Take a moment from your day to enjoy this blast from the past as Rory Cellan-Jones visits DMA Design's Dundee studio. Fresh off the success of Lemmings and still years away from becoming Rockstar Games, the team of artists, level designers, musicians, and testers are hard at work on an ambitious new project, Grand Theft Auto, a game that marks a bold and very different creative direction.
Watch as they explain the vision behind their work in this clip taken from Working Lunch, originally broadcast on BBC Two on Thursday, 16 May 1996.
A little over 29 years since, we're now counting down to Grand Theft Auto VI, the industry's most anticipated title, set to launch on May 26, 2026. Rewatch the trailer and discover some curious details highlighted by Francesco Piacenti:
