SimCity 2000 cheats and cheat codes for PC

More money:
Start a new city and type fund to issue a bond at 25% interest. Select the "Yes"
option to confirm. Repeat this step to issue a second bond. Enter the budget
window and issue a real bond. The interest should be displayed as ".%". Select
the "Yes" option to confirm. Your city should now receive approximately $1 million
per a year.

Press [Ctrl] + [F3]. Click on the "Rotate Counterclockwise" icon. Click on the
resize box in the lower right corner of City Window. Click on the status window.
Click on the "Population" icon. Click anywhere in the city window. Pull down
the "Disasters" menu and select the horizontal line between "Riots" and "No
Disasters".
Type imacheat to receive $500,000 in the Windows 95 version.

Shoot down helicopter (DOS and Windows versions):
Click on the centering tool, then click on the helicopter.

Using the fund trick:
This trick can give you a large amount of money each year. Essentially, it tricks
the game into paying you interest instead of the other way around. You should not
build anything before using this trick. If you do, it may not work. Type fund then
press [Enter] to accept the bond. Repeat and accept another bond. Go into
the "Budget" window (with taxes, funding and bond information). Click on the book
icon under "Bond Payments". It will bring up a screen that shows your current
fund ratings. Click on "Issue Bond". The rate should be ".%". Accept it. Exit the
Budget window, then turn the speed on "Cheetah". You should accumulate about
$1.5 million each year.

View tile coordinate:
Hold [Shift] + [Alt] and click on a tile in your city. The x, y coordinates will be
displayed in a dialog box. The coordinates are based on the tile grid, ranging from
0 to 127 (the grid is 128x128). This trick is useful when symmetrical cities.

Erase objects:
Select "Trees/Water" and choose "Trees". Click to make the trees go on the city.
Press [Shift] while clicking to erase things from your city. The population will
remain and you can add more objects over the erased buildings.

Create and change current game graphics:
Note: This procedure involves editing game files; create a backup copy of the files
before proceeding. Enter the SimCity 2000 directory and the bitmaps sub-
directory. Take off the read only attributes of the files to edit them as desired, but
do not change the filenames.

Develop armed forces (Windows 95 version):
Enable the "Debug menu" code, and activate all gifts and inventions. If a disaster
happens, there will be a military, but you will not be able to use any. Enable
the "Receive a military base" code, then wait. When the base appears, you will be
able to use the military troops.

Space launch:
Accumulate a large amount of money and keep adding Launch Arcos to the map.
Keep filling the map with them until see them launch into space. A message
stating that you will be compensated for the Launch Arcos will be displayed. Note:
This can be done in both the DOS v1.1 and Windows v1.0 versions of the game.

To see the launch Arcos fly off into outer space, choose to the "Load city" option in
the file menu. Open the "349arco" file. Set the speed to "African Swallow" and
wait. You will receive as much money as the Arcos were worth.

Baseless military:
Enable the "Receive a military base" code, then zone over it. You now have a
military for disasters, but no missile silos.

Get Sims to walk:
Sims will not walk more than three squares for commercial, residential, or
industrial zonings. You can get around this by building small two-tile roads every
six tiles in your larger zones. You do not, however, need to do this for arcologies,
police/fire stations, airports, seaports, water pumps, power plants, etc.

Unusual statue:
Build a lake with a marina in it. Make sure there is a two-tile extension of the lake.
When a boat enters the farthest tile, bulldoze the entrance. The boat is now
basically a permanent statue until you bulldoze the water under it.

Maximum prison security:
Build prisons on islands. Block their only access to the mainland by a police
station. A separate power and water supply for the prison is also recommended.


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