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Trio Of Grand Theft Auto Titles To Hit The Mac This Year

The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy pack makes its grand return just for Mac users.

Almost a decade after it originally hit store shelves, Grand Theft Auto III will finally see its debut on the Mac, according to a surprise reveal by Rockstar. But in even more exciting news, Rockstar says GTA III won't ship as a standalone product. It will instead be bundled in the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy pack, which includes Mac versions of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

This news comes via a FAQ column on Rockstar's Facebook page, and as a result of the unusual means of this announcement, no substantial details, including price, were dished out. The studio mentioned that more information will be provided via a "proper" reveal at a later date and that plans are in place to get the game out "later this year."      
 

  Nice textures, bro.
Nice textures, bro.
 
I know this is a vibrant world filled with adults who want to wear diapers or dance on video with teddy bears, but I find it hard to believe that there's a single Mac user who's been refusing to purchase the GTA classics until they appeared natively on that platform. But then, so many Mac users are running on laptops that these older games might be just the ticket to run on lesser hardware.

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Aaron_G

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Better late than never? 

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@iAmJohn said:
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"I know this is a vibrant world filled with adults who want to wear diapers or dance on video with teddy bears "

 

Brad, what the fuck does that even mean?

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I assume, that people are crazy and thus there have to be Mac nuts out there who held off on buying the games just because they're only into Mac?
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last dance for lance vance!

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Because when I think of Mac users, I think GTA. >_>

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@iAmJohn said:
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"I know this is a vibrant world filled with adults who want to wear diapers or dance on video with teddy bears "

 

Brad, what the fuck does that even mean?

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@iAmJohn: This was hilarious. Of all comments, this is one of my favorites.
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Great games. But I really dont think they need to be re-released yet again for another platform.

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Bradtastic

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Vice City is unplayable for me now. The lack of AA and the general ugliness of the character models is just unbearable. GTA III looks considerably better and is still quite fun to play. GTASA is just good old crazy fun.

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Those games are incredibly easy to run on a computer now, even GTA SA.  I remember back when SA came out, I was really impressed with the visuals, but now it looks ugly, and the character models look janky.  Before I got a better laptop, I'd play GTA SA and screw around, pissing off the gangs, causing random fights between gangs and cops, and riding the bike really fast into oncoming traffic.  But after playing GTA 4, you'll miss the crazy physics and car damage when you try to play the older games.  Remember, when you hit a pedestrian with a car, they just lay flat and fly through the air and come to a dead stop on the ground; it looks really bad.

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@RedAuerbach said:
" @iAmJohn said:
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"I know this is a vibrant world filled with adults who want to wear diapers or dance on video with teddy bears "

 

Brad, what the fuck does that even mean?

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@iAmJohn: This was hilarious. Of all comments, this is one of my favorites. "

Could it have to do with a mission called Snappy Dresser? 
(copied from Grand Theft Wiki)  
 

"The mission begins with Ma Cipriani complaining to Toni that he never called and comparing him to Giovanni Casa, a delicatessen owner in Chinatown. Toni decides to prove to his mother how perverted Casa is and goes to his apartment in Saint Marks to pick up his camera.

Toni drives to Casa's deli and sees him pick up two prostitutes (one called Mona Lott), and follows them as Casa drives to a secluded area at Callahan Point. Casa then  
 
changes into a diaper  
 
and begins to chase the startled prostitutes. Toni takes a picture of Casa, who realizes someone is watching and makes a quick escape.

Toni goes to his mothers restaurant with photographic evidence of Casa's pervertedness and hoping to gain some approval from his mother. However, Toni is once again attacked, with his mother still adament that Casa is a good man, and a better man than Toni." 
 
I knew I remembered there was a mission involving an adult wearing a diaper in one of the GTAs, but it turned out to be Liberty City Stories, not from III, VC or SA. 
 
As for the teddy bears...? 
 
Maybe thats a reference to Niko's cousin, Roman. 
He was pretty hairy and he liked to dance. 

 



 

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I love that Mac has suddenly become a gaming platform. I own a 360 and PS3 so can play all the big releases, but now Steam has hit Mac it means I can play all the cool Indy games as well, which is where it looks the market seems to be heading.

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Wouldn't mind playing through these again on my Mac, especially since I don't own them on PS2 anymore.  

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I still consider Vice City the best GTA ever

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Just a tad late.

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@sofacitysweetheart said:

" @pyromaster222 said:

" Cool! the start of hopefully a slew of better quality titles to mac! "

Wait, these titles are good? I already have Torchlight and TF2 on my Mac, were you  
refering to those?  I guess those GTA games have nice soundtracks? :/  And Mac hardware is powerful and reliable, thank you Mr Brad :) "
 
Yep.  Considering I don't play PC games anymore and mainly play on consoles...it's nice to have a Macbook Pro laptop I use for work.  I just picked up Starcraft 2 and it runs great.  But, of course, most people that just talk out of their ass don't know that. 
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Mac is wacc !

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Nice to see them released on the Mac, but a bit too late for me to purchase.

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A bit late don't you think?

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well good news for all 3 mac gamers.  
 
*badooom tss*

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I forgot to post this when I first saw it, but this has me stoked as hell. I feel like I missed out when they first came out and now I can finally win.

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This is bizarre. Maybe they're trying to pad the Steam offerings? If it isn't too expensive, I'll be a sucker for it.

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Awesome!

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This seems ...pointless.

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My mac is super old so it might be able to run vice city.

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Hotly anticipated Galaxian/Galaga bundle to follow!

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Surprising but great news! May just have to try out SA again, that game was great.

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There are probably enough people who played GTA III, Vice city, and SA as teens who are young adults with macs who will buy this. Look at games like pacman. There is a version for every platform. GTA III could be like that. In a few years we will be able to buy GTA III for our watch. Will it be playable? Probably not but that won't stop people from buying it. If I had a modern mac, I would buy theses.
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Congratulations to the Mac. GTA3 didn't age well for me but vice city and san andreas still rock :)

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It could also be Rockstar are using these as a technology proof of concept, so that they can then develop and/or port future titles?

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If we want to game on a Mac we have to settle for games from 6 years ago? 
 
Well, at least it's something.

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thats cool, be good to get back onto GTA Vice City, loved the music in that game. EPIC!!

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and it took about five years to come out...

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who cares at this point.  It's nearly a decade old.    Another reason why I didn't buy a Mac.

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I'll actually get around to finishing one of these games someday. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

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Congratulations, Mac-ers!