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Part 1: I point out some possible references to actor Matt Frewer & his character Max Headroom in video game GTA: Vice City (2002).
- A nod to the pop 1980's computer generated TV presenter may show up at the intro to mission "Guardian Angels". Tommy has to pickup some special hardware at a parking deck to protect a deal organized by Cortez & Diaz. Pulling into this structure the large yellow sign reads "Maximum Headroom 4.0M". The Artificial Intelligence avatar character was named after such signage which is commonplace at the entrances to many parking decks.
- A future connection: English Synth pop band The Art Of Noise did a collaboration with Max Headroom for their '86 track "Paranoimia". Frewer does vocals on this. The Art Of Noise's '83 single, Moments In Love, was used on the soundtrack to prequel Vice City Stories in 2006.
- When Tommy picks up the item in the parking garage rival hustler Lance Vance pulls up in a white Infernus. One of fastest cars in the game, it is based on the real world Lamborghini Countach LP500.
- Matt Frewer played a gang-related transport expert in the 5th season 2 part opener to NBC TV series Miami Vice in 1988.The Vice City game draws heavily on the aesthetics of this series. In the episodes "Hostile Takeover" & "Redemption In Blood" Frewer's character Cliff King, drives a black Lamborghini LM002 offroad vehicle.
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00:00In this video, I'll share some Easter eggs to actor Matt Frewer and his character Max Headroom.
00:08And you can see these in 2002 crime action adventure video game Grand Theft Auto Vice City.
00:17One of the best-selling games of all time with 17.5 million copies sold.
00:22Alright, so for the Mission Guardian Angels, Tommy Versetti is doing a job for retired Army Colonel Cortez.
00:33He's got to provide protection for a deal involving a Cuban gang.
00:38Tommy is instructed to pick up some special firepower at the Washington Beach multi-story car park.
00:48Driving up to the car park, you'll see the signage.
00:53It reads, Maximum Headroom 4.0 meters.
00:58Perhaps seemingly a coincidental reference at first.
01:03However, I recognize this as a possible nod to Max Headroom.
01:09Computer-generated TV presenter based on Matt Frewer's character, Edison Carter, in the various television adaptations in the 1980s.
01:22The character was in fact named for the notice that appears to the entrance of many car parking decks.
01:30Yeah, there is a future connection.
01:32And one such example lies in English synth-pop band Art of Noise.
01:40Did a collaboration with the Max Headroom character for their 1986 track Paranoemia.
01:48Matt Frewer as Max can be heard on the vocal section of this song.
01:54Art of Noise's 1983 song, Moments in Love, can be heard on the soundtrack to a prequel Grand Theft Auto
02:04Vice City stories in 2006.
02:08When Tommy picks up the hardware item, Lance Vance drives up in a white Infernus.
02:16Another interesting link between Vice City and Matt Frewer, he played a transport chief and thug for drug lord Oscar
02:27Carrera in the fifth season two-part opening story to NBC TV crime drama Miami Vice broadcast in 1988.
02:38This series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as undercover police detectives of Crockett and Tubbs.
02:48I mentioned the Infernus.
02:51This in-game car is based on the real-world Lamborghini Countach manufactured between 1974 and 1990.
03:00Interestingly, Frewer's character Cliff King drives a black Lamborghini LM002 four-wheel drive off-road vehicle manufactured between 1986 and
03:131993.

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