Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is arguably one of the most beloved games in the whole franchise. In fact, it's so fondly remembered, that rumors from an industry insider say GTA 6 may be set in a modern day version of the city. Even if that doesn't turn out to be true, it's still an extremely popular installment to the series, so much so that one user has managed to get the game running on a modded version of a Nintendo Switch.
In a video uploaded to YouTube recently, user grabman shows footage of themselves actually playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the Nintendo hand-held console. The opening parts of the video show him loading the game onto the Switch using a configuration menu. The only downside to this unofficial port is there is no in-game audio, which is perplexing even to the user. However, it could be just a sign that running games unofficially on modded consoles doesn't always work out so well.
This is also not the first Grand Theft Auto game to be reverse-engineered onto a Switch. Last year, another YouTube user by the name of Eradicatinglove was able to upload a guide showing how to install GTA 3 on the hybrid console. This ported version is not too stable, with the game experiencing numerous bugs and glitches, however, the user does manage to get it running smoothly. It's perhaps important to say at this point that unofficially porting a game over to a console that is not supposed to be compatible with it has certain legal ambiguities.
It's also worth noting that things of this nature can attract the wrong kind of attention. Earlier this year, fan projects that looked at reverse-engineering both Vice City and GTA 3 were hit with a DMCA takedown order. This Switch port of Vice City could have the potential to fall under the same infringement strike, so players need to be cautioned about going ahead with hacking their own versions.
However, it's understandable why people would want to play this game on as many systems as they can. There is arguably a case to be made that a return to Vice City makes sense, whether it forms the basis for GTA 6 or it gets a remake in its own right. Either way, the popularity of this entry cannot be overstated.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is rumored to be in development for unspecified platforms.