In the PC version of GTA: Vice City, the 'Zombie Elvis' newspaper didn't just replace a SWAT team headline on the ground — it also took over an aerial banner towed by a DeadDodo plane, meaning players could literally see 'Zombie Elvis Found' flying across the Vice City sky.
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Scattered 'Zombie Elvis' newspapers on the ground in Vice City — the PC version replacements for the SWAT headline.
Close-up of the 'Zombie Elvis Found' paper in Vice City — the same headline that later hijacked the aerial banner.
Close-up of the same 'Zombie Elvis' headline in GTA III — proving this Easter egg existed in Liberty City too.
'Zombie Elvis' paper chilling next to a FunCola cup in GTA III — random Liberty City clutter that old heads recognize.
The paper stuffed in a stalker's bag in GTA III — a sneaky detail most players never caught.
Scattered 'Zombie Elvis' papers in GTA III — laying the groundwork before the headline went airborne in Vice City.
A horror movie inside GTA III predicted a 15-year mystery that GTA IV's own NPCs still whisper about.
GTA III
Rockstar censored their own Elvis joke 20 years later — and made it even weirder.
GTA III
Rockstar deleted this iconic GTA III landmark — then sneaked it back in a totally different way.
GTA III
Rockstar officially acknowledged a 2004 fan mod — and the fake name everyone called it.
GTA III