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{{Header Nav|game=Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|num=2}}
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{{Game
|completion=2
|image=GTAViceCityBoxArtwork.jpg
|title=Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
|title=Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
|image=GTAViceCityBoxArtwork.jpg
|developer=[[Rockstar North]]
|developer=[[Rockstar North]]
|publisher=[[Rockstar Games]]
|publisher=[[Rockstar Games]]
|distributor=[[Steam]], [[Direct2Drive]], [[PlayStation Network]]
|year=2002
|systems={{syslist|ps2|win|ps3|ps4|ps5}}
|ratings={{ESRB|M}}
|title1=Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition
|developer1=[[War Drum Studios]]
|publisher1=[[Rockstar Games]]
|year1=2012
|systems1={{syslist|ios|droid|fireos}}
|genre=[[Action]]
|genre=[[Action]]
|systems=[[Windows]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox]], [[Mac OS]], [[iOS]], [[Android]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[PlayStation 4]]
|released={{sys|ps2}}{{us|2002|October 27}}{{eu|2002|November 8}}{{au|2003|July 31}}{{jp|2004|May 20}}
{{sys|win}}{{us|2003|May 12}}{{eu|2003|May 15}}{{jp|2004|May 20}}
{{sys|xbox}}{{us|2003|November 4}}
{{sys|mac}}{{rd|2010|November 12}}
{{sys|ios}}{{us|2012|December 6}}
{{sys|android}}{{us|2012|December 12}}
{{sys|ps3}}{{us|2013|January 30}}
{{sys|ps4}}{{eu|2015|December 5}}{{us|2015|December 5}}
|players=1
|players=1
|ratings={{ESRB|M}}
|modes=[[Single player]]
|requirements={{pcreq|cpu=800|ram=128|hdd=915|vram=32}}
|preceded by=[[Grand Theft Auto III]]
|preceded by=[[Grand Theft Auto III]]
|followed by=[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]
|followed by=[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]
|series=Grand Theft Auto
|series=Grand Theft Auto
|pcgamingwiki=Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
}}
}}
{{game disambig||the [[2006]] prequel|[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]}}
{{game disambig||the [[2006]] prequel|[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]}}
'''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''' is a non-linear driving and shooting game released by [[Rockstar North]] on [[October 27]], [[2002]] for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[May 12]], [[2003]] for [[Windows]], as well as in November [[2003]] for the [[Xbox]] in the [[Grand Theft Auto Double Pack]] re-release along with [[Grand Theft Auto III]]. As the title implies, the game involves an amount of crime and plenty of carjacking.
'''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''' is a non-linear driving and shooting game released by [[Rockstar North]] on October 27, [[2002]] for the [[PlayStation 2]] and May 12, [[2003]] for [[Windows]], as well as in November [[2003]] for the [[Xbox]] in the [[Grand Theft Auto Double Pack]] re-release along with [[Grand Theft Auto III]]. As the title implies, the game involves an amount of crime and plenty of carjacking.
 
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==Story==
The game takes place in 1986, when player character and protagonist Tommy Vercetti is released from prison and dispatched by Sonny Forelli, head of the Forelli Mafia family in Liberty City, to Vice City for the establishment of a narcotics deal. Unfortunately, as the deal was almost complete, gunmen attack the meeting and kill several other men, while Tommy flees, leaving the drugs and the Forelli-supplied money behind. Together with lawyer Ken Rosenberg and with no money, Tommy is forced to find the party responsible for the attack, and eventually seize power of the city. You, the player, will take the role of Tommy Vercetti after he arrives in Vice City.
The game takes place in 1986, when player character and protagonist Tommy Vercetti is released from prison and dispatched by Sonny Forelli, head of the Forelli Mafia family in Liberty City, to Vice City for the establishment of a narcotics deal. Unfortunately, as the deal was almost complete, gunmen attack the meeting and kill several other men, while Tommy flees, leaving the drugs and the Forelli-supplied money behind. Together with lawyer Ken Rosenberg and with no money, Tommy is forced to find the party responsible for the attack, and eventually seize power of the city. You, the player, will take the role of Tommy Vercetti after he arrives in Vice City.


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Box artwork for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Box artwork for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Developer(s)Rockstar North
Publisher(s)Rockstar Games
Year released2002
System(s)PlayStation 2, Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Preceded byGrand Theft Auto III
Followed byGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
SeriesGrand Theft Auto
Genre(s)Action
Players1
ModesSingle player
Rating(s)ESRB Mature
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition
Developer(s)War Drum Studios
Publisher(s)Rockstar Games
Year released2012
System(s)iOS, Android, Fire OS
LinksGrand Theft Auto: Vice City at PCGamingWikiGrand Theft Auto: Vice City ChannelSearchSearch
For the 2006 prequel, see Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a non-linear driving and shooting game released by Rockstar North on October 27, 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and May 12, 2003 for Windows, as well as in November 2003 for the Xbox in the Grand Theft Auto Double Pack re-release along with Grand Theft Auto III. As the title implies, the game involves an amount of crime and plenty of carjacking.

Story[edit]

The game takes place in 1986, when player character and protagonist Tommy Vercetti is released from prison and dispatched by Sonny Forelli, head of the Forelli Mafia family in Liberty City, to Vice City for the establishment of a narcotics deal. Unfortunately, as the deal was almost complete, gunmen attack the meeting and kill several other men, while Tommy flees, leaving the drugs and the Forelli-supplied money behind. Together with lawyer Ken Rosenberg and with no money, Tommy is forced to find the party responsible for the attack, and eventually seize power of the city. You, the player, will take the role of Tommy Vercetti after he arrives in Vice City.

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