Monday, May 28, 2007

Grand Theft Auto : Vice City


Published by Rockstar Games, Inc.
Developed by Rockstar North Ltd.
Released 2003
Genre Action, Racing/Driving

Description :

You play as Tommy Vercetti,a gangster who just got off a fifteen year prison sentence for not squealing on your friends. Because you didn't rat out your "family", you're sent to work with Sonny Forelli, your previous boss. Sonny gives you an easy drug job, but everything goes wrong, and Tommy loses everything. Upon returning to Sonny, he gets mad and wants his money back. Unfortunately, everybody in ViceCity, from gangsters and Cubans to bikers and politicians are in his way, and it's up to Tommy to clear a path.

GTA:VC takes everything from GTAIII and builds upon it. There are new cars in the game, reminiscent of cars from the 80s. Some cars are earlier versions of the vehicles you drove in GTAIII. New to VC is the ability to drive motorcycles. You can drive a variety of two-wheeled vehicles, from huge Harley-esque bikes to dirt bikes to your standard motorcycle.


Flying is also a bigger part of VC. You can now fly helicopters, traveling from area to area, landing on helipads on top of towering skyscrapers.

Weapons are, more or less, the same as in GTAIII, but the addition of melee weapons spices it up a little. You can use riot batons, crowbars, and a few others.


Requirements :

Minimum CPU Pentium III
Minimum OS Windows 98
Minimum RAM 128 MB
CD-ROM with 8X Speed
DirectX Version 9.0
Keyboard,Mouse
Only 1 player supported (Offline)

Notes :

915 MB of free hard disk space. + 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression.

Trivia :
  • GTA:VC was a massive success for Rockstar. Electronics Boutique sold more than 500,000 copies on the game's first day of release, and more 250,000 in the UK.
  • After the game has been banned in Germany, publisher Take 2 released a new, censored version. Rated 16, you can recognize the edited game by its white edges on the cover.

  • Windows version of this game was accidentally put on shelves 5 days before right release date.After that many gameshops put out this game 1 or 2 days before right release date.

  • The second Rockstar Logo sequence that appears before each game pays homage to the Commodore 64. The blue on blue screen, the quality of the music, and even the load command accurately model the most popular home computer (especially for gaming) in the late eighties.

Cheats :

Enter one of the following codes during game play or at the pause menu to activate the corresponding cheat function. The message "Cheat Activated" will appear to confirm correct code entry.

Effect Code
Weapons (tier 1)thugstools
Weapons (tier 2)professionaltools
Weapons (tier 3)nuttertools
Armorpreciousprotection
Health1aspirine
Raise wanted levelyouwonttakemealive
Lower wanted levelleavemealone
View media level when over two starschasestat
Good weatherapleasantday
Great weatheralovelyday
Sunny weatherabitdrieg
Stormy weathercatsanddogs
Foggy weathercantseeathing
Rhino tankpanzer
Faster game clocklifeispassingmeby
Faster game playonspeed
Slower game playbooooooring
Destroy all carsbigbang
Pedestrians riotfightfightfight
Pedestrians attack younobodylikesme
Pedestrians have weaponsourgodgivenrighttobeararms
Pedestrians enter your carhopingirl
Change wheel size6loadsoflittlethings
Only wheels visible on carswheelsareallineed
Dodo cars (flying)2comeflywithme
Better driving skills7gripiseverything
Bikini women with guns4chickswithguns
Suicideicanttakeitanymore
Heavy trafficmiamitraffic
Pink trafficahairdresserscar
Black trafficiwantitpaintedblack
All traffic lights greengreenlight
Romero's Hearsethelastride
Love Fist Limousinerockandrollcar
Trashmasterrubbishcar
Bloodring Banger (style 1)travelinstyle
Bloodring Banger (style 2)gettherequickly
Hotring Racer (style 1)getthereamazinglyfast
Hotring Racer (style 2)getthereveryfastindeed
Sabre Turbogettherefast
Caddybetterthanwalking
Pedestrian costumes3stilllikedressingup
Lance Vance costumelooklikelance
Ken Rosenberg costumemysonisalawyer
Hilary King costumeilooklikehilary
Jezz Torent (Love Fist) costumerockandrollman
Dick (Love Fist) costumeweloveourdick
Phil Cassaday costumeonearmedbandit
Sonny Forelli costumeidonthavethemoneysonny
Mercedes costumefoxylittlething
Cars float on waterseaways
Tommy groupies5fannymagnet or phanymagnet
Ricardo Diaz costumecheatshavebeencracked
Tommy smokes cigarettecertaindeath
Tommy is fatterdeepfriedmarsbars
Tommy has thin arms and legsprogrammer
Reguard targetairship

1. If this code is enabled when there is damage on your car, the meter will be reset to zero without changing the visible effects of the damage.
2. You will not be able to fly a helicopter correctly when this code is activated.
3. Also, if you change your appearance, you cannot pick up any "shirt icons" (at Rafael's, Laundromat, Collars and Cuffs, etc.) or the game will freeze. You cannot change into a pedestrian costume while in a vehicle or in a special outfit (you must get "street" clothes).
4. The women will drop guns when they are killed.
5. Aim your gun at someone and they will attack your target.
6. To increase the effect of this code, enable it, go to the pause menu, select "Load Game", choose any game, then enable the code again and repeat as desired.
7. Press [Shift] when this code is enabled to jump.