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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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