Case study

OpenVice: a C# port of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

OpenVice ports Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to a C# engine that uses the original game's files. It parses RenderWare data, renders through OpenTK, uses BEPU Physics and decodes ADF radio audio alongside MP3 playback.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 92
Last commit: 2024-09-24
Language: C#

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An original Grand Theft Auto: Vice City copy is required.
Limits: The engine is described as early in development, with a limited feature set.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{openvice-case,
  title = {{OpenVice: a C\# port of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/clashbyte/openvice}},
  url = {https://github.com/clashbyte/openvice},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/openvice-case/}}
}

Plain text

OpenVice: a C# port of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. https://github.com/clashbyte/openvice (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/openvice-case/

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README.md GitHub · clashbyte/openvice · Revision 30aa6dd