{"id":682935,"date":"2026-04-06T10:24:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/rockstar-files-takedown-gta-prototype-videos"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:24:53","slug":"rockstar-is-taking-down-prototype-grand-theft-auto-videos-released-by-one-of-the-games-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rockstar-is-taking-down-prototype-grand-theft-auto-videos-released-by-one-of-the-games-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar is taking down prototype Grand Theft Auto videos released by one of the game&#8217;s creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rockstar-is-taking-down-prototype-grand-theft-auto-videos-released-by-one-of-the-games-creators.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Mike Dailly, one of the founding members of the studio that created <strong>Grand Theft Auto<\/strong>, seems to have had some prototype videos of the original game taken down by <strong>Rockstar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t familiar with Dailly, he was the first employee at <strong>DMA Design<\/strong>, which later became Rockstar North, and went on to make the graphics engine for GTA. Dailly also runs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MikeDailly\/videos\">YouTube channel<\/a> where he uploads a variety of techy things, including some behind the scenes, early tests of games he worked on, including prototypes of the first GTA, but he&#8217;s now claimed that Rockstar has filed a takedown on them.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the videos that were taken down, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gta-creator-reports-rockstar-put-copyright-strikes-on-his-prototype-videos\/\">PC Gamer<\/a>, showed off some renders of prototype graphics developed by Dailly in the early 90s. The first was a rotating, isometric prototype, and the other a top-down one, both of which showed buildings and streets. Another video showed an old beta copy of GTA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/rockstar-files-takedown-gta-prototype-videos\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/rockstar-files-takedown-gta-prototype-videos\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Dailly, one of the founding members of the studio that created Grand Theft Auto, seems to have had some prototype videos of the original game taken down by Rockstar. If you aren&#8217;t familiar with Dailly, he was the first employee at DMA Design, which later became Rockstar North, and went on to make the graphics engine for GTA. Dailly also runs a YouTube channel where he uploads a variety of techy things, including some behind the scenes, early tests of games he worked on, including prototypes of the first GTA, but he&#8217;s now claimed that Rockstar has filed a takedown on them. 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