The 2002 classic Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has arrived on Nintendo Switch via Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, an HD remaster of the original game with new visuals, lighting effects, and much more. While a lot has changed in the translation from the original PlayStation 2 game to the remaster, one aspect has carried over relatively unaltered: cheat codes!
That’s right: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition for Switch has tons of fun cheats you can enter via inputs on your controller, which do everything from spawning cars to refilling your health gauge, causing pedestrians to attack you, and even allowing you to play as characters like Candy Suxxx, Ricardo Diaz, and Mercedes Cortez. You can even materialize a Rhino tank out of thin air! What’s better than traversing the 1980s neon beachscape of Vice City in a bulletproof weapon-on-wheels?
Do note that some cheat codes are irreversible, and are noted as such in the list below. Please make sure you either save before using the cheat, or make a separate save file to use them. Trust us, you won’t want your main save file to be permanently stuck in a mode where every person in the game is shooting at you or slicing at you with katanas. Otherwise, most cheats can just be reversed by re-entering their inputs.
Without further ado, here’s a full list of all Switch cheats for GTA: Vice City – The Definitive Edition.
Nintendo Switch cheat codes for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
| Cheat | Input | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Head Mode (Konami Code) | Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B | Character | This cheat gives all characters big, exaggerated heads. |
| Change Outfit | Right, Right, Left, Up, L, ZL, Left, Up, Down, Right | Character | This cheat changes Tommy's outfit. |
| Instant Death | Right, ZL, Down, R, Left, Left, R, L, ZL, L | Character | This cheat instantly kills Tommy. |
| Play as Candy Suxxx | A, ZR, Down, R, Left, Right, R, L, B, ZL | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Candy Suxxx. |
| Play as Dick | Down, L, Down, ZL, Left, B, R, L, B, B | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Dick from Love Fist. |
| Play as Hilary King | R, A, ZR, L, Right, R, L, B, ZR | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Hilary King. |
| Play as Jezz Torrent | R, ZL, ZR, L, Right, ZR, Left, B, Y, L | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Jezz Torrent from Love Fist. |
| Play as Ken Rosenberg | Right, L, Up, ZL, L, Right, R, L, B, R | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Ken Rosenberg. |
| Play as Lance Vance | A, ZL, Left, B, R, L, B, L | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Lance Vance. |
| Play as Mercedes | ZR, L, Up, L, Right, R, Right, Up, A, X | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Mercedes. |
| Play as Phil Cassidy | Right, R, Up, ZR, L, Right, R, L, Right, A | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Phil Cassidy. |
| Play as Red Leather | Right, Right, Left, Up, L, ZL, Left, Up, Down, Right | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Red Leather (prostitute character). |
| Play as Ricardo Diaz | L, ZL, R, ZR, Down, L, ZR, ZL | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Ricardo Diaz. |
| Play as Sonny Forelli | A, L, A, ZL, Left, B, R, L, B, B | Character | This cheat transforms Tommy into Sonny Forelli. |
| Faster Gameplay | A, A, L, Y, L, Y (x3), L, X, A, X | General | This cheat makes gameplay faster. |
| Slower Gameplay | X, Up, Right, Down, Y, ZR, R | General | This cheat makes gameplay slower. |
| Full Armor | R, ZR, L, B, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | Health | This cheat replenishes Tommy's armor. |
| Full Health | R, ZR, L, A, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | Health | This cheat replenishes Tommy's health. |
| Angry Pedestrians | Down, Up, Up, Up, B, ZR, R, ZL, ZL | Pedestrian | This cheat makes all pedestrians attack you. It is non-revertable, so you should save before using this cheat. |
| Armed Pedestrians | ZR, R, B, X, B, X, Up, Down | Pedestrian | This cheat causes all pedestrians to be armed with weapons. It is non-revertable, so you should save before using this cheat. |
| Rioting Pedestrians | Down, Left, Up, Left, B, ZR, R, ZL, L | Pedestrian | This cheat makes all pedestrians attack each other as well as you. It is non-revertable, so you should save before using this cheat. |
| Aggressive Traffic | ZR, A, R, ZL, Left, R, L, ZR, ZL | Vehicle | This cheat causes traffic to be very aggressive. |
| Black Cars | A, ZL, Up, R, Left, B, R, L, Left, A | Vehicle | This cheat makes all cars black. |
| Flaming Traffic | ZR, ZL, R, L, ZL, ZR, Y, X, A, X, ZL, L | Vehicle | This cheat causes all traffic to be on fire. |
| Flying Cars | Right, ZR, A, R, ZL, Down, L, R | Vehicle | This cheat allows your car to take off from the ground. |
| Improved Handling | X, R, R, Left, R, L, ZR, L | Vehicle | This cheat significantly improves vehicle handling. |
| Pink Cars | A, L, Down, ZL, Left, B, R, L, Right, A | Vehicle | This cheat makes all cars pink. |
| Spawn Bloodring Banger | Up, Right, Right, L, Right, Up, Y, ZL | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Bloodring Banger. |
| Spawn Bloodring Racer | Down, R, A, ZL, ZL, B, R, L, Left, Left | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Bloodring Racer. |
| Spawn Caddy | A, L, Up, R, ZL B, R, L, A, B | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Caddy golf cart. |
| Spawn Hotring Racer (1) | R, A, ZR, Right, L, ZL, B, B, Y, R | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Hotring Racer. |
| Spawn Hotring Racer (2) | ZR, L, A, Right, L, R, Right, Up, A, ZR | Vehicle | This cheat spawns an alternative Hotring Racer. |
| Spawn Love Fist Limo | ZR, Up, ZL, Left, Left, R, L, A, Right | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Love Fist limousine. |
| Spawn Rhino | A, A, L, A (x3), L, ZL, R, X, A, X | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Rhino tank. |
| Spawn Romero | Down, ZR, Down, R, ZL, Left, R, L, Left, Right | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Romero hearse. |
| Spawn Sabre Turbo | Right, ZL, Down, ZL, ZL, B, R, L, A, Left | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Sabre Turbo. |
| Spawn Trashmaster | A, R, A, R, Left, Left, R, L, A, Right | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Trashmaster trash truck. |
| Lower Wanted Level | R, R, A, ZR, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down | Wanted Level | This cheat erases your Wanted Level. |
| Raise Wanted Level | R, R, A, ZR, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right | Wanted Level | This cheat raises your Wanted Level. |
| Weapon Set #1 | R, ZR, L, ZR, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | Weapon | This cheat gives Tommy the Brass Knuckles, Flame Thrower, Baseball Bat, Molotov, Pistol, Tec 9, Kruger, Shotgun, and Sniper Rifle. |
| Weapon Set #2 | R, ZR, L, ZR, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Left | Weapon | This cheat gives Tommy the Rocket Launcher, Katana, Remote Grenades, .357, Mac, M4, Stubby Shotgun, and .308 Sniper. |
| Weapon Set #3 | R, ZR, L, ZR, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Down | Weapon | This cheat gives Tommy the Minigun, Chainsaw, Grenades, .357, MP, M4, S.P.A.S. 12, and .308 Sniper. |
| Clear Weather | ZR, B, L, L, ZL (x3), Down | Weather | This cheat makes the weather clear. |
| Cloudy Weather | ZR, B, L, L, ZL (x3), Y | Weather | This cheat makes the weather cloudy. |
| Foggy Weather | ZR, B, L, L, ZL (x3), B | Weather | This cheat makes the weather foggy. |
| Rainy Weather | ZR, B, L, L, ZL (x3), A | Weather | This cheat makes the weather rainy. |
| Sunny Weather | ZR, B, L, L, ZL (x3), X | Weather | This cheat makes the weather sunny. |
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