Fed up of waiting for GTA 6? You can now play this classic on a vintage console

We're still waiting for the second GTA 6 trailer after more than a year, but enterprising fans have now got GTA 3 running on a vintage console f that's something you're interested in

GTA 6 is real, this we know, but short of a single trailer that dropped over a year ago, Rockstar Games is keeping us waiting.

If the studio's parent company saying it'll "deliver something phenomenal", or calling it "extraordinary" has wet your appetite for some open-world criminality, and you happen to be using the Dreamcast as your only games console, you're in the middle of the most specific Venn diagram around – and in for a treat.

As shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Dreamcast developer Falco Girgis, the DCA3 project (that's Dreamcast Auto 3) has ported the PS2 classic to Sega's last home console.

"SURPRISE SURPRISE! The alpha release of Grand Theft Auto 3 running on the Sega #Dreamcast (DCA3) is here! Here is an actual hardware capture I took from my DC while doing some physics engine optimization work," Girgis said.

"Over the last several months, a rag-tag team of indie DC developers and GTA fans assembled to take on what seemed to many to be an impossible feat: port GTA3 to the Sega Dreamcast."

Girgis has promised more updates to come, but it's certainly impressive to see a game ported in its entirety between consoles, especially with the older nature of both titles.

The port began work in Summer of 2024, with the team essentially reverse-engineering the PC port to ascertain it could run on the Dreamcast, some of the developers told Dreamcast Junkyard.

If you're of a certain age, you likely won't remember SEGA's Dreamcast console. It launched in 1998 in Japan (1999 elsewhere) and was ahead of its time, pioneering the use of online multiplayer, downloadable content, and offering games like Phantasy Star Online, a console MMO.

Sadly, it arrived during the PlayStation 1's life cycle and when fans were anticipating the launch of the PS2, and it was never able to compete with Sony's follow-up.

Sadly, the wait for GTA 6 news goes on. After a year of silence since the first trailer, the game has already broken a Rockstar Games record for the longest gap between info and assets from the studio.

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