Modder Runs GTA III Inside GTA: San Andreas on an In-Game TV
I discovered a mind-bending mod that runs the full GTA III experience directly inside a television set within GTA: San Andreas. This incredible technical feat creates a recursive gaming loop, allowing players to control a game within a game without ever leaving the Vice City streets. It is a stunning demonstration of what the modding community can achieve with creative coding and engine manipulation.
The modder has successfully created a recursive reality where the entire world of GTA III lives and breathes inside a small, static TV screen in GTA: San Andreas.
- joenot443
> The demonstration builds on Dryxio’s earlier mod that ports GTA III and GTA: Vice City into GTA: San Andreas. That version was released in February 2026 and runs each game as an independent engine inside the San Andreas process
> with both games sharing the same Direct3D device. GTA III renders directly into the television’s live GPU texture.
That's the basic plumbing, for anyone curious. Cool project, game modders are awesome.
- marginalia_nu
Up there with Morrowind: Pipboy Edition[1], which as a tangentially hope will support running Morrowind in the Elden Ring engine[2] when that mod is more mature.
- johndear223
The orobus of GTA, it mentioned having GTA vice city running inside GTA 3 that's running inside GTA San Andreas.