Grand Theft Auto 2

A direct sequel to the original Grand Theft Auto and also the last 2D Grand Theft Auto game to come out until Grand Theft Auto Advance, five years later.

PlayStation

Dreamcast

Game Boy Color

Overview

The top-down view that GTA was once known for.

Grand Theft Auto 2 was the sequel to DMA's " Grand Theft Auto" which was a PC and Playstation title. Grand Theft Auto 2 would have a similar top down style to the original game, but with enhanced game mechanics and graphics. This was the last of the Grand Theft Auto games to use a strict top down camera. The game was first released on the original Playstation in October 22, 1999 and then two days later for PC. Grand Theft Auto 2 was also ported to both Game Boy Color and Dreamcast. There has been some criticisms of all versions that the storyline was lackluster and that the rewards for completing missions was disproportionate to the cost of items in-game.

Multiplayer

The PC version of GTA2 included IP to IP multiplayer. This means that there were no server browsers and that most games were privately hosted in an era when broadband connections still had relatively low market penetration. The multiplayer had severe lag due to this networking model and was called "unusable" by most users. It should be noted that once someone is in Multiplayer, the map is drastically reduced, and most AI features are turned off.

Soundtrack

Head Radio

Apostles of Funk - Yellow Butter
Pussywillows - Real Love
Davidson - All I Wanna Do
The One - Southpark
Bula Matari - Taxi Drivers
Flytronix - Pendulum
Anna - Do It On Your Own
Testing - My Tiny World
Stikki Fingerz - Holdin' It Out For You
Conor & Jay - Vegas Road
Track 7 - I Wanna Phunk

KREZ

Negro Vs. Conner - Showin' Me Love
E=MC Good Times - Jacking In Hilltown
Flytronix - Past Archives
Numb - How It's Done

Lo-Fi FM

Stylus Exodus - Toucan Pie
Bert Reid's Guitar Trio - A Cool Day In Downtown
Tammy Boness & The Swingin' Mammaries - The Diner
Cow Tastes Good - Surf City

Futuro FM

Reed - L.E.D.
Davidson - All I Wanna Do
Zaibatsu Promo
Spangly Feet - Dazed & Confuzed
Stylus Exodus - Toucan Pie

Funami FM

Toys Are Real - Flymutha
Future Loop - Garage Acid
4 How Much 4 - O2N
Ido - Ballbuster

Lithium FM

Tammy Boness & The Swingin' Mammaries - The Diner
Voice Box - COMPUTER LUST
Rev. Rooney & The Rocksta Choir - God Bless All The Universe

Rebel Radio/KING

Bula Matari - Taxi Drivers (Must Die)
Testing - My Tiny World
Stikki Fingerz - Holdin' It Out For You
Sterlin - Standing On My Own

Osmosis Radio

Davidson - All I Wanna Do
Pussywillows - Real Love
Anna - Do It On Your Own
Track 7 - I Wanna Phunk

Heavenly Radio

Rev. Rooney & The Rocksta Choir - God Bless All The Universe
Sterlin - Standing On My Own
Zoneboys - Amazing Grace

KGBH

Cow Tastes Good - Surf City
Spangly Feet - Dazed & Confuzed

Free release

On December 23rd, 2004, Rockstar announced that it would give away both Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2 as freely downloadable packaged from their website. The core game remains unchanged, but it has been tweaked in order to natively work within Windows XP and Windows Vista. There have been isolated reports that the game intermittently crashes, but many users find it to be fully playable without any issues at all.