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Is there any legal way to purchase GTA 2 for PC?

It got de-listed from Steam, it's not on GoG either.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@Zugumba @gaming didn't they give it away for free for a while? Or was that the first GTA? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@Zugumba @gaming there are tons of download links on respectable German sites.

This one's in English and I don't know it, but seems legit.

https://grand-theft-auto-2.en.lo4d.com/windows

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It looks like it's available on abandonware and the internet archive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know it's not what you asked for, but I remember a couple of years ago someone making a game heavily inspired by GTA 2. Never got around to playing it myself, but it looked good.

Can't find it right now though. Googling gave me Glitchpunk, which looks similar, though not as I remember it. And apparently it's stuck as early access and might be dead. Maybe someone else will remember that other game I remember.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Retro City Rampage?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Also "Test Drive Unlimited 2" too please.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Buy a used copy of GTA 2 from someone who purchased it legally.

Good luck finding one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

To my knowledge, no. I was searching for GTA 1 and 2 as well and could not find a legal way to purchase them for PC. Maybe someone has the games as a gift, so would probably sell this way. Or old still active keys sold in certain shops. But those are grey areas. There was also a period of time when Rockstar gave those games away I believe.

Whatever you do, I would be very careful not to fall in a scam trap. Also lot of free .exe downloads are probably infested with malware. The only way to play those games for me is, to emulate them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It was available free from Rockstar, a few years back but it looks like the link doesn't work any more. They took it off sale at the same time.

I'd grab it from archive.org or something, given they already set the price at "free"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Does it count as "pirating"? I just don't want to get in any trouble with the ISP.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I don't think anyone is coming after you for this, but I obviously don't know what country you're in

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Archive.org is probably the best and safest way to get it now.

https://archive.org/details/grand-theft-auto-2_20231230

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Thank you so much, it got Test Drive Unlimited 1&2.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@CannonGoBoom thanks! Did not know it was on archive