A group of passionate fan developers is hard at work porting Grand Theft Auto: Vice City over to the upcoming Sega Dreamcast. The project is spearheaded by skilled developer SKMP, the same individual who brought us last year’s unofficial GTA 3 Dreamcast port. In developmental phases, as it still stands, the port has already made great strides in gameplay implementation, albeit a few graphical bugs within cutscenes.
Vice City’s Unexpected Release on the Dreamcast
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has been re-released on PCs, PlayStation, and even smartphones since it was first released in 2002. But not on the Dreamcast. Now, two decades later, hardcore enthusiasts are making it happen.
The GTA 3 port to Dreamcast received universal praise from retro gamers, demonstrating that the system can handle Rockstar’s open-world formula with some compromise. Vice City being a larger and more complex game, it is doubtful how much smoother it will play on the older Sega hardware.
Dreamcast’s Ongoing Legacy
Although canceled in 2001, the Dreamcast still has life as a component of retro gaming. Developers and hobbyists have seen to the survival of the console through releasing homebrew games, reviving original game online features, and even cross-platform porting. Highly ambitious ventures like Super Mario 64 and Counter-Strike have become possible on Dreamcast hardware.
Now, Vice City joins the expanding roster of old favorites to be brought back to the console. There is no announced release date for the fan port, but its existence is testament to the years of dedication of the Dreamcast cult.
A Perfect Time for a Vice City Return
The timing could not have been better with the highly awaited release of Grand Theft Auto 6, as the series comes back to Vice City. Rockstar’s new title has already set records on YouTube since millions of gamers are impatiently waiting to come back to the neon-lined roads of the legendary city.
From the official release of GTA 6 to this unplanned Dreamcast journey, 2025 is the year of Vice City.
