Video Shows Grand Theft Auto Has Come a Long Way

Here’s a fun look back at the history of the GTA series in video form, courtesy of F3R X.

F3R X has tried to cram a representative sample of every GTA game into his video, running from the original Grand Theft Auto released in 1997 to the latest HD wonders of Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. You can see the games transform from a simple top-down view to blocky 3D that gets increasingly more realistic and smooth.

As a bonus the video’s soundtrack is “Gangster Friday,” also known simply as “Grand Theft Auto,” an original song that was written as the theme for the first Grand Theft Auto game.

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