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Strategy Guide (NES) by FerrisBueller (4)
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Strategy Guide (NES) by FerrisBueller (4)

Explore the SimCity NES Strategy Guide, covering building methods, voter complaints, game mechanics, and disaster types.

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Explore the SimCity NES Strategy Guide, covering building methods, voter complaints, game mechanics, and disaster types.

Walkthrough
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    Navigate the Table of Contents to find specific sections like Game Controls, Game Menu options (Resume Saved City, Practice, Start New City, Select Scenario), Game Screen elements (Cursor, HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap), Map), In-Game Menus (Options Menu, Building Menu), Disasters (Airplane crash, Monster attack, Earthquake, Fire, Flood, Nuclear Meltdown, Tornado, U.F.O. Attack), Building Methods (Block Methods, Monorail Methods, Edging Industry Effects, Land Reclamation, Meltdowns, Port Pollution, Reaching Megalopolis), Voter Complaints (Crime, Fire, Housing Costs, Pollution, Taxes, Traffic, Unemployment), Game Mechanics (4x4 Land Grid, Land Value, Residential/Commercial/Industrial Zones, RCI Meter, Land Value, Pollution, Population Density, Police and Fire Departments, Transit, Pollution Mechanics, Power Mechanics, Game Difficulty, Tax Mechanics), Scenarios (Practice, Challenge, Bonus), Tips/Strategies (Tax Tip, Avoiding the "Reload Exodus", Further Avoiding the "Reload Blackout", Steal a City), Cheats/Codes (Boston Scenario, Rio Scenario, Codes, Debug Mode), Bugs/Glitches (Practice, Steal a City, Starting Level, Free Money, Budget, Auto-Budget, Options Menu, Presents, Transit, Always Easy, Challenge Scenario, Spelling), Differences in NES/SNES Versions, Dead Strategies/Dead Tricks (Zone Stacking, Money Trick, Off-Map Glitch, 100000 Pop in Practice, Infinite Presents, Airport/Seaport Cheats, Airport Flame Thrower), Miscellaneous (Upgrades, Unused Sprites, Name Buffers, Random, The Code), and Footnotes.
Tips
  • Refer to the "Tips/Strategies for NES" section for specific advice, including a Tax Tip and methods for avoiding the "Reload Exodus" and "Reload Blackout".
  • Explore the "Cheats/Codes" section for scenario-specific cheats like the Boston Scenario and Rio Scenario, as well as Debug Mode.
  • Investigate the "Bugs/Glitches" section for potential exploits and issues, such as "Free Money" and "Auto-Budget" bugs.
  • Consult "Dead Strategies/Dead Tricks on NES" for advanced or potentially obsolete tactics like "Zone Stacking" and the "Money Trick".

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