The game begins in Little Italy in 1936. Johnny Trapani (voiced by Adam Harrington), an intermediate ranking member of the Corleone family, is meeting his wife Sarafina (Sirenetta Leoni) when their bakery explodes. Trapani is ambushed and gunned down by soldiers from the Barzini family, with Emilio Barzini (Michael Kopsa) telling him "sorry Johnny, it's just business." Moments later, Trapani's son Aldo (Andrew Pifko) arrives, and is comforted by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando/Doug Abrahams), who tells him that when he is old enough and the time is right, he will have his revenge.