- List of video games set in New York City
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This article lists computer and video games in which a major part of the action takes place in New York City or a fictional city closely based on it.
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List of games which feature New York City
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Title Year Platform(s) Notes 18 Wheels of Steel series PC 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker Arcade/Dreamcast/Gamecube/PS2 25 To Life PC/PS2/Xbox 50 Cent: Bulletproof PS2/Xbox Alone in the Dark 2008 PC/PS2/PS3/Xbox360/Wii Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2011 PC/PS3/Xbox 360 Set in the near future, with at least two levels involving open warfare in the city, specifically lower Manhattan Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Featured in the first Allied mission and the third Soviet mission, as well as a multiplayer/skirmish map Cruis'n World 1996 Arcade/N64 Crysis 2 2011 PC/PS3/Xbox360 NY PC/Mac The Darkness PS3/Xbox360 Def Jam Vendetta PS2/GameCube Def Jam: Fight for NY PS2/Xbox/GameCube Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover PSP Deus Ex PC/Mac/PS2 A futuristic New York set in the 2050s which features Battery Park, Hell's Kitchen, and Liberty Island. Die Hard Trilogy PC/PS/Saturn The third part Die Hard: With a Vengeance, like the film of the same name, was set in New York. Driver
aka. Driver: You Are the WheelmanPC/PS/Mac/GBC Features New York as the final stage alongside Miami, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Driver: Parallel Lines PC/PS2/Xbox/Wii Takes place in 1978 and present day 2006 New York City, including all the boroughs except Staten Island and parts of the New Jersey shore. Driver 76 PSP Handheld version of Driver: Parallel Lines Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project 2002 PC Duke Nukem: Zero Hour N64 Fahrenheit
aka. Indigo Prophecy2005 PC/PS2/Xbox Fantastic Four 2005 Fighting Force 1997 Playstation/Nintendo 64 Famous New York City Landmarks such as the World Trade Center can be seen in The Background. Areas such as The Bronx and Central Park are also in Playable levels. Final Fight 1989 Freedom Fighters 2003 PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube Forza Motorsport 2 Xbox360 Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox360 Gargoyles Sega Genesis Ghostbusters video games Gunblade NY Sega Arcade The Godfather: The Game 2007 PC/PS2/PSP/PS3/Xbox/Xbox360/Wii Taking place in New York from 1945–1955 The Godfather II 2009 PC/PS3/Xbox360 Taking place in a small borough somewhere in Long Island. Also sets in Miami and Havana Gran Turismo 4 PS2 Features New York as a race track Lost in New York Super NES, NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis MS-DOS, Wii Left Behind: Eternal Forces Set in an unspecified "near-future" time after the biblical Rapture Left Behind: Tribulation Forces Left Behind 3: Rise of the Antichrist Legendary 2008 PC/PS3/Xbox360 Mafia 2 2010 PC Manhattan Chase PC Manhunter: New York PC Max Payne 2001 PC/Mac/PS2/Xbox/GBA/ Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne 2003 PC/PS2/Xbox Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 2001 PC/PS2/Xbox Most of the game is set on the Hudson River; the final fight is set atop Federal Hall Midnight Club: Street Racing PS2/GBA Also features London Mike Tyson's Punch-Out NES Where Little Mac trains betweens fights Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 1995 Arcade/PC/Mega Drive/Genesis/Saturn/SNES/Game Boy/Game Gear/PS1 Mortal Kombat 2011 Mystery P.I.: The New York Fortune PC N.Y.C. The Big Apple
aka. New York CityAtari 8-bit home computers/Commodore 64 by Russ Segal, Synapse Software, 1984. Outlaw Golf 2 PS2/Xbox Features a fictitious golf course in Central Park Parasite Eve PS Including an extensive secret level set in a heavily-infested Chrysler Building Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie 2005 Pilotwings SNES Project Gotham Racing 3 Xbox360 As well as Tokyo, Las Vegas, London, and the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit Prototype 2009 PC/PS3/Xbox360 Resistance 3 2011 PS3 S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team NES Second Sight PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube Soldier of Fortune 2000 Spider-Man video games Spawn: Armageddon 2003 PS2/Xbox/GameCube Streets of Rage SEGA Mega Drive Street Fighter III: Third Strike 1999 Arcade/Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox Syphon Filter 1999 PS Syphon Filter 2 2000 PS Tekken 2 1997 PS The character, Paul Phoenix, had a stage which was set in New York Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 2005 PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube/Xbox360/DS/PS3/Wii Top Spin PC/PS2/Xbox Includes a tennis tournament in New York True Crime: New York City 2005 PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube Noteworthy for featuring a street-accurate recreation of Manhattan with many landmarks as well as the ability to use the New York City Subway and taxis to get around the island. Bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge are present but are blocked off. Turning Point: Fall of Liberty 2008 PC/PS3/Xbox360 Tycoon City: New York PC A city-building game where players are tasked with developing Manhattan. US Racer PC World in Conflict 2007 PC A RTS where USSR begins an invasion on US soil starting by attacking New York and taking the Liberty statue. World of Subways Vol. 1 2008 PC A subway driver Simulator which takes place in the underground of New York City and New Jersey. The Warriors 2005 PS2/PSP/Xbox Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption PC XIII PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube/Mac Yo! Noid NES List of games which feature a fictional city closely based on New York City
- All set in Liberty City, a New York City look-alike
- Grand Theft Auto (PC, PS, GBC)
- Grand Theft Auto III (PC, PS2, Xbox)
- Grand Theft Auto (GBA)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox), featured one mission in Liberty City
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PlayStation 2, PSP)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- GTA IV: The Lost and Damned (PC, Xbox 360)
- GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (PC, Xbox 360)
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Nintendo DS, PSP)
- Crazy Taxi 2, two cities, "Around Apple" and "Small Apple", both somewhat based on New York City
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller, includes "Small Apple" from Crazy Taxi 2
- Futurama, in "New New York"
- EarthBound, has a city called Fourside, which is also referred as the Big Banana, a parody of the New York's nickname the big apple.
- Mother 3, New Pork City is an obvious parody of the city, for example, it parodies the Empire State Building with the Empire PorkY Building.
- Sonic series, has a lot of New York parodies.
- Kingpin: Life of Crime, set in Radio City, a city that resembles New York City in the art-deco era
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox), set in Lost Heaven, a representation of New York City and Chicago in the 1930s
- Mafia II (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360), set in Empire Bay, a representation of New York City in the late 1940s
- Streets of Rage (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive), set in an unnamed city based on New York City; many prominent New York City landmarks, such as the World Trade Center are visible throughout the game and on the Mega Drive cover of Streets of Rage 3
- Final Fight (Arcade, Super Nintendo), Set in a city called Metro City. Loosely based on New York City areas.
- inFamous is set in Empire City, based on New York City.
See also
Other city video game lists
Media in New York City Categories:- New York City in popular culture
- Lists of video games by setting
- Video games set in New York City
- All set in Liberty City, a New York City look-alike
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