Every Grand Theft Auto: Vice City cheat that still works in 2026 — typed text codes on PC, button combos on PlayStation and Xbox. Plus PANZER, COMEFLYWITHME, and other classics.
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Vice City introduced the buyable-property system that defined the modern GTA. Here's what each property does, how much it earns, and the order to acquire them in.
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Vice City shipped on PlayStation 2 in October 2002 with a built-in cheat system that's preserved in every re-release including the 2021 Definitive Edition. The PC version uses typed text codes; PS2/PS3 and the original Xbox port use button combos entered on the controller. Below: the canonical guide.
Cheats are entered during gameplay — no menu, no pause. PC players type the cheat letters directly. Console players enter button-combo sequences (typically 8-12 buttons). A successful entry shows "Cheat activated" in the corner.
Most cheats are toggleable. A few are one-shot (vehicle spawns). Some are permanent until save reload. Saving with cheats active can corrupt the save in some original PS2 builds — Rockstar fixed this in DE.
The three-tier weapons cheats — THUGSTOOLS, PROFESSIONALTOOLS, NUTTERTOOLS — are the Vice City cheat trinity. Used together you can equip Tommy from peashooter to rocket launcher in three lines.
The most-searched VC cheats today, in priority order:
PS2 / Xbox button combos are different from the PC text codes. For example, PANZER on PS2 is CIRCLE, CIRCLE, L1, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, L1, L2, R1, TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE. Xbox uses the same combo with PS-to-Xbox button mapping (X→A, ◯→B, ☐→X, △→Y, L1/L2→LB/LT, R1/R2→RB/RT).
Definitive Edition preserves the original combos one-for-one across all platforms.
Vice City cheats have specific consequences:
A few cheats people search for don't exist in VC:
The 2021 DE preserves all original Vice City cheat codes one-for-one — PC text input, console button combos, activation behavior. The DE also adds achievement / trophy support, which the original PS2 release had none of.
Per-platform cheat lists with the exact PC + PlayStation + Xbox combinations live at /games/vice-city/cheats. Pick PC, PlayStation, or Xbox at the top of the page and the list switches to that platform's input format.
For other 3D-trilogy cheat guides, see GTA III Cheat Codes and San Andreas Cheats.
