writing and organization skills plus my
creative thinking skills. Additionally, I have extended the play value of the
games I have written guides and FAQs for many times over plus I have received
many letters from all over the world.
I am also what one may call an RGB Analog Video enthusiast. I hack most of my
game consoles to try to get the best possible video from them and that
usually involves tapping into the RGB Analog video signals and using them on
the right monitors to achieve my desires.
To this end I became a member of the GamesX.com mod forum and I post on their
"RGB + Video Discussions" forum area from time to time.
In addition, I am a member of the X-Otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
(www.xcssa.org), a group who specializes in Linux, Mac, and other systems. We
are also a group of hackers and electronics enthusiasts.
I am also a regular forum poster at GameFAQs, an occasional poster at
AtariAge, Digital Press, GTA Forums and Video Game Saga. I am also a member
of The MoFaT (a members only message board set up by "Grand Theft Auto: Vice
City" players who met on the Vice City message boards at GameFAQs).
Outside of gaming, my interests include "Godzilla" (I have been a G-Fan since
the age of ten) and "Red Dwarf" (I own all eight series plus the "Back to
Earth" mini-series on DVD). I am also a long time soundtrack collector with
many titles in my possession.
As far as favorite sports teams go, my teams are the San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
[the local team], the Denver Broncos (NFL) [although I live in Texas, I am
originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado] and the Air Force Falcons (NCAA
Football).
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This guide was constructed using BBEdit Lite 6.1 and a Power Mac Workgroup
Server 8550/200 (with a G3 card running at 330 MHz). It is now being
maintained using TextWrangler on a 1.5Ghz Single Core Intel Mac Mini.
I view my work in Safari to help in seeing how it would look on the web and
correct format errors.
I also play "Grand Theft Auto III" on my NEC MultiSync 3D RGB monitor using a
homebrew RGB box that contains a EL1883 (MacroVision compatible) sync
separation chip to acquire video sync, for RGB use, from Composite Video.
When I do my writing and guide revisions, I run my Mac (on a Compaq monitor)
alongside the Xbox or PS2 (on my MultiSync 3D monitor). This way I can
simultaneously play and make changes to the guide at the same time.
The sound is hooked up to an old stereo box I got from Radio Shack when I
acquired my first Amiga 500 in 1990 and it has served me well considering its
age.
For my guide work I have more than twenty memory cards for my PlayStation 2.
Many of the memory cards are dedicated to "Grand Theft Auto III", "Grand
Theft Auto: Vice City" (Original Version (1.40)), "Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas" (which uses up fifteen cards), "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City
Stories" and "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories".
These memory cards allow me to quickly go and try out new ideas (and modify
old ones) when they occur to me or suggested by others.
I have now done 100% Completion three times on three different versions (PS2
- Original, PS2 - Double Pack, Xbox - Double Pack) getting information
for this guide.
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Welcome to my "Grand Theft Auto III" guide! If this is the first time you
have visited then you will find a lot of useful information in a highly
organized format that you can use to beat all of the missions of the game.
Quotes taken from readers' e-mail are presented "as is" and may include
spelling and grammatical errors.
I also employ some creative writing in the chapter "Liberty City: 1998 to
2001" and in the tour guide sections.
When I first posted my initial version of my Vice City guide in 2003, I did
not know how well it would go over and how many people would respond. I
wasn't exactly swamped with e-mail but I do get letters from time to time.
Sometimes people would ask for advice and others would say how cool the guide
is. All it takes is for one person to say how good and useful your guide is
to make it all worthwhile. And others have made suggestions that have been
incorporated into my guides.
I want to thank GameFAQs for creating a place where such documents can be
hosted for the benefit of all gamers. I also want to thank IGN.com,
NeoSeeker.com, TheVGNation.com, GameHelper.com and many other sites for
their generosity in hosting this guide along with my other work on their
sites.
I also want to thank everybody who has taken the time to download and
read this guide. I love this game and I wanted to share my creative ideas
with fellow GTA3 "thuggers".
And, of course, I want to give a special thanks to all those who have taken
the time to write to me and tell me what you thought, make suggestions and
ask questions.
With that said, let's get down to business shall we?.....
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| I.4. About The Guide                                               [ABGD] |
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The main emphasis of this guide is to provide creative and simple solutions
to many of the missions for "Grand Theft Auto III". Many hours were spent
going over each mission and finding unique ways to solve them. I think you
will be surprised by many of the solutions found here.
I also reference the map/poster that comes with the game (there is also a map
in the manual). Some of the location names come from that.
I have worked hard to make sure that this guide is as complete as possible
but at the same time leave room for exploration. I even included interesting
and humorous anecdotes, observations and lines from GTA3. I hope that you
enjoy this guide as much as learn from it.
While this guide was written initially for the PS2 version of the game, it
may also benefit those with the PC and Xbox versions of GTA3. If any of the
strategies in this guide won't work in either the PC or Xbox versions then
feel free to write me and let me know so I can make additional adjustments in
future revisions.
This guide is designed so that you can do the missions without any cheat
codes. However, I have included one code, the Health Code (in "Advanced Tips
And Information"), to give you a little flexibility because there are some
areas, especially the Ambulance Mission, where you may wish to use it.
Another emphasis of this guide is ORDER. If you do the missions and tasks in
a certain order then the game will be easier and more fun for you.
Although the guide follows more or less the traditional story order, there
are ways to acquire more powerful weapons early in the game. The chapter "The
Porter Tunnel Glitch" is the best way to get these weapons early plus allow
you to do all of the side-missions prior to doing the Main Story Missions.
Each Hidden Package, Unique Stunt Jump and Rampage has a letter designation
to make them easier to identify in this guide. In addition, there is a three
letter Neighborhood Prefix (listings below) indicating a particular
neighborhood or area where the item can be found (in these examples I use
"XXX"):
>>Hidden Packages will be identified with an "H".
--Examples: Hidden Package [XXX-H21].
Package [XXX-H32].
>>Rampages will be identified with an "R".
--Examples: Rampage [XXX-R4].
>>Unique Stunt Jumps will be identified with a "J".
--Examples: Unique Stunt Jump [XXX-J24].
Jump [XXX-J8].
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PTL - Portland Island           PLV - Portland View
HWD - Harwood                   PHB - Portland Harbor
STM - St. Mark's                TTN - Trenton
PTB - Portland Beach            CLB - Callahan Bridge
HPH - Hepburn Heights           CPT - Callahan Point
RLD - Red Light District        AQY - Atlantic Quays
CHT - Chinatown
STI - Staunton Island           SSV - Shoreside Vale
RFD - Rockford                  CCD - Cochrane Dam
APT - Aspatria                  CDG - Cedar Grove
LBC - Liberty Campus            PKC - Pike Creek
FRS - Fort Staunton             WCG - Wichita Gardens
NPT - Newport                   FIA - Francis International Airport
BLP - Belleville Park
TRG - Torrington
BDT - Bedford Point
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Things to submit.....
>>Better ideas. If you have some better way to do certain missions then I
would be glad to hear it. After I confirm it then I will include your
idea in future revisions and will credit you for it.
>>Anecdotes and observations (especially if they're funny).
>>Constructive critiques. While I have strived to make this as good a
guide as possible, I know it is not perfect. Whatever criticisms you
make of this guide please make them constructive so I can learn from it
since I may consider doing guides for other games in the future.
>>Grammatical and formatting errors.
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| I.6. "Grand Theft Auto III"                                        [GRTH] |
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"Grand Theft Auto III" is the successor to the moderately successful "Grand
Theft Auto 2". The first GTAs used a top-down perspective and a complex
control scheme that kind of made the game hard to get into.
"Grand Theft Auto III" put the main character in third person and the control
layout made it easier to play. Rockstar made up a reasonably good story with
real actors, like Joe Pataliano ("The Matrix", "The Sopranos") and Kyle
Maclachan ("Dune", "Twin Peaks").
They also made up a world where you can do just about anything at any time
regardless of whether it was violent or not. The combination resulted in
making "Grand Theft Auto III" one of the most popular vidgames of all time.
My first exposure to the Grand Theft Auto series began with "Grand Theft Auto
2" for the Sega Dreamcast. Once I got used to the overhead view and the
controls then it was easy for me to cause all kinds of chaos and havoc. While
there was nothing wrong with "Soul Calibur" and "Sonic Adventure" I liked
the idea of being the bad guy (or anti-hero if you prefer) where I can do
nasty stuff for the hell of it.
However, it turned out that the Dreamcast version was a shoddy port of the PC
version, a fact that was made more obvious after I acquired the PS1 version.
No volume menu, no included map, music loops that restarted every time that
you got into a car, one mission that you couldn't do due to a bug and the
fact that you could only save one game to a VMU (as opposed to 15 on the PS1
memory card) were some of the things that were wrong with the Dreamcast
version (at least it looked good in VGA).
And there was no real ending to "Grand Theft Auto 2" (either platform), just
a "Game Complete" screen. Very disappointing.
Still, I still liked GTA2 despite its flaws. I especially liked running over
people (and cars) with the tank. And GTA2 looked better than GTA1 which I
acquired later. GTA1 had more discernible endings at the end of each level
and it also had music that you could also listen to in a regular CD player.
Then along came "Grand Theft Auto III". I first saw it at Game World (long
gone) on Bandera Road here in San Antonio shortly after it came out in
October 2001. They had it playing on their 27-inch TV so you could try it
out. I decided to play around for about 15 minutes and then continue looking
around the store.
Two hours later, I'm still shooting people, running them over and making a
general nuisance of myself in the fictitious metropolis of Liberty City. Up
to this point there were only two games that hooked me to the point that I
got the system because of them: "Defender of the Crown" (Commodore Amiga) and
"GoldenEye" (Nintendo 64).
And now "Grand Theft Auto III" (PlayStation 2). I eventually got the system
for Christmas and got GTA3 a couple of days later (my family could not find
the game in time to give it to me for Christmas).
I had a whole lotta fun with GTA3. I completed the missions, I got 100%
Completion and I went on city-wide rampages. But I especially enjoyed
playing demolition derby with the Cops and jacking cars from the Yakuza
("I'll get you!").
The game is one of the best designed games I have ever seen. It was a
freeform, do anything you want design that made GTA3 more than just an
interactive crime spree - it was an experience.
But "Grand Theft Auto III" was just the beginning. "Grand Theft Auto: Vice
City" would later outdo GTA3 on many levels and then "Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas" far surpassed both GTA3 and Vice City combined.
In addition, both "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories" and "Grand Theft
Auto: Vice City Stories" filled in more details on their respective cities
and histories.
And, of course, "Grand Theft Auto IV" continues the tradition using an
alterante version of Liberty City and a whole new game engine the improves on
everything that was started with "Grand Theft Auto III".
With all that said, let's get down to the business of the guide itself and I
will start with the differences between the Original and Double Pack versions
for the PS2.....
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After doing some closer examination of both my Original Version and Double
Pack Version discs I concluded that there are no major differences between
the Original, Greatest Hits and Double Pack versions of GTA3.
Originally I thought that they had changed the requirements of the Ambulance
Mission for the DP version but one of my readers, Dan Schauer, indicated to
me that this was not so and I verified his information. More details on that
in the Ambulance Mission portion of the guide.
In addition, I placed my GTA3 discs in my Mac and opened up the file
"system.cnf" in BBEdit Lite:
BOOT2 = cdrom0:\SLUS_200.62;1
VER = 1.40
VMODE = NTSC
This was the case for both the Original and Double Pack discs. This means
that the Original and Double Pack are of the same version number (1.40).
Since the Greatest Hits version came out before the Double Pack then this
means that it is also version 1.40.
If Rockstar had made any major changes to "Grand Theft Auto III" the version
number would change (and the game saves from the new version would be
incompatible with the old version).
However, they did make a couple of tweaks without changing the major portion
of the code and version number:
>>"Uzi" in the Original Version is now called the "Uz-I" (I use this
alternate spelling in the guide).
>>One of the songs for Double Cleff FM, "O Mio Babbino Caro", was removed
starting with the PS2 Double Pack. It is not on any of the Xbox versions
either. Why was it removed? Unknown. Thanks goes to Blank Blank for that
find.
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In this chapter I go over technical data on the various platforms and
computers that "Grand Theft Auto III" has been released for and can be played
on:
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The graphics for the PlayStation 2 version of GTA3 are pretty clean and the
game runs very well with no sudden pop-ins or texture loading problems
(when running off the DVD-ROM). The sound is pretty decent as well.
Although I do not have a PlayStation 3 at this time, it is my understanding
that most of the PlayStation 2 library, including the GTA games, runs
pretty well on the older PlayStation 3's that have Backwards Compatibility.
It is unclear if Backwards Compatibility will be re-implemented on the
newer PS3 units (including the PS3 Slim).
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Xploder HDTV Player is a disc that will allow PlayStation 2 owners to play
most of their games in Progressive Scan mode. Many games will work but some
of them will have issues.
"Grand Theft Auto III" works great in 480p mode. However, the main title
intro will be a little glitchy because of "line meshing issues". This is
because the intro is actually a "film" instead of using the game graphics.
It is to my understanding that XHDTV doesn't handle film based stuff well
and that results in the jittery looking intro.
But this is actually a minor problem since you can easily skip the opening
credits by pressing X. After you get past the intro then all is good.
Because the graphics are designed for 480 vertical resolution, it is not
recommended that you put "Grand Theft Auto III" in any mode higher than
480p. The higher resolution modes, like 720p, simply shoehorn the 480
graphics into the higher end modes and tend to really squash the screen.
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This program, which has been floating around the internet for years, will
let you install your favorite games onto a hard drive (assuming you have an
older style PS2 "Fatty" (with a Network Adapter) or an early version of a
PS2 "Slim" that has been modified to use a hard drive).
There are two variants of this program. The first variant is HDLoader which
is freeware and HDAdvance which is not. It is best to use HDLoader since it
is free and gets updated from time to time to improve compatibility and
functionality.
HDLoader is best installed with a popular memory card exploit known as Free
McBoot. It is how I am using HDLoader now (with a 160GB hard drive).
"Grand Theft Auto III", from what I know, has always been compatible with
the earliest versions of HDAdvance and HDLoader. Why install the game on a
hard drive?
For starters, less wear and tear on the DVD-ROM mechanism (that is assuming
if it still works - thankfully you can install games onto the hard drive
from a PC as an option).
But mainly it is for faster loading speeds. Oddly enough, other than the
fact that it takes less than five seconds for the game to load up to the
logo screen from the game menu in HDLoader and the fact that the initial
load is much faster, there is practically no speed difference in any given
situation within GTA3.
However, it is still nice to play it off the hard drive.
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Currently there is no reliable method to use HDLoader with HDTV Player to
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The graphics on the Xbox version are better than the PS2 version and
animate very well. In addition, the Xbox version has greater draw distance
and is much brighter than the PS2 version. Oh and let's not forget
Progressive Scan (Component Video only) for the Xbox version.
The sound quality is about the same between the PS2 and Xbox versions of
GTA3. The Xbox version gets a slight edge due to its custom soundtrack
feature.
The controls on the Xbox version are OK even though doing drive-bys is a
little awkward because you have to use the Right Analog Stick. The PS2
version gets the edge here because it is easier to do drive-bys with the L2
and R2 shoulder buttons.
However, GTA3 glitches out very bad if you happen to have an Xbox with a
Thompson drive (I had to trade in my initial Xbox because of this problem).
The best way to tell if you have the bad drive is when you load up the
game. If you can hear the title music but the screen remains black then you
have the bad drive. Microsoft used two other drives in addition to the
Thompson drive and only a drive replacement will solve this particular
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Like with the PS2, you can also modify the Xbox to allow for hard drive
installation of games using a softmod. I've had one reader, Velid Sales,
write to me about doing it to his Xbox and that GTA3 runs pretty well this
way.
At this time I have not softmodded any of my Xboxes but it is something I
am considering doing in the future now that MicroSoft no longer has Xbox
Live support for the Original Xbox.
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There are only a couple of differences between the PS2 and Xbox versions:
>>Catalina looks very different in the Xbox version. She has a different
hairstyle, a very revealing top, a tattoo on her lower back, slight
panty exposure (around her pant line) and a navel ring.
>>The dialogue in the cutscene for "Under Surveillance" (Asuka Kasen) was
changed. She mentions that the federal agents are doing the
surveillance instead of the Mafia. However, while the spoken dialogue
was changed, the subtitles were not thus making the cutscene a little
awkward.
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"Grand Theft Auto III" works with the latest Backward Compatibility updates
for the Xbox 360 (you need the Hard Drive to play Original Xbox games
on the Xbox 360).
You can play GTA3 in many different resolutions depending on your monitor or
HDTV setup. It looks and plays pretty good (although the main title intro
chugs quite a bit).
However, if you play it in 720p mode, then you may find that it slows down a
little from time to time because the Original Xbox version was not meant to
be played any higher than 480p.
Three bad things about playing GTA3 on the Xbox 360:
>>You can't do custom soundtracks like you could on the Original Xbox.
>>You can't transfer game saves to an external memory card for safekeeping.
>>You can't transfer games saves from the Original Xbox to the Xbox 360.
But one good thing about playing GTA on the Xbox 360 is that the White and
Black buttons (from the Original Xbox controller) are replaced by the Left
and Right Buttons which are situated above the Left and Right Triggers on the
Xbox 360 pad.
Sadly, even if you use a USB-to-Xbox adapter, you cannot use an Xbox 360
controller with the Original Xbox.
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One of the things that the newer Intel based Macintoshes can do is something
called BootCamp. This will allow you to install Windows on the Mac on its own
partition and you can switch to that operating system when you want to.
According to fellow Macintosh user John Fitzgibbons you can install the PC
version of "Grand Theft Auto III" on the Mac and it will run with no issues
under BootCamp.
With that said, let's move on to the most basic of functions......
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Although the manual covers the setup pretty good, I felt that I should
include a section on controls for those who have acquired used copies of GTA3
that have no manuals.
Special thanks to spaceeinstein for his help with the PC controls and A1210
for his help with the Xbox controls.
It should be noted that on the PC version you have the option of using the
Mouse for targeting and driving instead of the Keypad.
I have also included basic action and vehicle information with their