This is a list of Characters in Grand Theft Auto 1 in order of appearance or mention within the game.
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Protagonist
Bubba | Divine | Katie | Kivlov |
Mikki | Travis | Troy | Ulrika |
Main characters
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Character | City | Information |
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Robert Seragliano (Bubby) | Liberty City | Robert Michael Peter Luke Frances Darth Bruno Seragliano, born June 26, 1970, is the suspected leader of the Vercotti Gang. His rap sheet is long, and includes murder, manslaughter, robbery, pimping, extortion, bribery and treason. |
Uncle Fu | San Andreas | Uncle Fu is the leader of a gang in San Andreas who is believed to be 130 years old. His rap sheet includes piracy, opium trading, witchcraft, murder, extortion and robbery. |
El Burro | San Andreas | El Burro is a homosexual Mexican who leads his own gang in the city of San Andreas. The protagonist has an opportunity to kill El Burro during a secret mission in Vice City. |
Samuel Deever | Vice City | Samuel Deever, born September 9, 1969, is a corrupt VCPD officer who is suspected of, amongst other things, cannibalism, theft of impounded narcotics, incestuous practices, sexual harassment, kidnapping and alleged sodomy of a superior officer. |
Brother Marcus (Sister Elisha) | Vice City | Marcus, born May 30, 1967, is the leader of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. His rap sheet includes bombings, executions, fraud, dealing narcotics and spreading of Ganja propaganda. |
Minor Characters
Liberty City
Name | Association | Information |
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Jimmy Waterson | Bubby Vercotti Gang | Has the protagonist collect cars and work as a getaway driver, after he robs a bank. |
Dulli | Bubby Vercotti Gang | The protagonist drops off Jimmy's car at his garage. |
Tony | Bubby Vercotti Gang | Tony collects some drugs from the protagonist during one mission. |
Tommy Romero | Bubby Vercotti Gang | Tommy first appears to pay the protagonist and later robs a bank. |
Skye | Bubby Vercotti Gang | Skye is Bubby’s wife who is having an extra-marital affair. |
Pablo Vercotti | Bubby Vercotti Gang | Pablo is a member of the Vercotti Gang who first has the protagonist drive him home and is later rescued by the protagonist. |
Seymour Reamer | Sonetti's Gang | Reamer is a criminal with connections to Sonetti who refuses to accept a vehicle from the protagonist, and is later killed for the refusal. |
Crazy Bob | None | Crazy Bob runs a re-spray shop, similar to Pay 'n' Spray in the GTA III era games. |
Vega | Bubby Vercotti Gang | The protagonist drops by Vega’s house in one mission. |
Mel | None | Mel runs a re-spray shop, similar to Pay 'n' Spray in the GTA III era. |
Coffey | None | The protagonist drops by Coffey's home to drop off some drugs. |
Chink | None | Chink runs a re-spray shop, similar to Pay 'n' Spray in the GTA III era. |
Shitter | None | The protagonist drops off a Pickup at his home in South New Guernsey. |
Sonetti | Sonetti's Gang | Sonetti, the main rival to Bubby, is heavily involved in the drugs trade. The protagonist kills him. |
Cabot | Sonetti's Gang | Cabot works for Sonetti and he is killed for stealing from Bubby. |
Dumb Kurt | None | Dumb Kurt is a hitman who is killed by the protagonist. |
Joe | Sonetti's Gang | One of Sonetti's top lieutenants; killed by the protagonist in the safehouse explosion. |
Eddie | Sonetti's Gang | One of Sonetti's top lieutenants; killed by the protagonist in the safehouse explosion |
Sonetti's Right-Hand Man | Sonetti's Gang | Sonetti sends this henchman to threaten the protagonist; status unknown. |
San Andreas
Name | Association | Information |
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Hung Well | Uncle Fu's Gang | Hung Well first appears after abandoning a car and is later targeted by No Chin. |
Pu Ling | Uncle Fu's Gang | Pu Ling supplies cars for Uncle Fu and has the protagonist collect a car during one mission. |
Chu Ying | Uncle Fu's Gang | He robs a bank with the protagonist acting as a getaway driver. |
Pu Ping | Uncle Fu's Gang | Pu Ping runs the Rancid Dragon and pays protection money to Uncle Fu. |
Ho Ching | Uncle Fu's Gang | Ho Ching runs the Belching Buddha restaurant and pays protection money to Uncle Fu. |
Lei Ming | Uncle Fu's Gang | Lei Ming runs the Drooping Lotus and pays protection money to Uncle Fu. |
Chu Wing Dung | Uncle Fu's Gang | Chu Wing Dung runs the Rampant Cockerel and pays protection money to Uncle Fu. |
No Chin | Uncle Fu's Gang | No Chin is the nephew of Uncle Fu who ends up getting together a drunken rabble and causing havoc, before being killed by the protagonist. |
Hang Yu | Uncle Fu's Gang | Hang Yu is an explosives expert who defuses bombs in various cars, planted by No Chin. |
Jimmy the Shovel | None | Jimmy the Shovel first appears after being targeted by No Chin and later appears in a mission for Samuel Deever. |
Yu Pong | Uncle Fu's Gang | Yu Pong appears in a mission in which the protagonist gets his car out of the police impound. Wun Tun Chun betrayed Pong. |
Wun Tun Chun | Uncle Fu's Gang | Wun Tun Chun betrays Yu Pong and is killed by the protagonist. |
Ho Hung | Uncle Fu's Gang | Ho Hung is an explosives expert who fits a bomb to a car during one mission. |
Long Wang | Uncle Fu's Gang | Long Wang appears in one mission, receiving a former employee of Uncle Fu’s. |
Chow Yun Thin | Uncle Fu's Gang | Chow Yun Tin assists the protagonist in killing Don Traegeri. |
Don Traegeri | None | Don Traegeri is a former mob boss who is killed by the protagonist and Chow Yun Thin. |
Mr. Kivlane | None | Mr. Kivlane is killed after a law firm is bought. |
Mr. Watersane | None | Mr. Watersane is killed after a law firm is bought. |
Mr. Watsane | None | Mr. Watsane is killed after a law firm is bought. |
Mr. Johnsane | None | Mr. Johnsane is killed after a law firm is bought. |
Keith Ham Yel Tun | Uncle Fu's Gang | The protagonist collects some items to assist Yel Tun in his suicide, although it is unknown whether he commits suicide. |
Bryson | None | Bryson gives the protagonist a mission, but is really trying to have him killed. Bryson later appears again, trying to kill the protagonist but is himself killed. |
Julio | El Burro | Julio informs El Burro of some buses being used to smuggle people across the border. |
Monolito | El Burro | Manolito informs El Burro of some buses being used to smuggle people across the border. |
Paulo | El Burro | Paulo informs El Burro of some buses being used to smuggle people across the border. |
Ricardo | El Burro | Ricardo informs El Burro of some buses being used to smuggle people across the border. |
Alve | None | Alve has his own crew that runs against Burro’s, and the protagonist takes part of his crew out. |
Paco | El Burro | Paco tells the protagonist to take out some of Alve’s group but is later killed by the protagonist during a gang war. |
Pepe | El Burro | Pepe works for El Burro but begins to act oddly due to being close to a chemical, and is killed by the protagonist. |
Jorge | El Burro | Jorge works for El Burro begins to act oddly due to being close to a chemical, and is killed by the protagonist. |
Jose | El Burro | Jose works for El Burro but begins to act oddly due to being close to a chemical, and is killed by the protagonist. |
Pedro | El Burro | Pedro works for El Burro but begins to act oddly due to being close to a chemical, and is killed by the protagonist. |
Alfonso | El Burro | Alfonso works for El Burro but begins to act oddly due to being close to a chemical, and is killed by the protagonist. |
Rodrigo | El Burro | Rodrigo works for El Burro but begins to act oddly due to being close to a chemical, and is killed by the protagonist. |
Mike Tallon | None | Mike Tallon has a small gang which works against El Burro, who has the protagonist kill him and waste his gang. |
Vice City
Name | Association | Information |
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Pauly | Samuel Deever | Pauly assists the protagonist in Deever’s first mission by giving him/her instructions. |
Begbie | Samuel Deever | Begbie is a drug dealer who has drugs taken to him by the protagonist, on orders from Deever. |
Dell | VCPD | Dell is from the Internal Affairs office in the VCPD and is killed by the protagonist. |
Jimi | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Jimi appears in one mission with other Brotherhood members, being attacked, and the protagonist saves them. |
Brother Leroy | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Marcus sends the protagonist to collect some 'coil' from Leroy, who has a bomb strapped to himself. The protagonist drives him to a hotel, which Leroy blows up. |
Spindly Jim | None | Spindly Jim is a pimp who is killed by the protagonist on orders from Brother Marcus. |
Brother Aerol | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Aerol is killed and the protagonist hunts down his killer in one mission. |
Brother Maelcum | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Maelcum is being targeted by hitmen with the protagonist killing the hitmen. |
Judge Alberts | None | Judge Alberts is the local judge in Vice City and is killed by the protagonist. |
Mentioned (Website)
Name | Association | Information |
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Brother Boab | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Boab is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Davey | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Davey is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Eck | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Eck is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Granpaw | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Granpaw is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Hen | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Hen is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Horace | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Horace is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Joe | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Joe is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Paw | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Paw is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Soapy | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Soapy is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Wullie | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Wullie is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Brother Zachary | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Brother Zachary is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Sister Bairn | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Sister Bairn is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Sister Daphne | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Sister Daphne is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Sister Maggie | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Sister Maggie is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
Sister Maw | Brother Marcus Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Sister Maw is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love. |
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Developer | Rockstar North Tarantula Studios |
Publisher | ASC Games |
Release dates | PlayStation |
Platform | PC PlayStation Game Boy Color |
Ratings | BBFC: 18 |
Protagonist | Unknown |
Location | Liberty City San Andreas Vice City |
Year | 1997 |
- This article is about the first game in the Grand Theft Auto series. Visit that link for all the others.
Grand Theft Auto, now known primarily as GTA 1, was the first game in the Grand Theft Auto series, released on PlayStation 1, PC and later on Game Boy Color. Many GTA games have been made since.
Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 was made as an expansion pack for GTA, and Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 was in turn an expansion pack for London 1969. Both of these games require the original GTA disc to work.
Grand Theft Auto is set in Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City in 1997. These renditions of the cities are vastly different from their more well-known counterparts in the GTA III Era. In the game, the player can choose from one of about eight protagonists, and even change their names.
The PC version of GTA1 is now available for free download here, along with Grand Theft Auto 2 and another Rockstar game, Wild Metal: Reclaim the Future. It's not the original game, but has been remade to work on modern Windows operating systems.
Game Information
Plot
Liberty City
- Gangsta Bang
The player works for Bubby. They have the player do several jobs, ranging from stealing two taxis to killing the police chief. One mission also involves a trap in the form of a bomb on a bus that will blow up if it gets below 50 mph (this was inspired by the movie Speed). Once the player has enough points, A Don Sonetti's guy will want to speak to them. Apparently the player double-crossed Bald Man Sonetti, and is a dead man if it happens again.
- Heist Almighty
Once again, the player must do several jobs to complete the level. Right away, Bubby calls saying 'Sasha' has been kidnapped (failing the mission will reveal that Sasha is actually the boss' puppy). The player can choose to rescue her, or fail it and the cops will bring her in. Someone heard her scream in a trunk. Once the player does some jobs (including killing Sonetti) and has enough points again, Bubby will ask the player to come see him. Bubby will say the player did a good job, but the cops are close enough to look up his ass with flashlights. Bubby, however, booked the player a flight to San Andreas.
San Andreas
- Mandarin Mayhem
Now the player has arrived in San Andreas. The player works for Uncle Fu. Once the player does enough work and gets enough points, they can see the old man. He is building a crime syndicate of extraordinary magnitude, and the player honors his family.
- Tequila Slammer
Now, the player works for El Burro. Once the player does enough jobs, pleases him, and gets enough points, he'll ask them to come over to his place. The player did good work for him, and he is grateful. Now he's going to return the favor. He's going to reward the player 'personal' this time.
Vice City
- Bent Cop Blues
A cop named Samuel Deever calls the player because apparently they screwed up somewhere. The player works for him now. Following the same routine, once the player gets enough points, they can go see a now very angry Deever. If the player crosses him again, they're screwed for life... if they even have a life after.
- Rasta Blasta
Now the player works for Brother Marcus. Most jobs involve killing. When the player gets enough points and goes to see him, Brother Marcus is proud, and apparently the player got the job done. He thinks the player has done a good job. Now he doesn't think he'll be seeing the player for a long time.
Weapons
- Fist - People cannot be killed with this weapon. However, it can immobilize enemies for a few seconds.
- Pistol - Slow firing rate, but kills with one shot. Lots of ammo can be found around the cities. It is always near hospitals and police stations, and is the standard weapon of cops and criminals.
- Machine Gun - Rapid rate of fire, but it is only in specified places and it doesn't have much ammo. It is used by police when player has wanted level of four.
- Rocket Launcher - Only used for destroying vehicles, but buildings will also catch fire when shot. It is found only in rare places.
- Flamethrower - Can easily blow up a car or catch people on fire. It is most useful for killing groups of enemies, but it is a rare weapon.
Gameplay
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The original Grand Theft Auto is made up of a series of levels each set in one of the three cities in the game. In each level, the player has a target number of points to achieve, and five lives to attain the score.
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The score counter doubles as a money meter; the player can spend this money on paint jobs and various other things. However, any money spent is of course taken away from the score, making the goal that little bit further away.
On obtaining the target number of points, the player must then drive to a certain location to complete the level, which allows progress to the next one.
Apart from that, the player is free to do whatever they want. The player can just explore the city, cause death and destruction, or steal and sell cars for profit, although completing a level will almost certainly require the completion of missions. Even in missions there is still some freedom, as usually the player is free to choose the route to take, although the destination is usually fixed. This level of freedom was not found in most action-based computer games at the time. However, the player is given limited lives so free roaming is, somewhat limited, if the player isn't careful.
Earning points
There are various ways in which to earn the points needed to complete each level.
Some points can be earned by committing various crimes, such as ramming cars (10 points each), and killing police (1000 each). The more serious the crime, the more points, but also the more the police will pay attention to the player. Another way to make money is to steal cars, and sell them at the many docks around each cities, usually earning several thousand points.
These activities can give the player quite a number of points but they are not sufficient to earn the millions of points needed to complete each level (unless the player has a lot of patience), so it is necessary to take on missions to complete a level. On successful completion of a mission, the player gets 'paid', a large amount of points. A typical payment is in the region of 50,000 points.
Also after completing a mission, the score multiplier is increased by one. The score multiplier is multiplied by the normal score for something, to get the points actually awarded. For example a multiplier of three will mean that the player gets three time the regular amount of points, so 30 points for ramming a car, rather than the normal 10 points. This applies for anything points are awarded for, including the payment for completing a mission.
In the Game Boy port, score multipliers are handled differently. The player can collect floating 'X's hidden in each city, that automatically add a multiplier to the score counter. The first time one is picked up it says '×2', the second time it says '×3', and so on. This only affects points gained after acquiring the multiplier, not the points the player already has, so it is in the player's best interests to seek the 'X's as soon as possible.
Locations
The three cities in which the game is set are modeled after real cities, in terms of landscape and style. They are Liberty City ( New York City), San Andreas (San Francisco), and Vice City (Miami).
Those three cities later became the settings for the GTA III era games and GTA IV era games. Although in GTA San Andreas, San Andreas is expanded from a city to an American state, which contains three cities of its own.
Missions
In most cases, missions are started by answering telephones, although some missions are allocated on the spot, or are triggered by entering certain vehicles. Once a phone is touched, the player is stuck doing that mission until they pass or fail it, but with the cars it is different. The player is told 'I've got a new job for you, if you want it. Otherwise get the hell out of my car.' They then have a few seconds to jump out before that mission begins.
The payphones all stop ringing while a player is on a phone mission, but the car missions are still available. By accepting a car mission the player can override a phone mission (failing it but without a failure notice) and do that mission instead, but a phone mission cannot override a car mission as the phones stop ringing.
At the start of each mission, the player will be given a series of instructions they must follow. The instructions are given in stages, so the objectives can change in a given situation.
Many of the missions involve tasks that can be completed at the player's own pace, so the player can take a leisurely pace, and observe the traffic laws, although there is always a temptation to cut corners. However, sometimes the game imposes time limits on mission completion, or there may be people giving chase, such as enemy gangsters, or the police, forcing the player to cut corners, to get to the destination on time and/or evade the pursuers. This means running red lights, driving on the sidewalk (risking running over pedestrians), and finding shortcuts.
Police
Law enforcement in GTA 1 is generally characterized as a obstacle in the game, appearing in the force of police officers who are ready to pursue arrest the player if they player has committed sufficient criminal acts. The player's wanted level is defined by the number of police heads seen on top of the screen; the more police heads the player amasses by committing more crime, the more determined the police will be to subdue the player. The player can have up to four police heads, which at this point leads to very hostile officers.
There are only two ways to eliminate the player's wanted level: But either driving their vehicle to a spray shop, or picking up a 'cop bribe' pickup in certain parts of each city.
Multiplayer
Despite its age, GTA 1 even included a multiplayer function, which allowed players to battle with human opponents. This was possible over either a LAN connection or using a null modem cable.
Ports
The original Grand Theft Auto 1 was first available for DOS, and then later ported to Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color. Surprisingly, the Game Boy Color version was unabridged, which was quite a technical achievement due to the sheer size of the cities, converted tile-for-tile from the PC original, making them many times larger than most Game Boy Color game worlds were because of the handheld's limited hardware. To cater for the target younger generation, however, the game was heavily censored, with gore and swearing removed.
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Controversy
The game, with its violent subject matter, generated a great deal of controversy. However, this was deemed to be intentional, and was the first game known to have been publicised in such a way. Take-Two Interactive, the publishers of Grand Theft Auto, hired publicist Max Clifford to generate an aura of controversy about the game in the local media. As a result, politicians stepped into the fray. Whatever the impact on game censorship and the perception of video gaming, the publicity worked - the title was hugely successful simply because those attempting to ban the game were inadvertently generating publicity for it. This has been a known and recognized phenomenon of violent video games ever since.
Trivia
- GTA 1 and Grand Theft Auto Online are the only games to date to feature a female protagonist.
- One of the hidden Easter Eggs in the game is the now famous 'Gouranga' bonus, given for swiftly killing an entire group of Hare Krishna monks.
- The parts of the cities are based on their real-life counterparts, such as Liberty City's neighborhoods. There are neighborhoods like Brix, which is based on The Bronx, Brocklyn (obviously based on Brooklyn). Vice City has districts such as Vice Beach and Banana Grove, which are based on Miami Beach and Coconut Grove.
- A character called El Burro also appears in Grand Theft Auto III and a character called El Burro also appears in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
- Head Radio is the only radio station from GTA 1 that appears in other games; it was also a station in Grand Theft Auto 2 as well as in GTA III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
See also
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