Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Hits iPhone, Kicks It While It's Down, Steals Its Car

by Alice O'Connor, Jan 18, 2010 7:46am PST

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Rockstar's top-down open-world murder and gang warfare simulator Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars arrived on iTunes for iPhone and iPod Touch priced at $10.

Originally scheduled for release in fall 2009, the 188MB port is controlled by on-screen buttons and packs the touch-based minigames of the original DS version.

Though praised by critics and players alike when it was released for Nintendo DS on March 17, 2009, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars sold well short of industry expectations. An enhanced PSP version followed on October 20, 2009.

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Easily the best DS game of the last year - it's a shame no one bought it. I'd be leary of a port to the iPhone though as controls would be tough - anyone know if this is another onscreen joystick/button control scheme?

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Easily the best DS game of the last year - it's a shame no one bought it. I'd be leary of a port to the ... : Dimmona
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  It is, but it seems to work well once you get used to it. There's a few options for the driving, basicall... : at0micgarden
  - Is it better than the other GTA style games on the iphone? I can't seem to get into Car Jack. Does Chin... : matrixneo42
- grabbed this on the ds but never finished it =/ if it is a good port i'll gladly pick it up on iphone. ... : greydog
- Safe to assume rampant piracy on the handhelds took a huge chunk out of sales? : Chester Copperpot
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  probably the best game on the platform. probably my goty last year. pisses me off no one bought it, i wan... : feek
  - Well, apparently at least 10 or so people bought Chinatown for the DS. :) I loved it. Scribblenauts an... : matrixneo42
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  I don't know I didn't go that crazy for it. Personally I just thought the camera got me dizzy. It consi... : agentboolen
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    I spent a LOT of time in gta2. The multiplayer in that one is still one of the funniest and replayable lan games of all time. Yes it still holds up today. For a game to be fun it doesn't have to be 3d first person. The multiplayer in gta2 is still more fun than gta4's mp.
    
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    I spent a LOT of time in gta2. The multiplayer in that one is still one of the funniest and replayable l... : matrixneo42
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  For some reason I dicked around and never got this thing for the DS. And I forgot about it until I saw it... : Schnapple
  - Good man. Though, I have the DS one and I will consider the iphone version because it is a great game. : matrixneo42

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