Cheats
PC
If you want to relax a bit, or you just got stuck during a mission, try the cheats available in the game, which make the game a lot easier. These cheats were made for the PC version of Vice City.
Player cheats
- All light weapons: THUGSTOOLS
- All medium weapons: PROFESSIONALTOOLS
- All heavy weapons: NUTTERTOOLS
- Full health: ASPIRINE
- Full armor: PRECIOUSPROTECTION
- Suicide: ICANTTAKEITANYMORE
- Higher wanted level: YOUWONTTAKEMEALIVE
- Lower wanted level: LEAVEMEALONE
- Women follow you: FANNYMAGNET
Character appearance cheats
- Smoking Tommy: CERTAINDEATH
- Fat Tommy: DEEPFRIEDMARSBARS
- Skin / clothes change: STILLLIKEDRESSINGUP
- Ricardo Diaz: CHEATSHAVEBEENCRACKED
- Lance Vance: LOOKLIKELANCE
- Ken Rosengerb: MYSONISALAWYER
- Hilary King: LOOKLIKEHILARY
- Jezz Torent (Love Fist character): ROCKANDROLLMAN
- Dick (Love Fist character): WELOVEOURDICK
- Phil Cassidy: ONEARMEDBANDIT
- Sonny Forelli: IDONTHAVETHEMONEYSONNY
- Mercedes: FOXYLITTLETHING
Spawnable cars
- Rhino (Tank): PANZER
- Bloodring Banger: TRAVELINSTYLE
- Bloodring Banger #2: GETTHEREQUICKLY (Faster?)
- Sabre Turbo: GETTHEREFAST
- Hotring Racer: GETTHEREVERYFASTINDEED
- Hotring Racer #2: GETTHEREAMAZINGLYFAST (Faster?)
- Romero's hearse: THELASTRIDE
- Love Fist limo: ROCKANDROLLCAR
- Garbage truck: RUBBISHCAR
- Golf cart: BETTERTHANWALKING
Other vehicle cheats
- Nearby cars explode: BIGBANG
- Aggressive drivers: MIAMITRAFFIC
- All cars pink: AHAIRDRESSERSCAR
- All cars black: IWANTITPAINTEDBLACK
- Cars can fly: COMEFLYWITHME
- Boats can fly: AIRSHIP
- Perfect handling: GRIPISEVERYTHING
- All traffic lights are green: GREENLIGHT
- Cars can drive on water: SEAWAYS
- Invisible car, only the wheels are visible: WHEELSAREALLINEED
- Big-wheeled sports cars: LOADSOFLITTLETHINGS
- Someone sits in your car: HOPINGIRL
Weather cheats
- Sunny, clear weather: ALOVELYDAY
- Slightly cloudy weather: PLEASANTDAY
- Heavily cloudy weather: ABITDRIEG
- Foggy weather: CANTSEEATHING
- Stormy weather: CATSANDDOGS
Other cheats
- Faster game clock: LIFEISPASSINGMEBY
- Everything faster: ONSPEED
- Everything slower: BOOOOOORING
- Rioting pedestrians: FIGHTFIGHTFIGHT
- Pedestrians hate you: NOBODYLIKESME
- Armed pedestrians: OURGODGIVENRIGHTTOBEARARMS
- Armed girls: CHICKSWITHGUNS
- Popularity level: CHASESTAT
PlayStation 2
Enter the following codes during the game (the direction buttons mean the D-pad). If the cheat was entered successfully, a message in the top left corner of the screen tells you:
Player cheats
- All weapons (category 1): R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up.
- All weapons (category 2): R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Left.
- All weapons (category 3): R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Down.
- Full health: R1, R2, L1, Circle, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up.
- Full armor: R1, R2, L1, X, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up.
- Higher wanted level: R1, R1, Circle, R2, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right.
- Lower wanted level: R1, R1, Circle, R2, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down.
- Suicide: Right, L2, Down, R1, Bak, Left, R1, L1, L2, L1.
Spawnable cars
- Bloodring Banger: Up, Right, Right, L1, Right, Up, Square, L2.
- Bloodring Racer: Down, R1, Circle, L2, L2, X, R1, L1, Left, Left.
- Caddie: Circle, L1, Up, R1, L2, X, R1, L1, Circle, X.
- Hotring Racer 1: R1, Circle, R2, Right, L1, L2, X, X, Square, R1.
- Hotring Racer 2: R2, L1, Circle, Right, L1, R1, Right, Up, Circle, R2.
- Love Fist limo: R2, Up, L2, Left, Left, R1, L1, Circle, Right.
- Rhino tank: Circle, Circle, L1, Circle, Circle, Circle, L1, L2, R1, Triangle, Circle, Triangle.
- Romero's hearse: Down, R2, Down, R1, L2, Left, R1, L1, Left, Right.
- Sabre Turbo: L2, Down, L2, L2, X, R1, L1, Circle, Left.
- Garbage truck: Circle, R1, Circle, R1, Left, Left, R1, L1, Circle, Right.
Other vehicle cheats
- Aggressive drivers: R2, Circle, R1, L2, Left, R1, L1, R2, L2.
- Pink vehicles: Circle, L1, Down, L2, Left, X, R1, L1, Right, Circle or X.
- Black vehicles: Circle, L2, Up, R1, Left, X, R1, L1, Left, Circle.
- Cars can fly: Right, R2, Circle, R1, L2, Down, L1, R1.
- Cars can drive on water: Right, R2, Circle, R1, L2, Square, R1, R2.
- Wheel size: R1, X, Triangle, Right, R2, Square, Up, Down, Square. Note: the wheel size will be big on some cars and small on others.
- Cars explode: R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, L2, L1.
- Perfect handling: R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, L2, L1.
Pedestrian cheats
- Rioting pedestrians: Down, Left, Up, Left, X, R2, R1, L2, L1.
- Pedestrians attack you: Down, Up, Up, Up, X, R2, R1, L2, L2.
- Armed pedestrians: R2, R1, X, Triangle, X, Triangle, Up, Down.
Character appearance cheats
- Different outfits: Right, Right, Left, Up, L1, L2, Left, Up, Down, Right.
- Candy Suxxx: Circle, R2, Down, R1, Left, Right, R1, L1, X, L2.
- Hilary King: R1, Circle, R2, L1, Right, R1, L1, X, R2.
- Ken Rosenberg: Right, L1, Up, L2, L1, Right, R1, L1, X, R1.
- Lance Vance: Circle, L2, Left, X, R1, L1, X, L1.
- Love Fist member 1: Down, L1, Down, L2, Left, X, R1, L1, X, X.
- Love Fist member 2: R1, L2, R2, L1, Right, R2, Left, X, Square, L1.
- Mercedes: R2, L1, Up, L1, Right, R1, Right, Up, Circle, Triangle.
- Phil Cassady: Right, R1, Up, R2, L1, Right, R1, L1, Right, Circle.
- Ricardo Diaz: L1, L2, R1, R2, Down, L1, R2, L2.
- Sonny Forelli: Circle, L1, circle, L2, Left, X, R1, L1, X. X.
Weather cheats
- Normal weather: R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Down.
- Sunny weather: R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Triangle.
- Rainy weather: R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Circle.
- Foggy weather: R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, X.
- Cloudy sky: R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Square.
Other cheats
- Slower gameplay: Triangle, Up, Right, Down, Square, R2, R1.
- Faster gameplay: Circle, Circle, L1, Square, L1, Square, Square, Square, L1, Triangle, Circle, Triangle.
- Tommy fans: Circle, X, L1, L1, R2, X, X, Circle, Triangle.
- Armed women: Right, L1, Circle, L2, Left, X, R1, L1, L1, X.
- Popularity level: R2, Circle, Up, L1, Right, R1, Right, Up, Square, Triangle.