Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityis arguably one of the most beloved games in the whole franchise. In fact, it’s so fondly remembered, thatrumors from an industry insider sayGTA 6may be set in a modern day version of the city. Even if that doesn’t turn out to be true, it’s still an extremely popular installment to the series, so much so that one user has managed to get the game running on a modded version of a Nintendo Switch.
In a video uploaded to YouTube recently, user grabman shows footage of themselves actually playingGrand Theft Auto: Vice Cityon the Nintendo hand-held console. The opening parts of the video show him loading the game onto the Switch using a configuration menu. The only downside to this unofficial port is there is no in-game audio, which is perplexing even to the user. However, it could be just a sign that running games unofficially on modded consoles doesn’t always work out so well.
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This is also not the firstGrand Theft Autogame to be reverse-engineered onto a Switch. Last year, another YouTube user by the name of Eradicatinglove was able to upload aguide showing how to installGTA 3on the hybrid console. This ported version is not too stable, with the game experiencing numerous bugs and glitches, however, the user does manage to get it running smoothly. It’s perhaps important to say at this point that unofficially porting a game over to a console that is not supposed to be compatible with it has certain legal ambiguities.
It’s also worth noting that things of this nature can attract the wrong kind of attention. Earlier this year, fan projects that looked atreverse-engineering bothVice CityandGTA 3were hit with a DMCA takedownorder. This Switch port ofVice Citycould have the potential to fall under the same infringement strike, so players need to be cautioned about going ahead with hacking their own versions.
However, it’s understandable why people would want to play this game on as many systems as they can. There is arguablya case to be made that a return toVice Citymakes sense, whether it forms the basis forGTA 6or it gets a remake in its own right. Either way, the popularity of this entry cannot be overstated.
Grand Theft Auto 6is rumored to be in development for unspecified platforms.
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