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Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto, developed by Visual Sciences and published by Rockstar Games, was released for PlayStation in Worldwide / regional on 1997-12-01. Its documented physical format is CD-ROM. The catalog classifies it as Action · Adventure. PLAYBACK links 6 physical packages, including 5 separately cataloged editions, to this game family.

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Also known as

GTA

Grand Theft Auto is documented as a physical CD-ROM release for PlayStation. Developer: Visual Sciences. Publisher: Rockstar Games. Cataloged genre: Action · Adventure. The archive records this package family for Worldwide / regional with a documented release date of 1997-12-01. This family currently groups 6 documented physical packages, including 5 separately cataloged editions.

Released
December 1, 1997
Platform / family
PlayStation
Format / type
CD-ROM
Region
Worldwide / regional
Developer
Visual Sciences
Publisher
Rockstar Games
Genre
Action · Adventure
Exact physical item

Source-verified package identity

1 ID

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Verified identifiers

Documented package components

Manuals, inserts and extras not listed here have not yet been source-verified. They are not assumed absent.

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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Grand Theft Auto is developed by Visual Sciences and published by Rockstar Games. The source-linked collector record documents a CD-ROM release for PlayStation in Worldwide / regional, dated December 1, 1997. The catalog classifies it as Action · Adventure. The same game family is also indexed as GTA (abbreviation).

Developer
Visual Sciences
Publisher
Rockstar Games
Research status
Structured source record
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Release context

The documented release is December 1, 1997 for Worldwide / regional on PlayStation. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

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Regional differences

This record is scoped to Worldwide / regional. Documented alternate or regional names include GTA (International). These names remain attached to one game family rather than being counted as unrelated games.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as CD-ROM. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

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Editions and revisions

5 separately cataloged physical editions are linked to this family: Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto [Collector's Edition Single Disc], Grand Theft Auto: Collectors' Edition, Grand Theft Auto: Greatest Hits, Grand Theft Auto [Collector's Edition].

Research sources

  1. rfgeneration.com — catalog record ↗