Can you beat GTA SA without cheats in under 1.5 years?

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The thread explores the feasibility of completing the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (GTA SA) without using cheats within a time frame of 1.5 years. Participants discuss various aspects of the game, including music associated with video games, personal experiences, and the challenges of completing the game.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express enthusiasm for video game music and share their favorite soundtracks, including titles from various games like Sonic, Advance Wars, and Age of Empires.
  • There is a discussion about the definition of VG (video game) and the genre of trance music, with participants seeking clarification on these terms.
  • One participant claims to have completed GTA SA 100% and expresses skepticism about the possibility of finishing the game without cheats in under 1.5 years, suggesting that maps available online were leaked by programmers.
  • Another participant questions the feasibility of completing the game without cheats, implying that it may not be possible.
  • Several participants share links to music videos related to video games, indicating a nostalgic connection to the soundtracks.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on whether it is possible to complete GTA SA without cheats in under 1.5 years. There are competing views on the difficulty of the game and the role of cheats in completing it.

Contextual Notes

Some participants reference specific soundtracks and personal experiences with video games, which may influence their perspectives on the game's completion. The discussion includes various interpretations of music genres and video game definitions.

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This thread is inspired by MarkFL and mathmaniac.

I'll start,

[video=youtube;jhU2OApaczA]Best Trance 2011 2012 2013[/video]

:)

We've been discussing dreaming and music lately so... TRANCE!

edit* VG is video game. Thanks MarFL i can embed the video now!
 
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What genre is VG? I am clueless...(Wave)

edit: I have edited your post above to embed the video...use the syntax:

[video=youtube;xxxxxxx]Give the video a title[/video]

That's the general form. "xxxxxxxx" is the id of the video after youtube.com/watch?v.

This is a technique passed along to me by Jameson. (Cool)
 
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agentmulder said:
This thread is inspired by MarkFL and mathmaniac.:)

We've been discussing dreaming and music lately so... TRANCE!

What do you mean by VG? and what do you mean by trance?
 
mathmaniac said:
What do you mean by VG? and what do you mean by trance?

Sorry, i posted the wrong link. Had i posted the correct link VG would have been Obvious.

In the thread below

http://www.mathhelpboards.com/f9/any-lucid-dreamers-here-4482/

you posted that you entered GTA ... I assumed you meant Grand Theft Auto...?

For 'what is trance?' see link below and check out 'working definitions' section.

Trance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

:)
 
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I'm largely stuck in the 90s and have deliberately excluded songs from Rock Band et al for obvious reasons.

Bridge Zone - Sonic 1 (8bit)
Sonic 1 (Game Gear & Master System) Music: Bridge Zone - YouTube

Sky Base (Act 2) - Sonic 1 (8bit)
Sonic 1 (Game Gear & Master System) Music: Sky Base Zone - YouTube

Doomsday Zone - Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic & Knuckles Music: The Doomsday Zone - YouTube (also this cover from OCRemix)

Sami's Theme - Advance Wars 2
Advance Wars: Sami's Theme (Enhanced Version) - YouTube

Sensei's Theme - Advance Wars 2
Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Rising: Sensei's Theme - YouTube
 
SuperSonic4 said:
I'm largely stuck in the 90s and have deliberately excluded songs from Rock Band et al for obvious reasons.

Bridge Zone - Sonic 1 (8bit)
Sonic 1 (Game Gear & Master System) Music: Bridge Zone - YouTube

Sky Base (Act 2) - Sonic 1 (8bit)
Sonic 1 (Game Gear & Master System) Music: Sky Base Zone - YouTube

Doomsday Zone - Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic & Knuckles Music: The Doomsday Zone - YouTube (also this cover from OCRemix)

Sami's Theme - Advance Wars 2
Advance Wars: Sami's Theme (Enhanced Version) - YouTube

Sensei's Theme - Advance Wars 2
Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Rising: Sensei's Theme - YouTube
Hello SuperSonic4,
I am disappointed on you:( You never mention this one
Regards,
$$|\rangle$$
 
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These days, I am not into video games at all, but once I came across an awesome song (rather, a remix) from a video game. It happened this way. On another forum, a user posted a thread asking to find an error in his proof of something like 9 = 0. The proof was a whole page of formulas full of square roots. It seemed completely impenetrable. It reminded me of the following music score, called "Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz" by John Stump, that I saw somewhere on the Internet.

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I also recalled seeing a YouTube video playing this or a similar score. After some search, I found this video:

[video=youtube;JOW2JpPi6Wc]Relationship between "Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz" and "U.N. Owen Was Her?"[/video]

of a different song being played by a sheet music program. That score was also full of fragments like these.

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However, though there was a reference to the "Death Waltz" in the video title, this is a completely different song. It is a remix of "U.N. Owen Was Her?" (I have no idea what this means) from a Japanese video game "Touhou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil". The relationship between the "Death Waltz" and "U.N. Owen Was Her?" is explained in this video (briefly, calling the video game theme the "Death Waltz" was a careless mistake by some YouTube poster).

However amazing the score of the video game remix seems, there is an actual performance of (admittedly, a version of) it on the piano.

Anyway, while I was researching this and thinking about a sarcastic reply something like, "Your proof looks like this score", another user calmly pointed out the line with an error. It was as impressive as performing that score on the piano.
 
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I found a way to cheat :) If your favorite song is on Guitar Hero, it qualifies. This is my favorite song and it makes me want to ROCK!

[video=youtube;zdzWnsbMDk0]Dream Theater Pull Me Under[/video]

:)
 
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This one makes me want to DANCE!

[video=youtube;qObaTHEnluk&list=PL1AQQewSEuJsB6nEq-DubhXh7XsrFqQW_&index=4]Fandango[/video]

:)

If video is non functional (like my wife), try link.

Saints Row 2 KRHYME 95.4 - Fandango - YouTube
 
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Anybody here completed GTA SA?

how?without cheating? no way...
 
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I've completed it. Made 100 % of the game.

Let me take away your illusions: I don't think it's humanly possible to complete GTA SA in less than 1.5 years if you don't have the cheats. So all those maps that are on the net were leaked by the programmers of the game.