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'''''Grand Theft Auto 64''''' was a cancelled N64 port of the original ''Grand Theft Auto'' on the PS1. It reportedly would have featured enhanced graphics, new levels, and "new characteristics," but for unknown reasons, the port was cancelled before being publicly revealed. It was shown during E3 1999, where it was 50% complete, but no footage was ever released of it. For a long time, it was thought that the port didn't exist at all until Luchi on Assemblergames posted a scan of a Spanish N64 magazine that featured screenshots of the cancelled game.
'''''Grand Theft Auto 64''''' was a cancelled Nintendo 64 port of the original ''Grand Theft Auto'' on the PlayStation. It reportedly would have featured enhanced graphics, new levels, and "new characteristics", but for unknown reasons, the port was cancelled before being publicly revealed.<ref>[https://www.unseen64.net/2017/10/17/gta-nintendo-64-cancelled/ Unseen64 page on ''Grand Theft Auto'''s Nintendo 64 port.] Retrieved 19 Sept '18</ref> It was shown during E3 1999, where it was 50% complete, but no footage was ever released of it.<ref>[http://www.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-1/n64-11436 IGN page mentioning ''Grand Theft Auto'''s Nintendo 64 port.] Retrieved 12 Aug '15</ref> For a long time, it was thought that the port didn't exist at all until Luchi on Assemblergames posted a scan of a Spanish N64 magazine that featured screenshots of the cancelled game.


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File: GTA-64-original-design-document.jpg|An original design document from the original GTA listing the Nintendo 64 (then named Ultra 64) as one of the consoles.
File: GTA-64-original-design-document.jpg|An original design document from the original ''Grand Theft Auto'' listing the Nintendo 64 (then named Ultra 64) as one of the consoles.
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Grand Theft Auto (cancelled Sega Saturn port of action-adventure game; 1997)]]
*[[Grand Theft Auto (lost build of cancelled Sega Saturn port of action-adventure game; 1997)]]


==External Links==
==References==
*[http://www.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-1/n64-11436 IGN page on the port.] Retrieved 12 Aug '15
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*[https://www.unseen64.net/2017/10/17/gta-nintendo-64-cancelled/ Unseen64 page on the Nintendo 64 port.] Retrieved 19 Sept '18


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Revision as of 03:06, 1 July 2020

N64Mag19julio99.jpg

A Spanish Magazine preview of Grand Theft Auto 64.

Status: Lost

Grand Theft Auto 64 was a cancelled Nintendo 64 port of the original Grand Theft Auto on the PlayStation. It reportedly would have featured enhanced graphics, new levels, and "new characteristics", but for unknown reasons, the port was cancelled before being publicly revealed.[1] It was shown during E3 1999, where it was 50% complete, but no footage was ever released of it.[2] For a long time, it was thought that the port didn't exist at all until Luchi on Assemblergames posted a scan of a Spanish N64 magazine that featured screenshots of the cancelled game.

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