Exhibit 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U. S. C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





In connection with the Annual Report of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Karl H.
Winters, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. SS 1350, as adopted pursuant to SS. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

         (1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: and

         (2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.





                                                     /s/ Karl H. Winters
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                                                     Karl H. Winters
                                                     Chief Financial Officer

                                                     December 20, 2002