Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 26 October 2004 for PlayStation 2, and on 7 June 2005 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. A high-definition remastered version received a physical release for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 30 June 2015 and 1 December 2015, respectively. It is the seventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It was released on the same day as the handheld game Grand Theft Auto Advance for Game Boy Advance. San Andreas is set within the fictional state of San Andreas, which is heavily based on California and Nevada. The single-player story follows Carl "CJ" Johnson, who returns home to Los Santos from Liberty City after his mother's murder. Carl finds his family and friends in disarray, and over the course of the game he attempts to re-establish his old gang, the Grove Street Families, and cut ties with his corrupt police officer cousin. The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on-foot or by vehicle. Throughout the game, players are able to engage in combat with enemies, with hand-to-hand combat and using firearms and other weapons. Players can drive a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, buses, semis, boats, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, trains, tanks, motorcycles and bikes. Players may also import vehicles in addition to stealing them.
There are a variety of services that characters in GTA SA can provide, including taxi and ambulance services, as well as more illicit services such as drug dealing and prostitution.
The article concludes by discussing the various services that characters in GTA SA can provide. These include taxi, ambulance, and fire services. The article also briefly mentiones the ability to purchase property and businesses in the game.