GRAND THEFT AUTO 1996 Making Of - GTA - | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive

Rory Cellan Jones visits the Dundee studios of DMA Design - fresh from the success of Lemmings, but before they became Rockstar Games - where artists, level designers, musicians and video game testers are hard at work developing an ambitious, and tonally very different follow-up: Grand Theft Auto.
The original, 2D Grand Theft Auto was released in 1997 on PlayStation and PC.
Clip taken from Working Lunch, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Thursday 16 May, 1996.
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[@SiLoMixMaster]

It's amazing to think that GTA1 was made back in 1996, and soon GTA 6 will be released in 2096 to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the original.

[@MARC-FENIX]

Lol. I hope I will come to this comment again in 2096 to have a laugh once again. 😄

[@martinrocket1436]

GTA 6 already in 2096? I guess that they'll first do GTA San City and GTA Vice Andreas, both based on GTA 5 but set in different decades.

[@MarkyFormula1]

@@MARC-FENIX Laughing because we'll still have GTA 5 on PS17 at that point.

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

Damn that's like only 3 years away now...time flies when you're having fun I guess!

[@ModestO20]

@@martinrocket1436 I wanted to come too, but by then I'll be 102 years old, few chances hahaha

[@BitcoinPumpItUp]

0:37 "All the people are working..." Dude is playing solitaire and switches back to his work quickly lol

[@randomanton]

😂😂😂

[@timestampingarmy]

Salute!

[@moosepoop69]

Nowadays the developers are distracted by their smartphones instead of Solitaire, which is why 11 years later GTA 6 still isn't finished.

[@michaelm4597]

😂

[@A_youtube_channel_]

I love how this hasn't changed in almost 30 years now

[@henrik1743]

To this day this is probably the most footage we have of a "behind the scenes" of GTA and Rockstar, pretty unreal how secretive they are...

[@WhirlingMusic]

I'd have leaked everything if I worked there. Just tell a friend. Have the friend tell their family and their friends. Have them tell social media. Easy. Never get back to me.

[@st20332]

@@WhirlingMusic you'd think so but I bet it does come back to you. NDA's are more enforced than paying taxes lmao

[@lemonstrangler]

probably to avoid people like him asking stupid questions lol

[@hiTocopter]

@@WhirlingMusic Why? Like, what would you possibly gain by leaking something other than feeding your own ego of getting away with it? It's not like anyone else gains anything from leaks either. Players won't get to play it sooner anyway, and regardless of what the leak is about, the end product is sure to be different from whatever was leaked, so it will literally always lead to disappointment.

[@WhirlingMusic]

@@hiTocopter Because I have nothing else to talk about so I'll just tell everyone what I'm working on.

[@TheBake1986]

My man strolls in, simplifies everything down to playing games and bangs and crashes, basically asks the woman what she’s doing there, and calls them all nerds.

[@yourrightimsooosorry884]

I was surprised he didn't stroke the little ladies hair with the back of his hand!

[@msgesus4518]

lmao, my thoughts exactly

[@RobQos]

BBC employ the same in-depth analysis for politics these days.

[@arontrimble1823]

What are *you* doing here, woman. Making the sandwiches I should imagine. Wow.

[@msgesus4518]

@@feralmode Ah yes, the simpler times of casual sexism! The good ol days!

[@bigstackD]

I bet none of these guys even dreamt that the GTA series would be a multi billion dollar industry🤔

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

At what point did they Become Rockstar games?

[@freestyla85]

@@HOLLASOUNDS after GTA3 released in 2001, they become Rockstar North

[@ericshun6297]

I hope all these guys hit it rich for helping to bring such an iconic franchise to the world.

[@nikostalk5730]

@@ericshun6297 richest companies don't want this to happen

[@112chapters3]

They did, the brother of my classmate was with them. Lemmings on the spectrum zx woohoo Edit. As in believe they would reach the top. I’ll see you believers there.

[@mfbfreak]

Oh damn, an actual shot of the guy who made the music. One of the greatest things about GTA was (and still is) was the great sound track. As a kid, i searched and searched for more info about the 'bands' that were featured on the radio stations but never found them. Only much later in life i found out they were custom produced songs, and only today i see the face behind the music.

[@fionnhodgson]

That's Craig Conner! Super talented dude. He also contributed music for Head Radio and Lips 106 in GTA:III and LCS.

[@RM250crosser]

Flythumia

[@alexspata]

nice

[@EddieG1888]

At least one GTA track I know of was worked on at Seagate Studios in Dundee, because I was in the studio while Robert Del Negro recorded the vocals for it. It was Carjackin' In Hilltown from GTA2. At the time I was a regular in the studio, and remember having a good laugh at the lyrics because they were all names on housing schemes in Dundee! Little did we know what the track was being created for. I also did a gig at the Gardyne Theatre as part of a band who backed Drew Larg, aka Sideways Hank O'Mally, when he performed a song called "Julius" written by Michael Marra.

[@jamie7498]

That original gta song that was played in this video was a tune!

[@nriab23]

I love how back in the 80s and 90s older reporters looked upon computer games as if they were devices that came from Mars

[@Gigantemanatee]

Growing up in this period with that technology, I now fear that I have turned into one of them oldies that looks upon newer tech like this.🥴

[@jaymac7203]

The original boomers lol

[@nriab23]

@@Gigantemanatee Same , although I'm more than happy to adopt certain forms of technology, things like the metaverse where people hold meeting with avatars being normal.... I'm not on board with that. cloud storage. you never know if the Russians or whoever can break into encrypted data banks.

[@user-oi2yk9yi4y]

@@jaymac7203 hmmmm possibly could be a couple of boomers working there but one guy said the average age is 25 so born in the late 60s to 70s makes them Gen X'ers . Boomer years are 1946 to 1964/5.

[@forwardslash1486]

Honestly they still do…

[@highstereolove]

This is an incredibly rare footage, thank you for sharing!

[@Brayn126]

It's not rare if it's on internet!

[@salty6pence672]

2 of my favorites GTA & High Stereo Love! Praise Jah

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Best thing and most fun thing to do on GTA original was to get a truck or bus and drive into everything at high speed, until you explode.

[@JackoBanon1]

I remember getting the tank in GTA 1 and becoming invincible as a kid. Good old times!

[@fuckedupswede]

nah, a charizard is incredibly rare, this is just archive footage

[@skybluedave1883]

I still remember having a demo disc from one of the PlayStation magazines around the time of this games release. It allowed you to have 5 minutes of free play before timing out and my older brother and I played it constantly. Trying to outdo each other by causing as much mayhem as possible before the time ran out. Great days. When we got the actual game it was a lot harder to alternate turns!

[@marconeill9510]

I remember doing this too. If I remember right sometimes there would be a glitch and you could play it longer than the 5 mins. Lucky for me I got the full game when it went platinum one Xmas 😂

[@Lastcookie]

THESHIT

[@adamcunningham2511]

I remeber this. Hard to get 5 stars in 5 mins

[@adamcunningham2511]

Loved the old 18 badge on the front. Only gta and duke nukem had it on . Felt bad ass when i was 13

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

I quite vidily remember the PlayStation demo. The main menu theme wasn't the music in the final game - it sounded like a recorded speech of some kind just ranting away in the background. The demo also covered a very early mission in the game and you were told to get back quickly because they had "fresh coffee". That was obviously sanitised for the demo because the final game said "fresh pussy".

[@nicksss1843]

2:05 blew my mind with that guy Craig literally composing my childhood memories in a back corner somewhere!! Little did they know what was to come, amazing

[@whyamihere751]

I'm pretty sure Craig sang joyride as well

[@moy_moy85]

Craig who?

[@whyamihere751]

@@moy_moy85 the guy who made the music for gta.....the reporter says his name in the clip 🤦‍♂️

[@thatcarguy6190]

@@whyamihere751 What??

[@whyamihere751]

@@thatcarguy6190 what are you struggling to understand?

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

"I went to college, I saw a job advertised in the paper and I applied" They really don't know how lucky they had it back then.

[@MolloyPolloy]

And now... 'I went to college for 5 years and saw an online posting for a one year unpaid internship which won't lead to full time job'.

[@Dedecayed]

Probably because of common sense in what the job market needs and what she decided to study. Common sense is not a given these days: especially with Americans.

[@dejakhalz]

Now you need to have shipped 3 tripple A titles as a minimum lol

[@Dedecayed]

@@dejakhalz As a software engineer I don't. Being a garbageman during my study I did not need any degree at all. Just some examples. I am not ruling out bad luck for some people but generally speaking

[@spinner4148]

Depends on your industry. It's pretty much still like this as a software engineer (although obviously not papers, no one reads them any more). My last job hunt consisted of browsing my email inbox.

[@user-hs3dg8jy3t]

0:38 on solitaire and quickly changes back to work when the camera is on him

[@heebusjeebus64xxjivo70]

Such humble beginnings.

[@gruffydd1000]

That lad knew exactly what they had. Brilliant.

[@Messimagician83]

Haha i remember installing GTA on the schools new computers and transferring it across the entire network back in 98. The entire class was playing it before the teacher arrived. The intro song was top

[@watchmeplaygames1]

I did that with Quake in 96 :)

[@Messimagician83]

@@watchmeplaygames1 Ah quake and unreal tournament. Spent countless hours playing them

[@therealist7248]

@@Messimagician83 Yeah unreal tournament was the best game ever, the whole class used to sit in the I.T room and play it while shouting across the room when you got a kill.

[@nunyabusiness896]

It was simpler times. I had a cousin that played Wolfenstein in his computer lab. Nowadays you'd probably get expelled and sent to a counselor for "violent behavior and threatening to shoot up a school" or something.

[@geada7music627]

You were top G You made good menories for your mates.. Respect

[@slamjackson2137]

Playing this on the PC back in the day was fantastic. Fun memories.

[@sporkfindus4777]

GTA1 was genius The soundtrack is unbelievably good

[@samukarbrj]

yes, the farting too! kids...🤣

[@80robina]

2:13 is a great sound track

[@sporkfindus4777]

@IceCat7 Over and over again

[@LG-ro5le]

Best soundtrack to date imo

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

I love all the 2D versions; 1, the Londons and GTA 2... Of course I also like the 3D's they're mighty impressive, but the 2D's take the gold in my preference... Perhaps just because I'm from another era in gaming... Also played a whole lot of Lemmings back when I had an Amiga, just seems like these guys had a way to make fun games out of morbid ideas 😆 like, you couldn't make the stoppers move again, had to blow them up.

[@Nabil_Sikder]

From "It's all about a car chase." to GTA 6 trailer becoming the most viewed video on the youtube. This series has really come a longway....so many memories and now here we are..

[@pixelchicken5682]

Props to Craig. One of the best VG composers ever

[@dustinmalpass]

Bro yes. Colin and Stuart are right up there with him!

[@heyhocodyo01]

Up there with the ones who did the pause menu music for the 007 goldeneye game

[@tomp7847]

Rory is still the BBC’s technology correspondent, almost 30 years later. Amazing really

[@rabbieburns2501]

especially since he was a condescending prick!

[@summerrr1]

Lacks ambition

[@MobinKiadeh]

He retired back in October

[@urzikovaful]

Amazingly MEDIOCRE!

[@alexm566]

that good old job security doesn't exist anymore

[@JD_13]

My stepfather was the computer teacher at grove academy, in dundee, and he taught a few of the boys who went on to found DMA ;)

[@michaelwills1818]

"Some of them might be working hard cause deadlines are coming up" - Classic Rockstar

[@Deuschtram-ju3lf]

Rockstar Studio, 2013 Boss: ok lads, we did a great job with GTA V ! now we need to start with the next game employ : when is the deadline ? Boss : like 12 years from now, maybe 13 depends on PS6

[@ironingbored]

Wow, this is awesome nostalgia. I remember as a 13 year old, convincing my Dad to buy GTA for me (it was an 18) from Electronics Boutique. I installed it on his PC and there started years of playing the game, along the way learning how to fix his Win95 PC whenever I crashed it (for various reasons, including running this or F22 ADF in too high a res). Thus started the seedlings of my eventual career in IT. Thanks DMA!

[@KoRnBulleT]

Oh i thought GTA was 7+. Captain obvious. No need to state the game is 18+

[@ironingbored]

@@KoRnBulleT come on now korndog, if I hadn't have stated the obvious, we wouldn't be having this wonderfully sarcastic exchange, would we?

[@mikeyboy01443]

Electronics boutique! Blast from the past

[@Rediscovered]

Yeah, that was kind of exactly how my childhood went. Being able to play games was a great motivator for fixing computer problems and installing programs that required this or that. Now I'm the go to IT guy at my company which I'm of course compensated for. Instead of GTA it was StarCraft for me, though.

[@Killakatnage89]

I found my game boy colour the other day inside an electronics boutique soft case, man the nostalgia when I found that thing

[@JR_piano]

They were making history and nobody was aware of it at that moment. Excellent footage from the BBC. Greetings from Spain.

[@alanrmurphy]

Thank you to everyone at DMA designs for making my 20s so awesome! 👍🙂

[@krashd]

I still love Walker, I played that game for hours on my Amiga.

[@alanrmurphy]

Can't imagine anything like this will ever catch on. Pong and Tetris clones are the future for sure.

[@Gilmore74]

Yeah they’re on a hiding to nothing with this concept. Why anyone would want to play a game where you steal cars and shoot people in the face is beyond me. It’ll never work out.

[@WhirlingMusic]

@Johnny Caruthers no it didn't. You're lying

[@WhirlingMusic]

@Johnny Caruthers wrong

[@Hezkore]

@Johnny Caruthers r/whoosh

[@glens0r]

@Johnny Caruthers r/whoosh

[@skaruts]

Back when working at a gaming company was a dream job.

[@nickyb1967]

I've never seen this before, an amazing look into the humble beginnings. Loved GTA 1 & 2 on the PlayStation

[@Rudis_Garage]

Brother?

[@elijah420stuffs2]

In 1997, I used to go often to my best friend's home and play GTA 2, FF8, Spyro, Tekken 3. Those games have a very special spot in my heart ❤

[@georgeagar4210]

Love the fact he asked Fiona ‘how did you get this job?’ To which her response is ‘I went to college’

[@sweatyhaggis4303]

wish it was still that simple, you can come out of uni with a full degree in games design specifically, and still not even be able to get a job as a QA Analyst

[@ivandrago1672]

Haha I studied game design in college early 00’s, but after 3 years of study, I realised it was a waste of time because the industry then only wanted University graduates. I just couldn’t be bothered with a further 3 years of study so abandoned it.

[@spaghettihoop5]

"...and how do you find it, being the only female?" Roll on 2022... And IT is still a sausage party 😂

[@sweatyhaggis4303]

@@ivandrago1672 I'm in the same position as you were in back then. Got a conditional for uni but idk if i can endure more education.

[@DV-zv4ox]

@@spaghettihoop5 I mean at some point women have to make a real, conscious decision to move into the field properly and stay in it. One or two promising female graduates isn't going to drive the change needed in an industry that has been, by and large, completely dominated by men.

[@jaymac7203]

Wow this is a great piece of archive footage 👏 I'm amazed this hasn't got millions of views considering the subject matter 🤔

[@6Twisted]

Who would have thought that 25 years later the name would be worth billions. Also I had no idea the makers of GTA also made Lemmings and Space Station Silicon Valley.

[@JokerSaintsRow]

Yeah I found out they made lemmings which is my favorite childhood computer game

[@clownboyyyy]

They made Body Harvest on the n64 too which is how they figured out the engine for GTA3 later. really wild to think about honestly

[@burgertim7878]

Menace, Blood Money, Walker, Hired Guns...

[@lonestar2078]

and now I know why I loved Silicon Valley

[@Anti_Putin_Russian]

I loved playing Lemmings.

[@the__geekboy]

Imagine buying this game back in 1997 and to never know it was the beginning of one of the best and most recognizable videogame franchises in history.

[@mikesalive]

Naaawwww you knew :P

[@danielcraig243]

I bought it in 1997. I was 10 :)

[@UR_REAL_FBI_AGENT]

tbh i think its the most known one, ask any old hag and they will say: oh its the game where u kill people

[@Aaliyahchannel2024]

I brought it in 97 I was 15. I loved it... I knew it had potential once technology evolved. Playing GTA 3 for the first time.... was legit mind blowing.

[@monkeydgoofy8074]

just reading this gives me goosebumps ngl

[@morphosis7655]

When this came out on PlayStation I literally played it for a week all day most of the night. I didn’t even go to work 😂😂😂

[@bitcoincryptofreedom3652]

Skived?

[@AS-iu3pl]

Man, I didn't feel old until I saw this. I remember this game coming out - loved it!

[@phantelm5601]

gamer history, love it. to think the GTA franchise originated from Scotland, would never have guessed that.

[@DrMcMoist]

All the best things are invented in Scotland.

[@JD_13]

No need to guess my friend, we also invented the television and the phone. 🥃 enjoy!

[@krashd]

It is still in Scotland. The studio moved from Dundee to Edinburgh while GTA3 was being made but the games are still made here.

[@JD_13]

@@krashd what was extra cool is when forza horizon 4 came out, it has a map of edinburgh, and you can drive to the location of the old rockstar headquarters near the omni centre. The building looks totally different in game though, but still 😅 And the forza devs collaborated with CDPR for some cross promotion and included a cyberpunk car in their game.. So you can drive to the offices where GTA was made, in a Cyberpunk car, in a Forza game 🤯

[@Drenwickification]

Not just originated, every GTA game up to GTA V has basically been made in scotland I believe. GTA VI I think will be made at different offices around the world (inclusing Scotland), but the HQ is still in scotland. The game often has references to Edinburgh as that's where they have been made for a long time now.

[@greennin]

They could all almost feel like they were starting something really legendary with this game. It's like it is in the air in that office.

[@smallbluemachine]

That's the mildew and asbestos.

[@mexodroid1848]

This game is terrible. GTA 2 was great and GTA3 was unbelievable to witness in 2001

[@GatorShins-CovenDev]

@@mexodroid1848 by todays standards (or even a couple years later). But at the time GTA was something special.

[@mexodroid1848]

@@GatorShins-CovenDev I played both in 1998 and just recently on my retro PC. GTA 2 still good GTA 1 still trash. GTA3 is the one that was absolutely marvelous when it released and now is below average game but it will never be trash. Vice City and San Andreas will always be great games.

[@GatorShins-CovenDev]

@@mexodroid1848 Well yeah it doesn't hold up now or even a couple years after but on release there was nothing else like the first GTA game.

[@kingotime8977]

Awesome, thanks for uploading! What a nice piece of history.

[@chilli-soup]

The game was groundbreaking and the GTA theme tune sure was crazy. I just remembered the remote control car mission.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

DMA Design was *HUGE* on the Amiga scene, but by 1996 when this was filmed the Amiga was on its last leg, sadly, and never saw a port of GTA as far as I know. DMA Design later changed their name to Rockstar Games and are still very much around today.

[@Josh23761]

1996: "You're only as good as your last idea though really aren't you?" 2022: Shark Cards and Mk2 Opressors.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Rockstar is not the Rockstar we grew up with.

[@Petermaler66]

This footage is a pure gem ! Thanks for this testomony of the past years. I was 6 years old at the time

[@dustinmalpass]

Craig: I'm working on the hip-hop station *heavy electronic instrumental plays in background*

[@hawk2million]

So cool. A landmark in the history of gaming, great to see where it all began.

[@Frivillig]

The GTA is by far the best game series ever made! Loved every single one and it's just getting better! Looking forward to VI!

[@MrDogfish83]

I still remember my Buddy inviting me over to check out this crazy new game he got.

[@jamesjameson4566]

What was the game

[@MrDogfish83]

@@jamesjameson4566 the one in the video-the original gta

[@mftmss7086]

@@MrDogfish83 prove it

[@MrDogfish83]

@@mftmss7086 ha, don’t know if I have proof but he had the demo that let you drive around for 3-5 minutes before it timed out. Then he ripped a copy of it onto a bunch of 3.5” disks. Eventually I got a legit copy for Christmas from my mom. How she decided to buy it for me as a young sheltered child despite the despicable acts listed on the back I’ll never know. Some HS kid working the game store must have convinced her it wasn’t really that egregious, whoever he was, he’s my hero

[@yourrightimsooosorry884]

But just ended up showing him his disck

[@jaelampoorun2438]

Who is here after the GTA 6 trailer was released? GTA 6 is going to be mind blowing!!

[@perfectenrager]

From Grand Theft Auto I to Grand Theft Auto VI, we have come a long way!

[@Faulty720]

"we'll let you get on with it ...."

[@del7538]

Working Lunch was an excellent show.

[@atifmir7409]

Great insight into the workings of a cutting edge gaming development team. Everything was done in house which makes it all the more impressive. A ground breaking game at the time and one i very much enjoyed playing. Loved the free play, mission based gameplay, with a quality soundtrack. Amazing to see they made all the music themselves, it added so much to the game.

[@Themayseffect]

Humble beginnings 💯 I seriously hope everyone there are getting paid royalties for creating such a legendary brand.

[@TheAaronJP]

Such iconic music. Can't wait to play them at my funeral.

[@dg8620]

Demand the hearse and procession play it full blast with the windows open ;)

[@Dr170]

RIP Aaron Pinkney (XXXX-XXXX) "Don't phwuck with me."

[@studas2011]

Gem of a vid, cheers for uploading it.

[@adamcunningham2511]

Used to get copied games off my mates dad. If u put a spring under the ps1 lid on the button that made the disc spin and ran a demo or any official game ( they used to be black cd roms for some reason if u remember) after the sony entertainment symbol and music you used to get a 2 or 3 second window where you could swap out the disc for a burnt copy and it would load it up. The best years of my life. Good times

[@randomanton]

I totally forgot about that until your comment 🤯

[@matthewtaylor2965]

Really enjoyed watching this, i too played this when it came out and had alot of good memories playing it. Thankyou

[@OFFtheCHIZANE]

2:10 that guy’s Da Shootaz!? What a g

[@jamesphlames7498]

Wow! Lemmings and GTA! Phenomenal games!

[@justwowmanplays2941]

What a golden piece of history right here. I wonder how many of the OG developers, testers, etc, etc, are still around.

[@superstarlv9259]

probably most, its only 27 years ago

[@justwowmanplays2941]

@superstarlv9259 You could be right. 27 years is basically a career though. Retirement is a possibility, and they're all definitely in their mid-late 20's (possibly older) at the time of filming.

[@lc3433]

Was in 6th form in 97 and had temp part time job at Christmas. Blew all my wages on a PlayStation and 2 games. Those games were GTA and Final Fantasy 7. What a time to be alive. Had some great experiences with gaming since but nothing can compare to this unboxing.

[@realdanielmaclean]

The video makes me so happy. As a fellow programmer born in Scotland, I remember playing GTA on my dad's PC (I was 13 years old at the time) with it's 15" screen at 1024 x 800. A friend of mine had a 17" screen which ran at 1280 x 1024 and my friend used to brag his was 2" bigger!!! (hahaha). I don't think I ever completed GTA because Half-Life came out around the same time and that completely took over my game time. Good times.

[@krashd]

1995-2000 was an epic time for games, Doom II, GTA, Half-life, Duke Nukem 3D, Deus Ex.

[@painapple2457]

Counter strike 1.6

[@painapple2457]

@@duduvenom Earlier versions were around since 1999

[@itw6109]

I remember asking a stranger in the street to buy me this game when I was still in school then hiding it from my parents lol

[@WangLaker]

Holy smokes, it's been 25 years since I recorded this video.

[@jimmybenyoucef4416]

3:07 Grand Theft AUUUUUTOOOOOO!

[@monsuirpig]

man I can’t wait to play this game

[@twocvbloke]

On moving into this house, I explored the garden outside (which at that point was unaware it belonged to next door), and found someone had thrown a boxed copy of Grand Theft Auto in a rubbish pile, so I saved it and kept it, because it's still a fun game to play... :D

[@GLAZERSOUT-oz8kh]

Such a lie

[@jaymac7203]

@@GLAZERSOUT-oz8kh 😭😂

[@mutestingray]

Ok

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

Awesome soundtrack

[@klauspudding1242]

I’ve seen worse being thrown away

[@paddyblack-exe]

"You're just as good as your last idea really though, aren't you?" haha! And what a brilliant and iconic idea it became :D

[@The_Comedy_Hub]

Imagine seeing a job as a game tester at DMA design advertised in the 90's. You apply and get the job because no one was doing that then. Fast forward 30 or so years and you are now a senior game tester for a billion pound franchise, essentially working behind the scenes at the game equivalent of Willy Wonkers Chocolate factory. Now your job is the thing of dreams, "going to college" wouldn't even get you a car park pass these days!

[@BigSplenda1885]

Wow a billion pounds...sounds heavy 😂

[@thatcarguy6190]

@@BigSplenda1885 A lot heavier than dollars anyway

[@an-cx1ho]

30 years of work and only got promoted to senior game tester ? Everyones getting rich around you and you still testing games... Yea some major life victtory

[@12NiBer12]

@@an-cx1ho Why would you care? You get paid and play games. You work to pay your bills and afford food, not to impress some morons.

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@an-cx1ho Presuming this person didn't learn to program/go back for a degree I imagine "Senior Game Tester" would be the zenith of their career if they didn't have any other qualifications. Being at a company so many years doesn't automatically confer you more skills.

[@christianthorpe935]

3:49 *laughs* "and how did YOU get this job?"

[@Da1Dez]

I bet she wasn't asked if she had at least three years experience.

[@rocon86]

Still love playing this game.

[@BoxofficeForney6969]

To think GTA 5 was released just 17 years after this was filmed.

[@KrozMcD]

And then a 17 year wait for GTA 6!

[@WhatALoadOfTosca]

@@KrozMcD just thinking the same thing lol

[@M_D93]

@@KrozMcD So 8 more years until GTA 6

[@312chinola3]

what did this company turn into ? or did they sell gta

[@radnwavy5531]

@@KrozMcD exactly

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Calling a video game a “blockbuster” is absolute insanity, I love it! Also these guys didn’t need 4K monitors & 60fps to have fun. It was just the experience to let yourselves have fun

[@Lancehendrix813]

Completely agree. Nowadays People piss themselves over 30 fps but in my opinion it’s the bare minimum amount of frames needed just to have some fun. Just immerse yourself into the game and the last thing you’ll be thinking about is how many frames you’re seeing

[@john24109]

Birth of a legend

[@BrawlerTM]

Would be awesome if GTA went back to their UK roots with a London and UK based GTA 🙏🏾 The Getaway was awesome, but Rockstar could really kill it in that setting with the UK gangsta Guy Ritchie vibes.

[@Drakonus_]

That would be less entertaining and wouldn't really do much for the series. Like come on, you can't even buy guns in the UK. How are you supposed to enjoy GTA when you can only stab people? Might as well make an entirely different game series.

[@Cartoonman154]

@@Drakonus_ Considering the whole point of GTA is that you play a criminal where the law doesn't apply. I think they can come up with a black-market mechanic. At this point, GTA is a game to laugh at Americans.

[@Future-Classic-Comics]

More like Jafaican "Road men" real English Gangsters don't apply nowadays, you'd have to have Road men & Albanian Gangsters. However I do agree GTA London would be sick. 👍

[@maxdamagus]

I think there was (2D) GTA London at one point, but it was more of a spinoff.

[@davidhall6464]

Things the Scots invented: The Telephone , Penicillin , The Television.. and Grand Theft Auto 👌

[@seanseanston]

Don't forget Lemmings.

[@saulwest8254]

Capitalism also.

[@studas2011]

@@seanseanston And Irn Bru

[@vapeymcvape5000]

"The Scots"?

[@version736ha2]

Don't forget head butting

[@yournightmare9999]

GTA1, Tomb Raider 1, Resident Evil 1, PC, PS1 Nostalgic Era 👊😉👌

[@ragnarwiik2054]

Its always fantastic to see the humble days of Rockstar, Bethesda, Blizzard etc.

[@chongxina8288]

This is absolutely crazy! 😝 They seem like such cool people though. And I had no idea the music was all in house, what a talented bunch of people. Look at all the equipment, they must have had a big budget.

[@RudhinMenon]

We can see the right ingredients for a successful game right in this footage, a flat hierarchy and stress free environment where ideas can emerge and flow freely, great video, thanks for sharing

[@hirarajbanshi7285]

This video really got recommended by KZbin after watching GTA 6 trailer

[@yetanotheruser1989]

Still the best. An absolute classic.

[@James-rf2ln]

I remember playing GTA 1 navigating the city using a paper map 🤣

[@headshot6959]

I had my maps attached to the wall with blu tac.

[@Rudis_Garage]

You're not the only one😄

[@carloschau9310]

this is gold

[@d33pNacho]

The first day I tried GTA 1 I couldn't stop playing it for the whole night, it was that good. Next day I went to uni classes having not slept. Amazing job they did, now they are in the place they deserve with this franchise.

[@masonridgewell8063]

These people are legends! Look now GTA 6 just had a release. I thank these people for creating something legendary throughout my childhood and adult life.

[@binnieb20]

the trailer released not the actual game, 2025.

[@masonridgewell8063]

@@binnieb20 Yeah that's what I meant. The trailer is a good reflection of what they game will be. If you compare these old graphics and new thet come from far is what I tried to tell.

[@CPMotors814]

Proudly made in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mehmetalitekin4528]

Good work! :) Thanks! 👍

[@DasTubemeister]

I grew up in Dundee. There is a sculpture of Lemmings off Nethergate.

[@PibrochPonder]

Best game ever.

[@yourrightimsooosorry884]

Super mario bros was better

[@rcecil88]

Remember getting this with my first PlayStation in 1997. Good times 😀

[@palindrome06]

I still remember playing the original GTA when it first came out on my friend's Pentium 133

[@keithposter5543]

Brilliant! Like looking over Mozart's shoulder as he wrote Requiem

[@JamesScholes]

Remember playing this back in the day on are kid's PC. Never played the mission because I had too much fun getting chased by the cops all the time.

[@GamingRoadkill]

What a promising little company. Maybe one day they’ll be as popular as pong was back in my day!

[@lonestar2078]

meh, I wouldn't count on it

[@HAL-op6vg]

Incredible!

[@charlesleeiii]

As someone who wants to get into the business, it's great to watch videos like this to get an idea what it's like to work in this type of field.

[@default1256]

Interested to see how that little franchise turned out. They should do a follow up

[@RyanFaeScotland]

From what I've heard online it did pretty well.

[@HuGiv5]

Should become a very successful series.

[@umadbro4493]

they knew it was gonna be a blockbuster

[@SendU2Jesus]

I loved it, played this at launch, was a big fan of APB arcade growing up and other action/crime games so this was a natural first week pickup from Babbages or Software Etc. I remember realizing at the time playing it on my PC, that not many people were playing it originally. None of my friends I talked to. But people liked it when you showed them. Once the 3rd hit boy everyone knew what it was then. I still await each release. What a quintessential sim of irreverent hyper reality. Thx Rockstar!

[@Chevy-jordan]

Had no bloody idea GTA was Scottish!! Killlllll freeeeennzyyyy Thanks for all the childhood moments. To think it came from the same island. Such humble beginnings. Peace from Derby, the city that gave the world Lara Croft, Tomb Raider ;)

[@krashd]

Eidos, formerly Core Design, they made some fantastic games even before Tomb Raider. Curse of Enchantia, Heimdall, Chuck Rock, Rick Dangerous. They were one of the 90's heavyweights of the Amiga scene alongside DMA Design, Bitmap Brothers, Sensible Software and Team 17. When I was a teen I only knew two things about Derby, the football team that Brian Clough turned into giants and Core Design. Greetings from Dundee :)

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

@@krashd and nowadays the Football team isn't so great and the studios are long closed 😂 At least we still have Rolls-Royce's headquarters for now though