If you’re looking for a great way to spend the rest of your Sunday afternoon, maybe you should do it playing some Grand Theft Auto (GTA). There is no doubt that GTA is best known for it’s car stealing madness as you rush around trying to avoid the cops and complete the jobs you’re hired to do…but that is what makes it so fun!
The most popular version of GTA is probably Vice City, which I happen to own myself for the Xbox, and it is quite addicting once you start playing it. There were two versions of GTA prior to that one and Rockstar, the creators of GTA, recently released Grand Theft Auto 2 as a free download for PC users.
You can currently download GTA 1, GTA 2 and another game called Wild Metal at no cost to play on your computer. They do want you to register before downloading the games, but they just redirect you to another site to finish the download process. Here are the those direct links for anyone who doesn’t want to register (yes, the URL is an IP address which I also thought was weird…but you can always register at the above address if you don’t trust these URL’s):
GTA 1 Download – 328MB
GTA 2 Download – 344MB
I tried both versions on Vista and I couldn’t even get GTA 1 to install, but GTA 2 worked flawlessly. If you’re using XP you shouldn’t have a problem with either of them though.
One thing that I really like about those games is that they aren’t graphics intensive so they work great even on slightly older PC’s! So if you’re looking to keep yourself occupied tonight this might be do just the trick, but watch out for those pesky police officers because they don’t like when you steal their cars. 
Source: Kotaku
Thanks for the tip Mike!
Is a great classic colection of games.
I remenber playing GTA 2 in my PSx…
yeah what is it like
Sorry, but I don’t think the GTA’s got fun until GTA3. Overview of a little pixel blob punching another pixel blob just isn’t very impressive. Super Mario Bros 1-3, Super Mario World, Super Smash Bros, Rush, and Mario Kart, on the other hand, are good fun games to play on the PC. The only catch is they’re not exactly legal. Nintendo really is the king of emulation, although I’m not sure that’s a good thing for them
It doesn’t sound like fun when you put it that way, but I’ve actually had a great time the past few days playing this. I’ve only played GTA 2 for a few hours but it is still pretty fun and amusing at the same time.
There is no doubt that Super Mario is wonderful when emulated, but I find a lot of the classic games (such as GTA) to be fun. I guess I’m just a geek like that, but I don’t need fancy graphics to have a lot of fun.
Great find Ryan, GTA is definitely a fun little gaming franchise.
Gee Ryan, that only took you a week and a half to post. But you are posting on a Sunday, so I’ll give you a break. Working on the weekend stinks.
The direct links did not work for me. A shame, GTA 1 & 2 are both great, classic games. Rockstar is truly an innovator.
Direct links worked for me, you may want to try again.
Here is the count down timer for GTA – 4
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Anyone tried Wild Metal?
GTA1 and 2 were fun, though as netster007x said the real fun was from GAT3 onwards
Who is that useless fellow who made that useless game? no colour in this
stupid game.
No, sent me to the same registration page as the normal links.
I haven’t tried Wild Metal but it does look pretty cool. I might have to give it a whirl to see what it is about.
What a cool game man . I have all games gta 1,2,Liberty city, Vice city & San andreas.I love plying these type of games.Realy very cool games man .bye bye dood.