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GTA Vice City Cheats: Infinite Ammo, Flying Cars, And More In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Definitive Edition

Here are all of the cheat codes from Vice City that still work with the new Definitive Edition release on PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.

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Grand Theft Auto's trip back to the '80s in Vice City brought with it even more cheat codes than the previous game. Whether you're returning to the game or diving in for the first time, the very same cheat codes that worked for the game when it was first released in 2002 still function in the newly released version in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition.

While not necessarily essential, playing around with cheats can either make Vice City a more playable experience for you or just open new ways to play. After all, making your own fun is perhaps the biggest appeal of the GTA games, and cheat codes are a great way to facilitate whatever kind of nonsense you want to engage with. With codes, you can repair your armor, get access to more guns, spawn vehicles, or change your character, among many other things.

We've verified the cheats below work in the new Definitive Edition of Vice City. To use them, you can enter them at any time during normal gameplay. Some can be entered again to deactivate them, while a few do seem to trigger an effect but don't seem to actually work correctly; we're trying to figure out what the deal is with those now.

Full Body Armor

  • PlayStation: R1 * R2 * L1 * X * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up
  • Xbox: RB * RT * LB * A * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up
  • Switch: R * ZR * L * B * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up

Full Health

  • PlayStation: R1 * R2 * L1 * Circle * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up
  • Xbox: RB * RT * LT * B * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up
  • Switch: R * ZR * L * A * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up

Raise Wanted Level

  • PlayStation: R1 * R1 * Circle * R2 * Left * Right * Left * Right * Left * Right
  • Xbox: RB * RB * B * RT * Left * Right * Left * Right * Left * Right
  • Switch: R * R * A * ZR * Left * Right * Left * Right * Left * Right

Remove Wanted Level

  • PlayStation: R1 * R1 * Circle * R2 * Up * Down * Up * Down * Up * Down
  • Xbox: RB * RB * B * RT * Up * Down * Up * Down * Up * Down
  • Switch: R * R * A * ZR * Up * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up

Obtain Weapon Set #1

  • PlayStation: R1 * R2 * L1 * R2 * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up
  • Xbox: RB * RT * LB * RT * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up
  • Switch: R * ZR * L * ZR * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Right * Up

Obtain Weapon Set #2

  • PlayStation: R1 * R2 * L1 * R2 * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Down * Left
  • Xbox: RB * RT * LB * RT * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Down * Left
  • Switch: R * ZR * L * ZR * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Down * Left

Obtain Weapon Set #3

  • PlayStation: R1 * R2 * L1 * R2 * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Down * Down
  • Xbox: RB * RT * LB * RT * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Down * Down
  • Switch: R * ZR * L * ZR * Left * Down * Right * Up * Left * Down * Down * Down

Spawn A Tank

  • PlayStation: Circle * Circle * L1 * Circle * Circle * Circle * L1 * L2 * R1 * Triangle * Circle * Triangle
  • Xbox: B * B * LB * B * B * B * LB * LT * RB * Y * B * Y
  • Switch: A * A * L * A * A * A * L * ZL * R * X * A * X

Kill Yourself

  • PlayStation: Right * L2 * Down * R1 * Left * Left * R1 * L1 * L2 * L1
  • Xbox: Right * LT * Down * RB * Left * Left * RB * LB * LT * LB
  • Switch: Right * ZL * Down * R * Left * Left * R * L * ZL * L

Turn All Traffic Lights Green

  • PlayStation: Right * R1 * Up * L2 * L2 * Left * R1 ,L1 * R1 * R1
  • Xbox: Right * RB * Up * LT * LT * Left * RB *LB * RB * RB
  • Switch: Right * R * Up * ZL * ZL * Left * R * L * R * R

Slow Down Gameplay

  • PlayStation: Triangle * Up * Right * Down * Square * R2 * R1
  • Xbox: Y * Up * Right * Down * X * RT * RB
  • Switch: X * Up * Right * Down * Y * ZR * R

Speed Up Gameplay

  • PlayStation: Triangle * Up * Right * Down * L2 * L1 * Square
  • Xbox: Y * Up * Right * Down * LT * LB * X
  • Switch: X * Up * Right * Down * ZL * L * Y

Speed Up Game Clock

  • PlayStation: Circle * Circle * L1 * Square * L1 * Square * Square * Square * L1 * Triangle * Circle * Triangle
  • Xbox: B * B * LB * X * LB * X * X * X * LB * Y * B * Y
  • Switch: A * A * L * Y * L * Y * Y * Y * L * X * A * X

Change Skin

  • PlayStation: Right * Right * Left * Up * L1 * L2 * Left * Up * Down * Right
  • Xbox: Right * Right * Left * Up * LB* LT * Left * Up * Down * Right
  • Switch: Right * Right * Left * Up * L * ZL * Left * Up * Down * Right

Play As Candy Suxxx

  • PlayStation: Circle * R2 * Down * R1 * Left * Right * R1 * L1 * X * L2
  • Xbox: B * RT * Down * RB * Left * Right * RB * LB * A * LT
  • Switch: A * ZR * Down * R * Left * Right * R * L * B * ZL

Play As Hillary King

  • PlayStation: R1 * Circle * R2 * L1 * Right * R1 * L1 * X * R2
  • Xbox: RB * B * RT * LB * Right * RB * LB * A * RT
  • Switch: R * A * ZR * L * Right * R * L * B * ZR

Play As Ken Rosenberg

  • PlayStation: Right * L1 * Up * L2 * L1 * Right * R1 * L1 * X * R1
  • Xbox: Right * LB * Up * LT * LB * Right * RB * LB * A * RB
  • Switch: Right * L * Up * ZL * L * Right * R * L * B * R

Play As Lance Vance

  • PlayStation: Circle * L2 * Left * X * R1 * L1 * X * L1
  • Xbox: B * LT * Left * A * RB * LB * A * LB
  • Switch: A * ZL * Left * B * R * L * B * L

Play As Love Fist Guy #1

  • PlayStation: Down * L1 * Down * L2 * Left * X * R1 * L1 * X * X
  • Xbox: Down * LB * Down * LT * Left * A * RB * LB * A * A
  • Switch: Down * L * Down * ZL * Left * B * R * L * B * B

Play As Love Fist Guy #2

  • PlayStation: R1 * L2 * R2 * L1 * Right * R2 * Left * X * Square * L1
  • Xbox: RB * LT * RT * LB * Right * RT * Left * A * X * LB
  • Switch: R * ZL * ZR * L * Right * ZR * Left * B * Y * L

Play As Mercedes

  • PlayStation: R2 * L1 * Up * L1 * Right * R1 * Right * Up * Circle * Triangle
  • Xbox: RT * LB * Up * LB * Right * RB * Right * Up * B * Y
  • Switch: ZR * L * Up * L * Right * R * L * Right * Up * A * X

Play As Phil Cassady

  • PlayStation: Right * R1 * Up * R2 * L1 * Right * R1 * L1 * Right * Circle
  • Xbox: Right * RB * Up * RT * LB * Right * RB * LB * Right * B
  • Switch: Right * R * Up * ZR * L * Right * R * L * Right * A

Play As Ricardo Diaz

  • PlayStation: L1 * L2 * R1 * R2 * Down * L1 * R2 * L2
  • Xbox: LB * LT * RB * RT * Down * LB * RT * LT
  • Switch: L * ZL * R * ZR * Down * L * ZR * ZL

Play As Sonny Forelli

  • PlayStation: Circle * L1 * Circle * L2 * Left * X * R1 * L1 * X * X
  • Xbox: B * LB * B * LT * Left * A * RB * LB * A * A
  • Switch: A * L * A * ZL * Left * B * R * L * B * B

Cars Can Fly

  • PlayStation: Right * R2 * Circle * R1 * L2 * Down * L1 * R1
  • Xbox: Right * RT * B * RB * LT * Down * LB * RB
  • Switch: Right * ZR * A * R * ZL * Down * L * R

Destroy Nearby Cars

  • PlayStation: R2 * L2 * R1 * L1 * L2 * R2 * Square * Triangle * Circle * Triangle * L2 * L1
  • Xbox: RT * LT * RB * LB * LT * RT * X * Y * B * Y * LT * LB
  • Switch: ZR * ZL * R * L * ZL * ZR * Y * X * A * X * ZL * L

Cars Can Drive On Water

  • PlayStation: Right * R2 * Circle * R1 * L2 * Square * R1 * R2
  • Xbox: Right * RT * B * RB * LT * X * RB * RT
  • Switch: Right * ZR * A * R * ZL * Y * R * ZR

Improved Vehicle Handling

  • PlayStation: Triangle * R1 * R1 * Left * R1 * L1 * R2 * L1
  • Xbox: Y * RB * RB * Left * RB * LB * RT * LB
  • Switch: X * R * R * Left * R * L * ZR * L

Change Weather To Cloudy/Sunny

  • PlayStation: R2 * X * L1 * L1 * L2 * L2 * L2 * Triangle
  • Xbox: RT * A * LB * LB * LT * LT * LT * Y
  • Switch: ZR * B * L * L * ZL * ZL * ZL * X

Change Weather To Foggy

  • PlayStation: R2 * X * L1 * L1 * L2 * L2 * L2 * X
  • Xbox: RT * A * LB * LB * LT * LT * LT * A
  • Switch: ZR * B * L * L * ZL * ZL * ZL * B

Change Weather To Stormy

  • PlayStation: R2 * X * L1 * L1 * L2 * L2 * L2 * Circle
  • Xbox: RT * A * LB * LB * LT * LT * LT * B
  • Switch: ZR * B * L * L * ZL * ZL * ZL * A

Change Weather To Very Cloudy

  • PlayStation: R2 * X * L1 * L1 * L2 * L2 * L2 * Square
  • Xbox: RT * A * LB * LB * LT * LT * LT * X
  • Switch: ZR * B * L * L * ZL * ZL * ZL * Y

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