Line #1 VideoGame/TotalVice


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"Eat lead, copper!"]]
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4	''Total Vice'' is a LightGunGame released by Creator/{{Konami}} for arcades in 1997. Reminiscent of Konami's own ''Videogame/LethalEnforcers1'' and Creator/{{Sega}}'s ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' franchise, the game enlists players in a task force whose goal is to thwart arms smuggling in Miami, biker gang activities in Harlem, and covert terrorist operations in [[BigAppleSauce New York]].
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6	It is one of five arcade games (along with ''VideoGame/EvilNight'', ''Heat of Eleven '98'', ''Battle Tryst'', and ''Tobe! Polystars'') released on the Konami M2 hardware, which is based off the [[{{Vaporware}} cancelled]] successor to the [[Platform/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO Interactive Multiplayer]].
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8	Beyond a small appearance in the Creator/EddieMurphy comedy ''Film/{{Showtime}}'', little footage of ''Total Vice'' has existed...until Video Game Esoterica uploaded the first full playthrough of the game on Website/YouTube. Check it out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-WVHMkgY78 here]].
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11	!!''Total Vice'' provides the following tropes:
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13	* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The villains of level 1 are a motorcycle gang terrorizing a supermarket and a subway station.
14	* AntagonistTitle: Total Vice happens to be the codename of Funk, the BigBad and FinalBoss.
15	* Main/ArtisticLicenseGeography: Miami does not have oil rigs off the coast. The oil rigs are located on the Gulf of Mexico, which IS on the western side of Florida.
16	* BigAppleSauce: The final level takes place above New York City.
17	* BigBad: Three bosses.
18	* BigDamnHeroes: The players.
19	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. Funk aka Total Vice - the final boss - dies last. [[spoiler: Even more averted is the fact he is alive and well in custody by the end of the game along with the other bosses encountered.]]
20	* BottomlessMagazines: The players standard handgun can be reloaded indefinitely, but special weapons will run dry after some time.
21	* DarkActionGirl: One of the common enemies encountered is a female biker with a hat bearing what looks like the [[DirtyCommunists red star of the Soviet Union.]]
22	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Once all the bosses are defeated, a scene plays where they are posing for their mugshots appearing [[UnexplainedRecovery completely unharmed]] even after falling to their apparent deaths and electrocution!]]
23	* HandCannon: The magnum and dual revolvers.
24	* HostageSpiritLink: The stages have civilians and police officers acting as obstacles between you and the bad guys. A misfire would result in a loss of a life.
25	* Main/TheMenInBlack: In the Miami warehouse stage, men dressed in black suits with SinisterShades count as enemies.
26	* MoreDakka: The submachine gun and the burst-fire rifle.
27	* NoNameGiven: You play as some nameless sort of law enforcement or government agents hunting down criminals.
28	* PoliceAreUseless: Up to Eleven. The police [=NPCs=] only serve as distractions and never do get to kill the criminals. Shooting them by accident would take one life as a penalty.
29	* Main/ScaryBlackMan: Funk definitely counts as one, having a paramilitary division and armed with military-grade weaponry.
30	* ShoutOut: Oh boy, this game has a truck load coming from previous rail shooters as well as 80s/90s action movies.
31	** ''Film/DeathWish'': The subway level resembles the one from the first film. In addition, one of the biker enemies resemble a younger Creator/JeffGoldblum who played as one of the rapists in the first installation.
32	** ''Film/DeathWish3'': The biker gang can be taken directly from Manny Fraker's gang in the third installation.
33	** ''Film/DieHard'': The raid on the tower and the [[spoiler: villain falling off]] would obviously remind fans of that particular scene.
34	** ''Series/MiamiVice'': Especially when the warehouse of drug dealers were raided.
35	** ''Total Vice'' seems; to be a "spin-off" of Konami's other law enforcement rail shooter games such as as ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers1'' and ''VideoGame/Police911''. Notably, it appears to be inspired from ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop''.
36	* SinisterShades: Most of the enemies wear these.
37	* Main/TitleDrop: Funk who served as the final boss is also known as '''Total Vice'''.
38	* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: The fate of the three bosses in the ending, where they can be seen being apprehended and taken in for mugshots despite being killed in their encounters.]]
39	* WesternTerrorists: The NYC level has these terrorists clad in paramilitary gear.

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