To celebrate the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, we here at IGN DVD have decided to present a special, three-part edition of The Ultimate X Collection devoted entirely to the criminal spirit and urban geography of the GTA franchise. Through the eyes of gangsters, gangstas and Eastern European mafia, the series has chronicled the crime-ridden underbelly of American cities such as Miami, Los Angles and New York in the guise of three sprawling, fictional landscapes. Yesterday, we honored Miami, the 1980's pastel city of vice so cleverly parodied in the first GTA III spin-off. Today, we salute San Andreas, or perhaps more appropriately "Los Angeles circa 1990." Seen from the point of view of C.J., a mid-twenties African-American pulled tragically back into the gang-land thug-life, San Andreas took a gritty snapshot of a Los Angeles nearly two decades old and added just a splash of timeless, old-school Las Vegas. Inspired by early-90's gangsta films like "Menace II Society," GTA: San Andreas perfected the recipe of urban gang violence, metropolitan madness and GTA's patented social satire. With that in mind, we've gone past the obvious inclusions like Menace or Friday and put together the three Los Angeles films that best represent each of the game's core ingredients.