Grand Theft Auto III (Sep 24, 2001 build)

Grand Theft Auto III (Sep 24, 2001 build)
Build date Sep 24, 2001 Build name v1.40 Released by Rockstar Games File dump date September 24, 2001 File release date October 26, 2001 Origin DVD Ownership Rockstar Games Game Grand Theft Auto III System PlayStation 2 Genre Action-Adventure Final build JP TBD EU TBD US TBD Release date US Oct 23, 2001 EU Oct 26, 2001 JP Sep 25, 2003

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A late prototype of Grand Theft Auto III (GTAIII for European localization) for the Sony PlayStation 2 (unsure if is it, to be confirmed yet).

Notes

• Despite what many people are inclined to believe, the PAL v1.40 of Grand Theft Auto III was released by Rockstar Games as a mistake. People believe that v1.40 released first, then released a revised v1.60 disc later on that was to "patch" the glitches and extra dialogue in the game. The truth is, Rockstar Games released an unfinished build (aka a very late beta prototype) for consumer release, by mistake.
• This page has been made to spread awareness that v1.40 is a late beta prototype, and even though it was released by Rockstar Games by mistake, it is still categorized as a beta prototype because of the very odd glitches (from early alpha GTA III era) and dialogue.

General Differences

• The Dodo plane flies closer in the cities and in front of the Portland Police Station, the Dodo will fly right into a building, this is because in the early GTA III alpha phase, the building was originally not there, and Rockstar wanted the plane to fly closer in town.
• Intro credits movie shows the blue police cars (the one featured in Pre-9/11 footages) that was scrapped very late, while in game, the cars are black.
• Pedestrian Brad says the line "I designed the PS2". Obviously, this was a placeholder line that was not intended in the official final release, and it was cut in the final build of the game, replaced with Brad singing "Stripe Summer".
• Passing checkpoints in races have no "ding" sound, while in the final release build, have sound.
• Wasted & Busted tutorial scenes cannot be skipped, while in the final release build, they can.
• During Kingdom Come mission by King Courtney, the spanked-up madmen were called "spanked-up suicide bombers".
• During the final mission, Catalina says an extra line "Throw over the cash, and you can have your overused puta back".

Orign

• Disc Scans on GTAForums.com

See also

• Thread discussion on GTAForums.com