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Vigilante 8: Second Offense is a video game, a sequel to Vigilante 8, released for the PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, and Nintendo 64 in 1999. Its story centers on the international meddlings of an oil conglomerate from the future known as OMAR. Between V8 its sequel, now-former Vigilante Slick Clyde has risen to become the head of OMAR, and leads the conglomerate to great success, becoming the only multinational supplier of oil to all but one country. Despite this, it still bothers Clyde enormously that he remains unable to bring the United States to its knees. It becomes a true vendetta for Clyde, nagging him into his old age. To his bliss, researchers at Stanford, in 2033, find the secret to time travel. He sees the potential to fufilling his dream, and Clyde travels back with his bodyguard, Obake, and cybernetic assassin Dallas 13 to the one time he knew the United States was most vulnerable in energy resources, the 1970's, hoping to settle, for once and for all, his megalomaniacal grudge.

Default characters fall into the three following categories: the Vigilantes, the "good guys", trying to stop OMAR's takeover; the Coyotes, terrorists sponsored by OMAR (Character-wise, it also includes actual OMAR operatives); and the Drifters, who, as one could infer, are not really aligned with either side. The three default Vigilantes are college girl Sheila, bounty hunter John Torque, and the daredevil team called the Flying All Star Trio. Default Coyotes are Dallas 13, Mexican mercenary Nina Loco, and juvenile delinquent Molo. The default Drifters are the clinically insane Astronaut Bob O., the mysterious Garbage Man (which is in fact Y, the alien from the previous game disguising as a garbage man), and time-traveling ChronoPol Agent R. Chase. There are also unlockable characters in all three categories.

The secret characters for the Vigilantes are Convoy, the leader of the vigilantes, Houston, Convoy's wife, and Daves Cultsmen, followers of Dave from the original. For the Coyotes, the secret characters are Clyde, megalomanaic head of OMAR and the main villan, Obake, Clyde's oriental bodyguard, and Boogie, a disco loving prison break-out. Unlockable drifters are Padre Destino, Chassey Blue, an FBI agent, and Dusty Earth, a naturalistic native American.

The players drive around a course, collect weapons, and defeat human or computer players. The weapons available for pickup are a flame thrower, mines, unguided rockets, guided missiles, an auto-aiming cannon, and a mortar cannon. Also available for pick-up is a special weapon unique to each vehicle. The specials are much more powerful than other weapons, and come in green crates marked "U.S. ARMY". Each character also has a special phrase that they say whenever they use their special weapon. Also available are upgrades such as propellers to provide mobility in water, hoverpads, and skis and treads.

The Characters' vehicles, specials weapons, and phrases that acompany their special weapons are:

Sheila drives a dune buggy called "Wonder Wagon." Her special is the Tantrum Gun; she says "Tantrum!" whenever it begins firing.

John Torque drives a Thunderbird with a high power cannon, the Wheel of Fortune, for a special. He says "Place yo bets!" whenever it's fired.

The Flying Allstar Trio drive a motorcycle and have fireworks (Soaring Glory) that do massive damage for a special. They say "Dy-No-Mite!" as each of the 3 fireworks are fired. 'Dy-No-Mite' is an obvious reference to 70's sitcom Good Times.

Convoy drives a semi-truck with powerful horns (Rolling Thunder) that blast enemies and tosses them around. He says "Move 'em out" whenever his special is used.

Houston drives a tow truck that can grab enemies and do damage, especially with mines, and also penetrate shields. It's called, unsurprisingly, the Tow Hook. She says "I got the hook up!" whenever it is used.

Daves Cultsmen drives an RV that can call mini UFO's that damage enemies. They say, not suprisingly, "Invasion!"

Dallas 13 drives a futuristic Palomino XIII hovercar with a laser (Mega Collider) for a special. It has a chance to punch the enemy far away, and has great stopping power. It stops Palomino XIII dead in its tracks no matter what it was doing (even falling), although it leaves it little horizontal turning ability. It goes through buildings and vehicles. His special weapon is accompanied by some electronic sounding noises, since he is a cyborg.

Nina Loco drives a Chevy El Camino with high power homing missiles (Lemming Missile) for a special. She says "Eat this!" whenever one of her missles are fired.

Molo drives a bus with an oversized smog pipe (Smog Check) that stalls and damages other cars. He says "Take a whiff! Ha ha!" whenever it is used.

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