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• Pipe Glitch: Get To The Second/East Island Early - There's a dirt mound with a police bribe at the top a bit northeast of Escobar International Airport's main terminal building. Beyond that mound there's a pipe in the ground. The trick is to jump on the pipe from the top of the mound. Alternatively, you can jump from the ground on the other side of the pipe. The key is to aim for where the sides of the pipe meet the ground. You will slide off and the screen shakes a bit, then POOF the "Welcome to Vice City" postcard (loading screen) appears. Afterwards you will appear on the Leaf Links golf course, which allows access to the east island. This trick will take some health away but not much. It may not work every time, but after a few tries, you should get it to work. Note: If you die while illegally on the east island, you will be taken back to one of the hospitals on the west island. Also, to easily get back to the west island, get the VCPD Maverick (helicopter) on top of the Washington Beach Police building or any of the boats at the pier.
  
  
• Hidden Sign Inside A Boat - There is a sign featuring the happy face from the Liberty City Stories easter egg INSIDE the boat docked on the south east side of the first island (it's right next to a unique stunt jump). To see it, swim towards the front of the boat. Vic will swim under the water a bit, causing the camera to zoom inside the boat's hull. In the PlayStation Portable version the sign reads: "Nothing To See Here..." In the PlayStation 2 version the sign reads: "I Wasn't Joking - There Really Is Nothing To See Here. Go And Look In The VCN Building Instead!"
  
  
• VCN Building Easter Egg - Hidden in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG) was a literal easter egg - a chocolate easter egg that said "Happy Easter" on it. This easter egg is back, but since this game takes place two years before Vice City, it isn't quite finished being built yet. Go to the western end of the Downtown bridge that goes over to Prawn Island and enter the VCN building. Go up to the roof and from here, go up the ramps to the helipad. On the northwest corner of the helipad is a small rectangular window that belongs to the building next door. Do a running jump into this window to find the easter egg, complete with construction crane. Also in here is #11 of the happy face easter egg signs. It should be noted that this easter egg and happy face sign do not exist in the PlayStation Portable version. FYI: This easter egg is what the hidden sign inside the boat was referring to.
  
  
• Philip Michael Thomas (Lance Vance), Gary Busey (Phil Cassidy), Danny Trejo (Umberto Robina) and Luis Guzmán (Ricardo Diaz) reprise the roles they played in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG).
  
  
• A Message From Rockstar - To the left of the Hyman Stadium entrance is a small platform (it's a unique stunt jump) with a tourist sign about the stadium. If you have a camera or sniper rifle in your arsenal, take it out and look at the sign. At the bottom of this sign, in small text, is a message to the player. In the PlayStation Portable version the sign reads: "You are standing on USJ 005a, a fine new addition to our great city that isn't contrived at all. Have you found the 10 easter eggs? Rockstar Leeds would like to thank you for playing the game and letting us have a rockin' christmas party." In the PlayStation 2 version the sign reads: "You are standing on USJ 005a, a fine new addition to our great city that we've all grown to love. Have you found the 11 easter eggs? Rockstar Leeds would like to thank you for playing the game, and by the way, the christmas party was great."
  
  
• The Great Rockstar Easter Egg Hunt - Scattered throughout Vice City are ten signs featuring a drawing of a happy face and a hand-written number (1 through 10 in the PlayStation Portable version, 1 through 11 in the PlayStation 2 version). This face is the same one used in the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) (VG) easter egg. For instance, Sign #6 is found on one of the rear walls of Hyman Stadium. Sign #11, which is exclusive to the PlayStation 2 version, can be found in the same place as the infamous Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG) easter egg.
  
  
• Is the first game in the GTA series to feature a real-life person in cutscenes: Singer/drummer Phil Collins. Is also the first game in the GTA series to feature a GTA radio DJ in cutscenes: The transsexual filmmaker-turned-pornstar-turned-DJ, Reni Wassulmaier (voiced by Barbara Rosenblat), who previously featured on Flashback FM in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) (VG).
  
  
• The mini game in which you have to find and shoot 99 red balloons is a reference to the 1984 hit song, "99 Luft Balloons", by Nena. The song, in English, translates to "99 Red Balloons". This song can be heard on the Wave 103 radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG).
  
  
• Is the first GTA game for next-gen consoles that does not offer the mini game of collecting 100 "Hidden Items" of some sort. Instead, the player has to find and shoot 99 red balloons. The following game, Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (VG), continued this, as in that game the player has to find and shoot 200 pigeons.
  
  
• if you look at some movie theatric in the game you will find a film showing that is called 'Ray the Otta' a reference to Ray Liotta who provided the voice in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG).
  
  

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