Invade and Persuade II

"America. The greatest country in the universe. But other countries threaten our freedom. They have our oil. It's time to take it back."

- Introduction

Invade and Persuade II is an arcade minigame released in 1992. It is available for one player in the Master Penthouse and the Arcade in Grand Theft Auto Online. Humorously, it is sponsored by RON Oil.

Description
The game takes the form of a side-scrolling. When starting the game, it informs the player that while America is the greatest country in the universe, other countries threaten its freedom, as they have America's oil; and how it is time to take it back.

The player controls an American tank and needs to get to the end of the stage, where large quantities of oil are found. While the tank moves by itself. the player can move him left or right along the screen; it can also jump, which helps navigating the terrain and dodging enemies and their weapons. The tank also shoots automatically, but the player can move the barrel up or down to shoot in different directions. Score is presented in dollars; killing enemies, claiming oil barrels, and collecting money pickups increases the amount.

The tank starts each stage with a full health bar and three extra lives. While the health bar is comprised of 20 bars; each hit will deplete four. If the tank is hit while on four bars, it will drop down to a single red bar – the tank will start smoking and a sound indicating the low health will be played. Any further damage to the tank will destroy it, and the tank will either be respawned or the game will end, depending on whether or not there are extra lives left. After the game ends, the player is prompted to input their initials.

Enemies and Hazards
Along the way, different types of enemies and other hazards need to be destroyed or avoided. Smaller amounts of oil can also be collected, which give extra points and a small speed increase. The enemies in each mission are the same type, but take on different appearances depending on the location. The types of enemies and hazards the tank will encounter are:
 * Ground enemies
 * Flying enemies
 * Bombers
 * Downed bombers
 * Czech hedgehogs
 * Pits
 * Raised terrain

The ground enemies will shoot rounds horizontally to the left, while flying enemies shoot at an approximate angle of 45° to the left. The ground units remain stationary and can either be destroyed or simply jumped over; the flying units will eventually exit to the left of the screen if they are not destroyed. The projectiles of these enemies can be destroyed. Bombers travel from the right of the screen to the left, dropping barrels as they fly past; these will harm the tank. Both the barrels and the jet can be destroyed.

Both downed bombers and Czech hedgehogs will harm the tank if it comes into contact with them, the former can either be destroyed or jumped over, but the latter cannot be destroyed. Pits must be avoided by jumping over them; if the tank falls into one, a life is lost. Raised terrain works in a similar manner to pits; if the player fails to jump onto the raised area and instead crashes into the side, the tank will be destroyed immediately.

Pickups
At times, pickups will drop from the sky, which the player can either pick up or avoid. These are:
 * Flamethrower
 * Homing Rockets
 * Plasma Cannon
 * Triple Fire
 * Armor
 * Shield
 * Extra Life
 * Money
 * Nuclear Strike
 * Communism Pickup (Powerdown)
 * Mystery

The flamethrower spits a continuous stream of flames, while the plasma cannon emits a continuous blue line in the barrel's direction. If there are enemies near the one being hit by the plasma, the beam may break and travel to the other enemies, damaging them as well. Homing rockets are slower firing rockets that have a moderate homing ability. Triple fire triples the firing rate of the standard ammunition used by the tank.

The armor pickup increases the current health by 20% (one hit point), or gives the player an additional life if the health bar is already full. The shield powerup grants the tank immunity to a single hazard – falling into pits or crashing into the sides of raised platforms still instantly destroy the tank. The extra life pickup gives an extra life and the money pickup awards an extra $10,000 to the total score.

The nuclear strike pickup destroys any all enemies and other harmful entities on screen, while the communism pickup harms the tank, depleting one hit point. The mystery pickup gives the player a random powerup.

Missions
There are four main missions, and a bonus fifth one, each taking place in a different country and each having increased difficulty from the last.
 * Mission I – Middle East

"Don't let the 120 degree heat and sandstorms stop you. Get that oil! It belongs to America. Move out!"

- Mission briefing

This is the easiest mission in the game. The background is a vast desert with many oil wells and the occasional oasis. The ground enemies are mechanical camels with a turret in place of the camel's hump. The flying enemies and bombers have an olive green and grey colour palette. The tank has to travel 100 kilometres.

Challenges
There are five challenges available in this arcade game. Special T-shirts will be awarded to the player if they manage to complete them.

This challenge requires the player to finish a stage with seven or more lives remaining. This is only possible in missions II, III, and IV. The first mission does not include enough pickups (armor and extra lives) to make this possible, while the Lunar Finale is an infinite stage.
 * Life Saver

The easiest mission to try this on is mission II (Russia), as it is the easiest of the three and has a satisfactory amount of pickups. By avoiding damage, the player can pick up two health packs (which each grant an extra life if health is full) and an extra life, resulting in a total of six lives. The seventh life has a chance of being obtained through the mystery pickup present on the stage.

Completing this challenge awards the player the Invade and Persuade Green Tee.

This challenge requires the player to finish the game with a score of at least $2,000,000. To achieve this, the player must reach the Lunar Finale, as it is not possible to end with this score before then.
 * He Who Controls The Oil

Once this challenge is completed, the player is awarded the Invade and Persuade RON Tee.

These two challenges require the player to collect 88 oil barrels and kill 100 animals, respectively. Just like the previous challenge, these two can only be completed in the Lunar Finale and come naturally as the game progresses. The former challenge is completed at a distance of 525 kilometres, with the latter being awarded approximately at the same time.
 * Endless Oil & Unnatural Selection

Completing the challenges awards the player with the Invade and Persuade Oil Tee and invade and Persuade Enemies Tee, respectively.

This is the hardest challenge in the game. In order to complete it, the tank must travel a total of 3,474 kilometres in the Lunar Finale in a single run; this distance is the actual diameter of the Moon.
 * Full Moon

When the difficulty increase, the player can start jumping over ground enemies and shooting at a 45-degree angle. Quick-firing weapons, such as the plasma cannon and triple fire, should be used, while weapons, such as homing rockets, should generally be avoided.

This challenge is completed after roughly half an hour of gameplay; after completion, the player is awarded the Invade and Persuade Tour Tee.

After completing all five challenges, the standard tank is replaced with a golden version with the triple fire upgrade as standard. The player will also be awarded with a trophy shaped as pile of petrol barrels in the Arcade Trophy Case. A copy of this trophy will also be available in the player's Penthouse to be used as decoration.

Konami Code
Entering the during the title screen will make it so each stage begins with 99 lives instead of only three. This locks the "Live Saver" challenge, meaning the player cannot unlock it during runs with this code active. The player also cannot save their score after losing all lives. However, all other challenges can still be completed.

The Konami Code for individual platforms is:
 * PC: UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT-MOUSE-CLICK, LEFT-MOUSE-CLICK
 * Xbox One: XboxOne Dpad Up.png, XboxOne Dpad Up.png, XboxOne Dpad Down.png, XboxOne Dpad Down.png, XboxOne Dpad Left.png, XboxOne Dpad Right.png, XboxOne Dpad Left.png, XboxOne Dpad Right.png, XBox B.png, XBox A.png
 * PS4: PS3 Up.png, PS3 Up.png, PS3 Down.png, PS3 Down.png, PS3 Left.png, PS3 Right.png, PS3 Left.png, PS3 Right.png, PS3 Circle.png, PS3 Cross.png

Sea Also

 * Don't Cross the Line – Another arcade minigame in GTA Online.
 * Street Crimes: Gang Wars Edition – Another minigame available in the Penthouse.