Nightline - GTA 3 Show (July 10, 2002) pt1

[@jk-474]

“Extra points by killing her” LMFAO! They had NO idea how this game worked! The wanted stars are supposed to serve as a consequence for the mayhem by design, there’s a BUNCH more to the GTA games than rampaging and murder

[@MichaelMyers-pj2uk]

I almost died when she said that. If only they knew…

[@gaming4K]

Stunning realism.. Pretty weird to hear that after 20 years and looking at today's games xD but the world itself is more realistic than cyberpunk that's for sure xD

[@cricketcredits]

That's why news reporters are stupid.

[@guitarheroplayer-fs5js]

gta isn't about getting points.

[@pooler57]

@@guitarheroplayer-fs5js it is about getting money

[@kadiraydukureh7680]

This game was revolutionary at the time no one ever played a game like this until gta 3 came out one of the best games of all time

[@QFilmz]

%100 facts ! I got GTA 3 first day it came out in October 2001 , this game changed everything.

[@aiming2shoot]

Driver 2 was similar

[@Superschemer34]

@@aiming2shoot but you couldn’t get out of the car

[@aiming2shoot]

@@Superschemer34 part 2 u can

[@marttull5979]

​@@aiming2shoot yeah but you looked like a paper cut out 😂

[@youdontcare1872]

They had no idea that was just a beginning of the nostalgic series of GTA! this is funny as hell lmao

[@claudespeed7196]

Grrrrrrr. I never killed anybody who didn't have it coming to them!

[@Stxhen]

@Claude Speed you cant talk dude

[@putrid1374]

@@Stxhen Yeah but he can type tho

[@Stxhen]

@Dead As Bee oh yeah man. I agree

[@conner983]

Ur just jealous that everyone else in the city can talk

[@longjohn7992]

Claude Speed Ur my hero yknow that I even bought a whole collection of clothes just like urs

[@adampasternack1481]

“What sets this game apart from the rest is the stunning realism.” Oh, the good old days. If we only knew what was yet to come at the time.

[@halfpro9695]

This game changed so many lives in 2001 so mine when i got this at the first day when it released for 59$. This game was, is and be legendary 🔥

[@Waldo666ify]

49.99 unless tht particular game cost more for how revolutionary it was at the time the 59.99 price tag didnt come along until the next gen of consoles in 05

[@christiansantamaria7233]

@@Waldo666ify that is correct im honestly sad for my wallet when the next gen consoles come out there gonna be like $-$80 - $90 dollar a game ://

[@Shinigintz]

Do you know what else changed so many lives in 2001

[@oOignignoktOo1]

@@Waldo666ify This person was probably Canadian. Games in Canada had a $10 higher MSRP than the US.

[@spacemonkey9257]

This ended up sounding exactly what I figured any news agency would have reported about this game remember kids personal accountability doesn't exist as long as you can blame some form of media

[@RaymondJiang444]

What are you talking about? The reporting seemed pretty balanced to me. They even said there's no clear link between violent videos and violent behavior.

[@apictureoffunction]

@@RaymondJiang444 it's not even closed to balanced reporting, there's maybe two people in the entire news segment who state anything reasonable about the game, and neither of them are the reporters. In fact, most of the adults in this news segment blatantly lie several times, claiming that you "get points" for killing people, or for having sex with prostitutes before killing them. Not to mention that they try and push the narrative that the kids "have difficulty separating fantasy from reality" when playing the game, when all the kids were saying is that the game is addicting and that playing difficult sections is tense and gives them an adrenaline rush. Right from the very start of the segment, it's clear that the reporters have a biased narrative that they're trying to push, and they spend the vast majority of their time trying tk sensationalize, exaggerate, and villify the game as a potentially dangerous, damaging past time. They probably spent a couple or a few hours interviewing these kids, and cherry picked as many "disturbing" sounding quotes as they could. There's a reason why they led the segment with the kid stating that his goal was to kill as many people as possible and get as many stars as possible, and even claimed that was "the point" of the game, even though that statement was used out of context

[@RaymondJiang444]

Mr. Waffles See, I never really got that impression watching the story. Or maybe I just wasn’t as swayed by their reporting, who knows. Although I’m not really an avid video gamer tbh so I’ll take your word for it on the lies about how points are earned during the game itself. As you said, it seemed to me the teenagers interviewed liked the video game because of the adrenaline rush it gives them and how it provides a mental escape from whatever is going on in their life, and is not indicative of them being violent or aggressive kids. Maybe there was a slight bias towards ‘the violent video games causes violent behavior in real life’ side, but nothing that felt blatant, in my view.

[@michaelkjellander9370]

​​@@apictureoffunction you're completely right, balanced my a**. It's funny to watch now, but also frustrating as hell since it brings back so many memories from that era. Exactly this kind of ignorant reports were the only kind of video game coverage my mother was exposed to, even in my country in Europe, which forced me to hide my GTA 3 copy and play it in secret. I was lucky enough to be able to buy it after lying to the clerk by telling him that my mother was cool with it. I'm playing it again as we speak, still one of my favorite games, but it's funny to think back to how extremely controversial it was. No one cares today that I was able to buy it when I was 12 years old, but it was a big deal back then.

[@apictureoffunction]

@@michaelkjellander9370 I was fortunate that my parents were mostly okay with me playing rated M games. Well more like, I played my games in my bedroom by myself and they didn't really know what was going on in the games I was playing for the most part. Although one time my dad did come in when I was playing GTA3, and he watched me steal a car, drive around for a bit and hit a jump, then he tried to drive for about a minute or two (lol) before handing the controller back, and then he watched me do a mission where I had to go beat some guy up on the docks and grab his money. It's not much, but other than playing some Mario and Duck Hunt (NES was the first console we got when I was 5), that's the only time I can think of that my dad ever really sat down and watched me play a game, which is my absolute favorite hobby

[@danielnerdal]

I wish they interviewed me at the time. Me and my buddies loved this game . Countless hours of gameplay and a superb story . And in the last 20 years neither I or anyone I know who played the game has gone on a murderous rampage which brought 5 or 6 stars of wanted level.

[@Lil-ol7ro]

GTA3 will always be my favorite because it’s my first

[@ironic17]

GTA IV was my first. I have 3 tho.

[@Theffs-handle]

I prefer GTA vice city or GTA IV over GTA3.

[@andreystankov7811]

Yeah and my ex in 2017 will always be my favorite cause she was my first gf back then... by your logic

[@mateuszmat244]

DOB 1991 :)

[@denisstosic8210]

gta 3 the first 3D gta of all time (*all time*)

[@christiansantamaria7233]

I was playing gta 3 for the first time in 10 years and as a kid i never realized how bad it was so i wanted to see how the news reacted and this met every expectation thank u for uploading this piece of history honestly should have over million views by now

[@tazinboor3913]

Not bad, just controversial ~ME.

[@glx3846]

Fact: GTA is based heavily on films like Scarface, Carlito’s Way, Boys in the Hood and Michael Mann’s Heat

[@maurice482390]

Miami Vice as well with Vice City

[@haileyshannon7548]

Ah, yes quality wholesome family entertainment

[@skeletor8782]

PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT!!! Limiiiiiitttttt (As I’m running from cops as a kid)

[@ultimatehistoryofcgi8897]

First video game that truly amazed me. Played it on PC first time in 2002 or 2003. Whole realistic town! that was never achieved before in video games

[@TealKuruma]

Playing gta actually helped me with my social life

[@peeweedinosuar3281]

20 years later and I can't even kill a bug in real life. Were ok guys👍

[@kammya665]

Were A OK 👍

[@memesupreme2400]

2:39 the amount of Nostalgia that filled me was insane. I remember sitting around a tv with my cousins

[@highstereolove]

5:08 mother of the year 😊

[@South_park_boy]

Lmao she was technically right, you should chill

[@yamakashi07]

What do you mean? She's completely right with that perspective.

[@Friocuidando]

This game made history to the technological world. I’m now downloading on my ps4

[@arabpride9939]

I was 14 when it came out. a year older than these kids. Also I wanted to play the game not because i was "angry" or that i wanted to let off steam. I simply wanted to play it because I loved technology in general and was amazed that there is a game like this at the time. I also loved the mafia theme and the Italian opera music station. Non of what the physiologists' analyzed or described was what I felt as a 14 year old kid. I did not feel that I wanted to play the game because "i wanted to play the very thing that was disturbing to toughen myself up"(we have ISIS beheading vids for that lol). Now that analysis takes the cake lol the game wasn't even disturbing to me in the first place. I was simply playing it for the immersion factor and the impressive vibes it gave through its audiovisual artistry. That is what I truly felt as an underage 14 year old playing the game.

[@justaguy2501]

Well you are right .. The kids in this video are weird they are only playing this game because of violence

[@YOTSUBA_desu]

JustAGuy If you weren’t playing gta for the violence as a kid then you were the weird one

[@justaguy2501]

@@YOTSUBA_desu dumbass I mostly played it because of missions when I was a kid

[@arabpride9939]

@@YOTSUBA_desu Violence in what way though? Sure we loved the action as kids and we were curious to pop heads here and there with a sniper but that wasn’t why we mainly played the game. If you played gta as a child just to kill things and ignore the actual story and missions then that is a psychological problem which many kids who have broken families, grow up with. It is mostly an anger at a parent or both parents, which becomes reflective on how you play video games and reflective on your everyday life behaviors in general.

[@YOTSUBA_desu]

Arab Pride Obviously the missions tend to be the goal, (sometimes you just want to go on a 5-6 star killing spree though) but at the same time they function as a catalyst for violence; a way to channel the violence into something that is interesting and seemingly productive. In fact, I even recall rampage missions existing. If you only wanted to complete missions then there are better games than gta.

[@SJ-su1ki]

Bro I was playin this shit with the homies in my afterschool daycare in elementary lmao

[@SJ-su1ki]

Like a year or 2 max after the original video came out

[@lepooperman6827]

1:35 "Grand Seft auto 3" XD

[@forkytrashkins2941]

It is on the Ploostation and Xfox

[@claudespeed7196]

Would rather kids not play my game. But I'm not a monster! Why does everyone hate me?

[@pbm2324]

Claude Speed we get it kid. Just stop spamming

[@SajeradoProductions]

Because you dont talk

[@cansino1636]

@@SajeradoProductions why didn't they give him a voice actor

[@shikhashomesecrets4950]

@@cansino1636 Rockstar games wanted that the person who is playing the game could fit his feelings in him as you could see in gta online our character doesn't says anything but you can put your feelings in your character same happened with Claude

[@Dylangamer-sv5zs]

Don't worry, that newscasts are clumsy. I really hate newscasts because they always crush that game.

[@NineInchNailer]

All those teenagers look like McLovin went to Columbine High School...

[@DaBeastGamesYT]

Nightline was basically promoting GTA 3

[@timzz4720]

Little did nightline know that gta 3 was going to change our lives and the gaming industry as well.

[@opienanthony]

"little did they know?" I'm pretty sure the entire piece is about exactly that........... zoomer

[@TallTomG18]

I was in these kids age range playing GTA 3 with friends, just all night passing the controller around causing as much mayhem as possible. But we definitely knew it was just a fictional game and we could never get away with that stuff in real life. But it was our escape, that's what a video game is. As a kid, I was into GTA because I was really into crime movies and shows. I loved The Sopranos, Scarface, Goodfellas, Casino, you name it. And GTA did amazing by putting all of that into one game, and on top of that, it was so revolutionary to have this whole open world city where you can do anything you want and go anywhere you want. Never seen anything like that before coming off the N64/PS1 era.

[@deadchanneldontwatch7347]

oh no a game rated M for mature shows adult stuff like the news never show anything disturbing

[@stevenbaxter9099]

The aim of the game is not to kill as many people as possible and get as many stars as possible. Its to complete the missions

[@G0ingN0where]

They wrote this like a commercial, genius lol

[@stevenbaxter9099]

Gta is a masterpiece

[@AhmadSmith1140]

GTA 3 brings back memories

[@gamernabz9956]

Imagine if gta 5 was around then

[@DoomsdayHustle]

“HYPER REALISTIC TERROR SIMULATOR FOR KIDS?”

[@gamernabz9956]

@@DoomsdayHustle frl

[@gamernabz9956]

@@DoomsdayHustle yes

[@MrLyosea]

First true video game I ever played. Still play it once in a while to this day. 5:15 And that's a good mother by the way.

[@carreviewer6345]

I've played alot of gta games but I've never wanted to kill someone

[@memesupreme2400]

4:05 lmaooo she sounds like the GTAV gameplay trailer narrator

[@glx3846]

I love GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, IV and V

[@ariesradke6193]

Shady Killaz what about lcs or vcs or eolc?

[@ariesradke6193]

My least favorite is ctw. Never played gta 2 or londons but gta 1 was fun

[@glx3846]

Aries Radke#6 I played them they are not main games though

[@_justtoomanygames_8857]

Best GTA 3 review Ive seen

[@LazyPirate8]

Nightline, Advertising games since 1985

[@themasterbaetor3719]

Not gonna lie, these kids look like future serial killers

[@dustindarkoii4586]

Im sure the one who said he "GETS A RUSH" isssss. Smh

[@skeletor8782]

I remember when I was a kid my dad would go to his best friends house to party and would bring me along (Dad of the year I know) I’d sit in his friends living room and play this game while people that were drunk would party and come and watch me and cheer me on. I was born in 97 and this was probably around 02 or 03. I remember them telling me how “this game is the first of its kind” and “there’s no games like this especially when I was growing up” They enjoyed my gameplay and laughed as I did stupid stuff. This game will always be special to me. Watching this brings me back

[@King-ci8sk]

Hahahaha. I remember watching this back on the day

[@Curtis006]

I played GTA3 when I was 12, played Doom when I was 7 (before Columbine). I'm 34 now, never had any violent incidents in my life. I think at this point we have millions of gamers of my generation who can attest that, whatever is the cause of real-world violence, it's not violent video games.

[@Waldo666ify]

If u consider the political climate this game came out in rockstar had some serious balls u gotta remember this was at the time when 9/11 was still fresh and the country was in constant fear of terrorism its no wonder it caused so much controversy

[@JoeMama-tl4tr]

I remember my friends and I would play Vice city after school just like these kids lol. We had a notebook with all the cheat codes written down

[@retrogta3692]

8:18 these kids crack me up 😂

[@OfficialRyanFouracre]

8:17 Sayonara, hookah! 😂😂😂

[@haileyshannon7548]

Remember when we had nice games about yellow circles eating ghosts, Italian-American plumbers eating mushrooms and killing turtles, and characters fighting each other to the death. Didn't they create ratings for movies, games, and TV shows and warning labels for music for this reason?

[@type4647]

I have owned video game system in all 9 generations of consoles, at the time of their initial releases. GTA III on the PS2 will always be a top "HOLY SH*T" moment for me in video game history; and NOT for the things that "Nightline" is highlighting here. Mainstream media FOOLS!

[@ExtendoSmith]

GTA III was my first.. I was 7 years old. My older brother’s friend brought it over and introduced us to it shortly after it came out. Even being that young and playing it I never once had the desire to reenact any of it and knew the difference between reality and non reality. I experienced such nostalgia playing the GTA Trilogy when it came out holiday season of 21 even though Grove Street Games did a horrible job remastering them.

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

and then now, you can step into the living breathing world of red dead redemption 2 where even wandering into the forest alone really feels like you're there when you get mauled by a cougar and even stones have physics applied to them

[@90fuso]

This game was never meant to be played by kids. Still, a lot of us played when we're around 10+/-. Personally played it at age of 12 when released on PC, but never thought of this game as a killing-simulator or something similar. I always liked to drive and listen to the radios.

[@Slantedvids]

Grew up since the 1st, 2nd, and london. I turned out fine lmao.

[@parkerbeard6170]

I remember one night I stayed overnight at my friends house. He, his brother and I all took turns playing and we were so addicted to this game. I thought the graphics were amazing. In real life I had no desire of hurting people. Weeks later I'm at home and the news pops up about this game. The next day I'm in school during Recess I asked my friend about the game. He informs me that parents are complaining that it's a very violent game. He stated to the parents if they don't want their kids playing this game don't buy it. It they do, they should shut up!

[@christianvillareal1]

GTA 3 was definitely the true beginning of the GTA franchise as defined by GTA fans.

[@starmanbeta6760]

STUNNING REALISM! Just wait and see lady! You ain’t seen nothing yet!

[@DodgeMan360]

Somehow, my mother who was a grade primary school teacher bought this for 12 year old me, lol. And I remember my friends mom wouldn’t let him come over to visit unless I promised not to let him play it or watch me play.

[@itzchaseyboi]

They thought teenagers were bad off playing it but this was literally the first video game I ever played in my life at just 5 years old.😂 I’ll never forget how cool I thought it was, just having an entire city and millions of cars at my own leasure but also how creepy and dark it is at the same time was fascinating to me. This game was the most revolutionary to ever hit the shelves when it came out in 2001, no other graphics team had done something this cool. Not to mention still in 2024 no other game has captured the same eerie feeling this one did. Absolutely LOVE this game.❤️

[@geneticallysuperior6738]

What aspect of this game rewards you for shooting someone in the head as opposed to the body? I’ve played this game from start to finish numerous times over the years and have never encountered such a reward 🤔🤔

[@vevrvivnv]

I think the only "reward" would be in the stats, where headshots are tallied.

[@josh18230]

With high caliber weapons you could decapitate people, maybe that's what they meant.

[@gamernabz9956]

Gta 3 I got that on my phone as a 15 yr old that shii banned in australia

[@homerthompson416]

LOL the idea people wanted to play GTA 3 because it was violent. People played it because it was a revolutionary open world game where you could just do what you want. It was the game I dreamed of back in the 80s when I was playing NES games where most of the time you just went right in the screen.

[@thedudebryan98]

Wait you get extra points for shooting pedestrians in the head??😂😂someone was playing a different game

[@kylerowland1227]

Yeh but what values is this teaching our kids ??

[@thedudebryan98]

@@kylerowland1227 what value it teaches kids? It's a video game ment for adults not kids. Blame the parents. It's not ment to teach you lessons lmao.

[@kylerowland1227]

@@thedudebryan98 bruh you missed the sarcasm

[@thedudebryan98]

@@kylerowland1227 oh well that didn't even sound sarcastic. Especially when it's a genuine question alot of people ask when debating the controversy of gta.

[@Alby_Channel]

I remember that when the last GTA came out I saw on the news (I live in Italy) a reportage where they explained that the goal of GTA is to kill as many pedestrians as you can and the player who kills the most wins (wins what? i don't know you'll have to ask to the reporter). So you can see that in many countries videogames (violent ones expecially) are sometimes misunderstood by the general news. At least here I appreciate that the woman at the end said that there's no proven correlation between being violent and playing violent videogames.

[@samuelvillarreal4157]

People said the same thing about comics in the 20's or 30's. Its also what lead to the comics code. Yall should look it up

[@SuperEjizz]

i was 7 years old when i first played gta 3

[@eddiemperor]

Legend has it that the party w Dj Andre @ The Planetarium is still raving.

[@XiledGamer00]

shows kids playing gta 3, but look not a parent in sight.

[@h00pladeeznuts81]

Good Times

[@jvi2049]

I bet them kids are chill grown ass adults

[@AhmadSmith1140]

Who remembers this being on the news

[@rono7964]

Only true ogs do Not me

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Summer Break '02 memories yo, good thing I got a PlayStation 2.

[@Triangulito360180]

And a few years later… GTA owned all this clowns, best selling game 🙌🏻

[@RetepAdam]

8:16 A moment that will live forever.

[@jytvreal]

Pretty good editing for 2002

[@kaiserdashawn5219]

At the end of the day is that it's fictional world with fictional people and none of it is real

[@kylepatrick113]

20 yrs later TikTok: Hold my beer 🍺

[@ian_kaiser2372]

than manhunt series came along few years later and parents hated that shit😭🤣

[@ZenShroud1]

If I put GTA3 on now and played it, I would remember every street, every alley. I--we--spent this time on the game and we know it in and out as if it were a real city. Same prob goes with every GTA city since then.

[@TheSideProject]

Ikr

[@KennyPowersGaming]

I dunno why all these non gamers and news reports always say were doing it for the points… nobody cared about points since 1985 lol

[@explorationgmer1336]

I remember playing this game in 2005. I got my first ps2 Christmas of 04.

[@FebruaryDaSabertoothTiger1977]

Even Claude can't say a thing only he hijacks cars no wonder rockstar lied to us

[@noel_996]

3:40 I can hear the pedestrians quotes. 😂

[@douglasalexis93]

😂😂

[@retrogta3692]

5:38 wtf he talking about extra points for shooting someone in the head?

[@davoid96]

Gotta love all the GTA rumors that went around school. Like the supposed nuclear submarine that would destroy the whole city in Vice City, or bigfoot in San Andreas.

[@dustindarkoii4586]

Extra points? 🤔🤔🤔

[@hidenfn]

they clearly have no idea about what they were talking about

[@thatfoodguy479]

In the navy

[@seb.mfuentes]

my mother's my sister

[@thundrcat5596]

i’ve been drinking again

[@Cincy32]

I wish the uploader could reupload this with the proper 4:3 aspect ratio.

[@979williams9]

I'm confused about if they're exploiting GTA or promoting it

[@37SATS]

Honestly this makes me want to play gta 3 lmao

[@juniorsilvabroadcast]

There's a story on the game. This is not a slaughter simulator. Stupid media always saying shit about games

[@kammya665]

I miss this 😢 feels like a dream

[@ḯŧȋṧrm]

The real question is why did the newscasters allow the 13 year olds to have sex with a prostitute in gta 3 while filming them???

[@Silverballer48c]

3:40 EASY, DRAGON BREATH !

[@BillClinton936]

I remember playing vice city in like 02 when I was just a little kid 💀 uncle didn’t care

[@MartinBlackstarGomez]

I hate jack Thompson gta 3 was awesome

[@JakeTheComicBookDude]

Jack Thompson tried to shut down Rockstar cause of GTA, Manhunt, and Bully

[@kev2525]

Bro, there’s even a Chinatown 😳

[@P0ly558]

3:19 well that aged horribly

[@thundorkat]

i got this game at 8 years old and it never turned me out. Was a straight A student throughout grade school and college and I'm now an engineer and musician. lol a psychopath is created through reality, not a video game.

[@lightofchicagoproductionz9012]

This Special didnt know how right it was , alot of kids today are stealing cars because they said GTA V taught them how .....

[@legobattledroid3098]

They really acting like im gonna go out an a killing spree in broad daylight 💀

[@jackholson92]

Best marketing ever.

[@koenigsegg3245]

It was my first game I ever played as a little kid I turned out fine

[@theogofguitar]

And here we are now with GTA being one of the largest selling entertainment properties, entrenched in pop culture and Rockstar being almost unrivaled as a game developer. Still recall seeing this on a buddy’s PS2 and asking for one that Christmas. The irony is I’m a gamer parent and I know when the time comes that GTA comes in rotation that I can play it with him and explain the seperation between reality, games and the freedom the sandbox provides. A generation of gamers who grew up with this will be raising there children not with a concept of trying to ‘hide’ this, but explain the nature of video games and entertainment and where those lines stop crossing. The other irony is how popular franchises like Fortnite is that I know don’t understand, but hopefully can experience with them

[@TheMasterQuests]

The game has a story they know that right?

[@michelpuy]

They picked the worst kiddos to interview lmao

[@garyredfield1498]

17 years later, people still think this

[@foxtrot4242]

The kids made it sound worse 😭😂 "it's closest to killing someone without actually killing someone and getting arrested" Love me some GTA, all the classics with GTA vcs and lcs, gta 4, and 5 all got a different feel to them and now were about to get gta 6 in 2025 the number of views for the trailer shows how big and legendary the franchise has become and it shows rockstar is the biggest at least the gta series is the biggest in the world when it's comes to the first 24 hour sales and trailer views the gta 6 trailer broke three world records for the most viewed videos game reveal in 24 hours and the most viewed KZbin video in 24 hours and the most liked video game trailer on KZbin that should tell how big the gta series is and GTA 5 records are insane thats why i really appreciate gta 3 without 3 none of this would be possible and without rockstar not being afraid of doing whatever they want no matter how graphic and violent and realistic and controversial

[@LazyPirate8]

I find it funny we have news reports but they had the ESRB. Doubt all of this is just free-advertisement.