Madd Dogg's Crib
Madd Dogg's Crib is a mansion in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, located in Mulholland, Los Santos, which becomes a save point for the player later during the game's storyline.
Description
Initially the home of musician Madd Dogg (which Kendl Johnson claims is a place of sex and drugs), the mansion is a large two-storey home with a terraced design, featuring wide spaces, a large number of rooms (the mansion is stated by Madd Dogg to have 19 bedrooms), lavish decors, and multiple facilities.
The mansion is first featured in "Madd Dogg's Rhymes", when the player is required to sneak into the mansion and steal Madd Dogg's rhyme book's on behalf of OG Loc. As Madd Dogg's career deteriorated, the mansion was taken over by Big Poppa, a Los Santos Vagos chief, until the player reclaims it for Madd Dogg during "A Home in the Hills", from which point the mansion becomes a save point. Until completion of "A Home in the Hills", the mansion remains inaccessible outside "Madd Dogg's Rhymes".
The mansion may have been inspired by MC Hammer's large former mansion in Northern California. It also has very similar decor to a mansion Ice-T displayed on MTV Cribs (Madd Dogg being voiced by Ice-T and likely a parody of him as well).
Amenities
Besides serving as a save point (the save icon is located on the uppermost end of the mansion's interior), Madd Dogg's Crib's boasts a large variety of facilities, interactive or otherwise, upon completion of "A Home in the Hills".
The interior of the mansion features:
- A swimming pool and a private gym (complete with a basketball court are located at the lower end of the mansion's interior;
- A lounge/living room, complete with a large bar on the western half and an entertainment system on the eastern half (with a game console that allows the player to play "They Crawled from Uranus" and a thermal vision goggles pickup);
- Madd Dogg's private music studio and record room;
- A private office/study room;
- A second lounge;
- A dining room;
- A main hall, where a night vision goggles pickup and two arcade machines ("Duality" and "Let's Get Ready to Bumble") are located;
- A kitchen (connected to the main hall), where a heath pickup is available;
- A second living/study room (connected to the main hall); and
- Five bedrooms (contrary to Madd Dogg's claim that it has 19) and a music/study room on the upper floor; the second room to the east spawns body armor.
Outside, the mansion also sports a helipad where a Sparrow may spawn after reclamation of the mansion, and features a second outdoor swimming pool on the second terrace (where an oyster can be found); a Kart will also spawn at the lower entrance after "Cut Throat Business".
Despite featuring three garage doors, the player cannot save vehicles at the mansion, although a random vehicle will spawn in front of the garage doors. Neither can the player access their wardrobe in this safehouse.
Save glitch
Upon saving, a bug will render the basketball courts found throughout the state to be unusable. This is because saving here will remove the basketballs from the courts. sometimes saving here doesn't disable basketball, but don't push your luck.