The Mr Whoopee's iconic jingle in GTA III is actually recycled from 'Mr Lolly,' an ice cream van in Body Harvest — a 1998 DMA Design (later Rockstar North) Nintendo 64 game that was essentially Rockstar's prototype open-world formula before GTA III perfected it.
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The VCS Mr Whoopee—still carrying that Body Harvest DNA in its jingle.
LCS keeping the ice cream dream alive, recycled jingle and all.
Even in San Andreas, that 1998 DMA Design earworm tags along.
Vice City's pink machine—a reminder this sound's roots go back to Nintendo 64.
The GTA III debut where the Whoopee jingle blew up—except it was born in Body Harvest.
GTA III front quarter view—the van that carries Rockstar's open-world prototype history.
Top-down proof this thing's lineage traces straight back to that other DMA joint.
Rear quarter of GTA III's finest—still looping that Mr Lolly tune from Body Harvest.
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