Cheats

Start	Press the button sequence on the controller while playing
Needed for 100%	Nothing, and the 100% route does not use cheats
Cost	Nothing to buy or unlock; the missions, balloons and challenges for 100% still have to be done in play

Vice City Stories accepts cheats at any point once you are in control of Vic. Enter the buttons in order and the effect applies at once. The codes below are for the PlayStation 2 version and are grouped by what they do. The 100% checklist needs real progress, so use cheats for fun or to skip a bad moment, and see weapons and vehicles for what the game gives you without them.

Health, armor, money and weapons

Effect	Code
Full health	Up, Down, Left, Right, Circle, Circle, L1, R1
Full armor	Up, Down, Left, Right, Square, Square, L1, R1
$250,000	Up, Down, Left, Right, X, X, L1, R1
Weapon set 1	Left, Right, X, Up, Down, Square, Left, Right
Weapon set 2	Left, Right, Square, Up, Down, Triangle, Left, Right
Weapon set 3	Left, Right, Triangle, Up, Down, Circle, Left, Right
Commit suicide	Right, Right, Circle, Circle, L1, R1, Down, X

Wanted level

Effect	Code
Never wanted	Up, Right, Triangle, Triangle, Down, Left, X, X
Raise wanted level	Up, Right, Square, Square, Down, Left, Circle, Circle

Weather, time and game speed

Effect	Code
Sunny weather	Left, Down, R1, L1, Right, Up, Left, Circle
Clear weather	Left, Down, R1, L1, Right, Up, Left, X
Overcast weather	Left, Down, L1, R1, Right, Up, Left, Square
Rainy weather	Left, Down, L1, R1, Right, Up, Left, Triangle
Foggy weather	Left, Down, Triangle, X, Right, Up, Left, L1
Faster game time	R1, L1, L1, Down, Up, X, Down, L1
Faster game play	Left, Left, R1, R1, Up, Triangle, Down, X
Slower game play	Left, Left, Circle, Circle, Down, Up, Triangle, X

Vehicles and traffic

The two spawn codes put a vehicle next to Vic. Perfect handling gives your cars much better grip, and while it is active you can press L3 to make a car jump.

Effect	Code
Spawn a Rhino tank	Up, L1, Down, R1, Left, L1, Right, R1
Spawn a Trashmaster	Down, Up, Right, Triangle, L1, Triangle, L1, Triangle
Perfect handling	Down, Left, Up, L1, R1, Triangle, Circle, X
Chrome traffic	Right, Up, Left, Down, Triangle, Triangle, L1, R1
Traffic avoids you	Up, Up, Right, Left, Triangle, Circle, Circle, Square
Destroy all cars	L1, R1, R1, Left, Right, Square, Down, R1

Pedestrians

Effect	Code
Pedestrians attack you	Down, Triangle, Up, X, L1, R1, L1, R1
Pedestrians have weapons	Up, L1, Down, R1, Left, Circle, Right, Triangle
Pedestrians riot	R1, L1, L1, Down, Left, Circle, Down, L1
Pedestrian enters your vehicle	Down, Up, Right, L1, L1, Square, Up, L1
Pedestrians follow you	Right, L1, Down, L1, Circle, Up, L1, Square

If you have every seat in your car filled, the pedestrians who follow you will keep following the car on foot. The PSP release uses L and R in place of L1 and R1, and it adds codes for black cars and its multiplayer content that do nothing in the PS2 version.