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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Guide

Original PlayStation 2 title screen for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Original PlayStation 2 title screen for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

PlayStation 2 · 2004 · 5 guides & references

Cheats, locations & unlocks

GTA San Andreas cheats for PS2: every cheat code (health, weapons, jetpack and more)

Key characters

Carl "CJ" Johnson, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.
Protagonist

Carl "CJ" Johnson

CJ comes home to Grove Street for his mother's funeral and is framed for murder by corrupt officers, then works to restore his family's gang and his own name.

Carl "CJ" Johnson, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.

Sweet and Kendl on Grove Street, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.
CJ's brother and sister

Sweet Johnson and Kendl

Sweet leads the Grove Street Families; Kendl is the siblings' sister and Cesar's girlfriend.

Sweet and Kendl on Grove Street, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.

Big Smoke, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.
Grove Street member

Big Smoke

A senior member of Grove Street and one of CJ's oldest friends, whose loyalty becomes central to the story.

Big Smoke, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.

Ryder, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.
Grove Street member

Ryder

A hot-headed childhood friend of CJ's who appears in many early missions.

Ryder, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.

Characters

Artwork & pictures

CJ on foot in Los Santos, captured from the original PlayStation 2 game.
CJ on foot in Los Santos, captured from the original PlayStation 2 game.
Original PlayStation 2 title screen for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Original PlayStation 2 title screen for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Grove Street in Ganton, Los Santos, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.
Grove Street in Ganton, Los Santos, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.
Downtown Los Santos at sunrise, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.
Downtown Los Santos at sunrise, in-game image hosted on gta.fandom.com; the source does not state which platform it was captured on.

Pictures & sources

References