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  • 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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    Blow the dust off those cartridges, put another coin in the cabinet and stare patiently at that interminable loading screen, as we take you down the retro gaming wormhole in our vintage gaming playlist - • Retro Gaming
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  • @SiLoMixMaster
    @SiLoMixMaster 2 роки тому +3167

    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
      @MARC-FENIX 2 роки тому +132

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

    • @martinrocket1436
      @martinrocket1436 2 роки тому +57

      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
      @MarkyFormula1 2 роки тому +48

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

    • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol
      @i-never-look-at-replies-lol 2 роки тому +10

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

    • @ModestO20
      @ModestO20 2 роки тому +10

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

  • @BitcoinPumpItUp
    @BitcoinPumpItUp 2 роки тому +277

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

    • @randomanton
      @randomanton 5 місяців тому +6

      😂😂😂

    • @timestampingarmy
      @timestampingarmy 5 місяців тому +9

      Salute!

    • @moosepoop69
      @moosepoop69 4 місяці тому +25

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

    • @michaelm4597
      @michaelm4597 4 місяці тому

      😂

    • @A_youtube_channel_
      @A_youtube_channel_ 3 місяці тому +2

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

  • @TheBake1986
    @TheBake1986 2 роки тому +2878

    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
      @yourrightimsooosorry884 2 роки тому +173

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

    • @msgesus4518
      @msgesus4518 2 роки тому +32

      lmao, my thoughts exactly

    • @RobQos
      @RobQos 2 роки тому +216

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

    • @arontrimble1823
      @arontrimble1823 2 роки тому +121

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

    • @msgesus4518
      @msgesus4518 2 роки тому +88

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

  • @bigstackD
    @bigstackD 2 роки тому +1725

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

    • @HOLLASOUNDS
      @HOLLASOUNDS 2 роки тому +35

      At what point did they Become Rockstar games?

    • @freestyla85
      @freestyla85 2 роки тому +70

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

    • @ericshun6297
      @ericshun6297 2 роки тому +66

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

    • @nikostalk5730
      @nikostalk5730 2 роки тому +12

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

    • @112chapters3
      @112chapters3 2 роки тому +12

      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.

  • @henrik1743
    @henrik1743 2 роки тому +866

    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
      @WhirlingMusic 2 роки тому +16

      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
      @st20332 2 роки тому +108

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

    • @lemonstrangler
      @lemonstrangler 2 роки тому +17

      probably to avoid people like him asking stupid questions lol

    • @hiTocopter
      @hiTocopter 2 роки тому +33

      @@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
      @WhirlingMusic 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @nriab23
    @nriab23 2 роки тому +1469

    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
      @Gigantemanatee 2 роки тому +51

      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
      @jaymac7203 2 роки тому +27

      The original boomers lol

    • @nriab23
      @nriab23 2 роки тому +11

      @@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
      @user-oi2yk9yi4y 2 роки тому +7

      @@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
      @forwardslash1486 2 роки тому +5

      Honestly they still do…

  • @mfbfreak
    @mfbfreak Рік тому +257

    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
      @fionnhodgson Рік тому +41

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

    • @RM250crosser
      @RM250crosser 6 місяців тому

      Flythumia

    • @alexspata
      @alexspata 6 місяців тому

      nice

    • @EddieG1888
      @EddieG1888 6 місяців тому +7

      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
      @jamie7498 6 місяців тому +6

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

  • @highstereolove
    @highstereolove 2 роки тому +528

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

    • @Brayn126
      @Brayn126 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @salty6pence672
      @salty6pence672 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @HOLLASOUNDS
      @HOLLASOUNDS 2 роки тому +1

      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
      @JackoBanon1 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @fuckedupswede
      @fuckedupswede 6 місяців тому

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

  • @skybluedave1883
    @skybluedave1883 2 роки тому +968

    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
      @marconeill9510 2 роки тому +24

      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
      @Lastcookie 2 роки тому +4

      THESHIT

    • @adamcunningham2511
      @adamcunningham2511 2 роки тому +11

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

    • @adamcunningham2511
      @adamcunningham2511 2 роки тому +27

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

    • @halfbakedproductions7887
      @halfbakedproductions7887 2 роки тому +10

      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".

  • @user-og6hl6lv7p
    @user-og6hl6lv7p 2 роки тому +702

    "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
      @MolloyPolloy 2 роки тому +153

      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
      @Dedecayed 2 роки тому +30

      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
      @dejakhalz 2 роки тому +24

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

    • @Dedecayed
      @Dedecayed 2 роки тому +5

      @@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
      @spinner4148 2 роки тому +9

      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.

  • @nicksss1843
    @nicksss1843 2 роки тому +447

    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
      @whyamihere751 2 роки тому +7

      I'm pretty sure Craig sang joyride as well

    • @moy_moy85
      @moy_moy85 2 роки тому

      Craig who?

    • @whyamihere751
      @whyamihere751 2 роки тому +21

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

    • @thatcarguy6190
      @thatcarguy6190 2 роки тому +2

      @@whyamihere751 What??

    • @whyamihere751
      @whyamihere751 2 роки тому +10

      @@thatcarguy6190 what are you struggling to understand?

  • @user-hs3dg8jy3t
    @user-hs3dg8jy3t Рік тому +26

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

  • @sporkfindus4777
    @sporkfindus4777 2 роки тому +656

    GTA1 was genius
    The soundtrack is unbelievably good

    • @samukarbrj
      @samukarbrj 2 роки тому +20

      yes, the farting too! kids...🤣

    • @80robina
      @80robina 2 роки тому +12

      2:13 is a great sound track

    • @sporkfindus4777
      @sporkfindus4777 2 роки тому +2

      @IceCat7 Over and over again

    • @LG-ro5le
      @LG-ro5le 2 роки тому +4

      Best soundtrack to date imo

    • @BenjaminVestergaard
      @BenjaminVestergaard 2 роки тому +9

      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.

  • @Messimagician83
    @Messimagician83 2 роки тому +160

    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
      @watchmeplaygames1 2 роки тому +9

      I did that with Quake in 96 :)

    • @Messimagician83
      @Messimagician83 2 роки тому +12

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

    • @therealist7248
      @therealist7248 2 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @nunyabusiness896 Рік тому +1

      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
      @geada7music627 5 місяців тому

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

  • @gruffydd1000
    @gruffydd1000 2 роки тому +78

    That lad knew exactly what they had. Brilliant.

  • @slamjackson2137
    @slamjackson2137 2 роки тому +73

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

  • @heebusjeebus64xxjivo70
    @heebusjeebus64xxjivo70 2 роки тому +70

    Such humble beginnings.

  • @Nabil_Sikder
    @Nabil_Sikder 6 місяців тому +22

    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
    @pixelchicken5682 2 роки тому +201

    Props to Craig. One of the best VG composers ever

    • @dustinmalpass
      @dustinmalpass 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @heyhocodyo01
      @heyhocodyo01 7 місяців тому +6

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

  • @tomp7847
    @tomp7847 2 роки тому +379

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

    • @rabbieburns2501
      @rabbieburns2501 2 роки тому

      especially since he was a condescending prick!

    • @summerrr1
      @summerrr1 2 роки тому +30

      Lacks ambition

    • @MobinKiadeh
      @MobinKiadeh 2 роки тому +25

      He retired back in October

    • @urzikovaful
      @urzikovaful 2 роки тому +17

      Amazingly MEDIOCRE!

    • @alexm566
      @alexm566 2 роки тому +12

      that good old job security doesn't exist anymore

  • @JD_13
    @JD_13 2 роки тому +23

    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 ;)

  • @georgeagar4210
    @georgeagar4210 2 роки тому +444

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

    • @sweatyhaggis4303
      @sweatyhaggis4303 2 роки тому +47

      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
      @ivandrago1672 2 роки тому +10

      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
      @spaghettihoop5 2 роки тому +40

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

    • @sweatyhaggis4303
      @sweatyhaggis4303 2 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @DV-zv4ox 2 роки тому +11

      @@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.

  • @ironingbored
    @ironingbored 2 роки тому +62

    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
      @KoRnBulleT 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @ironingbored
      @ironingbored 2 роки тому +11

      @@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
      @mikeyboy01443 2 роки тому +6

      Electronics boutique! Blast from the past

    • @Rediscovered
      @Rediscovered 2 роки тому +2

      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
      @Killakatnage89 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @michaelwills1818
    @michaelwills1818 2 роки тому +33

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

    • @Deuschtram-ju3lf
      @Deuschtram-ju3lf 4 місяці тому

      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

  • @alanrmurphy
    @alanrmurphy 2 роки тому +65

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

    • @krashd
      @krashd 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @alanrmurphy
    @alanrmurphy 2 роки тому +197

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

    • @Gilmore74
      @Gilmore74 2 роки тому

      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
      @WhirlingMusic 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @WhirlingMusic
      @WhirlingMusic 2 роки тому +6

      @Johnny Caruthers wrong

    • @Hezkore
      @Hezkore 2 роки тому +5

      @Johnny Caruthers r/whoosh

    • @glens0r
      @glens0r 2 роки тому +2

      @Johnny Caruthers r/whoosh

  • @6Twisted
    @6Twisted 2 роки тому +77

    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
      @JokerSaintsRow 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @clownboyyyy
      @clownboyyyy 2 роки тому +2

      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
      @burgertim7878 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @lonestar2078
      @lonestar2078 6 місяців тому

      and now I know why I loved Silicon Valley

    • @Anti_Putin_Russian
      @Anti_Putin_Russian 5 місяців тому

      I loved playing Lemmings.

  • @jaymac7203
    @jaymac7203 2 роки тому +82

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

  • @nickyb1967
    @nickyb1967 2 роки тому +57

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

    • @Rudis_Garage
      @Rudis_Garage 2 роки тому +1

      Brother?

    • @elijah420stuffs2
      @elijah420stuffs2 6 місяців тому

      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 ❤

  • @JR_piano
    @JR_piano 2 роки тому +17

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

  • @phantelm5601
    @phantelm5601 2 роки тому +114

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

    • @DrMcMoist
      @DrMcMoist 2 роки тому +25

      All the best things are invented in Scotland.

    • @JD_13
      @JD_13 2 роки тому +10

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

    • @krashd
      @krashd 2 роки тому +14

      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
      @JD_13 2 роки тому +15

      @@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
      @Drenwickification 2 роки тому +15

      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.

  • @chilli-soup
    @chilli-soup 2 роки тому +28

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

  • @kingotime8977
    @kingotime8977 2 роки тому +78

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

  • @the__geekboy
    @the__geekboy 2 роки тому +124

    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
      @mikesalive 2 роки тому +4

      Naaawwww you knew :P

    • @danielcraig243
      @danielcraig243 2 роки тому +9

      I bought it in 1997. I was 10 :)

    • @UR_REAL_FBI_AGENT
      @UR_REAL_FBI_AGENT Рік тому

      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
      @Aaliyahchannel2024 Рік тому +17

      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
      @monkeydgoofy8074 Рік тому

      just reading this gives me goosebumps ngl

  • @greennin
    @greennin 2 роки тому +159

    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
      @smallbluemachine 2 роки тому +25

      That's the mildew and asbestos.

    • @mexodroid1848
      @mexodroid1848 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @GatorShins-CovenDev
      @GatorShins-CovenDev 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @mexodroid1848
      @mexodroid1848 2 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @GatorShins-CovenDev 2 роки тому +3

      @@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.

  • @morphosis7655
    @morphosis7655 2 роки тому +22

    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 😂😂😂

  • @AS-iu3pl
    @AS-iu3pl 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @Petermaler66
    @Petermaler66 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @atifmir7409
    @atifmir7409 2 роки тому +18

    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.

  • @skaruts
    @skaruts 2 роки тому +15

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

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 2 роки тому +9

    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.

  • @studas2011
    @studas2011 2 роки тому +6

    Gem of a vid, cheers for uploading it.

  • @Josh23761
    @Josh23761 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @calvinhobbes6118
      @calvinhobbes6118 4 місяці тому

      Rockstar is not the Rockstar we grew up with.

  • @dustinmalpass
    @dustinmalpass 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @matthewtaylor2965
    @matthewtaylor2965 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @hawk2million
    @hawk2million 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @Frivillig
    @Frivillig 2 роки тому +8

    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!

  • @adamcunningham2511
    @adamcunningham2511 2 роки тому +13

    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
      @randomanton 5 місяців тому

      I totally forgot about that until your comment 🤯

  • @The_Comedy_Hub
    @The_Comedy_Hub 2 роки тому +57

    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
      @BigSplenda1885 2 роки тому +4

      Wow a billion pounds...sounds heavy 😂

    • @thatcarguy6190
      @thatcarguy6190 2 роки тому +5

      @@BigSplenda1885 A lot heavier than dollars anyway

    • @an-cx1ho
      @an-cx1ho 2 роки тому +7

      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
      @12NiBer12 2 роки тому

      @@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
      @yellowblanka6058 2 роки тому +2

      @@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.

  • @Themayseffect
    @Themayseffect 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @del7538
    @del7538 2 роки тому +11

    Working Lunch was an excellent show.

  • @WangLaker
    @WangLaker 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @MrDogfish83
    @MrDogfish83 2 роки тому +22

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

    • @jamesjameson4566
      @jamesjameson4566 2 роки тому +5

      What was the game

    • @MrDogfish83
      @MrDogfish83 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @mftmss7086
      @mftmss7086 2 роки тому +1

      @@MrDogfish83 prove it

    • @MrDogfish83
      @MrDogfish83 2 роки тому +3

      @@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
      @yourrightimsooosorry884 2 роки тому +1

      But just ended up showing him his disck

  • @justwowmanplays2941
    @justwowmanplays2941 6 місяців тому +15

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

    • @superstarlv9259
      @superstarlv9259 6 місяців тому +1

      probably most, its only 27 years ago

    • @justwowmanplays2941
      @justwowmanplays2941 6 місяців тому +1

      @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.

  • @RudhinMenon
    @RudhinMenon 2 роки тому +1

    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

  • @jamesphlames7498
    @jamesphlames7498 2 роки тому +9

    Wow! Lemmings and GTA! Phenomenal games!

  • @Faulty720
    @Faulty720 6 місяців тому +3

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

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 2 роки тому +40

    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

  • @perfectenrager
    @perfectenrager 6 місяців тому +5

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

  • @chongxina8288
    @chongxina8288 2 роки тому +8

    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.

  • @itw6109
    @itw6109 2 роки тому +12

    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

  • @jaelampoorun2438
    @jaelampoorun2438 7 місяців тому +5

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

  • @SendU2Jesus
    @SendU2Jesus 2 роки тому +1

    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!

  • @charlesleeiii
    @charlesleeiii 6 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @rocon86
    @rocon86 2 роки тому +4

    Still love playing this game.

  • @davidhall6464
    @davidhall6464 2 роки тому +200

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

  • @mehmetalitekin4528
    @mehmetalitekin4528 7 місяців тому

    Good work! :) Thanks! 👍

  • @BrawlerTM
    @BrawlerTM 6 місяців тому +5

    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_
      @Drakonus_ 6 місяців тому +3

      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
      @Cartoonman154 6 місяців тому +5

      @@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
      @Future-Classic-Comics 5 місяців тому +1

      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
      @maxdamagus 4 місяці тому +1

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

  • @TheAaronJP
    @TheAaronJP 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @dg8620
      @dg8620 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @Dr170
      @Dr170 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @paddyblack-exe
    @paddyblack-exe 2 роки тому +4

    "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

  • @21Rodge
    @21Rodge 2 роки тому +2

    I’ve still got this game and the original PlayStation how far GTA has come amazing.

  • @carloschau9310
    @carloschau9310 6 місяців тому +1

    this is gold

  • @realdanielmaclean
    @realdanielmaclean 2 роки тому +44

    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
      @krashd 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @painapple2457
      @painapple2457 2 роки тому +2

      Counter strike 1.6

    • @painapple2457
      @painapple2457 2 роки тому

      @@duduvenom Earlier versions were around since 1999

  • @OFFtheCHIZANE
    @OFFtheCHIZANE 2 роки тому +3

    2:10 that guy’s Da Shootaz!? What a g

  • @victor_TH
    @victor_TH 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing this footage. The first GTA is probably the game I have spent more time with.

  • @HAL-op6vg
    @HAL-op6vg 5 місяців тому +1

    Incredible!

  • @rcecil88
    @rcecil88 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @BoxofficeForney6969
    @BoxofficeForney6969 2 роки тому +95

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

    • @KrozMcD
      @KrozMcD 2 роки тому +76

      And then a 17 year wait for GTA 6!

    • @WhatALoadOfTosca
      @WhatALoadOfTosca 2 роки тому +4

      @@KrozMcD just thinking the same thing lol

    • @M_D93
      @M_D93 2 роки тому

      @@KrozMcD So 8 more years until GTA 6

    • @312chinola3
      @312chinola3 2 роки тому

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

    • @radnwavy5531
      @radnwavy5531 2 роки тому

      @@KrozMcD exactly

  • @lc3433
    @lc3433 6 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @keithposter5543
    @keithposter5543 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @JamesScholes
    @JamesScholes 2 роки тому +3

    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.

  • @yetanotheruser1989
    @yetanotheruser1989 Рік тому +3

    Still the best. An absolute classic.

  • @d33pNacho
    @d33pNacho 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @Singerboymeljamaicaqueens
    @Singerboymeljamaicaqueens Рік тому +1

    I remember playing this for gameboy lol and I’m 29 today craxy how this game grew and these guys still alive 🔥💪🏾

  • @James-rf2ln
    @James-rf2ln 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @headshot6959
      @headshot6959 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @Rudis_Garage
      @Rudis_Garage 2 роки тому

      You're not the only one😄

  • @ragnarwiik2054
    @ragnarwiik2054 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @MilkShake
    @MilkShake 2 роки тому

    Amazing content! 👌

  • @thehh5118
    @thehh5118 2 роки тому

    Love it!

  • @GamingRoadkill
    @GamingRoadkill 6 місяців тому +12

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

    • @lonestar2078
      @lonestar2078 6 місяців тому

      meh, I wouldn't count on it

  • @PibrochPonder
    @PibrochPonder 2 роки тому +14

    Best game ever.

  • @ruimpinho
    @ruimpinho 6 місяців тому

    Will never forget my first GTA on PS1 (GTA2).
    Our childhood wouldn't have been the same without this team. Thank you!

  • @shimizu67
    @shimizu67 7 місяців тому +2

    I remember playing this game on a demo CD back in 1997. I was blown away, loved it. There was a protagonist called Troy, he was my favorite.

    • @Joseph88899
      @Joseph88899 6 місяців тому +1

      Demo number 10.. it was orange wasn't it haha I remember my mate always got PlayStation magazine and that demo was lent to every kid in school... gta was a phenomenon.. Still is

  • @default1256
    @default1256 2 роки тому +22

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

    • @RyanFaeScotland
      @RyanFaeScotland 6 місяців тому

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

  • @falcosirrus8620
    @falcosirrus8620 2 роки тому +30

    I always hoped for a DS version of Lemmings as i think it would have suited the double screen and touch screen perfectly and would have introduced a whole new generation to the game, but i think Sony own the rights.
    I remember in the first Grand Theft Auto that if you ran over a full line of Hare Krishnas you would get a large 'Gouranga' message on screen. The Hare Krishnas frequented Dundee around the time the game was being made and could often be heard chanting 'Gouranga' as you passed them. I have always wondered if that was the reason it was within the game.

  • @christianthorpe935
    @christianthorpe935 7 місяців тому +1

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

    • @Da1Dez
      @Da1Dez 5 місяців тому +3

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

  • @Chevy-jordan
    @Chevy-jordan 2 роки тому +19

    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
      @krashd 2 роки тому +7

      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
      @indiekiddrugpatrol3117 Рік тому +1

      @@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

  • @BillyNoMates1974
    @BillyNoMates1974 2 роки тому +11

    I tested GTA London and GTA 2 when I worked for an independent software testing company.
    Soon got fed up with GTA 2 when we had to play test it for 6 weeks solid. All of us in the company playing it via LAN
    It gets a bit tiresome when I kept killing my boss with Molotov cocktails and running him over. ha ha
    And this was before it was released.
    Then once GTA 2 was released there were adverts everywhere.
    I couldn't get away from it. lol

    • @adamcunningham2511
      @adamcunningham2511 2 роки тому +2

      Gta 2 had multiplayer?.

    • @BillyNoMates1974
      @BillyNoMates1974 2 роки тому +1

      @@adamcunningham2511 yes over a LAN game

    • @adamcunningham2511
      @adamcunningham2511 2 роки тому +2

      @@BillyNoMates1974 sick. They need to port these games to ps5 dont they deffinatley

    • @BillyNoMates1974
      @BillyNoMates1974 2 роки тому

      @@adamcunningham2511 yes like a classics bundle.
      £20 for all GTA, GTA London and GTA 2 would work well

  • @dristmist7401
    @dristmist7401 2 роки тому

    You did it, congratulations!

  • @Infernal_Elf
    @Infernal_Elf Місяць тому

    Amazing :D

  • @CPMotors814
    @CPMotors814 7 місяців тому +4

    Proudly made in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿