Grand Theft Auto: How the Scottish game outraged on release
The controversial action-adventure gaming series developed in Scotland in the 1990s.
Witness History · BBC World Service
December 29, 202110m 0s
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Show Notes
A new action-adventure computer game - designed in Scotland - became a surprise global hit in 1997. But Grand Theft Auto also courted controversy and sparked debate over violence and drugs in video games. Paul Schuster spoke to Brian Baglow - one of the original team behind the launch.
(Photo: Grand Theft Auto IV games on display. Credit: Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)