SimCity Cheats & Tips

Start a new city. Build a power plant, 8 residential zones, 4 commercial zones, 4 industrial zones, and (preferably) a police department. You can build more than that if desired, but keep your city small so the game will not slow down as a result of having a large number of buildings). Leave the game running overnight, then check the game. You should have a lot of money and many years should have passed. You will also have the fountain, which raises land values.

Press L + R + Select to erase all saved games.

Get the bank and place it anywhere. Wait a year, then destroy it. After you destroy it, you will still be able to take out loans from the bank option in the menu.

Start with a new city, select any landscape, and wait at least ten seconds. Enter the total screen. Exit the total screen, enter the save/load menu, then select the 'No' option. Return to the main menu, select the 'Start New City' option, and the landscape will change. This effectively doubles the amount of maps.

Turn off your auto budget and spend all of your money. Set all of your tax and funding levels to 0%. When the annual tax screen appears hold L, select 'Go with figures', and the regular screen will return. While continuing to hold L, press X(2) to skip to January. Choose the tax option from the menu and raise all of your funding levels back to 100%. Leave the tax level at 0%. Select 'Go with figures' and proceed to the main screen. Release L and your funds should now show all 9s.