Grand Theft Auto Advance (also marketed as Grand Theft Auto) is an action-adventure game and the eighth entry in the Grand Theft Auto series. The game takes place in Liberty City (a fictional parody of New York City), the same setting used for Grand Theft Auto III, to which it serves as a prequel. The story, set one year before Grand Theft Auto III, follows small-time criminal Mike's quest for revenge after his partner's supposed death, which leads him to become entangled in a world of organised crime, gang warfare, and corruption.