After I played Final Fantasy VII, I became obsessed with RPGs. If there were one genre that could define my preference, it would be that. I played more in High School than any other genre and it defined me in so many ways. Yet that's not the only thing that shaped my beliefs. As a young teenager, there was no series bigger in the early 2000s than Grand Theft Auto. RPGs were like a private passion, but it was GTA III and the others that followed that I could share with my friends. The nights I spent just driving around GTA III and San Andreas with friends, competing with, who could cause the most destruction, was just a thrilling experience. These are memories I will never forget and the jokes that I made in this period still ༒effect me today.

For example, in GTA III there were these vans called Rumpos. I can't really get into what made them funny now. Just think about what a group of teens would say fueled by Mt. Dew and Doritos. Point is, I loved these games. Vice City, while great, didn't have as much oജf an impact on me since I was not nostalgic for the 80s since I was born in 1987, toward the end of that era. Anyway, whether I like it or not is not the point. What is important to note is that these games are jam-packed with Easter eggs and secret facts. How many of these did you know about? Let’s find out!

23 The Deleted Character

There was a homeless man called Darkel that was removed from GTA III. He wa😼s going to give players bombs and missions to blow up buildings, which was thought to be cut because it might be considered tasteless. However, Rockstar denies this and has said that he was removed way before he had been fully designed.. That part is strange though considering Darkel is listed in the manual along with his voice actor, Bill Fiore. Not only that, but his model is also still in the game’s data.

22 Tommy Vercetti's Famous Voice

For most of the main characters in Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar has gone with relatively unknown actors. That is except for Ray Liotta, who played Tommy Vercetti in Vice City. He was chosen for his ties to classic mob films such as The Goodfellas, which has been referenced in many of their games. He’s had a huge Hollywood career, but funnily enough, he has only voice acted in two video games. This and Call of Duty: Black Ops II (for the zombie mode).

21 The Best Selling PS2 Game Is…

San Andreas is the best selling PS2 game of all time. It sold over 17 million copies sinceꦉ its꧃ 2004 release. That's just the PS2, as the game has gone on to sell way over that on other systems.

In fact, all three Grand Theft Auto games are in the top six for PS2. Vice City is fourth, selling over 9 million copies while GTA III is sixth, selling almost 8 million units.

20 The Miami Easter Egg

There is a hint in GTA III about the next game in the series: Vice City. Near the airport, you can find a billboard that says, “ See you in Miami.” There’s another clue in the game as well. After you complete th🔜e “Marked Man” mission, Ray Machowski will send you a beeper message that reads, “Take care of my Bulletproof Patriot. See you in Miami.” At the time people probably didn't even think of this possibility, but that's hard to say now.

19 Say Hello To My Little Friend

Ricardo Diaz’s mansion, which becomes yours eventually in Vice City, is almost identical to the mansion found in Scarface. This is not the only reference to the film either as the Malibu Club is modeled after the Babylon Club from that movie. There is also Apartment 3C that has a chainsaw in it, similar to a famous scene in the movie. These facts are just the tip of the🌟 iceberg. It could even be argued that the general tone and theme is taken from Scarface as it took place in Miami.

18 Grand Theft Pokémon

Ash, Pikachu, Squirtle, Minnie, and Mickey Mouse can be seen on the sign for a gift shop in East Beach Los Santos, Juguetes Regalos, in San Andreas. This is odd considering most references to poꩵp culture come in the form of fake, parody advertisements and not literal the products in question.

The game takes place in 1992, way be⛄fore Pokémon was even a🐭 thing so this was probably a mega fan of both things that snuck this one in. That’s just my theory though.

17 Metal Cab Solid

If you complete all of the taxi missions in GTA III you can unlock the Borgnine Taxi. This looks like a demon version of the classic model, complete with spikes and blood. It’s a reference to Ernest Borgnine, thus the taxi’s name, as he was in a movie called Escape from New York wher𒅌e he drove a cab. You know, the movie that inspired Solid Snake’s name as an homage to that film’s star, Kurt Russell, as the infamous Snake Pliskin. As a bonus set of trivia, some might recognize Ernest Borgnine as the voice of Mermaid Man from SpongeBob.

16 No Jaws Here

In Vice City, sharks can randomly appear near beaches although they have no animation. They just sort of appear and disappear. They are probably an accident within the game's code. If you jump out and attack them, they won't even react. Here's my theory. Sharks were probably going to play a role in some sort of missions referencing Jaws, but 🌠🐷it was cut. Their spawning might be some sort of glitch that results from data still lingering in the code.

15 Of Banks And Ghosts

The Dodo plane's wings are clipped in GTA III so you can’t really fly the thing. Well, you can but you have to be extremely good at the game. If you are you can uncover a multitude of secrets ওmost players will never find. One of them is the mysterious “ghost island” which has a very surprising history. All it is, is the beg꧂inning bank mission. Rockstar built the assets, dumped them far off into the distance where they couldn't be seen, and that's that. Of course, fans found it though.

14 The Secret Door

The Ocean View Hotel, your first safe house in Vice City, looks like it has a secret room in your room. There is an outline of what appears to be a door, but no one, as of yet, has figured out how to open itඣ. If that is a door, that is. Most likely it might 🌃be a glitched texture that resembles something like a door, or was, in fact, going to be a secret room that got scrapped along the way.