Melee
Chainsaw
First seen in GTA: Vice City (2002)Latest GTA: Chinatown Wars (2009)5 games
Vice City's most notorious pickup, and one of the few melee weapons the series has given a continuous-damage model rather than a swing.
Classification
Melee
Fists and everything swung by hand — blades, blunt instruments and improvised weapons.
Franchise chronology
5 titles · 2002–2009
- 2002
Acquisition
- How to get it
- Found at fixed pickup locations around Vice City
- 2004
- 2005
Acquisition
- How to get it
- Found at fixed pickup locations around Liberty City
- 2006
Acquisition
- How to get it
- Found at fixed pickup locations around Vice City
- 2009
Related weapons
Provenance
Verified against research. Weapon rosters are established per game and reconciled across the franchise; where a weapon’s presence in a title is not established, it is held back rather than listed.
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