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2 unusual facts about Miami Vice: The Game


Miami Vice: The Game

Therefore, the likeness of the narcotics officers Crockett and Tubbs are based on that of Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, respectively.

As the player advances through the levels as either Crockett or Tubbs, they get deeper and deeper into the drug operation, and closer to bringing down Sacrenegra.


Allan Weisbecker

Allan has also written for several surfing magazines, including Surfer, Surfing and The Surfer's Journal, as well as scripting episodes of the television series Crime Story and Miami Vice.

Atomic Planet Entertainment

Titles in development at this time included Jackie Chan Adventures on PS2 for Sony Europe, Miami Vice on PS2, Xbox and PC for Davilex, The Guy Game on PS2 for Take 2 Interactive, Gametrak: Dark Wind for In2Games, and the Mega Man Anniversary Collection on PS2, GameCube and Xbox.

Bernard King

King appeared as the star player of a Miami college basketball team and the son of a corrupt judge (played by Bill Russell) in the 1985 episode of Miami Vice entitled "The Fix."

Better Be Good to Me

The song was featured in the tenth episode of Miami Vice and was included on the first volume of the Miami Vice soundtrack.

Blue Sky on Mars

The song "Hollow" was featured in the film The Game, and "Come to California" was featured in the film Nancy Drew.

Chalk's International Airlines

The television show Miami Vice, a symbol of both Miami and the 1980s, featured a Chalk's seaplane in its opening credits.

Chase Edmunds

He later appeared as a playable character in 24: The Game, the story of which took place prior to the events of Day 3.

Christopher McCann

His television credits include Law & Order, Numb3rs, Now and Again, and Miami Vice, while his film credits include American Violet, Acts of Worship, The Repair Shop, and Macbeth in Manhattan.

Colin Bucksey

He eventually moved into American TV, directing episodes of Miami Vice, Crime Story, Wiseguy, Sliders, Nash Bridges, Lexx, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Numb3rs, Breaking Bad, The 4400, Burn Notice and others.

Desperate Housewives: The Game

The game features a script by Desperate Housewives writer Scott Sanford Tobis and voice acting by Brenda Strong.

Fear of needles

In the TV series Miami Vice, Detective Lawrence Zito dies of a heroin overdose yet had a fear of needles.

FIU Panthers men's basketball

The "Sunblazers" men’s basketball team was also featured in a second season episode of Miami Vice entitled "The Fix".

Hatebreeder

The flute melody at the beginning of “Black Widow” is a clip from a Miami Vice background theme from the Season 2 Episode 1 episode “The Prodigal Son”, composed by Jan Hammer.

James A. Contner

His work includes episodes of such television series as Miami Vice, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Star Trek: Enterprise.

Jared Emerson-Johnson

More recently, Emerson-Johnson was the composer behind the video games produced by Telltale Games, such as Bone, Sam & Max, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Poker Night at the Inventory, Back to the Future: The Game, Jurassic Park: The Game, and The Walking Dead (video game).

Joel Rose

He has written for several television shows including Kojak and Miami Vice.

Jurassic Park: The Game

The team consists of Billy Yoder (voiced by Jason Marsden), Oscar Morales (voiced by Carlos Carrasco) and Danny "D-Caf" Cafaro (voiced by Ari Ruben) .

The trio manages to get the ride operational and attempts to ride it down to the base of the cliff, but as they do so, a pack of Herrerasaurus attacks them.

When that doesn't seem to work, she releases the park's captive Tylosaurus into the lagoon, despite Gerry's pleading.

Yoder's team see the smoke from Gerry's fire, but a Pteranodon attacks their helicopter, forcing them to make an emergency landing.

Lives in the Balance

The radio play garnered by "For America" and "In the Shape of a Heart", and the use of "Lives in the Balance" in the show Miami Vice, gained him many new fans who later went back and discovered Browne's earlier works.

Mark McCracken

His television credits include Ellen, Miami Vice, and The Outer Limits.

Miami Guns

The setting thus has some similarities to that of the popular TV show Miami Vice.

Michelle Dessler

Michelle Dessler also appears in 24: The Game, a video game depicting events which take place 6 months after the events of season two and 30 months before those shown in season three.

Mickey Munday

He now lives what he admits is a "frugal existence" in Miami, getting around on a pedal bicycle with his fashion-defying long, blond hair flowing behind him, his look perhaps more Dog the Bounty Hunter than Miami Vice.

Nicholas Woodeson

He has guest starred on series such as Miami Vice, Midsomer Murders, A Touch of Frost, Foyle's War, and Poirot.

Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo

The GTP ZX-Turbos were featured as part of a Miami Vice episode revolving around the IMSA GT Miami Grand Prix, although this was primarily using footage of the race itself.

Ocean Software

In 1985, Ocean Software managed to secure the first movie licences, such as Rambo, Short Circuit and Cobra, as well as the TV show Miami Vice and RoboCop which spent about a year on the top of the charts.

Red 7

Arguably their best-known song, "Heartbeat", was featured in Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter, as well as an episode of Miami Vice.

Richard A. Colla

His directorial credits include The Virginian, Battlestar Galactica, McCloud, Miami Vice, MacGyver, Hunter, Murder, She Wrote, Gunsmoke, Ironside, Trapper John, M.D. and other series.

Robert D'Avanzo

His acting roles include Ernesto, the hired assassin in Miami Vice and Felipe Horowitz in It's Like, You Know....

Ron Magill

He has also appeared on several documentaries for the Discovery Channel and the History Channel, and, during the 1980s, handled all the animals used on the Miami Vice television series.

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Game

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Game is an upcoming game developed by Firehazard Studio in conjunction with Denaris Software & Pixable Studios and to be published by World Events Productions (WEP).

Season Pass

Some Season Passes have unique names, such as Max Payne 3's "Rockstar Pass. Also is used with all Telltale Games such as Back to the Future: The Game The Walking Dead: Season One The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Wolf Among Us."

Slave to Love

It was featured in the episode "Junk Love" of Miami Vice (1985), in Fire with Fire (1986), Bitter Moon (1992), Malice (1993), and perhaps the most memorable inclusion in the erotic drama 9½ Weeks (1986), starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke.

Smut Peddlers

Recently the Smut Peddlers contributed two songs to the Jackass video game.

Stiltsville

Susanna Daniel novel, Stiltsville: a Novel; several episodes of Miami Vice (1984-89) and Sea Hunt (1958-61); the film Around the World Under the Sea (1966), the made-for-TV adventure-pilot, The Fantastic Seven (1979), Absence of Malice (1981), and the 2003 film Bad Boys II.

Superleague Formula 2009: The Game

During the 2009 Donington Park round some star drivers tested out the new game, giving it positive feedback.

Superleague Formula 2009: The Game is a video game based on the 2009 season of the Superleague Formula motorsport series.

TEC-9

It made frequent appearances on Miami Vice, where it was legally converted to full-auto by Title II manufacturers.

The Ward Brothers

In 1988, the band's album's title track "Madness of It All" appeared in the episode "Love at First Sight" of the series Miami Vice.

Tom Kimmel

His songs have also been featured in television series including Miami Vice, Touched by an Angel and Dawson’s Creek — and in films including Twins, Runaway Bride and Serendipity.

Transformers Animated: The Game

Transformers Animated: The Game is a video game for the Nintendo DS handheld based on the current Transformers television incarnation, Transformers: Animated.

Transformers: Prime – The Game

The game features the voice cast from the show such as Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Sumalee Montano, Steven Blum, Josh Keaton, Jeffrey Combs, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Daran Norris.

Universal Studios Hollywood

Destroyed were 40,000 to 50,000 archived digital video and film copies chronicling Universal's movie and TV show history, dating back to the 1920s, including the films Knocked Up and Atonement, the NBC series Law & Order, The Office, and Miami Vice, and CBS's I Love Lucy.


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