Grand Theft Auto: London 1961

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**1961** – ***London 1961***
**1969** – *London 1969*

**3D Universe**
**1984** – *Vice City Stories*
**1986** – *Vice City*
**1992** – *San Andreas*

**2D Universe**
**1997** – *Grand Theft Auto*

**3D Universe**
**1998** – *Liberty City Stories*

**2D Universe**
**1999** – *Grand Theft Auto 2* (Possible)

**3D Universe**
**2000** – *Advance*
**2001** – *Grand Theft Auto III*

**HD Universe**
**2008** – *Grand Theft Auto IV*
         – *The Lost and Damned*
         – *The Ballad of Gay Tony*
**2009** – *Chinatown Wars*

**2D Universe**
**2013** – *Grand Theft Auto 2* (Possible)

**HD Universe**
**2013 - present** – *Grand Theft Auto Online*
**2013** – *Grand Theft Auto V*

***Grand Theft Auto: London 1961*** (official title ***Grand Theft Auto Mission Pack #2: London 1961***, often shortened to ***GTA London '61*** or simply ***GTA London***) is the third installment of the Grand Theft Auto franchise.

*GTA: London 1961* is the second of the *GTA London* games which were two expansion packs to the original Grand Theft Auto game. *GTA: London 1961* requires both the original game and the first expansion pack, *Grand Theft Auto: London 1969*, to be installed to play.

Just as the first mission pack, *London 1961* uses the same game engine as the original *Grand Theft Auto 1*. The game takes place in London, United Kingdom in 1961, eight years before the events of *London 1969*, acting as a prequel to that game's events. The mission pack, as implied, includes new missions, 22 new vehicles, one new cutscene, and a new multiplayer "Deathmatch" map based upon the UK city of Manchester.

While *London 1969*, is available for multiple systems, *London 1961* is only available for PC, as downloadable freeware (a 7MB executable file). However, it requires the user to have both *Grand Theft Auto 1* and *GTA London 1969* (which itself requires *GTA 1*).

*London 1961* is the least known game in the series, other than Grand Theft Auto Advance, simply because the game was not heavily promoted by Rockstar, is only available as a download, and does not feature prominently on the Rockstar Games website. The game relies upon word of mouth and internet discussion forums to become known to fans of the series.[*citation needed*]

## Gameplay

*Main article: Grand Theft Auto 1#Gameplay*
Since it is a sequel/prequel to *Grand Theft Auto: London 1969*, *61* is virtually identical in gameplay to ther first expansion pack and therefore by extension similar to the gameplay of the original game also.

However, *GTA: London 1961* does have some notable new features, such as the first appearance of Drive-By Shooting in the *GTA* franchise; this can be activated in the form of a powerup in *61*. The bomb-fitting garages of *GTA 1* and *London 1969* are replaced with the Armour Shoppe where your vehicle can be heavily armored and made much harder to destroy, also the first such appearance in the franchise. There is also the addition of a powerup which greatly increases car speed similar to nitro.

*GTA: London 1961* also expanded on the multiplayer aspects in the *GTA* franchise from the original game and first expansion pack, including different forms of races, challenges and deathmatches. There is also an exclusive multiplayer map based on that of Manchester, another city in the United Kingdom.

## Weapons

*Main article: Weapons in GTA 1 Era*
The weapons in *GTA: London 1961* are identical in function to *GTA: London 1969* and therefore also very similar to the weapons in GTA 1. The 1960s-era looking HUD icons are retained from *GTA: London 1969.*

## Missions

*Main article: Missions in GTA London 1961*

## Characters

*Main article: Characters in GTA London 1961*
The game features the same protagonists and characters from Grand Theft Auto London 1969, albeit most are Not mentioned in GTA London 1961 and eight years younger.

## Vehicles

*Main article: Vehicles in GTA London 1961*
*GTA: London 1961* includes some of the same common London traffic seen in *GTA: London 1969*, such as Minis, London double-decker buses, and black taxi-cab Hackney carriages.

*GTA: London 1961* also features 22 new vehicles that were added by the second expansion pack. These evidently included vehicle designs which were originally meant to be included in *GTA: London 1969*, since the real-life equivalent vehicles many of the 1961 vehicles are based on ones that did not exist in 1961 (but did exist in 1969); and therefore many of the new 1961 vehicles are anachronistic to the 1961 setting.

These new vehicles include one based on a famous 1960s fictional car and a 1960s concept car which never made it off the drawing board in the real world.

## Soundtrack

*Main article: Radio Stations in GTA London*
The soundtrack is identical to *GTA: London 1969*.

## Trivia

* *GTA: London 1961*, along with *GTA London 1969*, are the only games in the *GTA* series to have the same protagonists.
* *GTA: London 1961*, along with *GTA London 1969*, are the only games in the *GTA* series to be set outside the United States. It is also the only game to be set in a real location; the rest of the games in the series are set in fictitious cities based on real-life US cities, such as Liberty City (New York City) and Vice City (Miami).
* *GTA: London 1961* is also the *GTA* game to be set as the earliest chronologically.
* *GTA: London 1961* has the first appearance in the franchise of being able to armor your vehicle, and also the first appearance of Drive-By Shooting.
* *GTA: London 1961* was often noted for its difficulty compared to '*69* and the original *GTA,* mostly due to the very tight time restrictions imposed on many missions.
* The *GTA London* games and *Grand Theft Auto 2* are the only *GTA* games to use the *GTA* abbreviation on the front cover.

## Screenshots

GTA - London 1961.pngCarjacking in *London 1961*Snap1.jpgFive wasted pedestrians on the streets.
## External links

* Official website
* *Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961* download (direct link to .exe) - This can be found on the official website by clicking on the black arrow flashing the word "free" near the bottom.

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