Despite having to compete against numerous free online racing games, the Grand Theft Auto video game was an immediate hit due to the exciting adventures involved during the game. This was the first game in what would become the legendary Grand Theft Auto game series, later developed for PC, PS2, and the Internet as well.
When you play the video game Grand Theft Auto, you become the villain. You are a criminal who roams the city streets and you get missions according to your job description: murders, bank robberies and many other petty crimes. You have more or less several weapons at your disposal, which means that any successful act of violence grants you access to a weapon more powerful than the one you are currently using. The list of weapons in the video game Grand Theft Auto includes pistols, machine guns, flamethrowers and rocket launchers.
If you play right, you can even get a bulletproof vest that can protect you from up to three consecutive shots. However, you must remember at all times that you are a criminal and the police are always on the lookout in Grand Theft Auto video game. The objective of the policemen is to arrest the criminal, but at certain levels of the game they will not hesitate to shoot you. The higher you get in the levels of the game, the more dangerous and happy the policemen are. Free online racing games at the time couldn’t compete with this kind of action.
There are several different levels in the Grand Theft Auto video game, and the action in each level takes place in a different city. Each mission received earns the player a certain amount of points and has five lives to complete. If the player dies five consecutive times, the game ends immediately. If the player can complete the mission successfully, they advance to the next level and get another five lives, as well as the number of target points. After the mission is completed, the player can simply take the car for a spin like in the free online racing games that can be found on the net.