
3D Era
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
26 October 2004Rockstar NorthState of San Andreas, 1992
By far the largest map of its era: three cities — Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas — plus the countryside between them, with CJ's physique, skills and gang territory all tracked as the story runs.
The record
- Released
- 26 October 2004
- Developer
- Rockstar North
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games
- Setting
- State of San Andreas, 1992
- Era
- 3D Era (2001–2006)
- Type
- Main title
Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Windows
- Xbox
Every platform the title has been released on. We record which, not when — a port’s own release date is a separate fact and we have not established one for each.
The story
Missions
105missions
The complete GTA: San Andreas story catalogue — 105 missions. 14 are optional.
17 mission givers
- Carl Johnson7 missions
- Sean Johnson16 missions
- Lance Wilson4 missions
- Melvin Harris4 missions
- OG Loc4 missions
- Frank Tenpenny5 missions
- Cesar Vialpando10 missions
- Catalina8 missions
- The Truth4 missions
- Jizzy B.4 missions
- Wu Zi Mu20 missions
- Zero3 missions
- Eddie Pulaski1 mission
- Mike Toreno9 missions
- Ken Rosenberg2 missions
- Madd Dogg2 missions
- Salvatore Leone2 missions
In the order the campaign first meets them. Missions the catalogue records no giver for are not counted here.
Every mission in order, and 105 mission pages behind them.
On the dial
Radio
11stations
Every station you can pick up in GTA: San Andreas — 10 music stations and 1 talk station.
Bounce FM
Funk
Presented by
- The Funktipusplayed by George Clinton
Funk, presented by The Funktipus — George Clinton, playing a character who is not standing especially far from George Clinton.
CSR 103.9
R&B and new jack swing
Presented by
- Philip "PM" Michaels
Contemporary R&B and new jack swing, presented by Philip "PM" Michaels with a smoothness he does not once break character on.
K-DST
Classic rock
Presented by
- Tommy "The Nightmare" Smithplayed by Axl Rose
Classic rock presented by Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith — voiced by Axl Rose, who spends a good deal of the airtime explaining what is wrong with the record industry.
K-Jah West
Dub and reggae
Presented by
- Marshall Peters
Dub and reggae presented by Marshall Peters, and the only reggae station in the state.
K-Rose
Country
Presented by
- Mary-Beth Maybell
Country, presented by Mary-Beth Maybell, and the sound of every mile of San Andreas that is not one of its three cities.
Master Sounds 98.3
Rare groove and soul
Presented by
- Johnny Lawton
Rare groove, funk and soul presented by Johnny Lawton — the crate-digging end of the dial, and the decade most of the sampling started in.
Playback FM
East Coast hip hop
Presented by
- Forth Right MC
East Coast hip hop of the late eighties, presented by Forth Right MC — three thousand miles and several years away from what Radio Los Santos is playing.
Radio Los Santos
West Coast hip hop
Presented by
- Julio Gas themselves
West Coast hip hop of the years either side of 1992, presented by Julio G — who was playing much of it on Los Angeles radio at the time and appears here under his own name.
Radio X
Alternative rock
Presented by
- Sage
Alternative rock and grunge presented by Sage, playing 1992 as it sounded on the radio everywhere else in America.
SF-UR
House
Presented by
- Hans Oberlander
House, broadcast out of San Fierro by Hans Oberlander to an audience he assumes has not yet gone home.
WCTR
Talk radio
West Coast Talk Radio
Presented by
- Lazlowplayed by Lazlow Jones
- Lianne Forget
- Marvin Trill
West Coast Talk Radio: no music at all, and a full schedule of shows with their own hosts, their own callers and their own grievances. Lazlow is here too, nine in-world years before Liberty City.
Enter the world
State of San Andreas, 1992
The places, the people, the vehicles and the weapons of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Follow any of them in.
Locations
The places
San Andreas' Las Vegas, out in the desert on the far side of the state: casinos along the Strip, and the last third of the 1992 story.
San Andreas
State

GTA V
Los Santos
City

GTA: San Andreas
San Fierro
City
Characters
The cast

Protagonist
Carl Johnson
Home in Los Santos after five years in Liberty City for his mother's funeral, and stopped by the same two police officers who drove him out. Rebuilding the family's standing turns into rebuilding most of the state's.

Antagonist
Eddie Pulaski

Antagonist
Frank Tenpenny

Antagonist
Lance Wilson
Vehicles
The garage
Weapons
The armoury
Handguns

9mm
Assault Rifles

AK-47
Melee

Baseball Bat
Equipment

Camera
In the series
Related Releases
How GTA: San Andreas sits beside the rest of the franchise.
Collected in
Provenance
Verified against research.




