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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Game Guide

Tommy Vercetti's got a dirty job to do, and a lot of ground to cover. Help him sort
out all his business and uncover every last one of Vice City's secrets in our
comprehensive game guide.

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GTA: Vice City Cheat Codes

Codes Galore!

During Gameplay, type any of these cheats (note: codes are not case sensitive)

Cheat Effect
CATSANDDOGS Stormy Weather
CANTSEEATHING Foggy Weather
ABITDRIEG Dense Clouds
APLEASANTDAY Light Clouds
ALOVELYDAY Sunny/Clear Weather
LOADSOFLITTLETHINGS Sportscars have big wheels
WHEELSAREALLINEED Only the wheels of a car are visible
SEAWAYS Cars can drive/hover over water
GREENLIGHT All traffic lights are green
GRIPISEVERYTHING Perfect Handling
COMEFLYWITHME Cars can fly
IWANTITPAINTEDBLACK All cars are black
AHAIRDRESSERSCAR All cars are pink
MIAMITRAFFIC Aggressive Drivers
BIGBANG Blow up nearby cars
BETTERTHANWALKING Spawn a Caddie
RUBBISHCAR Spawn a Trashmaster
ROCKANDROLLCAR Spawn Love Fist's Limo
THELASTRIDE Spawn a Romero's Hearse
GETTHEREAMAZINGLYFAST Spawn a Hotring Racer #2
GETTHEREVERYFASTINDEED Spawn a Hotring Racer
GETTHEREFAST Spawn a Sabre Turbo
 Cheat Effect
GETTHEREQUICKLY Spawn a Bloodring Banger #2
TRAVELINSTYLE Spawn a Bloodring Banger
PANZER Spawn a Rhino
FOXYLITTLETHING Play as Mercedes
IDONTHAVETHEMONEYSONNY Play as Sonny Forelli
ONEARMEDBANDIT Play as Phil Cassidy
WELOVEOURDICK Play as Love Fist character (Dick)
ROCKANDROLLMAN Play as Love Fist character (Jezz Torent)
ILOOKLIKEHILARY Play as Hilary King
MYSONISALAWYER Play as Ken Rosenberg
LOOKLIKELANCE Play as Lance Vance
CHEATSHAVEBEENCRACKED Play as Ricardo Diaz
STILLLIKEDRESSINGUP Change Skin/Clothes
PROGRAMMER Gives Tommy girly arms/legs
DEEPFRIEDMARSBARS Makes Tommy fatter
CERTAINDEATH Makes you smoke a cigarette
FANNYMAGNET Ladies Man, Women Follow You
LEAVEMEALONE Decrease Wanted Level
YOUWONTTAKEMEALIVE Raise Wanted Level
ICANTTAKEITANYMORE Commit Suicide
PRECIOUSPROTECTION Full Armor
ASPIRINE Full Health
NUTTERTOOLS All ''heavy'' weapons
PROFESSIONALTOOLS All ''medium'' weapons
THUGSTOOLS All ''light'' weapons
FIGHTFIGHTFIGHT Peds Riot
BOOOOOORING Makes everything slower
ONSPEED Makes everything faster
LIFEISPASSINGMEBY Speed up game clock
NOBODYLIKESME Peds Hate You
OURGODGIVENRIGHTTOBEARARMS Peds Carry Guns
CHICKSWITHGUNS Girls Carry Guns
CHASESTAT Shows Media Level (when 2+ stars)
AIRSHIP Fast boats can fly for short periods of time

GTA: Vice City Unlockables

bullet proof car sabre tubro

Unlockable How to Unlock

Bullet proof Go to the mission where you must race Hillary. When the race starts turn
 Unlockable How to Unlock
around and drive for about ten seconds, park your car across the street to
Sabre Turbo make a road block. Wait for Hillary to come and shoot him in the head
with a sniper rifle.

Rewards for completing the Game 100%

Unlockable How to Unlock

Complete the
3 Bodyguards in your Mansion
Game 100%
Frankie t-shirt found in mansion with "I BEAT VICE CITY AND Complete the
ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT" on it Game 100%
Complete the
200 Health on all cars
Game 100%
Complete the
200 Health
Game 100%
Complete the
200 Armor
Game 100%
Complete the game
Infinite Ammo
100%

Misc. Unlockables

Unlockable How to Unlock

Faster weapon reload Beat 45 or more Points at the shooting range
Fireproof on Foot Beat a level 12 Firetruck Mission
Taxi Hydraulics 100 Taxi fares
150 Health Beat a level 10 Pizza Boy Mission
Infinite Sprint on Foot Beat a level 12 Paramedic Mission
150 Armor Beat a level 12 Vigilante Mission

Rewards for finding Hidden Packages

Unlockable How to Unlock

Body Armor delivered to Hideout(s) find 10 Hidden Packages
Chainsaw delivered to Hideout(s) find 20 Hidden Packages
Flame-thrower delivered to Hideout(s) find 40 Hidden Packages
Hunter appears at Military Base find 100 Hidden Packages
Laser Scope Sniper Rifle delivered to Hideout(s) find 50 Hidden Packages
Minigun delivered to Hideout(s) find 60 Hidden Packages
Python delivered to Hideout(s) find 30 Hidden Packages
Rhino appears at Military Base find 90 Hidden Packages
Rocket Launcher delivered to Hideout(s) find 70 Hidden Packages
 Unlockable How to Unlock
Sea Sparrow spawns at Vercetti Mansion find 80 Hidden Packages

Secret Cars

These are the secret cars list and how to get them:

Unlockable How to Unlock

Black Voodoo Steal it during the Two Bit Hit Mission.
Complete the Bloodring event at Hyman Memorial Stadium and two
Bloodring Banger
will spawn in the nearby parking lot.
BP/EP/DP/FP
Steal it during the Guardian Angels mission.
Admiral
Complete the first list of cars at the car showroom and it will spawn on
Deluxo
the first floor. The list is on the wall down by the garages.
Complete the fourth list of cars at the car showroom and it will spawn
Hotring Racer
on the second floor.
Collect all 100 hidden packages or complete all of the main story
Hunter
missions and it will spawn at Fort Baxter Air Base.
Take it to a garage during one of the Love Fist missions in which you
Love Fist Limo
drive the limo.
Collect 90 hidden packages and it will spawn at Fort Baxter Air Base.
Rhino
Alternately, get six stars and the army will use it against you.
Romero's Hearse Steal it during the final Avery Carrington Mission
Complete the second list of cars at the car showroom and it will spawn
Sabre Turbo
on the first floor.
Complete the third list of cars at the car showroom and it will spawn
Sandking
on the second floor.
Collect 80 hidden packages and it will spawn behind the Vercetti
Sea Sparrow
Estate.
Complete all the Film Studio Missions and it will spawn behind the
Skimmer
Film Studio.
Spand Express After the Jury Fury mission by Ken Rosenburg, you can steal the car.
White Walton Steal it during the Gun Runner Mission.
Complete all of the missions for the Kaufman Cabs asset and it will
Zebra Taxi
spawn in the parking lot.

Vice City Unlockables

Unlockable How to Unlock

"Best Shooter" trophy at Ocean View
Hotel
"Gash" shopping bag at Vercetti Estate
0.357 Pistol at Vercetti Estate
Beat Phil's score in the "The Shootist" mission.
Complete the Protection Ring missions.
Complete the "Keep Your Friends Close"
 Unlockable How to Unlock
mission
Bag of cash at Ocean View Hotel Complete the Printing Press missions.
Robber's mask at Ocean View Hotel Complete the "The Job" mission.

GTA: Vice City Easter Eggs

Grow\Shrink Moon

At night, shoot the full moon with a sniper rifle.

The moon will grow and shrink each time you shoot it.

A real virtual Easter Egg

Aim for the Helipad on top of the Vice City-News Station (on the second Island).
Sometimes there is the VCN Mavrick on the Helipad. The building on the right
has a hallow wall so you can go through it. The hallow part is a unrealistic
looking window on the left of it. Run from one side of the heliport to the other
and then jump into the hallow window. There you will see the Easter Egg with a
sign on it that says Happy Easter.

GTA: Vice City Secrets

Change vehicle stats

In the GTA-Vice City Directory, there should be a subdirectory called data. In

this folder you'll find a file called "Handling.cfg". Change the File name to
"Handling.txt" and open it. Here you can change the weight of the car, it's crash
damage multiplier, speed, Acceleration and others. The file itself gives good
pointers towards which values should be changed, and you should backup any
files you intend to edit.

GTA: Vice City Glitches

Get Hookers in the Australian Version

Australian Hookers will simply not get in your car, however if you drive next to a
hooker and use the ''pedestrians get in car'' cheat 'HOPINGIRL' the hooker /will/
get into the car, and when you go to a secluded place the car starts rocking and
increases your health to up to 25 HP more.

Quick Reload
 When you are using a weapon and finish off a clip, quickly scroll the mouse
wheel up, then quickly back down to the weapon you were using. The weapon
should already be reloaded. This makes it easier when in a gang battle.

Put two Vehicles in Your Garage

One of the Two vehicles MUST be a Motorcycle. Get a Motorcycle and park it
half way into the entrance (preferably of to the side). Get another Motorcycle or a
car nearby and drive it into the garage. Hop on the Motorcycle thats parked
halfway and drive that in too.

Now you have 2 Vehicles in your garage!

All Buildings and Terrain Disappear- Find Packages with ease!

Take a bike (PCJ works well) and ride it as fast as you can into the Pole Position
Strip Club entrance way, but before you get there hop off the bike and let it slide
all the way to the end. Then enter the Pole Position and you should be standing on
or next to your bike. If it is far enough down the hall you can get on it without
having to exit the building. Once on the bike and having exited the building you
can go anywhere in the game without the distracting buildings and terrain
showing up; they are all invisible.

GTA: Vice City FAQs & Walk-Throughs

FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by glenster 1357K
Other Special Vehicles FAQ by Lancet Jades 55K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by HandsomeRockus 349K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by RARusk 626K
Other Hidden Text FAQ by RARusk 32K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by anarcho_selmiak 245K
Other K-Chat Script by dark52 132K
Other Series Storyline Guide by MattVSin 322K
Other Series Story Guide by Canadian Dude 249K
Other Rampages Map by dark52 66K
Other Wave 103 Lyrics by Jaxx4059 27K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Patt3rson 236K
Other Hidden Packages Map by dark52 46K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by DROSS 136K
Other Mod Installing Guide by some name 19K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by doc llop 341K
Other North Point Mall Map by gamesadictsback 32K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by dark52 185K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by egallinucci 223K
Other Missions FAQ by fluxwildlyuncut 248K
Other Fever 105 Script by Wesker 44K
Other Vercetti Estate Garden Maze Map by Crazyreyn 9K
Other Item/Jump Map by Slacker Bob 135K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by A.K.A 1141K
Other Taxi Band Script by Tomrocks 4K
Other Typical Jump FAQ by Moochthemonkey and eggrolll45 124K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Happybuddha311 259K
Other Original Soundtrack FAQ by Blendo75 48K
Other VCPR Script by Joe the Destroyer 120K
Other Store Robbing FAQ by Psy 15K
Other Unique Jumps FAQ by Psy 59K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Psy 935K
Other Weapons FAQ by Psy 45K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Hang Me 2002 and Nexxt 198K
Other Checkpoint Race FAQ by ACarr 58K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Minesweeper 478K
Other Motorcyclopaedia by El Pinguino 27K
Other Wildstyle Pirate Radio Script by KSutton 46K
Other 100% Completion FAQ by InsideOutBoy 286K
Other Police Band Script by Happybuddha311 9K
Other V-Rock Script by Physalis 56K
Other Rampage FAQ by qwertyuiopasd 40K
Other Criminal Rating/Media/Money FAQ by Zarathustra 18K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Azure Edge 124K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Bilboboy 168K
Other Emotion 98.3 Script by Eifersucht86 37K
Other Flash FM Script by ElementX 37K
Other Game Script by eL dudE 82K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Myke 347K
Other Hidden Packages Guide by bradsnet 52K
Other Paramedic Mission FAQ by option 48K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by THAguyINgta3 722K
Other Car Locations Guide by Jnco904 43K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Counteray 105K
Other Pick-Up Locations FAQ by THAguyINgta3 28K
Secrets FAQ Secrets FAQ by THAguyINgta3 192K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by GTA3 Addict 340K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by Psychotic34 321K
Other Commercials Script by Eifersucht86 38K
Other R3 Missions FAQ by greatone10 26K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by AggroSk8er 212K
Other Restricted Areas Guide by KiLLuMiNaTi 61K
Other Radio Station Scripts by Kintaro Oe age 25 114K
Other Air Vehicles FAQ by Rocket 20K
Other Glitch FAQ by AJ_ 32K
Other Sunshine Autos FAQ by PsychoMantis 44K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by BBlevins 74K

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