For Vice City, it's 1986, and without being able to say "Miami Vice", they've recreated the look with
Ferraris, expensive one-colour suits or Gordon Gecko-a-likes and the music - YES, the music. I was a child of the
80s and, at the age of 14, 1986 was a time spent playing ZX Spectrum games like Quazatron and listening to Level
42 and Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxygene album. Aah, those were the days, and not a Mary Hopkins number in sight.
About the 80s music featured here, choice cuts include INXS - Kiss the Dirt, Mr Mister - Broken Wings, Laura
Brannigan - Self Control, Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, The Outfield - Your Love... the list seems almost
endless, given that a 7-CD boxset is available with all the tunes from the game on them for £29.99, and
the Xbox version improves upon this by allowing you to use tracks recorded on your Xbox hard drive and these
appear as the 'tape' option.
You continue your role as Tommy Vercetti, sent to Vice City, by your old boss Sonny Forelli, without a cent to
your name. The idea is the same - complete a variety of missions, whilst stopping to steal cop cars and play
vigilante, steal a taxi for a spot of Crazy Taxiing, or just killing people for a laugh and nicking their money.
You know the drill.
This time round there are far more famous voices to listen out for. A full list can be found on the
Internet Movie Database, but
they include Ray Liotta, again as Tommy, Dennis Hopper, Tom Sizemore, Burt Reynolds and also
porn star Jenna Jameson as... porn star 'Candy Suxxx'.
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