Grand Theft Auto III este un joc lansat în anul 2001 de Rockstar Games, urmând Grand Theft Auto 2 din 1999 și este cel de-al 5-lea GTA. Acțiunea se petrece în orașul fictiv Liberty City ("parodia" orașului New York), protagonistul fiind Claude, un personaj care nu vorbește, iar povestea începe cu trădarea lui Claude de către Catalina (Cynthia Farrell îi dă voce). În octombrie 2001 jocul a fost lansat pe PlayStation 2, în mai 2002 pentru Windows, iar în octombrie 2003 pentru Xbox. A fost cel mai vândut joc al anului 2001, iar până în martie 2008 s-au vândut 14,5 milioane de exemplare.
Voice Cast
- Salvatore Leone .... Frank Vincent
- Luigi Goterelli .... Joe Pantoliano
- Toni Cipriani .... Michael Madsen
- Joey Leone .... Michael Rapaport
- Maria .... Debi Mazar
- Donald Love .... Kyle MacLachlan
- Ray Machowski .... Robert Loggia
- 8-Ball .... Guru
- Momma .... Sondra James
- Asuka .... Lianna Pai
- Kenji .... Les Mau
- Catalina .... Cynthia Farrell
- Miguel .... Al Espinosa
- El Burro .... Chris Phillips
- Chico .... Hunter Platin
- D-Ice .... Walter Mudu
- Curtly .... Curtis McClarin
- Darkel .... Bill Fiore
- Marty Chonks .... Chris Phillips
- Curly Bob .... Hunter Platin
- King Courtney .... Walter Mudu
- One-Armed Phil .... Hunter Platin
- Misty .... Kim Gurney
“8-Ball's
the name, brother! Yeah, it's a dumb name, but my daddy played a lot of
pool. He was a hustler, just like me! That's right. Anything you need
in this town--connections, women, guns, all that--come see me, baby.
Anytime!”
— 8-Ball, Grand Theft Auto III website
8-Ball este un personaj din GTA 3, prezent și în GTA Advance din 2000, dar și Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories din 1999. Vocea îi este dată de Keith "Guru" Elam de la Gang Starr. 8-Ball s-a născut în Liberty City, iar numele i se trage de la faptul că tatălui său îi plăcea biliardul.
MISIUNILE ÎN CARE APARE:
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto Advance
- Fake IDs
- Getaway
- Twisted Metal (Boss)
- Ill Repute (Boss)
- Droppin' Bombs (Boss)
- Scorelli (Boss)
- Love Boat (Boss)
- Love of Money (Boss/Arrested)
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- No Money, Mo' Problems (Boss)
- Cash in Kazuki's Chips (Post-mission phone call, only if No Money, Mo' Problems has been completed)
- Bringing the House Down (Boss)
Trivia
- 8-Ball is one of the many characters to appear in three games in the 3D Universe. The other characters are Donald Love, Maria Latore, Adam First, Toni and Salvatore Leone.
- Storyline mission-wise, 8-Ball is the first character encountered in the 3D Universe.
- 8-Ball, (along with Luigi Goterelli, Maria Latore, Joey Leone, Salvatore Leone and Toni Cipriani, in that order) appears on posters for the film Badfellas in Grand Theft Auto III, which is a clear reference to the film Goodfellas.
- 8-Ball's real name was going to be Mullan, as shown on alpha screenshots.
- On the artwork of 8-Ball's prison jumpsuit, it has his I.D Number which reads "010012". These numbers are also the last 6 numbers of the 8-Ball's Bomb Shop phone number. "10012" is also the zip code of Rockstar Games in New York City.
- 8-Ball shares his nickname with another Rockstar Games character: 8 Ball from The Warriors.
- The Guru also had a few songs featured in various games as part of Gang Starr, the first being "B.Y.S" on the radio station Playback FM in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and "Who's Gonna Take The Weight?" on The Classics 104.1 in Grand Theft Auto IV.
- 8-Ball is mentioned in the song “Life is But a Mere Supply” by Dezma, a song heard on Head Radio.
Game Radio
Game Radio is hosted by Stretch Armstrong and Lord Sear and plays underground hip-hop and gangsta rap music. All songs were mixed by Stretch Armstrong.
- Reef - "Scary Movies (Instrumental)" (1999)
- Royce Da 5'9" - "We're Live (Danger)" (2001)
- Nature - "Nature Freestyle" (2001)
- JoJo Pellegrino - "JoJo Pellegrino Freestyle" (2001)
- Royce Da 5'9" & Pretty Ugly - "Spit Game" (2001)
- Royce Da 5'9" - "I'm the King" (1999)
- Rush - "Instrumental Bed 1" (Andy Thelusma)
- Black Rob - "By a Stranger" (2000)
- Agallah & Sean Price - "Rising to the Top" (2001)
- Rush - "Instrumental Bed 2" (Andy Thelusma)