Shakedown

Overview

Shakedown is the first Vercetti Estate mission in GTA Vice City and the start of Tommy Vercetti's career as a crime boss. With Diaz dead, Tommy decides it is time for the businesses of Vice City to start paying him for protection, beginning with the shops in North Point Mall.

Walkthrough

1. Start the mission at the Vercetti Estate on Starfish Island.
2. Drive to North Point Mall in Vice Point.
3. Damage the storefronts and their contents to persuade the shopkeepers to pay. A damage meter on screen shows your progress.
4. Fill the meter before the timer runs out.
5. Escape the police and the mall's security guards once the job is done.

Tips

• Explosives make short work of the shop fronts; grenades or a rocket launcher fill the meter quickly.
• A fast automatic weapon such as the M4 works well if you do not have explosives.
• Plan an escape route to a Pay 'n' Spray before you start, because the wanted level rises quickly.

Rewards and unlocks

$2,000. The PSG-1 goes on sale at the Downtown Ammu-Nation, and the city's businesses (the Malibu Club, Print Works, InterGlobal Films and others) become available to buy. Bar Brawl follows.