Tier One Weapons
You can use the cheat code ̶0;Left,̶1; ̶0;Right,̶1; ̶0;X,̶1; ̶0;Up,̶1; ̶0;Down,̶1; ̶0;Square,̶1; ̶0;Left,̶1; ̶0;Right̶1; in order to give yourself all of Vice City Stories' first tier weapons. Tier one weapons include the brass knuckles, which add more damage to your regular punches, the knife, Molotov cocktails, the 9mm pistol, one of the few weapons with which you can run and shoot at the same time, the rifle, a single-shot long range weapon, the scorpion, which lacks the stopping power of other submachine guns but allows you to move while firing, the pump-action shotgun, powerful but slow to fire, and the AK-47, which has good firepower, range and rate of fire.
Tier Two Weapons
The cheat code ̶0;Left,̶1; ̶0;Right,̶1; ̶0;Square,̶1; ̶0;Up,̶1; ̶0;Down,̶1; ̶0;Triangle,̶1; ̶0;Left,̶1; ̶0;Right̶1; gives you access to second tier weapons, which include the katana, able to kill most enemies in one slice, remote grenades, good for ambushes or wreaking havoc on traffic, the Equalizer, a powerful handgun able to kill anyone not protected by body armor in a single shot, the Uzi, an accurate submachine gun with a high rate of fire, the stubby shotgun, a very powerful shotgun with a proportionally limited range, the M4, an assault rifle with a higher rate of fire and better range than the AK-47 but less ammo capacity, the sniper rifle, a semi-automatic long-range scoped weapon and the rocket launcher, which is capable of causing destruction within a large area of effect.
Tier Three Weapons
The cheat code ̶0;Left,̶1; ̶0;Right,̶1; ̶0;Triangle,̶1; ̶0;Up,̶1; ̶0;Down,̶1; ̶0;Circle,̶1; ̶0;Left,̶1; ̶0;Right̶1; gives you all third tier weapons, including the chainsaw, a melee weapon even messier than the katana, grenades, the Equalizer, the SPAS-12, a semi-automatic shotgun with good range and excellent stopping power, the MP5, which augments the accuracy and rate of fire of the Uzi with additional firepower, the M4, the sniper rifle and the mini-gun, a heavy weapon with an incredible rate of fire and just as much stopping power, just watch your ammo, it will run out quickly.