Acter is a town in Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City in central Alderney. It is bounded to the north by Edison Avenue and Mueri Street (Berchem and Alderney City), to the east by Roebuck Road (Normandy) and Odhner Avenue (Port Tudor), to the south by Hardtack Avenue (Tudor), and to the west by the ocean.
Description
Acter is an impoverished town made up of several single-family homes, many of which are abandoned. There is an industrial zone to the east of Babbage Drive.
Crime
Acter is the territory of the Hustlers, the Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers (only in The Ballad of Gay Tony), and the Alderney chapter of The Lost MC.
Influence
Acter is a rendition of Kearny, New Jersey, a town that played a key role in the filming of the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos. This connection may be reflected in the town's name, given that "acter" can denote a play or film with a particular number of acts or be an archaic form of "actor".
Prominent Appearances in Missions
Grand Theft Auto IV
- Smackdown
- Tunnel of Death
- To Live and Die in Alderney
- Random Characters - Gracie Ancelotti, Ivan Bytchkov
- Most Wanted - Marty Boldenow
Collectibles
Weapon Pickups
- Sniper Rifle on the roof of a project on Aspdin Drive.
- Molotov Cocktail in the garden of a house on Schneider Avenue.
Flying Rats
Four Flying Rats:
- On a ventilation unit on the roof of Lennies Fireproof Door Co. on Mueri Street.
- On the roof of the Acter Gothic Building, near the central tower.
- On a brick wall near Special Steel at the north of Odhner Avenue.
- On the lawn near the fountain of Acter Park.
Roads and Streets
- Aspdin Drive
- Babbage Drive
- Berners Road
- Edison Avenue
- Fleming Street
- Hardtack Avenue
- Lee Road
- Moog Street
- Mueri Street
- Odhner Avenue
- Schneider Avenue
- Sinclair Avenue
- Strower Avenue
- Vitullo Avenue
Places of Interest
- Acter Gothic Building, a Gothic Revival building.
- Acter Park, an abandoned park frequented by Irish gangster Derrick McReary.
- Acter Police Station
- Gracie Ancelotti's House, the residence of Gracie Ancelotti, daughter of Ancelotti Crime Family capo Giovanni Ancelotti.
- North Tudor Medical Center
- The Lost MC Clubhouse
Businesses
- Acter Diner
- Alderney Encasement Incorporated
- Clothing U.S.A.
- Da Cruz Restaurant & Deli
- Deli (Acter)
- Employment Agency
- Gruppe Sechs
- Hardware (Acter)
- Hardware Incorporated
- Lennies Fireproof Door Co.
- Los Delicatessen
- Meat Market (Alderney)
- Road Service
- Satriale's Pork Store
- Schorsch & Company Paper Bag Manufacturers
- Special Steel
- Used Auto Parts
Landmarks
- Satriale's Pork Store – Directly modeled after the store of the same name from The Sopranos.
Trivia
- A significant number of streets in the town and its surrounding areas are named after key inventors from science, technology, and engineering.