TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. and SUBSIDIARIES

                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                            Section 302 Certification

I, Paul Eibeler,  Chief Executive Officer and President of Take-Two  Interactive
Software, Inc, certify that:

      1. I  have  reviewed  this  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K/A  of  Take-Two
Interactive Software, Inc. and

      2.  Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any  untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.




February 27, 2006                                /s/ Paul Eibeler
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                                                     Paul Eibeler
                                                     Chief Executive Officer
                                                     and President