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You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser

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Re: You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser

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Post by systemtest »

wiseowise wrote: post #7

Still remember how my PC was freezing on VC 20 years ago, and now I can play it in a browser in 120 fps. Wild. Big kudos to https://github.com/SugaryHull/re3/tree/miami on which this is based on. Wholeheartedly agree with authors, every game older than 10 years, and that is not in active development, should be made open source so that community can keep games alive instead of letting them rot.

2003 is 22 years ago. The events in the game take place 16 years in the past.

I feel nostalgic for Vice City the same way people felt nostalgic for the 80s when the game was released.

Re: You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser

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Post by hoten »

al_borland wrote: post #51
sehugg wrote: post #38

GTA Vice City was released for iOS devices in 2012, and IIRC it ran pretty well. Not surprising that it runs well with WASM/WebGPU, given the massive increase in GPU performance. I'd imagine that the CPU-bound paths are well-optimized for 2002 Pentiums.

I just re-downloaded Vice City on my iPhone yesterday. It runs well, but the on-screen controls are, well, on-screen controls. That limits how much I actually want to play it.

Does a USB/bluetooth gamepad work on that version? Or are people really out there playing GTA on a tiny touch screen?

Re: You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser

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Post by medstrom »

systemtest wrote: post #61
wiseowise wrote: post #7

Still remember how my PC was freezing on VC 20 years ago, and now I can play it in a browser in 120 fps. Wild. Big kudos to https://github.com/SugaryHull/re3/tree/miami on which this is based on. Wholeheartedly agree with authors, every game older than 10 years, and that is not in active development, should be made open source so that community can keep games alive instead of letting them rot.

2003 is 22 years ago. The events in the game take place 16 years in the past. I feel nostalgic for Vice City the same way people felt nostalgic for the 80s when the game was released.

Damn, the 80s felt that recent?

Re: You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser

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Post by al_borland »

hoten wrote: post #63
al_borland wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just re-downloaded Vice City on my iPhone yesterday. It runs well, but the on-screen controls are, well, on-screen controls. That limits how much I actually want to play it.

Does a USB/bluetooth gamepad work on that version? Or are people really out there playing GTA on a tiny touch screen?

I just tried an 8bitdo controller I had lying around. It does work, but the controls seem all wrong and need to be remapped. I may do that.

I never carry a controller with me. I'd love to just be able to pick up and play in a waiting room or something without needing to plan for it or having an awkward setup. The MCON looked promising, but still probably bigger than what I'd want to carry around.

Re: You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser

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Post by desdenova »

amarant wrote: post #47
doublerabbit wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Carmageddon is another old classic of mine, https://dos.zone/carmageddon I used to watch my older brother play this when I was younger and he always hid the CD.

Oh damn, my cousin had carmageddon! We'd stay up all night long playing it when I visited him! Now I gotta find that other game he had, but I don't remember what it was called. It was kinda like reverse GTA: you played as a female cop and you had to stop the criminals. Iirc there were corrupt cops later on in the game.

Would that be Urban Chaos?
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