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GAME PROFILE

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)

A debt, a city, an empire.

Action-adventureOriginal · 2002

Return to Vice City to understand Tommy Vercetti's debt, his business relationships, and the 1980s culture behind a city of childhood memories.

VICE CITY / 1986

What awaits on the journey?

Follow Tommy Vercetti through Vice City in 1986. Missions, driving, businesses and free exploration turn the city from a place to find work into a place he wants to control.

  • Explore a coastal city and its neon-lit districts.
  • Work for different characters and follow their connections.
  • Build businesses and expand Tommy’s foothold.

Faces in the story

Tommy Vercetti

Fresh out of prison and sent to Vice City by the Forellis.

Ken Rosenberg

An anxious lawyer who stays close to Tommy.

Lance Vance

A survivor of the ambushed deal with his own goal.

Sonny Forelli

Tommy’s former boss in Liberty City, determined to recover his money.

ARTICLES IN THE PROFILE

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1 article

An eight-part article with a Vietnamese video, illustrations and references.

Tommy in a teal floral shirt, a dock with a helicopter and briefcase, neon streets and a mansion. Includes the GTA Vice City logo and the Vietnamese words Cốt Truyện (Story).

GTA Vice City: You Played It Growing Up, but Do You Know the Story?

Return to Vice City to understand Tommy Vercetti's debt, his business relationships, and the 1980s culture behind a city of childhood memories.

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This article explores GTA Vice City, originally released in 2002. The store link below sells The Definitive Edition trilogy, not the original 2002 edition.

The original launched on PS2 in 2002. The linked store sells the remastered trilogy on PC; check its edition and system requirements before choosing.

Reference sources

Rockstar Store · Trilogy Definitive Edition

The official introduction to Tommy and Vice City. The store page sells the 2021 Definitive Edition trilogy.

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Original 2002 release information

Publisher announcement: Vice City originally launched on PS2 in October 2002.

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