Just bought GTA San Adreas :)

**Spunky Ninja** · 01-21-2009

And it's a pretty awesome game! It's shame I missed out all those years ago.

Anyways, does anyone know any good tips for the game? (no cheats)

**Vlatko** · 01-21-2009

Woah your a little slow :P But still at least ya got a hell of a discount huh

What you mean by tips, as in how to kill someone or how to avoid dying or what :P

**mickice** · 01-21-2009

Originally Posted by Vlatko

Woah your a little slow :P But still at least ya got a hell of a discount huh

What you mean by tips, as in how to kill someone or how to avoid dying or what :P

I hope he bought it retail and not second hand because the game is at like 16 million copies for PS2.

**Poida** · 01-21-2009

Either way its a superior game to GTA 4, best game in series SA is IMO.

**Spunky Ninja** · 01-21-2009

Originally Posted by Vlatko

Woah your a little slow :P But still at least ya got a hell of a discount huh

What you mean by tips, as in how to kill someone or how to avoid dying or what :P

Yeah, just stuff like that.

And also what's a good method getting some mulah? (money)

By the way, I got it at retail for $20(AUD)

**jv17** · 01-22-2009

congrats to you finally!

**Poida** · 01-22-2009

So how far you gotten so far on SA??

**Spunky Ninja** · 01-22-2009

Not that far. I just finished my first mission for big smoke.

**Poida** · 01-22-2009

I like Sweet.
Apart from CJ , Sweet is my favourite

**Seb3sixn9ne** · 01-22-2009

Originally Posted by Spunky Ninja

Yeah, just stuff like that.

And also what's a good method getting some mulah? (money)

Save game... go to gambling place. Bet as much as you can on horse with 8-1 odds... load if you lose.

Or

If you don't want to make money the 'cheap' way. Steal a firetruck and do the missions. After you extinguish a few fires you start making a lot of money.

**Poida** · 01-22-2009

If he recently started the game he cant gamble :P thats for much much later in the game

**carocat** · 01-22-2009

It's a good game, not as good as Vice City or GTA IV, but nevertheless good.

You want to make sure you're skinny/musclely, otherwise you might have a couple problems at missions.

And stick with the game, even if there are some VERY frustrating missions, like the train heist.

**mickice** · 01-22-2009

Oh great! Now you've got me playing GTA:SA again!

GTA:SA would have to be the no1 game to get my heart pumping. Running arround low on health, guys trying to gun you from all sides! It's fantastic!

**joshuam** · 01-22-2009

SA is the best GTA fo sho

do alot of side missions to get easy money

**Spunky Ninja** · 01-23-2009

Originally Posted by Seb3sixn9ne

Save game... go to gambling place. Bet as much as you can on horse with 8-1 odds... load if you lose.

Or

If you don't want to make money the 'cheap' way. Steal a firetruck and do the missions. After you extinguish a few fires you start making a lot of money.

Thanks for that, mate. I forgot about all those side missions you can do. (Damn GTA IV!)

Originally Posted by mickice

Oh great! Now you've got me playing GTA:SA again!

GTA:SA would have to be the no1 game to get my heart pumping. Running arround low on health, guys trying to gun you from all sides! It's fantastic!

Haha yeah, my heart was pumping when I had to save Sweet and his sister? from the gangsta shooting at his apartment. I only had a pistol and I wasn't familiar with the combat mechanics. Bloody intense lol.

**Spunky Ninja** · 01-23-2009

Originally Posted by carocat

It's a good game, not as good as Vice City or GTA IV, but nevertheless good.

You want to make sure you're skinny/musclely, otherwise you might have a couple problems at missions.

And stick with the game, even if there are some VERY frustrating missions, like the train heist.

Speak for yourself lol, the game is actually quite hard and enjoyable and you can actually spend money on things other then guns. *cough* GTA IV *cough*

Althought Vice City was pretty awesome, I liked the guy who always used to smash stuff if it didn't work the way he wanted it haha.

**Seb3sixn9ne** · 01-23-2009

Originally Posted by Poida

If he recently started the game he cant gamble :P thats for much much later in the game

Gambling on electronic horse racing can be done right away... It's in the first area...

**Poida** · 01-23-2009

Originally Posted by Seb3sixn9ne

Gambling on electronic horse racing can be done right away... It's in the first area...

Haha forgot about that

But I think GTA SA is way better than GTA 4.

**ps3_spid3y** · 01-23-2009

awesome, guess the sales are still goin up, have a fun time playing it man

**mickice** · 01-23-2009

Originally Posted by Seb3sixn9ne

Gambling on electronic horse racing can be done right away... It's in the first area...

Where? I'm pretty far into the game. About 60 or so hours. Bummed around for a lot of them.

I've opened up all islands and have my pilots license :P

I hate the aeroplanes tho, helicopters ftw!

**carocat** · 01-23-2009

Originally Posted by mickice

Where? I'm pretty far into the game. About 60 or so hours. Bummed around for a lot of them.

I've opened up all islands and have my pilots license :P

I hate the aeroplanes tho, helicopters ftw!

Getting that license was such a ***** to do, I hated it!

3g. Horse Racing

Locations: Under the Mulholland Intersection, Los Santos & in Blueberry

This is easy to learn, but relies mostly on luck to succeed, but not entirely.
You start off with two choices to make, how much money to bet and which horse
to bet on. The horses with shorter odds (lower numbers i.e. 2/1) have a better
chance of winning. If your horse comes in first, you win your bet back plus
whatever it's odds were as a multiple of your original bet. For example if you
bet $1000 on a 5/1 horse and it wins, you win your $1000 back plus an extra
$5000, giving $6000 in total. Anything other than a victory results in you
losing your bet.

Note that it is possible to cheat using the ITB machines to gain lots of money
fast. All you need to do is go to a machine just after loading a game, bet the
max on the horse with the longest odds, and if you lose, just reload again and
you don't lose your money. This is not something I do, as I don't like

cheating, but I know that some people out there want good money fast, and this
is a good way of earning it.

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NOTE: I receieved an e-mail that claimed that rather than the horses with
shorter odds having more chance of winning, as happens in real life, all
horses have an equal chance of winning on the ITB machines. If this info is
indeed true, my suggestion is to always bet on the horse with the longest odds,
that way you stand to win more money. I will be testing this method soon.
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**Jaeger** · 01-23-2009

I loved GTA: San Andreas, one of my favourite videogames on PS2.

**mickice** · 01-23-2009

Originally Posted by carocat

Getting that license was such a ***** to do, I hated it!

Actually I found getting the license ALOT easier to achieve on the PS2 rather than the PC. The way you can slightly move the sticks on the DualShock make the flying much easier. Everything about th PS2 controller made it easier for me, so coming from the PC version it was a breeze.

**Poida** · 01-23-2009

Going for gold on that car test on two wheels is the most difficult for me.

**scottscorpion** · 01-23-2009

san andreas was great but i hated the zero and dancing missions
best way for money is in the casinos but u have to unlock all the islands for that
just do the missions theyr good source of income