Grand Theft Auto 2 now free to download

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Rockstar Games has now made Grand Theft Auto 2 available to download for free.

Rockstar made the original GTA available to download sometime ago. The original, and now GTA2, have been revamped and remastered to work with today's PCs. However, they do note that the game still may not work correctly, and they cannot take responsibility for any problems caused.

GTA2 was the final game in the series to be 2D for the PlayStation and PC. It was an excellent step-up from the original. Looking back on it now, Rockstar has performed quite an amazing feat by completely transforming the GTA series. It started off with a violent, bloody, exciting game...that had no 'Save' option. It then stayed loyal to its origins with GTA: London, before adding an amazing 3 islands with GTA2.

But then, GTA changed so drastically, it would never be the same again: it went 3D. GTA3 astonished all gamers, and it was a true success, especially for its first time under a new engine. Vice City proved to be even more successful, with incredible missions and tonnes more scope. And then we had San Andreas. The game of all games. The multiple record breaker. In six or seven years, could we see GTA: San Andreas freely available to download from Rockstar Classics? We'll have to wait and see...

Download: Grand Theft Auto 2 (350MB)

News source: Nikush.com

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(2 replies) #1 Mx² on 22 Dec 2004 - 12:55

Yes

I loved GTA 1 free download.

Go Rockstar!

#1.1 kermalou on 23 Dec 2004 - 23:41

anybody have this on a torrent?

#1.2 Dark_INk on 30 Dec 2004 - 18:18

"GTA2 was the final game in the series to be 2D for the PlayStation and PC"
but it was on the dreamcast- don't forget the dreamcast

(4 replies) #2 Mx² on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:03

It won't download, I've tried and so have a few of my mates. Get cannot find server error when you submit the registration info.

#2.1 cappuchok on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:11

Same here. There's something wrong with their server. Maybe they got slashdotted or something.

EDIT: It seems they use an IP address in their form. I changed that IP to www.rockstargames.com, then at least I got some response, an error message about undefined variables (some stuff that's not being defined in the form to begin with, like "secondary_address" and "pw" ).
Then at least I got to an EULA screen (manually, after looking through the error messages) and pressed OK, then behold - more error messages, about a missing file (GTA2INSTALLER.ZIP) this time. Looks like these guys aren't quite up to scratch on PHP programming. Or they just haven't uploaded the file yet. Who knows.

Last edited by 21337 on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:21

#2.2 swissManu on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:38

not only download! read the text also on the page

"Due to overwhelming response, we have had to limit the number of concurrent connections to our download server. If you receive an error page, please try again later."

#2.3 tcghost on 22 Dec 2004 - 14:33

just add "&secondary_address=&pw=" to the end of your url...

but they moved the download to another server and there's no way to get it until the server is back up

#2.4 robpears on 25 Dec 2004 - 17:04

http://rockstargames.com/classics/gta/eula.php

That takes you to the agreement page but it fails after that!

(1 reply) #3 SoLiD_MasteR on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:15

i'm waiting for gta3

#3.1 Island Roots on 24 Dec 2004 - 07:34

Keep waiting.

#4 Mx² on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:17

Rofl, it'll be a while until GTA 3 is put up.

#5 Mx² on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:26

Yea I got there too cappuchok. It think its a bit of not upload and bad coding.

#6 Kamael on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:34

Site's down atm...

#7 Mx² on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:55

Come on Rockstar, bring the site back up!

(2 replies) #8 Rogue` on 22 Dec 2004 - 13:58

I hope 3dgamers release a .torrent for it

#8.1 cappuchok on 22 Dec 2004 - 14:06

Not likely. Rockstar says mirroring the file is not allowed.

#8.2 Mx² on 22 Dec 2004 - 14:15

Yea they probs won't allow mirroring. But if they got the site fixed,then we would be able to download the game

#9 nw_raptor on 22 Dec 2004 - 15:06

nice!

(1 reply) #10 moeburn on 22 Dec 2004 - 15:16

Unfortunately, it still won't work on NT 5.1.

#10.1 Radium on 22 Dec 2004 - 15:54

I had some problems with it in Windows 2000, but a patch fixed it.
Patch 1.3 (I think) fixed it, but GTA was patched and done when it got free.
Don't know about this one. Trying to download it.... there's no way that they are going to get any information from me.

#11 cashman on 22 Dec 2004 - 16:47

I think its good of rockstar to have done this, most companies wouldn't think about taking time to remake and release a game that was loved by so many

#12 clotz2000 on 22 Dec 2004 - 16:57

Yeah this definitely rocks!! Rockstar stands out among developer's, even bigger companies like Nintendo won't even offer Super Mario Bros for free. I guess they intend on re-making every NES game and milk each game for all it's worth for the Gameboy Advance instead of making it's old school fans happy. I think more companies should offer their old games for download, Like Doom, Duke Nukem, Etc. These games are classics and it would be awesome of the companies to release them.

Well that's just my opinion, and yes I still love Nintendo

#13 Radium on 22 Dec 2004 - 17:03

It's silly that 3D Realms released the source code under GPL, but you still have to buy the game to be able to play it.

There are Windows ports, but you still need the big GRP file.

#14 JorgeIváη™ on 22 Dec 2004 - 17:05

direct link?

#15 yert* on 22 Dec 2004 - 17:10

I hate this game! It sucks! Not that anyone cares

#16 mipra on 22 Dec 2004 - 17:38

the site is still down. anyone has direct link?

#17 Mx² on 22 Dec 2004 - 19:45

I want to download my GTA2

(3 replies) #18 take_the_veil on 22 Dec 2004 - 20:08

Why didnt they torrent it. Stupid fools.

Edit: Cos they want info from you. My bad.

#18.1 Radium on 22 Dec 2004 - 20:18

What are they going to do with all that personal information?
It seems pretty useless.
A vast majority will be fake anyway.

#18.2 AnalogRival on 22 Dec 2004 - 23:40

It signs you up on their mailing list, read the whole page.

#18.3 Kushan on 23 Dec 2004 - 23:09

They could do a registration torrent thing, like some BT sites where you gotta register, give them your IP or you can't download...

That would just make sense though.

#19 Evolution on 22 Dec 2004 - 20:19

Finally, they released the real game

I personally prefer GTA 2 to GTA 1

(6 replies) #20 Radium on 22 Dec 2004 - 20:38

Where do I download it?!
Their stupid server is down.

Does anyone have it yet?

#20.1 Evolution on 22 Dec 2004 - 20:53

...it's illegal to download it anywhere else.

#20.2 Radium on 22 Dec 2004 - 20:55

I was asking if anyone have it.
I can't download it, I want to know if anyone got it or if the server have been down all the time.
Maybe the server IP/address is wrong or something... maybe someone can point me to the right address. :|

#20.3 Evolution on 22 Dec 2004 - 21:00

You were asking where to download it from...that's the only address....

#20.4 Xen on 22 Dec 2004 - 21:15

*Cough* EMULE *cough*

#20.5 Radium on 22 Dec 2004 - 21:17

uhm, you are slow or something?!
What if the address to the server that you submit your information to, is wrong? That's what I'm asking.
If someone got their hands on it earlier maybe they can tell if it's still the same address.

#20.6 Radium on 22 Dec 2004 - 21:30

eMule? I don't think that there are enough people that share this version of GTA2.
This version is even newer than the retail version with the latest patch.

#21 Xen on 22 Dec 2004 - 21:01

Mx2, stop the btching

. Yeh, server is down so let me btch.

BRING THE SITE BACK UP!

#22 paulhaskew on 22 Dec 2004 - 23:48

can't wait for the site to come back up... w00t, go RockStar Games...

(2 replies) #23 lou_habs on 23 Dec 2004 - 00:47

[SIZE=14]thats no good its not fro canada. those pricks!

#23.1 Evolution on 23 Dec 2004 - 03:10

Where does it say that?

#23.2 thatnerdguy on 23 Dec 2004 - 07:26

you're actually using your real information?

#24 Xen on 23 Dec 2004 - 01:08

( | ) Eat that k? Stop complainting.

#25 a_witko on 23 Dec 2004 - 01:27

cmon. i want to play gta2. Ive never played it before. it sounds good. cmon. aww cmon.

#26 craZySoldier on 23 Dec 2004 - 02:25

I would pay rockstar to make GTA3 free

I already emailed them with and offer fore $29.99 USD

Edit: they just replied telling me to stop spamming them

#27 nwBen on 23 Dec 2004 - 11:22

Timeouts suck

#28 robpears on 23 Dec 2004 - 11:34

Site isnt working but thnx for info anyway

#29 Dwarden on 23 Dec 2004 - 16:32

no chance to download, totally lame system ...

#30 Alto on 23 Dec 2004 - 17:59

The registration thing really is gettin on everyones tits now - even mine!

Could somebody please be as so kind as to post the link to the exe file? Cheers!

#31 m!ke on 23 Dec 2004 - 18:29

ok its been over 24 hours now... which is like 1 week in intertime. I guess rockstar's techies are having an early christmas break?

(2 replies) #32 1337.h4x0r on 23 Dec 2004 - 21:07

we need a torrent

#32.1 g33kb0y on 24 Dec 2004 - 02:17

True.dat

#32.2 DeepThought on 25 Dec 2004 - 02:07

No, not a .dat, a .torrent!

#33 frogworm on 24 Dec 2004 - 02:46

um... what about the source code Rockstar?

thanks for the game but i wanna learn.

#34 disturb3d on 24 Dec 2004 - 03:06

frogworm i feel ur pain

#35 robpears on 24 Dec 2004 - 13:27

How long did it take to download?

(2 replies) #36 Bhav on 24 Dec 2004 - 15:43

QUOTE

um... what about the source code Rockstar? thanks for the game but i wanna learn.

er...they ain't gonna do that any time soon.

#36.1 DeepThought on 25 Dec 2004 - 02:08

Oh, like they're selling so many copies of it...

#36.2 Jon on 25 Dec 2004 - 11:23

I don't see why they wouldn't release it. It's certainly becoming an increasingly popular trend, publishers releasing source code to allow the community to produce further mods and enhancements, whilst new users still need to buy a copy of the game. It happens a lot in the flight sim world, its a wonderful thing to do with an older sim that isn't selling any more, make the source public and let us rip on it.

(1 reply) #37 ^_^ Silly Willy on 24 Dec 2004 - 18:45

Very cool that the company itself releases the game for free.

#37.1 Alpha2004 on 24 Dec 2004 - 21:27

technically, nothing has been released yet...

#38 AnalogRival on 24 Dec 2004 - 23:14

Has anyone been able to download it? Only answer if you HAVE.

#39 Jooely on 25 Dec 2004 - 07:07

Cool I remember playing the first GTA on demo on the ps before it came out and I knew it had potential. Plus this is a great example of how far technology has come, I can't imagine what the newest GTA game will look like in 7-8 years time.

(1 reply) #40 robpears on 25 Dec 2004 - 17:04

#40.1 Daninku on 25 Dec 2004 - 21:16

Yeah, most probably they will fix it after their Christmas Holidays, I hope

(1 reply) #41 neomilan on 27 Dec 2004 - 09:30

nope still not working people

and its the 27th now!!!!!!!!!!!!

#41.1 robpears on 27 Dec 2004 - 14:02

yup

why ??????

(1 reply) #42 Evolution on 27 Dec 2004 - 21:24

Finally, they updated the site

Thank you First, for your interest in the Rockstar Classics Free Download Series.

Unfortunately, we are experiencing a high volume of downloads now and your information has not be collected.

Please try back another time.

But you still can't download it :/

#42.1 477!14 on 27 Dec 2004 - 23:24

If im mistaken wouldnt that be a lie since nobody has been able to download it, constituting a low volume of downloads... Unless there are people that have been able to download it so far?

#43 dannymp3 on 28 Dec 2004 - 01:28

I'm sure theres someone who's been able to download it.

Just haven't commented here yet.

(4 replies) #44 majorbabu on 28 Dec 2004 - 01:54

woulda been cool if they came up with a queue system of some sort

#44.1 Alpha2004 on 28 Dec 2004 - 02:15

I was able to download gta1 just now.

I was also able to download 60kb of gta 2 wtf? (eula trick)

edit: got it working, cant wait to play gta 2 optimized!

Last edited by 63991 on 28 Dec 2004 - 02:20

#44.2 Metzen on 28 Dec 2004 - 02:31

where did you download from, the form they have up now just posts to message.php so it doesnt even appear to be attempting to download now

#44.3 Alpha2004 on 28 Dec 2004 - 02:59

http://63.236.94.185/classics/gta2/gta2_dl.php?agree=on

it takes a while for the save as thing to appear, around 5 minutes, but download is blazing fast

#44.4 A10 on 28 Dec 2004 - 21:08

just times out for me I've tried a few times it does seem to be working now as it takes much longer to time out now so it's not nonresponsive it's just slow now.

(1 reply) #45 nw_LocK on 28 Dec 2004 - 03:17

Get the page can't be found thingy every time I hit enter...waits for 2 minutes...and the error page comes up.

#45.1 Alpha2004 on 28 Dec 2004 - 03:28

its probably being hammered I guess.

#46 Solarix on 28 Dec 2004 - 07:01

Gta 1 link and GTA2 Torrents can be found under my aim account's profile under "Profile/Guestbook" check links, if this is not allowed then by george i think i need tupperware!

(2 replies) #47 FirE.FoX on 28 Dec 2004 - 09:33

this is the link to the gta2 torrent.
GTA2 Torrent

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Thanks for reading my not so pretty English

#47.1 moeburn on 28 Dec 2004 - 15:40

Ah thanks firefox, that worked.

Last edited by 49903 on 28 Dec 2004 - 17:26

#47.2 SPeedY_B on 28 Dec 2004 - 23:49

Tracker died on that one, had to put up a new torrent

(2 replies) #48 Dz_Rascal on 28 Dec 2004 - 11:49

hmmm speedyb.co.uk,

I thought torrents/mirrors were illegal

Chris

#48.1 moeburn on 28 Dec 2004 - 16:14

They are, but what are you gonna do?

#48.2 Solarix on 28 Dec 2004 - 21:03

thats exactally what ive been trying to tell people what are u gonna do huh? besides i got sick of waiting anyways

#49 robpears on 28 Dec 2004 - 13:45

humph !! STILL NOT WORKING

#50 Erich on 28 Dec 2004 - 23:15

I remember playing GTA 1 saying - I can't wait for the day this becomes a 3dgame.

#51 neo_joel on 28 Dec 2004 - 23:28

Still f*cking down

(2 replies) #52 moeburn on 29 Dec 2004 - 00:07

I still prefer GTA1 over GTA2, i would much rather play the GTA1 world with GTA2 technology.

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