In the bars are postcards featuring Vice City. Love Fist was featured in GTA Vice City, and was also on a sign in GTA San Andreas and GTA Liberty City Stories.ĭuring a multiplayer race in GTA IV if the player equips a certain Female face (possibly 2) then hits a car in traffic or another player's car while pressing the talk button ( PS3 or LB Xbox 360), the character will sometimes exclaim, "This isn't San Andreas you hippie, DRIVE!" In Star Junction there is a sign for Love Fist. The sign outside the factory is very similar to a sign for Pepsi-Cola that appears in the film "The Great Gatsby." Also notice that "Sprunk" is a mix of the words "Sprite" and "Spunk". It has returned to GTA IV with a brand new look. Sprunk was featured in GTA Vice City, GTA: San Andreas, and Manhunt. There is a Sprunk manufacturing plant in Alderney and a vending machine at Romans taxi depot. On the front of the Liberty Tree is Donald Love, who disappeared in GTA III.Ī Fruntalot billboard outside the Algonquin safehouse shows a man ressembling CJ, drinking wine.
Rudy LaFontaine - Funk in Time and Sunshine Shine - Mine Until Monday can both be heard on Lips 106 on GTA Liberty City Stories, and Purser - Feel the Paincan be heard on Head Radio on LCS. offers MP3 ringtones of songs from Lips 106 and Head Radio in GTA Liberty City Stories.ĬDs from pre-GTA IV musicians are found in different places in GTA IV: Madd Dogg - Still Madd and OG Loc - Str8 from tha Street, both rappers in GTA San Andreas.
The "Pager" ringtone on Niko's cell phone is the pager sound from GTA III. If you look closely at the chart behind Gerry on the prison, you can see the penis-shape drawing the students in GTA III had drawn. These clues suggest that the author of the email and discussion topic is The Truth, a character from GTA San Andreas. "Chiliad" was also the name of a location in San Andreas (the highest mountain, in the southwestern wilderness). This discussion thread includes more philosophical thoughts, mentions Peyote, and provides a map of the Unique Stunt Jumps in Liberty City. On this website there is a discussion topic titled, "Jump to a new level of Spirituality" posted by "Trooth". Niko can receive an email from Chiliad8888, which calls the recipient "Pilgrim", makes many spiritually- and philosophically-charged (and anti-government) comments, ends with "Feel the Truth, Live the Freedom", and links to.
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Similarly, footage of the Vinewood sign from GTA San Andreas is used for another TV ad it is recognizably San Andreas animation due to the transmission tower visible right behind it, which was also in the earlier game. When shown, the commercial doesn't have GTA IV graphics and art, it features GTA San Andreas graphics, the most obvious being the building designs and taxi. It features a casino in Las Venturas from GTA San Andreas. One of the TV shows is a program called The Venturas Poker Challenge. There are signs scattered throughout Liberty City that say "Hot Coffee Shop", clearly a reference to the Hot Coffee sexual content and controversy from GTA San Andreas The graffiti is intended to serve as "a little joke for fans of the series", as a different design approach to GTA IV meant the games' timeline could only inherit various fictional brand names and certain radio personalities it is, however, no indication as to whether or not GTA III canon has been retired. The only onscreen death of a protagonist so far is Victor Vance and Johnny Klebitz . On the staircases in most apartment blocks in the game, you may spot some graffiti referring to past protagonists set in GTA III canon ( Claude, Tommy, Carl (CJ), Toni, and Vic), that suggests they have passed away, though it is likely metaphorical as GTA III canon is over so they won't be seen again. If the player scopes the night sky with a sniper rifle on a clear night, they will find some galaxies, stars and a flying thumb, in the thumbs up position.Įaster eggs references to previous games Graffiti found on certain run down apartment corridors. There are several names written on it, all of which are puns, including "Isaac Hunt" (I's a cunt), "Seymour Fani" (see more fanny), "Richard Head" (dick head), and "Phil Mcreavis" (fill my crevice). In the missions done for Gerald McReary while he is in prison, a chart can be seen behind Gerald during the cutscenes for the mission.