lazloisdavrock Posted September 21, 2024 Share Posted September 21, 2024 In 2001, I was a young kid working at a EB Games in Maryland for pot money. A 3D Grand Theft Auto game was releasing in just a few short weeks at the time, and the gaming community had no idea what was in store for them. Unfortunately, the same could be said about the world on a different matter. September 11th 2001 came and went. A little over a week after, our store received a stack of promotional “Out Now” prints for the game. They were meant to be placed around the store and the windows for the games impending release. Later that same day my manager informed us the game had been delayed and the prints were to be disposed of. We were never given an explanation at the time from the vendor. Surely an “Out Now” poster could just be reused at a later time, right? I was never really good at following orders back then but I do remember throwing them all in the garbage. Except one. While I unpack my belongings as I move into my new home, I figured I’d share this little piece of history. The very same print. Framed. The NTSC boxart that could have been. victm92, UltraGizmo64, Silver and 11 others 14 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted September 21, 2024 Share Posted September 21, 2024 That's a pretty cool piece of history! I'm not a GTA collector but I wonder if promotional posters like these are valuable nowadays. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072435474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazloisdavrock Posted September 21, 2024 Author Share Posted September 21, 2024 20 minutes ago, Legomanarthur said: That's a pretty cool piece of history! I'm not a GTA collector but I wonder if promotional posters like these are valuable nowadays. I’m not sure but I imagine this one would be a little more valuable, given its true reasoning for removal in the US. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072435481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick10 Posted December 11, 2024 Share Posted December 11, 2024 It's one of the collectibles, he's a year younger than me, but still, it will be valuable in the GTA community in a few more years. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072473755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant remember Posted December 11, 2024 Share Posted December 11, 2024 I have a similar poster from a game store for Vice City but this one is undoubtly much more rare! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072473771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWh Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 The poster I used to have, the top line says 'Rockstar presents, a DMA game' and it has a DMA Design logo centre bottom below the artwork, and I know another one existed which was black with the DMA logo top right on newer artwork more akin to the final NTSC box art. The legal change to Rockstar North happened on 27th March 2002 and the logo was adopted from May 21st 2002, with their website changing around June, and the DMA site being taken offline, before redirecting to Rockstar Studios website (and then finally Rockstar North's website by the December of 2002). The very early PS2 releases of GTA 3 had the DMA splash screen intact, and the PAL box art certainly still had the DMA logos front and back, and the official website had the DMA logo on it as late as February 2002. So for that reason, I'm not sure this is valuable as you think - perhaps you were mistaken on timeline? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072494401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant remember Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 10 hours ago, MikeWh said: The poster I used to have, the top line says 'Rockstar presents, a DMA game' and it has a DMA Design logo centre bottom below the artwork, and I know another one existed which was black with the DMA logo top right on newer artwork more akin to the final NTSC box art. The legal change to Rockstar North happened on 27th March 2002 and the logo was adopted from May 21st 2002, with their website changing around June, and the DMA site being taken offline, before redirecting to Rockstar Studios website (and then finally Rockstar North's website by the December of 2002). The very early PS2 releases of GTA 3 had the DMA splash screen intact, and the PAL box art certainly still had the DMA logos front and back, and the official website had the DMA logo on it as late as February 2002. So for that reason, I'm not sure this is valuable as you think - perhaps you were mistaken on timeline? Hm good spotting. R* North was indeed still DMA design when GTA3 released on PS2, this poster already has the blue R* North logo instead of DMA design. Perhaps it's for the PC version? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072494716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWh Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) 10 hours ago, cant remember said: Hm good spotting. R* North was indeed still DMA design when GTA3 released on PS2, this poster already has the blue R* North logo instead of DMA design. Perhaps it's for the PC version? Maybe, but it curiously has a PS logo bottom left - unless the assets were redone for the PC release with the newer branding on it? I just don't think this pre-dates the actual launch, the Point of Sale (POS) marketing became available to retailers in September 2001 according to the May 2001 marketing plan, so it's probable that OP's story checks out, but equally I'm not sure this poster is from that time period - the same May '01 marketing guide shows the original launch 'out now' poster said 'Available Now'. Between October 2001 and February 2002, Rockstar North was actually to be called Rockstar Studios North or Rockstar Studios UK, the logo itself was the Rockstar logo we know now, with a tartan background: So I think this may well have been PC marketing material, which had the blue Rockstar North logo as well as the yellow Rockstar masterbrand logo on it. Edited January 27 by MikeWh cant remember 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072494983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsallup Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 12/11/2024 at 3:43 PM, cant remember said: I have a similar poster from a game store for Vice City but this one is undoubtly much more rare! would be great if you could share Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072506687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant remember Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 It's basically just the box art but there it is, hope it attaches right MikeWh 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/998906-a-piece-of-gaming-world-history/#findComment-1072507498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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