I can still clearly remember the old Sony Trinitron CRT monitor I played GTA: Vice City on 20-odd years ago. I was 11, and yes, far too young to be venturing through the neon-tinted streets of faux-Miami as Tommy Vercetti, clad in his signature teal palm-tree shirt. But I was only allowed to play it under the proviso that I didn't actually do any of the missions.
The chunky monitor – which was impressive in its day – sat nestled in the corner of my childhood bedroom, handed down to me by my generous dad, and I would race home from school to drive around listening to the iconic Flash FM radio station. From cruising around to Wang Chung's Dance Hall Days, to parking up by a house (I would pretend was my home) while jamming to Out of Touch by Hall and Oates, I have GTA: Vice City to thank for sparking my lifelong love of '80s music. But it also kickstarted an ongoing trend when it comes to the way I play GTA.
