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Theft Auto 2 was the first Grand Theft Auto game with six wanted
levels, which, with only minimal changes, appeared in all GTA
III Era and Grand Theft Auto IV. In Grand Theft Auto 1, there
was only a minor difference between the first and fourth (the
highest) wanted levels. The overhauled six-star system would
prove to provide much greater 'spectrum' of threat, allowing the
player to easily escape when only one police "head" was present,
and presenting them with an almost unsurvivable challenge at
level six.  Wanted levels, as in GTA 1, are displayed and
measured with "head" icons (rather than the stars seen in later
games), but new to GTA 2 was the shaking of the heads when
police knew the player's location, essentially a visibility
indicator.  Wanted levels    • One head - This is displayed when
the player commits a "minor" (by the standards of GTA) crime -
such as shooting/running over a few pedestrians, attacking a
police officer or explodin