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Post by John Titor on Dec 11, 2019 6:36:40 GMT 10
This game really did change pop culture and made it cool to like the 80s again. The 80s was already peaking it's head with FOX's
short lived That 80s show in 2002 that lased a few months, I think this was everyones first taste of what was to come.
As soon as Vice City started airing ads on EVERY tv channel you can imagine it definitely evoked some nostalgia for Gen Xers
and peaked the curiosity of generation Y.
There were tons of teens who got hit with the 80s bug due directly to Vice City, soon after you started seeing 80s style documentaries
hit tv, Hell even VH1 changed their entire channel to be an 80s throwback with shows like Surreal Life and I love the 80s. This games impact
can not be ignored how it CHANGED culture.
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Post by John Titor on Dec 14, 2019 8:21:34 GMT 10
I want to add that this wave went on well into the 2010s
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Dec 14, 2019 16:40:34 GMT 10
Does Vaporwave, Synthwave, Ready Player One, Stranger Things, Star Wars sequels, and Tron Legacy count?
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 14, 2019 21:22:34 GMT 10
I think I was only 3 years old or so when Vice City was released, so i'm obviously too young to remember the impact it had at the time of it's release. It was definitely a significant release in the GTA series and the video game industry in general, however, GTA: San Andreas had the bigger influence culturally.
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Post by John Titor on Dec 15, 2019 4:44:11 GMT 10
I think I was only 3 years old or so when Vice City was released, so i'm obviously too young to remember the impact it had at the time of it's release. It was definitely a significant release in the GTA series and the video game industry in general, however, GTA: San Andreas had the bigger influence culturally. I would have to disagree, Vice City def had a bigger impact then San Andreas, altho San Andreas was HUGE and did impact the masses. Vice City is the launching point that made 80s nostalgia come back fully into the mainstream, You had channels like VH1 become a 80s themed throwback shortly after the release of this game, tons of 80s documentaries started popping up on E! and HBO, songs started taking elements of the 80s as well. It became cool for the 80s to be a thing. I will dare to say Vice City introduced Generation Y to 80s music due to it's soundtrack, before the release of this game the80s was mostly seen as this "dusty cringe" era. Because of this you saw the 80s influence fashion, even the 80s flashdance style came back around 2004/2005. Of course it was a slow build and you had stuff like Fox's That 80s show but it was really Vice City that sparked the mind of millions. To be honest with you the 80s would have taken longer to fully come back if not for this game. Here are the few things this game inspired on the zeitgeist at the time. These all popped up in the months following Vice City. 
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Post by mwalker96 on Dec 22, 2019 11:38:03 GMT 10
I think I was only 3 years old or so when Vice City was released, so i'm obviously too young to remember the impact it had at the time of it's release. It was definitely a significant release in the GTA series and the video game industry in general, however, GTA: San Andreas had the bigger influence culturally. I was 6 when it came out but i didn't know about it till years later around 2005 ish people were still playing Vice City years after it's release. Back it those days games had much more longevity.
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Post by al on Dec 22, 2019 13:05:48 GMT 10
This reminds me of how polarizing GTA was in general was for most of the 2000’s. There was near panic about how this game would turn sweet innocent children into thugs and fill them with ideas to go out shooting people and steal their cars. I’d like a #wherearetheynow
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Post by John Titor on Dec 23, 2019 13:54:28 GMT 10
This reminds me of how polarizing GTA was in general was for most of the 2000’s. There was near panic about how this game would turn sweet innocent children into thugs and fill them with ideas to go out shooting people and steal their cars. I’d like a #wherearetheynow this is true lol
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Post by mh on Dec 24, 2019 2:18:17 GMT 10
Yeah, Vice City got me into '80s nostalgia, so I get what you mean. I got Vice City about a week after it premiered back during 2002. I had loved Grand Theft Auto III. That game was a like a revolution. Literally played it pretty much non stop for months, so obviously I had to go out and get the sequel.
I still have more nostalgia overall for GTA III, but I do love Vice City, and can see the argument that some make that it's the best game in the series.
As for the '80s part, I grew up listening to '80s music because of my parents, but I was kind of in that teenage phase of thinking it was old and corny when Vice City came out. That game got me back into '80s hits big time. So much so, I even went out and bought some of the Vice City Soundtrack records. That game was awesome.
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Post by John Titor on Dec 24, 2019 4:22:55 GMT 10
Yeah, Vice City got me into '80s nostalgia, so I get what you mean. I got Vice City about a week after it premiered back during 2002. I had loved Grand Theft Auto III. That game was a like a revolution. Literally played it pretty much non stop for months, so obviously I had to go out and get the sequel. I still have more nostalgia overall for GTA III, but I do love Vice City, and can see the argument that some make that it's the best game in the series. As for the '80s part, I grew up listening to '80s music because of my parents, but I was kind of in that teenage phase of thinking it was old and corny when Vice City came out. That game got me back into '80s hits big time. So much so, I even went out and bought some of the Vice City Soundtrack records. That game was awesome. So many people started rocking with 80s music when that game dropped, the hype to this game was unreal, had prob the best atmosphere as well. I remember even my teacher ( a Huge 80s fan at the time) was even raging about how the game was like being transported back to the 80s,it was watercooler talk for sure. That commercial I linked was on tv like 100 times a day you could not escape it LOL!
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