Editing Payback (video game)

{{Short description|2001 video game}}
{{primary sources|date=February 2010}}
{{Infobox video game
| title        = Payback
| image        = Payback Coverart.png
| caption      = Amiga cover art
| developer    = Apex Designs
| publisher    = Apex Designs <small>(Amiga)</small><br>[[DSI Games]]/[[Zoo Digital Publishing|Zoo Digital]] <small>(GBA)</small><br>[[Freeverse]] <small>(Mac)</small>
| designer     = 
| series       = Payback
| engine       = 
| released     = '''Amiga'''<br>2001<br>'''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{vgrelease|PAL|2004}}'''GP2X'''<br>{{vgrelease|WW|2006}}
| genre        = [[Action game|Action]], [[Grand Theft Auto clone]]<ref>Fahey, M. (2012) [http://kotaku.com/5948933/the-original-grand-theft-auto-iphone-clone-returns-with-payback-2 The Original Grand Theft Auto iPhone Clone Returns with Payback 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524173936/https://kotaku.com/5948933/the-original-grand-theft-auto-iphone-clone-returns-with-payback-2 |date=2018-05-24 }}. [[Kotaku]]. 10 Apr. Retrieved 11 Oct, 2014</ref> 
| modes        = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms    = [[Amiga]], [[WarpOS]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Macintosh]], [[GP2X]], [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]]
}}

'''''Payback''''' is a video game developed and published by Apex Designs. It was first released in 2001. It was followed by a sequel in 2012, ''[[Payback 2]]''.

==Gameplay==
The game is similar in gameplay to the original ''[[Grand Theft Auto (video game)|Grand Theft Auto]]'', with new camera angles and more weapons being obvious differences. The player can use shotguns grenades, as well as weapons such as remote controlled cars carrying explosives.

The game also supports four-player [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] [[deathmatch (gaming)|deathmatch]].

The [[Game Boy Advance]] version includes eleven cities.

== Development ==
It was originally a fan's project to make an [[Amiga]] clone of ''Grand Theft Auto''. In the author's own words, "every effort has been made to ensure that Payback beats GTA in every way."{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

The game was eventually expanded into a commercial release, and in 2002 Apex Designs announced plans to bring it to [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Macintosh]], and the [[Game Boy Advance]] (GBA). The Mac version was speedily released, but there is still no word on the Windows version's released date. A version for the [[GP2X]] handheld was released in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Payback released for GP2X |url=https://www.videogamer.com/news/payback-released-for-gp2x/ |access-date=15 January 2022 |work=VideoGamer.com |date=18 December 2006 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115232147/https://www.videogamer.com/news/payback-released-for-gp2x/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Despite the game being a clone of GTA, even copying car names such as the "Mundaneo", [[Rockstar Games|Rockstar]] has made no attempt to stop Apex Designs from publishing this game, or warn them about infringing on their copyrighted materials.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

The GBA version was also finished, but Apex Designs couldn't initially find a publisher. After numerous failed attempts to get it published, it was not until late 2004 that [[DSI Games]] finally picked up the game.
The GBA version received an age rating from North America's [[ESRB]], however it didn't officially release there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esrb.org/ratings/10300/Payback/|title=Payback - ESRB|access-date=2021-05-31|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214944/https://www.esrb.org/ratings/10300/Payback/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A sequel to Payback, ''[[Payback 2]]'' for iOS and Android devices, was released on 4 October 2012

==Additional content==
The Amiga version allowed fans to make their own [[deathmatch (gaming)|deathmatch]] maps (see the link below). These cannot be added into the GBA version, but a slightly modified 'Isla Nublar' map is featured as an unlockable bonus.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.apex-designs.net/payback.html Payback official site]
* [http://www.apex-designs.net/payback_maps.html Custom map downloads] (Mac and Amiga only) 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090121161852/http://www.apex-designs.net/payback_iphone_report.html iPhone progress report]

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