Venice in media

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This list explores the instances of which the city of Venice has been mentioned or alluded to in media.

Contents

[edit] Written works referencing Venice

[edit] Fiction

[edit] Poetry and Short Stories

[edit] Novels and Literature

[edit] Non-Fiction

[edit] Visual works referencing Venice

[edit] Film

[edit] Television

  • The 1980s Jem episode "In Stitches" takes place in this city.
  • The manga and anime series ARIA take place in the town of Neo-Venezia, based on Venice.
  • In the manga and anime One Piece the island of Water 7 is based on Venice.
  • The Thief Lord(2006)

[edit] Video games

  • The Merchant Prince series are based on the trading and politics of Venice during the Renaissance era. The player plays one of the competing Venetian merchants trying to gain wealth and power through trades, power plays, and Machiavellian skullduggery.
  • The catacombs and the church of San Barnaba are visited in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure.
  • Venice appeared in Core Design's Tomb Raider 2.
  • Venice was a multiplayer level in Free Radical Design's Timesplitters: Future Perfect.
  • A fighting arena based around Venice can be found in Soul Calibur II. The fight takes place upon a stone platform isolated in Venice's water-filled streets. Typical residential Venice buildings are portrayed in the background of the level, although the fight does not take place in any of them.
  • Venice appears as a fighting arena in the first Tekken game released on the PlayStation.
  • Venice appears as a map in Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, in which the Allied agents need to steal an artifact and escape the city on a boat through its canals.
  • Venice is the second playable level in Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves.
  • The Republic Of Venice is available as an initial playable faction in the game Medieval 2: Total War
  • The canals of Venice are the site of a race in the arcade game Hydro Thunder.
  • The first-person shooter Painkiller features a level inspired by Venice.
  • The latest Sonic the Hedgehog series game, Sonic the Hedgehog, has a city in it based on Venice, Italy.
  • In the Super Nintendo game, Tales of Phantasia, the city of Venezia is modeled after Venice.
  • Gears of War features a map that resembles Venice (Canals)
  • The La Razza Canal course from the Gamecube game, Wave Race: Blue Storm was likely modeled after Venice.
  • You are able to take photographs of your tuned-up car in Gran Turismo 4 released on the PlayStation 2, in two locations in Venice, St. Marks Square, and also on a barge going under the Rialto Bridge.
  • Voyage Century Online features Venice as one of the Port Cites that can be used for commerce and exploration.
  • Venice (Video Game) is a casual game for the Windows platform, developed by Retro 64 and distributed by Reflexive Arcade.
  • In the SNK game Fatal Fury 2, Andy Bogard's stage features Venice (with some inaccuracies, such as having the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the background) as you fight in a gondola down a canal. This is revisited in King of Fighters '96, where the Boss Team's Stage is set in Venice.
  • In the online game City of Heroes, the zone named "Founder's Falls" has an architectural resemblance to Venice.
  • The popular arcade racing game Hydro Thunder has a Hard-level tracked (Venice Canals) modeled after the city.

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