The game's narrative follows a criminal who climbs in status within the criminal underworld across three fictional cities, inspired by real-life locations. It is the first title of the Grand Theft Auto series and was released in November 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, in December 1997 for the PlayStation and in October 1999 for the Game Boy Color.
Grand Theft Auto is an action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive.