Dans GTA Vice City sur PS2, le joueur incarne un certain Tommy Vercetti qui doit enchaîner des missions diverses et variées dans une ville inspirée du Miami des années 80. Un certain nombre d'activités sont proposées en parallèle des missions de base : chauffeur de taxi, pompier, ambulancier... Ce jeu d'action s'appuie sur une carte gigantesque est et un exemple de non-linéarité.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.
