Games where you can play in your city and/or state

[DigitalSpace]

Are there any games out there where you can play in the city you live in, or anywhere else in your state?

I live in Portland, OR. The first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater features the infamous Burnside skate park that's located here. Rampage World Tour has a Portland level (I'm guessing Rampage will probably be mentioned a lot). Also, Big Rigs Over The Road Racing (that crappy PC game that won Gamespot's worst game of the year award this year) claims that you drive from Portland to Miami, but with how misleading the game is I doubt it.

And then there are all those NBA games where I could play a home game as the Blazers.

So, what about you?

(I'm sure this will be easy for anyone in New York or California. LOL )

[Jibbajaba]

I named my town in Animal Crossing after my hometown. Does that count? LOL

I am from Fresno, CA. I currently live in a small city of about 60,000. I doubt that either city will ever be featured in a game. Being that I am from California, I guess GTA: San Andreas counts, right?

Chris

[sirgeoph]

BloodRayne starts out in the swamps of Louisiana and is filled with horrible cliche cajun accents.

Close enough, considering I don't live in the swamps, nor do I have an accent. Although, a lot of people think New Orleanians are from New York when they talk. What's up with that? Ah, fuggetaboutit.

[hezeuschrist]

For the sake of argument, I should hope to omit any (traditional) sports game from the discussion.

But I'm from rochester MI, nothing ever happens there :/

[chrisbid]

rampage

[Iron Draggon]

The only ones that I can think of off the top of my head are Turbo Outrun and US Racer. Both games let you race through Houston, Texas. But I don't recall any other games ever even mentioning it, except maybe Apollo 13 and Space Shuttle. For such a major city, it sure is overlooked alot. You would think that the 4th largest city in the nation would be mentioned alot more. But if any city in Texas is ever mentioned, it's usually Dallas. Because no one in this country has ever forgotten that stupid TV soap opera. I don't know why it's so fascinating for them, but for most people, Houston might just as well be called South Dallas. We're bigger than Dallas/Ft Worth & San Antonio combined now, but Dallas still gets all the attention and all the glory in Texas.

[boatofcar]

From Dallas: Behind the Scenes (http://www.ultimatedallas.com/backstage/behind7.htm)

Dallas started life in 1978 and grew to become one of the most watched Television series of all time.


In1985 Leonard Katzman the Executive Producer, gave a rare interview to Barry Norman, revealing some behind the scenes secrets of Dallas, including why he thinks Dallas was a big success and his view of Dynasty


Along with Leonard Katzman, both Linda Gray and Larry Hagman are interviewed, giving an insight into the top soap


Barry : I hear Dallas is shown in Beirut?


Larry : I read the other day about the hostages who would be incarcerated in this room, the ones they took away from the plane and the young terrorists would come in and they would all lye down on these mattresses and watch Dallas and they said they loved JR, they loved this character. They asked the hostages if they had ever been to Dallas and they said no, and they said what you haven't been to Dallas that's the most famous place in the world.

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Yes, I'm that bored :)

[Iron Draggon]

SIGH... the power of TV... :roll:

[SoulBlazer]

Etenerl Darkness takes place here in Rhode Island. :D

But besides sports games, that's the only one I can think off at the moment. Oh, a bunch of Civil War/US History related games as well.

[NeoZeedeater]

Skitchin' has Vancouver, BC which is where I live.

[pacmanhat]

THPS 1 and Rampage both have Minneapolis, which I'm a hop skip and jump from. I suppose that counts.

[imanerd0011]

There isn't a game that features my town, and I'm 99.99% sure there NEVER will be. I live in NY though, so there are tons of games that feature NY in them. I can think of TMNT 3, Double Dribble (hey... they play at the Knicks homecourt, right? LOL )

[FlufflePuff]

Dragon Warrior 3 has a town named Village of Soo. Looking at the map, this geographically coincides with my hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Sault Ste. Marie is often shorted to the Sault or the Soo. I've never made it far enough into DW3 to actually see the Soo, but I somehow doubt they bothered to recreate the landmarks.

[Lord007]

I believe in the game Liberty or Death, one of the two territories for Connecticut is Norwich where I live. That's probably about it...

[retroman]

ya....any sports game....

[Famidrive-16]

California Speed
San Fransisco Rush

[Iron Draggon]

ya....any sports game....

Good one! I didn't even think about all those! But that's kinda cheating for most of us in the major cities. BTW, I wish the Aeros were an NHL team!

[Quintracker]

I would be very surprised if any game took place in West Virginia.

[Iron Draggon]

I would be very surprised if any game took place in West Virginia.

Deliverance maybe? Sorry, had to say it. But I can do that, my mom is from WV.

[Leo_A]

MS Flight Simulator has the local airport in my backyard in it.

NASCAR games and Grand Prix Legends have Watkins Glen in them for a race course.

I have various rail lines in this state thanks to add-ons for MS Train Simulator.

Think that's it.

"I've never made it far enough into DW3 to actually see the Soo, but I somehow doubt they bothered to recreate the landmarks."

What landmarks? The locks?

[norkusa]

Some EA Racing Game, I think Andretti Racing for the PS1, has Grand Rapids, MI as a course on the circuit. Only time I've ever seen G.R. mentioned in a game.

[Quintracker]

I would be very surprised if any game took place in West Virginia.

Deliverance maybe? Sorry, had to say it. But I can do that, my mom is from WV.


That was a game? :eek 2:

[Iron Draggon]

Don't think so, but it should be! ROFL

[WiseSalesman]

Nothing happens in Ohio.

[Satac]

Some parts of "Return to Casle Wolfenstein" take place near the town I lived 20 years :)

[vulcanjedi]

Hmm

About 14 years ago I spent months making a golf course in the Jack Nicklaus PC golf game that matched the local course I always played on when I was a kid. Including some of the Philadelphia skyline.

Spent so much time making it I prolly only played it twice.

VJ

[Sauza12]

I live in Detroit, and I'm pretty sure that there have been a few racing games that took place in Detriot. If not, there is always Rampage! :D

[scooterb23]

Nothing has ever happened in Circleville, Ohio I don't think

[jslithy]

Michael Jordan in Chaos in the Windy City.

[DigitalSpace]

I've been meaning to bump this thread sooner or later since I've found a couple more games to post:

-Mickey's Speedway USA (N64) has an Oregon course.

-Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 (DC, PSX, N64) has a track set in Washougal, WA, which is just outside the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Close enough.

[Cryomancer]

Rampage for sure, a couple of them even start in Peoria, IL where I was born.

[Flashback2012]

Nothing happens in Ohio.

Cleveland and Cincinnati appear in every MLB and NFL game. Let's not forget Cleveland is in every NBA game. Columbus now shows up in NHL games.

That's probably the extent of the coverage we'll see for Ohio cities. I'm unsure if any Ohio cities are in Rampage but I would imagine Cleveland would be a safe bet.

[jhd7]

In PA? SNES Liberty or Death, I think. Unless there's a Gettysburg or Three Mile Island game, that's probably it. Not counting sports games, of course.

[thetoxicone]

Cruis'n USA has an Iowa race, that's about all I can think of off the top of my head.

[CaptainFalcon13]

I live in new jersey, but when I was younger I did live in a place called Raccoon City I think. I don't know why but whenever I ask my parents about that city they tell me, "there are so many bad memories there that we can never go back." My grandma also lives in Silent Hill, but she never sends us christmas cards or calls us on the phone.

:vamp:

[Iron Draggon]

well now that I've moved to Fort Worth, I wonder if it's ever appeared in any games... I know the final scene of Logan's Run was filmed at the Fort Worth Water Gardens, but that's a movie, not a game... it sure as hell should be a game though! maybe someone will finally figure that out and do it someday...

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[MachineGex]

I named my town in Animal Crossing after my hometown. Does that count? LOL

I am from Fresno, CA. I currently live in a small city of about 60,000. I doubt that either city will ever be featured in a game. Being that I am from California, I guess GTA: San Andreas counts, right?

Chris


Let me guess, you are living in Lodi right now?

[Kevin H]

Flight Simulator and a civil war game when I was living in Savannah.

[Ikari Warrior]

Rhode Island is too small for games to take place here.

[DigitalSpace]

Rhode Island is too small for games to take place here.

Who knows, maybe one day someone will make a game set in Rhode Island where you can cruise the entire state.

(Okay, that was corny.)

[bangtango]

Your run of the mill EA Sports NCAA March Madness or NCAA College Football game features pretty much every college team in the US, even weak schools that have no business being in a major tourney or on national tv. I know I am able to use the University of Maine in most (or all) of the recent games from either one of those franchises. I bet any person inside the US loading up one of those two titles could find a school in their state and as a result be able to play their "home games" there.

[Leo_A]

I live in New York state so there are dozens of titles that qualify.

For the small town I live in, just the old ProPilot series by Sierra and the MS Flight Simulator series have it. The airport is just beyond my back yard actually.

A lot of the places I've seen mentioned here have been featured in various racing games. Portland has been featured in several NASCAR and Champ Car games thanks to its short oval and the road course.

Vancouver's street course, as well as Detroits, was in Papyrus's Champ Car titles. Believe both were in Flag to Flag for the Dreamcast as well. Cleveland's airport circuit is in both, too.

Sault Ste. Marie's locks have been modeled in various flight simulators, and the Soo locks been done as a third party add-on for the Ship Simulator series as well.

Fort Worth has been in a lot of games, thanks to the Texas Motor Speedway. Many NASCAR titles, the IRL game on the N64, TOCA 2, and probably others have modeled it.

Someone mentioned Lodi, there's a little short oval there that has been modeled by a third party for Papyrus's NASCAR titles.

Savannah's old short track has been done for NASCAR Legends on the PC.

[Haoie]

Nope.

Unless you count The New Zealand Story.

[emceelokey]

I lived in San Francisco and now live in Las Vegas. Here's what I know of off the top of my head.


San Francisco:
- Bruce Lee (xbox)
- Rise to Honor (PS2) the a lever that actually takes place in the Metreon.
- SF Rush
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 or 4

Las Vegas (sorta. all of the buildings are trademarked and they would have to pay to use actual likenesses in the games.)
- PGR3 (360)
- Rainbow Six Vegas

[unbroken]

Skate street, one of the maps in Tony Hawk (2?) is like 5 mins from my house.

[Sudo]

I'm pretty sure there aren't any games that feature New Hampshire as a location.

[exit]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Scarface take place in Miami, that's about all I can think off.

[InsaneDavid]

rampage

Yup, Day 1: San Jose. (NES version)

Demolition Racer (PS1) had the San Jose Stadium as a derby bowl arena.
Most ice hockey games made after the San Jose Sharks were created.


Columbus now shows up in NHL games.

...and got their asses stomped by the Sharks tonight. :D


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Fish, and plankton, and sea greens, and protein from the sea...

[Blitzwing256]

las vegas:

peekaboopoker, vegas stakes, and about 2 trillion other awfull gambling games ;-)

[Frogger49]

Apparently, in one of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater games, there is a level that takes place in Troy, NY. My mailing address is there, although I don't live in the city. There have been add-on tracks for computer games of the local dirt tracks near me (Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta and Fonda Speedway in Fonda). Other than that and college basketball games with Siena and SUNY Albany in it, that's it.

[Iron Draggon]

Fort Worth has been in a lot of games, thanks to the Texas Motor Speedway. Many NASCAR titles, the IRL game on the N64, TOCA 2, and probably others have modeled it.

oh DUH... I totally forgot that... I guess because I was too busy trying to think of an example besides a sports game... it's too obvious and too easy... I was hoping for something more along the lines of an old west game where you have to defend the fort, or something like that... something more unique

anyway, while we're on the subject of cities in games, I'd just like to say that some cities have been featured in so many different games now that they've become cliche... San Francisco comes to mind... yeah, it's a great setting for a game, but do we really need to see it in anymore games now? I'm getting really tired of it... and I bet people who live there are even more tired of it... I can almost hear them groaning in desparation for a game that lets them do something anywhere else in the world... oh great, yet another game that lets me escape my own reality by featuring my own reality... LOL

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco... those 4 cities really should be permanently banned from being featured in any video game that doesn't require it... IE, sports games... give them a fucking rest already... there's hundreds of other cities in America, not to mention the world... so why do we keep on seeing the same cities appearing in games over and over again? I know, I know, famous landmarks... they all have them, but do we really need to see them in a game anymore? they've been done and redone in every way conceivable... set in the past, set in the present, set in the future, set in an alternate reality... but they're still the same tired old cliche cities... and even worse yet, they've been worn out to the point that we've all come to expect seeing them... so if they don't appear, we wonder what happened to them... OMG, did The Big One finally take out San Francisco? where did it go? why isn't it in the game? how could they not include it? it's like a cultural icon! and of course the same could be said for London, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo... ban all 4 of those cities from being featured in a video game forever too... how many more times do we need to see them to be reminded they exist?

so there's 8 cities dominating the video game world as we know it... 4 in America, and 4 in foreign countries... are there no other cities in the world that would be as fun to visit in a virtual world? can we not enjoy a game without all the usual famous landmarks in it? what is it about seeing all these famous landmarks showing up in a game that makes them so fascinating?

no wonder Godzilla always seemed to be having so much fun destroying them all, and no wonder so many of us always cheered for him as he did so... the rest of the world might as well not even exist... only those 8 cities matter...

Houston, we have a problem... you're the 4th largest city in America, and yet you've never been featured in any games other than sports games, and only a couple of racers... and when you appeared in racers, you really could've been anywhere, because you were actually just a place called Houston... you looked nothing at all like you look in reality... you were never painstakingly modeled in intricate detail, to highlight your unique skyline, like the famous 4 of the omnipresent 8 have been over and over again... you just don't seem to matter at all... unless it's a space game... then you might be mentioned, but you'll never be seen... you're more famous for a quote from Apollo 13... and so it goes... the whole world watched, the whole world waited, and the whole world could care less about the city of Houston... the home of Mission Control... so what if you guide spaceships? we'd rather play Missile Command!

[emceelokey]

I could go for another S.F. based game. I think there should be a big push for a game based in Nebraska though.

[mailman187666]

I live in MA and there is a Tony Hawk game (can't think of which one) that has Boston in it and it includes a lot of the landmarks in the level that are actually in Boston. Also this doesn't really count, but I went over to Moscow for a couple of weeks, and naturally I brought my PSP with me. Well I was playing Twisted Metal: Head on, and they had a Moscow level that was very close to what it was actually like there. It wasn't quite spot on but it was close enough. I played through the level and thought to myself "wow, I was just standing right there." I thought that was pretty cool to see.

[Mr. Smashy]

For non-sports games, the only one I can think of with Edmonton is MDK2 from BioWare.

[MASTERWEEDO]

Houston was in Rampage I think

[Iron Draggon]

Houston was in Rampage I think

I think you're right, but practically everywhere was in Rampage... and none of the locations in that game actually looked like the real locations... that's what pisses me off... they model places like San Francisco to death, but the few times they even bother to include a less famous location, it's just some generic cityscape that's merely supposed to represent the actual location...

it was forgivable back in the days of Rampage, because graphics technology wasn't good enough to make extremely accurate and detailed cityscapes, but it's not forgivable at all now... developers who do things like that these days are just being lazy... oh there's no major landmarks in Houston that most people would recognize, so we can just make a generic cityscape and call it Houston... who will care, besides people who actually live there? and they'll prolly be thrilled just to see that we actually bothered to mention Houston...

sad but true... apparently, cities need major landmarks to draw attention to themselves... and even then, it doesn't always guarantee that it'll make a city famous... when was the last time you saw St Louis and its Gateway Arch in a game? I don't recall any... I'm sure there were some, but it's still not a cultural icon like San Francisco and its Golden Gate Bridge... so it takes more than just a landmark... it has to be a place that people wanna be in as well...

but still though, you'd think that developers would get tired of modeling the same old places over and over again... and apparently some of them are... I was very surprised to see that Test Drive Unlimited chose to model Hawaii... I would've expected it to feature one of the same tired old places that I've seen featured in games over and over again for the last two decades or so...

I'm liking this topic... it's very cool that this is being discussed here... I had no idea that some of the more obscure locations have been featured in a few games before, aside from all the ones in Rampage... so it's cool to see it...

[VinnyT]

Rhode Island is too small for games to take place here.

Family Guy: The Video Game.

[NinjaJoey23]

Gun-Nac has a level called Atlantajorja.

I dig it.