: Highly compressed versions can sometimes break popular mods (like CLEO) if the mod relies on a file that was removed during compression.

For millions of gamers, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the ultimate open-world dream. But the original game weighed over 3.5 GB. On a dial-up connection or a shared family PC, that might as well have been a terabyte. Then came the "compressed" scene—and Tiger Harison became its undisputed king.