This is a modded reconstruction based on early screenshots, it is mostly built upon speculation

This is gta 3 for the dreamcast

GTA if was released on n64

Please don’t call this an Alpha build, it’s misleading.

Art style aside, the title "alpha" is given to software that is nowhere near finished. Things like low draw distance and missing mini map are really because this is no more than a debug build.

The art style feels like a blend of GTA 1, 2, and Advance, it's interesting it transformed from a comic book-inspired look to a more realistic urban environment. This retro aesthetic raises intriguing questions about how the game would have been received by the media if it had retained this style, especially given the intense scrutiny Rockstar faced over the game's controversial content. Also the 'Darko' mission, which involved blowing up an ice cream truck, was in fact reworked and incorporated into the final as a side mission for 'El Burro, I Scream, You Scream'. However, instead of targeting innocent pedestrians, the revised mission involves taking out mobsters.

Would of been weird to see healthbar at the bottom left and ammo at top right? *Laughs in GTA V HUD*

Claude looks like a teenage football player 😂😂😂 but the infernis car sound 😮

It was almost planned to be released in ps1 dreamcast at that time

if im not mistaken the ice cream truck mission was the only one of darkels missions that made it into the final game

Kinda has that Body Harvest look.

I am really glad that they made all the changes they did. But the brighter colors did look pretty nice

Early 1960s looking Liberty City!

I love this color palette reminds me of gta London 1960s anyone but I'm glad we got the gritty look in the final release and i love bright colors

GTA: hit and run!

5:52 I recognize that ice cream truck tune from Body Harvest (N64 - 1998). That was a title released by the same company, when they were called DMA Design Limited.

It looks like Vice City. Thanks god GTAIII have this dark ambient, less colours and also fog which it makes this game much more realistic and gloomy.

this is why its called alpha. it was never meant to look that bad

Still better than Defective - I mean Definitive edition.

This is GTA 2.999999999999999999999969….

Man thats gta on nintendo 64

Wow I never seen the alpha lol. Thanks for showing us mate! GTA 3 was so ahead of its time. Rockstar truly made a beautiful masterpiece with the actual release.

Can't quite explain it but this gives me the Megaman Legends vibe lol

I think this mod made it look too cartoonish, the actual sceenshots were a little bit less cartoonish

Looks very similar to body harvest on the n64, which was also made by Rockstar before they changed their name to Rockstar

Not to mention the police cars and taxi cabs look more like 4th generation Chevrolet Caprices the 93-96 models.

it was revolutionary in a time like 2001

I mean honestly, the concept of GTA III starting off as a modded version of the prior 2D games really makes sense. In the OG versions they even had a top-down camera angle for both controlling Claude and driving cars. I think it’s safe to assume GTA III was originally going to be played top-down and continue the story of 2 with Claude Speed as protagonist, but the premise of an all-new 3D game (and the events of 9/11 happening during then-late development) ultimately took it in an entirely new direction.

Ah yes, waits 7 minutes into an 8 minute video to finally announce that it’s just a recreation of the alpha and not the real thing. Cool!

Greetings to you from Central Africa🤜🏾

Damn I thought you were playing the definitive edition based on the graphics.😂

7:19 poor NPC

I can recognise the police siren and "job complete" sounds from GTA 2 ! Speaking of the police siren, the one in the final game is actually very close to the sirens used by the NYPD in the 80's and 90's

I think the ice cream truck was used for one of the El Burro mission in the final release because you have to rig one to explode to kill the target.

One thing I found incredibly painful about this version.. the Cartel carry around M16's :/ (Which would change to AK's as of completing The Exchange)

“This would have sucked!” What?!? 🤯🤯🤯 the “Alpha” version would have sucked‼️‼️

back then, the beta was supposed to be cartoonish but rockstar changed his mind after all.

Where is that gta 3 theme backround music from it sounds so chill and calming! Also great showcase of the alpha footage :)

This low key looks cool

Thats called pre alpha, all games even today starts Whit very simple graphic, Mechanic's are the priority first.

It runs really smooth compared to the final build

Just one question, was the Furore GT an actual GTA III car that got cut or is it just an unofficial vehicle they just added

I love the vibrant colors. I'd have spent another 1000 hours in it if it launched that way. Vice City 4 life.

I thought this was Saints Row 2022

He really thought he was playing the alpha

Looks like GTA2 with a player-based camera instead of top-down 😂

An alpha isnt a "what could've been"... Thats the whole point of calling something an "alpha" instead of "final".

I kind of like the Alpha graphic style more. Looks more like the first two games and doesn't have that annoying motion blur. I'm sure it would look better in the correct aspect ratio instead of stretched to fill 16:9

First of all an Alpha Version was never meant to be released, so that is not what it was supposed to look like. Second even if it came out like this this would still have been an absolute game changer compared to the 2D Birds view from GTA 2...

for the time? that still would have been a really fun game with a lot of action! reminds me of virtuacop 2

Watching this after completing gta 3 netflix defentive edition 100% 😂❤

2:06 that explains whyin the Alpha Version the Draw Distance was Dogwater

Damn Sega Dreamcast had some wild graphics 😢😢😢

I wonder if they were more areas in the game like more islands and I want to what is the other two islands look like somebody should do a game play of that if not even better than Portland

It would have looked cartoonish, reminds me to N64 body harvest

2:28 Tbh, I think for me it would've been cool enough as top-down one. It's still a graphic upgrade from GTA2, looks nice. THe only downside maybe would've been if it wouldn't have been successful enough and the series would've never gotten as big as it is today.. but who knows. :D

If gta 3 and specifically vice city was released in top down format, i likely would never have played any gta game ever

If they released it like this it would still be just as groundbreaking

And apparently it was normal to see Borgnine taxis everywhere :D

How video games would've been if soulless corporations like Take-Two were in charge

It looks like they were trying to do vice city but did not have the technology yet

It’s amazing what a colour palette can do!

7:32 A detriment is something of negative influence. From the Latin _deterere:_ "wear away."

crazy how inaccurate this mod is compared to the gta3d mod by 13ag, the_hero, fire_head,, and some other big name gta modders but at the time this one was made not as much info was uncovered so a lot of content in this mod is just speculation and myths like darkel's missions and the vehicle sound design change based on canned sound effects added into trailers to make them more cinematic

Honestly, I like the alpha Rhino better than that horrible looking thing in the finished game.

You need to look up the definition of detrimental

Something about GTA3 using GTA2 textures as placeholders is fascinating

I love how it looks, it just lacks lighting from first glance.

Kinda looks like they were gonna make it like the first 2 and thankfully changed their minds

Its the alpha version. That means it was nowhere near done. It's not how it almost looked, they hadn't applied the finished textures or lighting.

If this had come out on dreamcast i would have owned it for sure. All my friends had ps1 and GameCubes

Unless you unlocked Darkel then I don't wanna hear it

I like how much more clear the game looked in it's ALPHA version and the fact that it was more vibrant and had more colour.

great video (:

my guy thinks an alpha build is the final version of the game T_T

Aside from maybe some lack of polish, I kinda like the cartoon graphics, and the PS2 games that followed kinda returned a bit to that. Eventually going entirely away from it though.

This what every sega game looked like

Bro this looks better ngl

Nope that is called Gangs Vehicle War 3.apk

So we were supposed to play Adolf instead of Claude

I remember reading about this game in Game Informer magazine before it was released and the hype was so crazy.

GTA: Hit and Run

Claude looks like Johnny Elbows

i wonder, if they wanted this game to be for both the ps2 and dreamcast but decided to cut out the dreamcast in order to take the graphics further, this early version could run on dreamcast no doubt about it.

cartoony adult ahh game💀 (still remember that game that was released by nintendo?)

What shoreside vale, looks like in the beta version of GTA 3?

Spoiler alert: the is not the alpha version. I watched this whole video thinking this was a leaked alpha version of the game. Ending reveals it's just a mod someone made based on screenshots of the alpha version.

So in alpha version, Mr.Bean was protagonist instead of Claude☠️

Beta tank looks like rhino

This is what the definitive edition feela like lol

Looks like Bad Day LA.

It properly made like this becomes gta 3 was originally planned to be released on old consoles at that time like ps1.

honestly I kinda love the style of this, obviously it's not realistic like the series would end up but it's super unique

Thats why it was an alpha

The art style ki da reminds me of another Rockstar Games PS2 title, State of Emergency.

Why does it look like Roblox lmao

“The alpha version is almost how the game originally looked”

i feel like the HD timeline gtas would still remain the same

Btw Claude in GTA III isn't Claude Speed from GTA II

lol the infernus sound is straight up ripped from an actual Lamborghini V12 engine, so technically you’re saying that lambo’s sound horrible