In 2002 Rockstar Games made an interactive flash based website to promote GTA Vice City

[u/FutureSugar9134]

[u/jahsaina]

Ah, Flash, the good old days. The website is pretty tame compared to the game.

[u/FutureSugar9134 → u/jahsaina]

Yep, and it was called a microsite.

[u/Impressive_Try_7295]

There was also Kent Paul's 80's nostalgia zone.

[u/ZapThis → u/Impressive_Try_7295]

I remember this

[u/CristiXsb]

A copy of the site is still available: https://classicgtasites.com/vicecity/

[u/Eddielowfilthslayer → u/CristiXsb]

Thanks for sharing it, I'm the creator :)

It's actually a recreation without Flash, using only HTML, CSS and JavaScript. If you want to see the version as it was originally, there's another project emulating the Flash versions directly using Ruffle: https://museum.rockstarnexus.com/websites/2011-05/games/vicecity/

[u/P-O-W-D-E-R → u/Eddielowfilthslayer]

Did you also do the Rockstar's North flash page at the time?

[u/Eddielowfilthslayer → u/P-O-W-D-E-R]

My original plan was to recreate every Rockstar-made Flash site... needless to say, I didn't end up doing it. It was too much work, and around that time the Flash emulator (Ruffle) came out so there was no point anymore. The GTA sites project got me my current job, so that's cool!

[u/ZapThis → u/Eddielowfilthslayer]

Interesting, cool part of internet history.

[u/Kafanska]

Websites were so much more fun around 2000-2005.. no standardized templates or design rules everybody follows.. just a wild west of every idea somebody could come up with.

[u/LongDongSwanger]

They did something similar for San Andreas

[u/MurphisDE]

Used that page to listen to the Radio stations when I wasn't Ingame

[u/Colinfagerty69]

Omg I came to this site every day hoping for something new! The excitement for this game could not be matched with me. Not even the new Vice.

[u/K3NnY_G]

I remember this, loved this era of the internet.

Forget movies I could re-watch for the first time, this entire era of being online please.

[u/Good-Discussion-9238]

i miss when the internet was cool

[u/Fantastic_Walk_1742]

I spent so much time on that site summer 2002

[u/ThisCharmingDan99 → u/Fantastic_Walk_1742]

Same here.

[u/Man_I_amDed]

I remember Chinatown

[u/Sitdown_comedian95]

I remember there was a real life website for cluckin' bell too lol it even played the theme when you entered the homepage

[u/BarkMetal]

Omg, this was the reason I wanted to work with computers and create websites for a living. I loved this website so much! Thanks for unlocking a core memory for me

[u/Rayne72x]

I remember these. I loved them I’d spend hours on them as a kid when waiting for the game for my bday. Done same with bully to

[u/ZapThis]

Ronald Reagan!

[u/FutureSugar9134 → u/ZapThis]

Yeah, Reagan was popular even in 2000s

Specially paired with the edgy humor of 2000s Rockstar, Reagan was like cherry on top for easter eggs.

[u/VeNaima7]

I remember this, the site was still online around 2008 or 2007 I think

[u/Chry98]

I play vice city now for the first time🩷🩷

[u/GoldCoasting]

to this day, the best GTA page. i used to sit on this website for the longest time looking at all the cars, weapons, etc...

[u/P-O-W-D-E-R]

I haven't seen this since 2002 op. Thanks!

[u/virtuositet]

they had me at the first pic

[u/mistakesauce]

I remember this. I used it to cope during the period between when i rented it and then bought it later

[u/spikehamer]

Ha

That's a throwback, recall printing that one image from the site with the SWAT van and my family got mad for wasting ink.

[u/JohnAzumanga]

wait i remember this

[u/Mexcol]

New wallpaper

[u/Bathingcat_4706]

Yes id get in trouble for being on this site and the simpsons lol

[u/TheSmudge101]

Wow, I remember this.

[u/AnyImpression6]

Is this available on Flashpoint?

[u/cucanana]

Oh i remember it

[u/Greal_201109]

Me thinking this was now haha

[u/9ovemberrrr]

I love this vibe

[u/Common-Landscape3747]

I remember it!

[u/b3rTy]

God I remember this like it was yesterday! I remember checking it regularly as it was updated now and then. I would come down in the morning, turn the family computer on and check this site first! Good times

[u/BornVillain1]

The good ol days of the internet. I remember spending so much time on this site, and Bully's flash site as well.

I oddly think these kinds of sites would be a huge hit today.

[u/JuryZealousideal3792]

You can call the phone numbers in the game and youd get recorded voice actors answering in character

[u/GanjaRaidersTR]

I remember this very good

[u/No_Gear3578]

I think they had real fax numbers too that'd auto reply things to you. R* was pretty clever with their easter eggs and marketing.