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** South of the water fountain in Washington Beach<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/images/screens/screen05.jpg Bus shelter: south Washington Beach]</ref> | ** South of the water fountain in Washington Beach<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/images/screens/screen05.jpg Bus shelter: south Washington Beach]</ref> | ||
* The [[Exploder: Evacuator Part II|Exploder]] billboard on the Deli across from the [[Little Havana]] police station used to be a different, smaller one.<ref name="Exploder Billboard">''Page 13 of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Manual, "Street Racing".</ref> | * The [[Exploder: Evacuator Part II|Exploder]] billboard on the Deli across from the [[Little Havana]] police station used to be a different, smaller one.<ref name="Exploder Billboard">''Page 13 of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Manual, "Street Racing".</ref> | ||
* [[Apartment 3c]] used to be visible from the outside.<ref>[http://www.gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-034.jpg Apartment 3c visible from outside], Gouranga.com</ref> | * [[Apartment 3c]] used to be visible from the outside.<ref>[http://www.gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-034.jpg Apartment 3c visible from outside], Gouranga.com</ref><ref>[http://www.gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-058.jpg Apartment 3c visible from outside], Gouranga.com</ref> | ||
* The [[Ocean View Medical Foundation]] buildings had a bluer exterior.<ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-124.jpg Ocean View Medical Foundation], Gouranga.com</ref> | * The [[Ocean View Medical Foundation]] buildings had a bluer exterior.<ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-124.jpg Ocean View Medical Foundation], Gouranga.com</ref> | ||
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*Tires were able to be slashed and recorded into the [[Statistics|stats]].<ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>TYRESLA''<br /><code>Tires slashed with a blade</code></ref> | *Tires were able to be slashed and recorded into the [[Statistics|stats]].<ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>TYRESLA''<br /><code>Tires slashed with a blade</code></ref> | ||
*A [[Coastguard Maverick]] was supposed to have appeared in GTA Vice City, however, it was cut during development. Remnants of the Coastguard Maverick include an entry in the handling file (COASTMAV) and an entry in the text file (COASTMA). Nothing else is left of this vehicle and based on those two pieces of evidence, the vehicle is most likely a helicopter used by the Coastguard. | *A [[Coastguard Maverick]] was supposed to have appeared in GTA Vice City, however, it was cut during development. Remnants of the Coastguard Maverick include an entry in the handling file (COASTMAV) and an entry in the text file (COASTMA). Nothing else is left of this vehicle and based on those two pieces of evidence, the vehicle is most likely a helicopter used by the Coastguard. | ||
* The [[Virgo]] had a different look and was probably named the Cougar. There is an unused car model is left in the game named "Cougar"<ref>''models\gta3.img>cougar.dff''</ref> that is based on | * The [[Virgo]] had a different look and was probably named the Cougar. There is an unused car model is left in the game named "Cougar"<ref>''models\gta3.img>cougar.dff''</ref> that is based on early pre-release screenshots of the Virgo<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/virgo/screenshot1.html Pre-release Virgo], Rockstargames.com</ref><ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/images/197104?full_size=1 Pre-release Virgo], Gamespot.com</ref>, implying that the Virgo used to be called the Cougar. | ||
*Likewise, the [[Mesa Grande]] was originally supposed to have been called the "'''Desperado'''" | *Likewise, the [[Mesa Grande]] was originally supposed to have been called the "'''Desperado'''" | ||
* The [[Blista Compact]] originally looked almost identical to the [[wp:Honda CRX|Honda CRX]] and featured the letters '''GPX''' on the back.<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/blistacompact/screenshot1.html Pre-release Blista Compact], Rockstargames.com</ref> | * The [[Blista Compact]] originally looked almost identical to the [[wp:Honda CRX|Honda CRX]] and featured the letters '''GPX''' on the back.<ref name="blistac">[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/blistacompact/screenshot1.html Pre-release Blista Compact], Rockstargames.com</ref> | ||
* The [[Infernus]] had thin rectangles for its headlights and taillights and had larger spoilers.<ref name="GTA Vice City Infernus">[http://ps2.ign.com/dor/objects/482089/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/images/gtavc_091902_INFERNUS.html Infernus - IGN.com]</ref> | * The [[Infernus]] had thin rectangles for its headlights and taillights and had larger spoilers.<ref name="GTA Vice City Infernus">[http://ps2.ign.com/dor/objects/482089/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/images/gtavc_091902_INFERNUS.html Infernus - IGN.com]</ref> | ||
* The [[Moonbeam]] was originally, implied, to have sliding rear doors. | * The [[Moonbeam]] was originally, implied, to have sliding rear doors. | ||
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* The [[Sentinel]] originally had different rear styling. | * The [[Sentinel]] originally had different rear styling. | ||
* The [[Washington]] originally had different frontal styling.<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/washington/screenshot1.html Pre-release Washington], Rockstargames.com</ref> | * The [[Washington]] originally had different frontal styling.<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/washington/screenshot1.html Pre-release Washington], Rockstargames.com</ref> | ||
* The [[ | * The [[Freeway]] had a different paintjob.<ref>[http://www.gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-037.jpg Pre-release Freeway], Gouranga.com</ref><ref name="banshee">[http://www.gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-044.jpg Pre-release Freeway and Banshee], Gouranga.com]</ref> | ||
* Many vehicles have a different grille, including the [[Hermes]]<ref name="hermes"></ref>, the [[Sentinel XS]]<ref name="sentxs">[http://www.gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-056.jpg Pre-release Sentinel XS], Gouranga.com</ref>, the [[Sabre]]<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/kentpaul/graphics/clothes_4.jpg Pre-release Sabre], Rockstargames.com</ref><ref name="sabre">[http://www.rockstargames.com/kentpaul/graphics/cars_moped.jpg Pre-release Faggio and Sabre], Rockstargames.com</ref>, and the [[Sabre Turbo]]<ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-242.jpg Pre-release Sabre Turbo], Gouranga.com</ref> | |||
* | * The [[Faggio]]'s headlight was round in early screenshots.<ref name="sabre"></ref> | ||
* The [[Regina]]'s taillights were originally metal rimmed and had a reverse lamp.<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/regina/screenshot1.html Pre-release Regina], Rockstargames.com</ref> | * The [[Regina]]'s taillights were originally metal rimmed and had a reverse lamp.<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/regina/screenshot1.html Pre-release Regina], Rockstargames.com</ref> | ||
* Vehicles that uses the "offroad" and "alloy" type wheel models had used GTA III's "alloy" type wheel model, like the [[Rancher]]<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/rancher/screenshot1.html Pre-release Rancher], Rockstargames.com</ref> | * Vehicles that uses the "offroad" and "alloy" type wheel models had used GTA III's "alloy" type wheel model, like the [[Rancher]]<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/rancher/screenshot1.html Pre-release Rancher], Rockstargames.com</ref>, the [[Walton]]<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/cars/walton/screenshot1.html Pre-release Walton], Rockstargames.com</ref>, the [[Admiral]]<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/screen10.html Pre-release Admiral], Rockstargames.com</ref>, the Blista Compact<ref name="blistac"></ref>, and the Sentinel XS<ref name="sentxs"></ref>. | ||
* Many vehicles kept its model from GTA III, including the [[Patriot]] | * Vehicles that uses the "sport" wheel model were using GTA III's "sport" wheel model at first,<ref name="banshee"></ref><ref>[http://www.gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-041.jpg Pre-release Stinger], Gouranga.com</ref> then transitioned into a different style model<ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-214.jpg Sports car rims], Gouranga.com</ref><ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-261.jpg Sports car rims], Gouranga.com</ref><ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-262.jpg Sports car rims], Gouranga.com</ref><ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-268.jpg Sports car rims], Gouranga.com</ref>, before settling on the final design. | ||
* The [[Oceanic]] had a one-tone paintjob.<ref>[http:// | * Many vehicles kept its model from GTA III, including the [[Patriot]] and [[Cabbie]]<ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-148.jpg Pre-release Cabbie], Gouranga.com</ref>. | ||
* Diaz's Admiral was blue.<ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-281.jpg Pre-release Diaz's Admiral], Gouranga.com</ref><ref>[http://gouranga.com/images/gtavice/vc-279.jpg Pre-release Diaz's Admiral], Gouranga.com</ref> | |||
* The [[Oceanic]] had a one-tone paintjob.<ref>[http://ps2.ign.com/dor/objects/482089/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/images/gtavc_100402_4.html Pre-release Oceanic], IGN.com</ref> | |||
== Miscellaneous == | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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*There were many phone conversations between Tommy and [[Mercedes Cortez]] <ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>MOB54_A-MOB59_F''</ref>. | *There were many phone conversations between Tommy and [[Mercedes Cortez]] <ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>MOB54_A-MOB59_F''</ref>. | ||
*There were many lines cut from characters such as [[Kent Paul]], [[Umberto Robina]], [[Mercedes Cortez]], [[Mr. Moffat]] and [[BJ Smith]] in [[Sunshine Autos]].<ref name="hiddentext"></ref> | *There were many lines cut from characters such as [[Kent Paul]], [[Umberto Robina]], [[Mercedes Cortez]], [[Mr. Moffat]] and [[BJ Smith]] in [[Sunshine Autos]].<ref name="hiddentext"></ref> | ||
* | * There is a reference to an additional outfit called "MC Tommy"<ref>''text\american.gxt>MAIN>OUTFT13''<br /><code>MC Tommy</code></ref>, but no model or texture of that outfit exists. | ||
*The baseball cap wearing [[Haitian]] gangster who wears the blue shirt used to have featured an ironed-on depiction of the infamous "I Want YOU for the U.S. Army" poster on his shirt during development of GTA Vice City before the game's developer settled on using a plain white "RELAX" text instead. | *The baseball cap wearing [[Haitian]] gangster who wears the blue shirt used to have featured an ironed-on depiction of the infamous "I Want YOU for the U.S. Army" poster on his shirt during development of GTA Vice City before the game's developer settled on using a plain white "RELAX" text instead.<ref name="Haitian Shirt">''Page 5 of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Manual, "Population and People".</ref> | ||
* | * There are unused radar icons for all the [[Radio Stations in GTA Vice City|radio stations]] and including [[Vice City News]].<ref>''models\hud.txd''</ref> Their purpose is unknown. | ||
*A Gamecube version was going to be made, but was scrapped. Reproduction carts do exist however. | *A Gamecube version was going to be made, but was scrapped. Reproduction carts do exist however. | ||
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All software goes through development stages, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is no exception. This article lists all contents cut from the final release of the game, planned contents that did not make it into the final game, and contents that are in the final game but are made inaccessible. These contents range from deleted vehicles and player skins to the removal of entire characters and mission strands. Information about these contents can only be inferred from game files, pre-release screenshots and videos, previews, and interviews with Rockstar's producers.
Characters
- A character called Mr. Moffat was removed from the game. Mr. Moffat and Tommy Vercetti apparently knew each other from the past and Moffat has found himself on the run again in Vice City. Moffat was scheduled to appear in a mission, where Tommy would help him escape.[1]
- Tommy Vercetti wore a dark blue Hawaiian shirt [2].
- Ricardo Diaz's concept name was supposedly Fernando Diaz.[3]
- Pastor Richards was scheduled to give protagonist Tommy Vercetti a mission.
- On Kent Paul's website, BJ Smith's concept name was possibly BJ Jones.[4]
- SWAT members wore a different styled outfit, much brighter and bluer.
- A pedestrian with blond hair, pigtails, and a red skirt used to be in the game.[5] Based on her appearance in "The Party" with Jezz Torrent[6], it is implied that the pedestrian was replaced by the brunette Love Fist fan.
Missions
- Unused audio files suggest that Dwaine and Jethro were to make an appearance in "The Fastest Boat" for Ricardo Diaz.[7]
- The introduction sequence used to be much longer. When Ken Rosenberg picks up Tommy Vercetti at the airport, Ken explained that the Vance brothers operate out of Mexico and own a farm in Panama.[8]
City
- Leaf Links did not seem to appear at one point during development.[9] This may be due to poor draw distance.
- Fort Baxter Air Base originally included an air traffic control tower and a runway. The runway is totally absent, but the tower can still be seen in the distance from Vice City Beach.
- The map at Sunshine Autos depicts several changes to the city before its final design. These include:
- Some roads were absent, notably the long road from the Downtown police station to the Ammunation.
- Hyman Memorial Stadium was absent.
- The northeast part of the Vice Point's beach did not exist.[10]
- Vice Port had a waterway and ships were absent.
- There are no shacks in the sea.
- The rocks and lighthouse in Ocean Beach were absent.
- There were bus shelters around the city. Its model still exists within the game.[11] Known locations include:
- North of the Washington Mall[12]
- East of the Washington Mall[13]
- South of the water fountain in Washington Beach[14]
- The Exploder billboard on the Deli across from the Little Havana police station used to be a different, smaller one.[15]
- Apartment 3c used to be visible from the outside.[16][17]
- The Ocean View Medical Foundation buildings had a bluer exterior.[18]
Weapons
- A Grenade Launcher was cut.
- The beta MP5 looked shorter and very different, it can be seen in the intro of GTA Vice City
- The PSG-1 (.308 Sniper) did not have a silencer.[19]
- There is a model and textures for an AK-47 in the game files. However, it has never appeared in any of the screen shots or trailers for the game. What some fans claim to be an AK-47 in one of the trailers, is actually the Ruger with its brown texture from the PS2 version of the game.
- There was a Tazer, a Nailgun and Landmines in the beta version, textures exist in the game files.
- The shotgun from GTA III was originally in the game.
- Shown on a poster featured in the flash version of the official website, there was a silenced Ingram.
- The M4 had a longer barrel and a different aim in the beta.
- There was originally a Steyr Aug in the beta version, files of it exist in the PS2 Version.
- Tear Gas was removed from Xbox, PC and later PS2 versions of the game.
- The Grenade kept its model from GTA III.[20]
Vehicles
- The Infernus had a different front design and a different back design. Also, the spoiler was changed.
- Tires were able to be slashed and recorded into the stats.[21]
- A Coastguard Maverick was supposed to have appeared in GTA Vice City, however, it was cut during development. Remnants of the Coastguard Maverick include an entry in the handling file (COASTMAV) and an entry in the text file (COASTMA). Nothing else is left of this vehicle and based on those two pieces of evidence, the vehicle is most likely a helicopter used by the Coastguard.
- The Virgo had a different look and was probably named the Cougar. There is an unused car model is left in the game named "Cougar"[22] that is based on early pre-release screenshots of the Virgo[23][24], implying that the Virgo used to be called the Cougar.
- Likewise, the Mesa Grande was originally supposed to have been called the "Desperado"
- The Blista Compact originally looked almost identical to the Honda CRX and featured the letters GPX on the back.[25]
- The Infernus had thin rectangles for its headlights and taillights and had larger spoilers.[26]
- The Moonbeam was originally, implied, to have sliding rear doors.
- The VCPD Cruiser were originally white with red and blue stripes, similar to early Miami police cars.[27]
- The Sentinel originally had different rear styling.
- The Washington originally had different frontal styling.[28]
- The Freeway had a different paintjob.[29][30]
- Many vehicles have a different grille, including the Hermes[13], the Sentinel XS[31], the Sabre[32][33], and the Sabre Turbo[34]
- The Faggio's headlight was round in early screenshots.[33]
- The Regina's taillights were originally metal rimmed and had a reverse lamp.[35]
- Vehicles that uses the "offroad" and "alloy" type wheel models had used GTA III's "alloy" type wheel model, like the Rancher[36], the Walton[37], the Admiral[38], the Blista Compact[25], and the Sentinel XS[31].
- Vehicles that uses the "sport" wheel model were using GTA III's "sport" wheel model at first,[30][39] then transitioned into a different style model[40][41][42][43], before settling on the final design.
- Many vehicles kept its model from GTA III, including the Patriot and Cabbie[44].
- Diaz's Admiral was blue.[45][46]
- The Oceanic had a one-tone paintjob.[47]
Miscellaneous
- There were many phone conversations between Tommy and Mercedes Cortez [48].
- There were many lines cut from characters such as Kent Paul, Umberto Robina, Mercedes Cortez, Mr. Moffat and BJ Smith in Sunshine Autos.[8]
- There is a reference to an additional outfit called "MC Tommy"[49], but no model or texture of that outfit exists.
- The baseball cap wearing Haitian gangster who wears the blue shirt used to have featured an ironed-on depiction of the infamous "I Want YOU for the U.S. Army" poster on his shirt during development of GTA Vice City before the game's developer settled on using a plain white "RELAX" text instead.[50]
- There are unused radar icons for all the radio stations and including Vice City News.[51] Their purpose is unknown.
- A Gamecube version was going to be made, but was scrapped. Reproduction carts do exist however.
References
- ↑ text\american.gxt>MAIN>MOB13_B>Mr. Moffat? How's family life?
- ↑ Tommy Vercetti
- ↑ Diaz Character Sketch 01. Rockstar North. official Rockstar North website
- ↑ Famous Faces. Kent Paul. official Kent Paul website
- ↑ Cut pedestrian, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Cut pedestrian, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Audio/cok3_*.wav
- ↑ Leaf Links missing, Gamespot.com
- ↑ Missing Vice Point beach, Gouranga.com
- ↑ models\gta3.img>bustopm.dff
- ↑ Bus shelter: north Washington Mall, Gouranga.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Bus shelter: east Washington Mall; pre-release Hermes, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Bus shelter: south Washington Beach
- ↑ Page 13 of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Manual, "Street Racing".
- ↑ Apartment 3c visible from outside, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Apartment 3c visible from outside, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Ocean View Medical Foundation, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Pre-release PSG-1, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Pre-release Grenade, Gouranga.com
- ↑ text\american.gxt>MAIN>TYRESLA
Tires slashed with a blade
- ↑ models\gta3.img>cougar.dff
- ↑ Pre-release Virgo, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Pre-release Virgo, Gamespot.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Pre-release Blista Compact, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Infernus - IGN.com
- ↑ Police Car - IGN.com
- ↑ Pre-release Washington, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Pre-release Freeway, Gouranga.com
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Pre-release Freeway and Banshee, Gouranga.com]
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Pre-release Sentinel XS, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Pre-release Sabre, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Pre-release Faggio and Sabre, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Pre-release Sabre Turbo, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Pre-release Regina, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Pre-release Rancher, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Pre-release Walton, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Pre-release Admiral, Rockstargames.com
- ↑ Pre-release Stinger, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Sports car rims, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Sports car rims, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Sports car rims, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Sports car rims, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Pre-release Cabbie, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Pre-release Diaz's Admiral, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Pre-release Diaz's Admiral, Gouranga.com
- ↑ Pre-release Oceanic, IGN.com
- ↑ text\american.gxt>MAIN>MOB54_A-MOB59_F
- ↑ text\american.gxt>MAIN>OUTFT13
MC Tommy
- ↑ Page 5 of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Manual, "Population and People".
- ↑ models\hud.txd