Beta Releases in GTA Liberty City Stories

Before the release of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, there were features that were removed from the final product. These changes range from deleted vehicles and player skins to the removal of entire characters and mission strands.

Characters

 * Toni Cipriani originally looked older.
 * Toni Cipriani was fatter. The PSP version still contains the model of the fatter Toni.
 * Salvatore Leone had a different face.
 * Miguel originally has the same outfit from Grand Theft Auto III.
 * Roger C. Hole was meant to appear in a suit in the mission A Walk in the Park. Textures and model still exist.
 * The Leones have different faces as it can seen in the PSP screenshot of the mission A Volatile Situation.
 * The SWAT team had the same appearance as in Grand Theft Auto III.

Weapons

 * The Ruger was cut, but can be found in the PS2 files.
 * The Tear Gas was cut, but it can be accessed by Cheat Devices.

Missions

 * A screenshot suggests that Toni could wear the Leone's Suit when doing missions for JD.
 * The mission for Phil Cassidy was cut. Only HUD Icon remains.
 * Unknown Phone Missions were cut. Only HUD Icon remains. It is possible that the icon replaced the "S" from Salvatore phone missions.
 * After "Driving Mr. Leone", there would be a news report about Shoreside Lift Bridge and Porter Tunnel under construction.
 * A mission called Firetruck Frenzy was cut.
 * Massacres were cut.
 * A Mission called Mobile Massacre! was cut.
 * Assassination Contracts were cut.

Clothing

 * Toni's casual clothes were a light blue shirt with a green vest and boots.
 * The Liberty City police officers originally wore black uniforms.
 * Joseph Daniel O'Toole's glasses were originally purple.
 * The Avenging Angels originally wore a red hat instead of black as it can be seen in a pre-release screenshot with Toni Cipriani wearing a Avenging Angel's Fatigues.
 * Leone's Suit was originally a retextured model of Mr. Vercetti outfit from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Others

 * The player could buy properties. Only the HUD Icon remains.
 * Snow was cut, but it can be still enabled and seen in the side mission Car Salesman level 9.
 * Originally, the LCPD would have chased the player in Predators on higher wanted levels. Sound files exist.