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'''''Grand Theft Auto 64''''' was a cancelled | '''''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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170812191906/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/03/30/grand-theft-auto-7 Archived IGN article about ''Grand Theft Auto'''s Nintendo 64 port.] Retrieved 24 Feb '21</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171110032617/http://www.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-1/n64-11436 Archived IGN page mentioning ''Grand Theft Auto 64''.] Retrieved 24 Feb '21</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. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | ||
File: GTA-64-original-design-document.jpg|An original design document from the original | 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. | ||
File:N64 Magazine June 1999 page 51.jpg|Scan of N64 Magazine, which mentions the port. | |||
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== | ==See Also== | ||
*[ | *[[Grand Theft Auto (lost build of cancelled Sega Saturn port of action-adventure game; 1997)]] | ||
*[ | *[[Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (lost builds of cancelled GameCube ports of open-world games; existence unconfirmed; early 2000's)]] | ||
*[[Grand Theft Auto V (lost build of cancelled Wii U port of open-world game; existence unconfirmed; 2013)]] | |||
*[[ZTA (lost build of cancelled PlayStation Portable zombie action-adventure open world game; mid-2000s)]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 14 October 2023
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][3] 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.
Gallery
See Also
- Grand Theft Auto (lost build of cancelled Sega Saturn port of action-adventure game; 1997)
- Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (lost builds of cancelled GameCube ports of open-world games; existence unconfirmed; early 2000's)
- Grand Theft Auto V (lost build of cancelled Wii U port of open-world game; existence unconfirmed; 2013)
- ZTA (lost build of cancelled PlayStation Portable zombie action-adventure open world game; mid-2000s)
References
- ↑ Unseen64 page on Grand Theft Auto's Nintendo 64 port. Retrieved 19 Sept '18
- ↑ Archived IGN article about Grand Theft Auto's Nintendo 64 port. Retrieved 24 Feb '21
- ↑ Archived IGN page mentioning Grand Theft Auto 64. Retrieved 24 Feb '21